Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | April 22, 2024

A is for Access - Accessibility Week Workshops and Webinars

SU is celebrating A is for Access month, with events and opportunities coordinated and hosted by the Disability Resource Center (DRC), with support from Multicultural Affairs and Instructional Design & Delivery (ID&D).

To support this month-long celebration, during the week of April 22-26, ID&D is offering a series of workshops and webinars that focus on topics about how we can work together as a community to build an inclusive, accessible campus. Below is a list of informational webinars and hands-on workshops offered throughout the week. Registration is required for all sessions. Descriptions and registration are available in the Faculty Development Calendar.

• Practice and Play: Accessible Word Documents 
  • Monday, April 22: 2 - 3 p.m. | in-person (registration required) 
   
• UDL and Inclusive Classroom Practices to Mitigate Invisible Accessibility Needs 
  • Tuesday, April 23: 10 - 11 a.m. | online via Zoom (registration required) 
   
• Practice and Play: Accessible PowerPoints 
  • Tuesday, April 23:  2 - 3 p.m. | in-person (registration required) 
   
• Inspiring Culture Change Toward a Born Accessible Campus 
  • Wednesday, April 24: 10 - 11 a.m. | online via Zoom (registration required) 
   
• Practice and Play: Accessible PDFs 
  • Wednesday, April 24: 2 – 3 p.m. | in-person (registration required) 
   
• Creating Engaging and Inclusive Classrooms 
  • Thursday, April 25: 10 - 11 a.m. | online via Zoom (registration required) 
   
• Practice and Play: Accessible Videos and Audio Files 
  • Thursday, April 25: 2 - 3 p.m. | in-person (registration required) 
   
• Practice and Play: Accessible MyClasses Canvas Courses
  • Friday, April 26: 11 am – noon (updated time)| in-person (registration required) 
   
• Implementing Accommodations 
  • Friday, April 26: 1 – 2 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required) 
   

Pedagogy Roundtable: Using AI to Support Teaching Activities in the Inclusive Classroom

When: Thursday, April 25

Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Location: in-person at AC220H or Online via Zoom

Can AI assist us in making our classrooms more inclusive? Does it have the potential to help us create a more inclusive learning environment? Explore the possibilities that exist as we continue to evaluate the value of AI in the classroom. Join us and participate in small group discussions to share your insights on ways you have considered utilizing AI to make your classroom more inclusive.

Register to attend in-person or online via Zoom.

International Language and Food Festival

The Teaching with International Students (TwINS) Faculty Learning Community cordially invites faculty, staff and students to join us at our International Language and Food Festival, for a celebration of some of the languages and cultures represented on our campus by international students. We will learn about their languages and cultures, and taste samples of food and snacks representative of their culture. This event is on Friday, May 3, from 3-5 p.m., at the Ernie Bond Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) in Conway Hall, and it is open to students, faculty, and staff. There will be food and refreshments.

SU Campus Legend Walking Tours 

Dr. Basham and the students in her HONR 211: Campus Legends and Mysteries class would like to invite all members of the SU community to the free SU campus legend tours on 4/23 at 6:30pm and 4/25 at 6:30 p.m. We will meet in front of Manokin at 6:15-6:20 p.m. each evening and the tours should be over by 8:30 p.m. 

Each evening, a different group of HONR 211 students will lead the tour of the SU campus. Each student will tell their original SU legends that they created based on the research they conducted earlier in the semester. The tour is family-friendly, but some legends will touch on sensitive topics such as sex, racism, murder, suicide, and death. Feel free to advertise the tours and bring along your students, colleagues, friends, and families! 

We hope to see many of you on the tours! If you have any questions, feel free to email Vicky Basham at vvbasham@salisbury.edu.

Thank A Teacher Week: May 6-10

Each May, the University System of Maryland Council for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning joins the Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation in planning faculty and instructor recognition activities as part of Thank A Teacher Week. This event coincides with the National Teacher Appreciation Week, which also is this week!

Students are invited to share their gratitude by writing a note on a physical postcard or by sending a note virtually. Students are asked to look for tables in the Guerrieri Academic Commons and the Guerrieri Student Union outside the Commons where they can sign postcards. Last year, faculty and staff took advantage of this opportunity to share gratitude with colleagues.

More information is available at: www.salisbury.edu/thanks

Call for Participation: Fostering a Culture of Belonging

Ensure students and colleagues feel seen, heard and valued by participating in the Fostering a Culture of Belonging 8-week online course. This course equips faculty and campus professionals with evidence-based practices that expand on "Embracing Diversity in Your Learning Environment," a key topic in ACUE's Effective Teaching Practice Framework. The course contains the following four modules that are fully online and asynchronous, and each module takes approximately 2–3 hours to complete:

• Managing the Impact of Biases
• Reducing Microaggressions
• Addressing the Imposter Phenomenon and Stereotype Threat
• Cultivating an Inclusive Environment

Eligibility: Open to all Salisbury University faculty and staff

Important Dates:

• Cohort 2
  • Registration Deadline: May 20, 2024
  • Start Date: June 3, 2024
   

Questions can be directed to Dr. Jessica Clark, Assistant Provost for Faculty Success.

Using New Quizzes: Creating and Migrating Assessments in New Quizzes

• Friday, April 26: 2 - 3:30 p.m. | online via Zoom (registration required)

Pedagogy Roundtable: Using AI to Support Teaching Activities in the Inclusive Classroom

• Thursday, April 25: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. | in person or online via Zoom (registration required for the modality you'd like to participate in)

Melissa Thomas Celebrates 30 Years at SU! 

ID&D celebrates Melissa Thomas' 30th year working at SU! A historical timeline of Melissa's work life at SU:

• 1990-1993: Student employee in Academic Computing (former division of IT)
• 1993-2000: Instructional Systems Coordinator, Information Technology
• 2000-2007: SU's first Instructional Designer in Teaching & Learning Resources
• 2007-2011: Senior Instructional Designer (we grew to 2 IDs on campus!)
• 2011-Present: Manager, Instructional Design & Delivery

Thank you, Melissa, for all the collaborations and sharing your historical knowledge of projects and processes, and expertise developed over the years of building the Instructional Design and Delivery department to support educational technology and hybrid/online learning!