CSUN has launched the latest “myNorthridge” portal in an effort to enable more efficient access to daily resources and a better guide to graduation. The new portal was designed to be more intuitive and includes tab navigation, quick links and a mobile website. Dr. Mary Ann Cummins Prager, associate vice president for student access and support services, said years of complaints from students led to the change. Prager said navigation and personalization were the two main difficulties the “myNorthridge 2.0”… Read more

It is now easier for students to learn about upcoming events at CSUN’s Marilyn Magaram Center. The center has established a Moodle website to keep in contact with students and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program participants, said Jenna Jackson, project manager for the center. The Marilyn Magaram Center focuses on food science, nutrition, and dietetics. The center helps with community service events and projects and offers internships to nutrition majors, Jackson said. Jackson said she created the Moodle site to… Read more

Beginning next semester, CSUN will entirely switch from WebCT to Moodle as the school’s virtual learning system for online classes. The change comes about because the company that owns and updates WebCT, Blackboard, will discontinue supporting WebCT, according to Senior Director of Academic Technology, David Levin. “WebCt is an older technology that’s actually been discontinued,” said Levin. “So we spent about a year looking at whether we wanted to look for another tool and we decided that we would go… Read more

CSUN has begun the process of phasing out WebCT as the learning management system used by the school and integrating the use of Moodle. The shift, according to Director of Academic Technology David Levin, was prompted by the eventual elimination of the WebCT program by the company that owns it, Blackboard. WebCT is a tool for online learning. It’s utilized in about 200 courses, including face to face courses. Faculty use the learning management system for online support, quizzes and… Read more