Faculty FYI
Stay informed of professional development opportunities and technical support updates with weekly Faculty FYI news.
November 5, 2019
What's Included
- Meet New Instructional Designer, Kate Sierra
- Applying the Science from Josh Eyler's How Humans Learn
- IDEA Survey Changes
- Undergraduate Scholarships and Tuition Discounts
- Create a More Transparent Assignment
- Read the latest edition, November 5, 2019.
October 21, 2019
What's Included
- CETL Advisory Committee Survey
- Transparent Assignment Design
- Upcoming Workshops
- Read the latest edition, Faculty FYI10_21_19
September 30, 2019
What's Included
- Upcoming Workshops
- CETL Advisory Committee Survey
- Read the latest edition, FacultyFYI9_30_19
September 16, 2019
What’s Included
- FAQ’s about captioning faculty-created video
- Upcoming Workshops (including virtual and evening options)
- DIY Professional Development
- Read the latest edition, FacultyFYI_09_16_19.
September 5, 2019
What’s Included
- Faculty Advisory Committee to the CETL
- Fundamentals of Online Teaching (FOOT) begins Monday, September 9th
- Upcoming Workshops (including virtual and evening options)
- DIY Professional Development
- Teaching Without Walls: 10 Tips for Teaching Online (10:28) by Dr. Michael Wesch, Distinguished University Teaching Scholar at Kansas State University
- Learn how to generate and edit captions in YuJa (3:28)
- On-Demand Resources for Faculty
Read the latest edition, FacultyFYI9_05_19.
August 29, 2019
What’s Included
- Joshua Eyler, Ph.D., “The Science of Learning and Why It’s Important” (Forty-eight people attended Dr. Eyler’s keynote presentation. Nine people have taken the Learning Summit Survey. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey, even if you didn’t attend! We will close it at the end of next week.)
- Watch the recording of the presentation to learn about how the science behind curiosity, sociality, emotion, authenticity, and failure can inform your teaching practice.
- Start-of-semester Reminders for Online Instructors
- Teach Students How to “Power Search” Using Google: Challenge them to complete the daily A Google A Day.
- Workshops: Week of 9/4/2019
- On-demand training
- Previous Faculty FYIs are available online.
Read the latest edition.Faculty FYI8_29_19
August 19, 2019
What’s Included
- Please take the Learning Summit Survey, even if you didn’t attend!
- Tune-ups
- Blackboard Follett Discover Module Added
- Recording Available: All-Faculty Meeting, Aug. 12, 2019
- YuJa viewing tips
- Recording Available: The Science of Learning and Why It Matters, Josh Eyler, Ph.D., Aug. 13, 2019
- YuJa Updates
- Gradebook connection
- CETL video tutorials available to all faculty
- Faculty FYIs Available Online Beginning Aug. 20, 2019
Read the latest edition. Faculty FYI_8_19_19
August 12, 2019
What’s Included
- Learning Summit, Aug. 13-16
- Windows 10 on Podium and Lab Computers
- Updated Blackboard Login Page and Tabs
- How to Shorten the List of Courses that Appear in My Courses on Blackboard
- Help! My Course is Available, but It’s Not Ready!
- Request a Course Copy
- Let go of Mediasite and Embrace YuJa
Read the latest edition Faculty FYI 8_12_19