Hello everyone,
Well, it's been a couple weeks since the last newsletter. I was wrapping up my grant obligations and was, well, swamped.
New Position. My work has transitioned from grant-funded to a CTC position. I have some projects assigned from the CTC Directors and Chairs:
- Develop three online courses
- Identify how Quality Matters impacts CTC online courses and how it will be implemented in CTC
- Outreach to CTC units - Inventory instructional design needs for CTC beyond AY14-15
- Inform units what services are provided from this position for faculty and how to request support
- Identify how this position can assist/support adjunct faculty and their professional development needs
I am working on a plan to implement these projects. You'll be hearing from me on these items.
Stacking classes. In Blackboard, it used to be when there were cross-listed courses and a faculty member wanted to use just one shell for both courses, she had to merge the enrollments by hand into a master course and track them. This was not sync'd with Banner, so there was some manual tracking of students. Now, the Call Center can merge the courses so that it appears to the students that they are logging in to their original course and the enrollments for the new master course are automatically sync'd with Banner. This is a big timesaver if you stack courses. When I taught 2 sections of the same course, I stacked the Blackboard course shells (and used groups). Now, I'd ask the Call Center to combine them.
IDEA Faculty Information Form (FIF) now available. IDEA is our online course evaluation system; The FIF link was emailed to faculty in late September. If you want to customize the course evaluation to get more accurate results, complete the FIF. Here is a guide for completing it. You will receive the reminder emails to your UAA email account to complete the FIF each week, so doing so sooner means those emails cease.
The survey is only available to classes with more than 10 students. For more information on the IDEA survey, contact Mu En Hu in Faculty Services.
An inspiring way to use passwords. Passwords are a drag. Particularly when we have to change them. Here is one man's story about how he used his work password to change his life. For the better. This inspires me because he took a tedious task and found a way to make it work for him.
Disclaimer: Use this only on one site that you use frequently (like UAA). Do not use the same password on multiple sites.
Workshops at Academic Innovations and CAFE. Check the lineup of offerings. If you are curious about Quality Matters, there is a session this Friday at 2 pm at the library. Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the list of recorded sessions.
Warm regards,
Lee
Lee Maria Henrikson
Instructional Designer
Community and Technical College
University of Alaska Anchorage
907-786-4903
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