Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | July 2024

NCFDD 14-Day Writing Challenge

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) offers a variety of resources to help academics, of all stages, better align their professional and personal goals. Because SU is a NCFDD Institutional Member, these resources are free to use!

One of the most popular programs is the 14-day writing challenge, which uses best practices to help you create a consistent writing practice. The next opportunity to participate is July 15-July 28. During this time, you are asked to commit to writing every day for at least 30 minutes. You log on to the NCFDD’s online community, start the timer, complete your writing, post your progress and encourage others in your assigned writing group. Past participants credit this program and the accountability of the writing groups with helping them establish better writing habits or refresh stagnant ones. Registration closes Friday, July 5!

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!

Important Dates for Summer 2024 Sessions

ID&D wants to share some important dates to consider for summer regular and 5W2 sessions.

Summer 5W2 session:

• July 8: Start of 5W2 session
  • Drop/Add dates: July 8-9
  • Inclusive Access opt-out date for 5W2: July 10
   
• July 29: Last day to withdraw from a 5W2 course
• August 9: Last day of class and final exams
• August 12: Grades due in GullNet by noon

Summer regular session:

• July 12: Last day to withdraw from a regular session course
• August 9: Last day of class and final exams
• August 12: Grades due in GullNet by noon

Online Webinar LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.

• Wednesday, July 17 at 1 p.m.
• Thursday, July 25 at 12 p.m.

Pearson CourseWare for Fall 2024 Courses

Faculty who are planning to use Pearson courseware integration (utilizing publisher content and activities beyond an eBook) with their Fall 2024 courses will need to wait until August 15, 2024 to set up the Pearson integration. ID&D is working with the publisher to upgrade the integration from LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3.

ID&D will be upgrading both Pearson and VitalSource to LTI 1.3 on August 14. The two work in tandem for Pearson courseware in the Inclusive Access program. So please WAIT until August 15 to setup the Pearson integration in your course.

Additional information and support will be provided by the campus Instructional Designers closer to this date. Please reach out to your Instructional Designer liaison in the meantime if you have any questions.

Accessibility Resources

Preparing for the Fall semester? Now is a great time to review and improve the accessibility of your existing course documents, MyClasses pages, videos, and to develop accessible new content!

The following resources provide starting points on how to check and update accessibility features for your content.

Try reviewing our 5 Easy Steps to an Accessible Syllabus guide that provides key accessibility concepts, with a video walk-through at the end. The best practices in this guide are applicable across many digital environments. Also review our Additional Accessibility considerations article about font, color, and contrast.

• Monday, August 12
  • MyClasses Quick Start: 9 - 11 a.m. | in-person
    
  • Engaging Pedagogy: Starting with the Syllabus:  1 - 2 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • Drop-In Session: Publisher Content & Inclusive Access: 2:30 - 4 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom (no registration required)
    
   
• Tuesday, August 13
  • Engaging Pedagogy: Student Success through Backward Design: 9 - 11 a.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • Practice and Play: Content with Modules and Pages: 1 - 2 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in MyClasses: 2:30 – 4 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
   
• Wednesday, August 14
  • Practice and Play: New Quizzes: 10 – 11 a.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • Engaging Pedagogy: Conversations around AI: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. | in-person
    
  • Recording Video and Lectures with Panopto: 2 – 3 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • MyClasses Quick Start: 5 – 7 p.m. | online via Zoom
    
   
• Thursday, August 15
  • Leveraging Microsoft Teams & Office through MyClasses: 9 - 10 a.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
  • Drop-In Session: Publisher Content & Inclusive Access: 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom (no registration required)
  • Aligning Student Learning Outcomes to Assignments, Discussions & Assessments: 1 - 2 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom 
    
  • Practice and Play: Assignments and Discussions: 2 – 3 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom 
   
• Friday, August 16
  • Aligning Student Learning Outcomes to Assignments, Discussions & Assessments: 10 - 11 a.m. | in-person and online via Zoom 
    
  • Practice and Play: New Quizzes:  1 – 2 p.m. | in-person and online via Zoom
    
   
• Tuesday, August 20
  • MyClasses Quick Start: 5 - 7 p.m. | online via Zoom