Salisbury University | Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | March 7, 2023

Mid-Semester Checking In With Students? Formative Course Feedback in Canvas Commons

While end-of-semester course evaluations can be a great source for student feedback about a course and instructor, it comes at a time that is too late for the current learners. Instead, consider adding a formative feedback strategy to ask students what is working (or not) so far in the course. ID&D has provided a Formative Course Assessment survey template in the Canvas Commons that you can import into your MyClasses course.

Not sure how to import content from the Canvas Commons? We have a video tip for that!

The Faculty Development Calendar

Are you new to SU or have you not had the opportunity to utilize the Faculty Development Calendar yet? If so, you may be wondering: "What is the Faculty Development Calendar?" or "How is it useful?"

The Faculty Development Calendar provides information and registration opportunities for workshops, events, colloquiums, presentations, networking and other forms of professional development opportunities available to faculty and staff. These opportunities include SU-hosted opportunities, as well as those provided by outside organizations.

Current faculty development opportunities on March's calendar include:

MyClasses Gradebook Tips and Tricks

(hybrid) Friday, March 10 ● 10-11 a.m. (EST)

Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses

(online) Friday, March 10 ● 2-3 p.m. (EST)

Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Publishing with Undergraduates

(online) Tuesday, March 21 ● 2-3 p.m. (EST)

Give Your Canvas Courses a Boost - with Design Tools

(hybrid) Friday, March 31 ● 10-11 a.m. (EST)

Recording Video and Lectures with Panopto 

(hybrid) Friday, March 31 ●  2-3 p.m. (EST)

Do you have a professional development opportunity you want added to the Faculty Development Calendar? Email it to suidd@salisbury.edu.

NCFDD Webinar: Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Publishing with Undergraduates 

Salisbury University has institutional membership to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) network, which offers a variety of resources to help academics better align their professional and personal goals. Because SU is an NCFDD Institutional Member, these resources are free to use! 

The Lessons Learned from Two Decades of Publishing with Undergraduates webinar, led by Dr. Traci Giuliano, offers specific strategies that you can apply to your discipline that will enable you to successfully collaborate and publish with your own students. Register for this session by visiting the Faculty Development Calendar.

Need to establish your free NCFDD account? 

Review the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) page on the Center for Advancement of Faculty Excellence website for more information on how to participate in this webinar and engage with other NCFDD resources!

Call for Proposals for OER Faculty Grants

The Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) initiative is seeking proposals for its Faculty OER Grant Program, which supports faculty efforts to increase access, affordability and achievement for students at Maryland’s post-secondary institutions through the incorporation of open educational resources (OER) into teaching practice.

Available grants in 2023 include:

• Adopt/Adapt OER ($1,000 grant + Participation in the Lumen Circles Community of Practice)
• Create/Revise and Publish OER ($2,000 grant + Participation in the Rebus Textbook Success Program)

The deadline for proposals has been extended to tomorrow! All proposals must now be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on Wednesday, March 8.

New Quizzes Replaces Classic Quizzes Summer 2024

Starting with the summer 2024 session, the Quizzes feature in MyClasses will change! For the past year, individuals have had the option of using Classic Quizzes (original Quiz feature in Canvas) or New Quizzes. Now is a great time to explore the new quiz feature and begin transitioning assessments to New Quizzes, while keeping your existing assessments.

Why starting building in New Quizzes now?

New quizzes offers additional question types, additional assessment delivery options, the ability to share question banks (now called item banks) with colleagues and the ability to setup accommodations for students for all assessments in a course at once.

Available Workshop Sessions on Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses

Want to learn more about New Quizzes? Each month during the fall and spring semesters, ID&D facilitates an online "Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses" workshop.

Workshop Description: Learn how to create and manage online assessments, establish assessment settings, and create and manage question item banks using New Quizzes (which replaces Classic Quizzes in June 2024). In addition to creating assessments and Item Banks in New Quizzes, we will discuss the various pedagogical strategies for assessment construction. Discussion on the appropriate method to migrate assessments from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes is included in this workshop. While this workshop focuses on New Quizzes, questions regarding Classic Quizzes are also welcome.

Spring 2023 Workshops:

• Friday, March 10 • 2-3 p.m. (EST)
• Friday, April 7 • 10-11 a.m. (EST)
  
• Friday, May 5 • 2-3 p.m. (EST)

Register for your desired session by visiting the Faculty Development Calendar.