Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | October 12, 2021

Soaring with Online Learning - Winter 2022 

Instructional Design & Delivery is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of the Soaring with Online Learning (Soaring) to be held from December 27, 2021 – February 7, 2022. Soaring is a faculty development program to prepare Salisbury University faculty to design, develop and deliver courses in an online (online and no scheduled meetings), remote (online and synchronous meetings) or hybrid (combination of in-person and online/remote meetings) environment through the learning management system MyClasses @ SU.  The winter 2022 cohort focuses on faculty designing online, remote or hybrid courses for Summer I, Summer II or Fall 2022 sessions.  

Program details and application can be accessed from the Soaring with Online Learning webpage. The application deadline is Monday, November 29.

Mid-Semester Grading Due October 24

Why is it important to provide mid-semester grading? Grades are the number one feature that students use in MyClasses and serves as the primary feedback regarding their progression in a course. In addition, mid-semester grade reporting for all students, but especially those who are performing at a D level or below, directly affects:

• Advisement during Program Planning
• Outreach by the Academic Advising Center and Center for Student Achievement
• Retention and degree completion.
• Determination before last day for regular session withdrawals (November 5)

Gradebook Tips 

Below are a few resources for features in the MyClasses Gradebook that may help you while preparing for your mid-semester grading:

Grade Posting Policy - You can hide grades for an assignment while you provide scores and feedback, then choose to manually post the grades for the assignment to all users at once.

Late and Missing Policies - You can apply late and missing policies to have specific points automatically deducted from a score (for late policies) or have a score automatically entered into the gradebook if an assignment is not submitted (missing). Beware that the default score for missing currently starts at 100%, so make sure you change the score if you select this option.

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD) - 14-Day Writing Challenge - Oct. 13 Deadline

What's the challenge?  

The challenge is simple: write for at least 30 minutes every day (Monday-Friday) for two weeks. At the end of that time, you can evaluate for yourself:

• Did daily writing increase or decrease your productivity? 
• Did participation in a community increase/decrease your enjoyment of the writing process? 

What's the outcome of this challenge? Explosive writing productivity and a daily writing habit to help you crush your writing goals! The 14-Day Writing Challenge is free to all members. Registration ends Wednesday, October 13, and the program runs October 18-31.

Register today!

Open Education Conference (MOST) - Oct. 18-22

The University System of Maryland Kirwan Center is this year’s virtual “host” of the 2021 Open Education Conference (October 18-22), the Maryland Open Source Textbook (MOST) Initiative is excited to announce the 2021 Open Education Conference is fast approaching, so it is time to get registered!

This year's five-day virtual conference brings together more than a thousand attendees from across North America and around the world on October 18-22. 

New Quizzes Replaces Classic Quizzes Summer 2022

Classic Quizzes is being replaced with the New Quizzes functionality beginning summer 2022. New Quizzes offers additional question types, additional assessment delivery options, the ability to share questions banks (now called item banks) and the ability to setup accommodations for students for all assessments in a course. A comparison of Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes features is available in the Canvas Community.

Between now and its full implementation, faculty can enable New Quizzes in their course and use both New and Classic Quizzes. Faculty are encouraged to begin moving their assessments from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes. Watch ID&D's New Quizzes Information Webinar from May 24 for more information about New Quizzes.

Have questions? Want to know more about New Quizzes? Join ID&D for virtual drop in sessions every other Friday at 10 a.m. Eastern. Upcoming sessions are:

• Friday, October 15
• Friday, October 29
  

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