Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | January 30, 2024

Instructional Design and Delivery

Dr. Janice Orcutt Joins ID&D Team

Dr. Janice Orcutt profile picture

We are excited to announce that Dr. Janice Orcutt has joined the Instructional Design & Delivery team as an Instructional Designer. Janice will liaison with the academic units of Chemistry, Geography and Geosciences, Physics, English Language Institute, and Clarke Honors College as well as the online doctoral program in literacy studies.

 

Janice started her career working in Higher Education as an Instructor for Keller Graduate School. She quickly became engaged as a Course Developer for their online programs, eventually pursuing her PhD at Nova Southeastern University in Computing Technology in Education. She has spent the last ten years working remotely as an Instructional Designer for two universities in the Caribbean. Janice lives in Bridgeville, DE. In her spare time, she enjoys walking her little Maltese-ShihTzu mix, Buddy, and is tolerated by her calico cat, KaliKat.

 

View our Instructional Designer liaison list for all academic units.

14th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference

Attendees at TLC session in Perdue Hall 156 tiered classroom.

Registration is now open for the 14th Annual Teaching & Learning Conference to be held on Friday, February 16, in Perdue Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The goal of this conference is to bring together teacher-scholars from across campus to share and discuss teaching innovations and best practices.

 

Join us in person for dynamic sessions led by a variety of SU’s faculty and staff. Dr. Tim Stock and Dr. Sandy Pope, Distinguished Faculty Award recipients, will deliver the keynote presentation. A  schedule is available online.

 

Register for the conference by Tuesday, February 13! Keynote and select presentations will be streamed live via Zoom - please register to obtain the virtual links.

ID&D Spring Office Hours

ID&D is extending our office hours for Spring 2024! We want to ensure that we are available for all faculty - both near and far and for those who are part-time and primarily teach in the evenings.

  • Monday through Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
  • Friday: 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 

Need help? We have various options:

 

Teams Virtual Meeting Tutorial

Video Tip: Virtual ID&D Teams Meetings scheduling and use

New to Microsoft Teams?

 ID&D uses Microsoft Teams for our virtual appointments assisting campus users. We recommend taking a few minutes to watch our Teams tutorial and to set up Teams on your computer.

 

Need help installing Microsoft Teams? See IT's Knowledgebase article Getting Started with Teams.

Changes in MyClasses

Canvas updates monthly to respond to community requests for changes, additions, and fixes to improve the end-user experience for both faculty and student needs. Sometimes these changes seem minor but improve ease of use, and sometimes the changes are more comprehensive. Below are some of the most recent changes that you may see reflected in MyClasses or that you may want to enable and explore in preparation for the spring 2024 semester:

All Courses Link Relocated

After clicking Courses on the global navigation, the All Courses link has been reloated from the bottom to the top of the list.

All Courses link at the top of list of courses for a user in MyClasses
Example discussion redesign post with initial post and teacher reply

Discussions Redesign

The Discussions look and features have been redesigned to provide a discussion experience that aligns more to a social media thread look and feel. The redesign also applies to Announcements. This change will be enforced in MyClasses on July 20, 2024, but you can enable this feature option* in your course to start using it now!

 

*SU Login required to access article.

New Assignment Submission Type: Student Annotation

A new assignment type for the Online submission option is Student Annotation. This is not a social annotation feature, but is instead a student can annotate a file uploaded by an instructor and is submitted privately directly to you as the instructor (unless peer review is used, in which assigned peers would have access to student annotations). This assignment type essentially allows students to use the Annotation tools to leave comments on a file that you assign.

Example document annotated with a red circle and comment with the submit assignment option.
Paper Draft 1 assignment in student view showing submission attempt dropdown

Student Assignment View Allows Visibility of Multiple Submissions

The assignment submission student view allows students to see all previous submission attempts and any grades/feedback on those previous attempts (where previously they could only see grades/feedback on their last attempt). You can always engage with your own assignments and see what MyClasses assignments looks like for students using the Student View option.

Register Now!

February Workshops

Instructional Design and Delivery is offering pedagogical and instructional technology workshops for the start of the semester. Workshop descriptions and registration are available in the Faculty Development Calendar.

Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses

  • Friday, February 9:  10 - 11 a.m. online via Zoom (registration required)
 

Give your course a professional looking update with DesignPlus Tools

  • Friday, February 9:  2 - 3 p.m. online via Zoom (registration required)
  • Tuesday, February 13:  6 - 7 p.m. online via Zoom (registration required)
 

Incorporating Generative AI into Learning Experiences Virtual Showcase

William E. Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation

SAVE THE DATE: Friday, April 26, 2024 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Call for Proposals: Faculty, staff and faculty/staff/student teams who have engaged in the use of Generative AI as part of assignments and learning activities are invited to propose sessions for this virtual Showcase, which will take place via Zoom.

 

Proposals are due by February 12, 2024.

 

Call for Proposals for OER Faculty Grants

Maryland Open Source Textbook Initiative

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 2024 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)
 

All proposals must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, March 1, 2024.

Interested in learning more about these grant opportunities? Join representatives from MOST on Monday, January 22, 2024 from 2-3 p.m. ET for an informational webinar to learn more about the grant requirements and expectations for successful grants. Any questions about the grants will also be answered during the webinar. Register for the informational webinar.

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♦ Submit a Help Request

♦ Contact your Instructional Designer 

♦ Schedule a Virtual Appointment

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