Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | May 13, 2025

Summer 2025 Accessibility Bootcamp June 9-13

ID&D will be leading a 5-Day Accessibility Challenge the week of June 9-13, 2025 (with Tuesday's session being held Monday afternoon to honor Employee Appreciation Day). Each session focuses on formatting and requirements for digital accessibility and is scheduled for a 2-hour workshop session where you will be able to learn strategies related to making text, links, images/graphics, tables, documents/forms, and audio or video content digitally accessible.  We encourage you to bring your own examples to work with during the workshop.

The days/topics to be covered are listed below:

• Monday, June 9, 9-11am: Fonts and Formatting - Laying the Foundation for Readability. 
• Monday, June 9, 1-3pm: Links and Lists - Navigation and Structure.
• Wednesday, June 11, 9-11am: Alt Text, Tables and Forms - Providing Context and Applying Design Considerations.
• Thursday, June 12, 9-11am: Videos and Audio - Multimedia Accessibility. 
• Friday, June 13, 9-11am: PDFs, Accessibility Checkers and Other Considerations - Validation and Inclusivity. 

To learn more about each session and to register for in-person or virtual attendance for one or more of these sessions, click the Register button below.

Participants who attend all five sessions and/or combine the live sessions with the online course will earn a digital accessibility advocate microcredential.

Practice & Play: AI-Enabled Student Activities 

May 14, 2-3 p.m.

Save the Date: August 27 - AI and Higher Education

Mark your calendars and plan to attend the annual Faculty Development Day from 8:30 a.m. - noon on Wednesday, August 27. This year's theme will be "Artificial Intelligence and Higher Education." The event is being planned by the Exploring Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in the Classroom Faculty Learning Community and the Faculty Development Committee.

Highlights will include:

• Results from the campuswide AI survey
• Updates from SU's Artificial Intelligence Task Force
• Breakout sessions related to AI within Teaching & Learning

Additional details will be provided as the planning continues.

Important Dates for Summer 2025 Sessions

ID&D wants to share some important dates to consider for summer regular, 5 Week 1 and 5 Week 2 sessions. Individuals who want to combine sections in MyClasses should request this action two weeks prior to the start of the session.

Summer regular session:

• May 28: Student access to courses (if published)
• June 4: Start of regular session
  • Drop/Add dates: June 4-6
  • Inclusive Access opt-out date: June 6
   
• July 18: Last day to withdraw from course
• August 15: Last day of class and final exams
• August 18: Grades due in GullNet by noon

Summer 5W1 session:

• May 28: Student access to courses (if published)
• June 4: Start of 5W1 session
  • Drop/Add dates: June 4-5
  • Inclusive Access opt-out date: June 6
   
• June 25: Last day to withdraw from course
• July 11: Last day of class and final exams
• July 14: Grades due in GullNet by noon

Summer 5W2 session:

• July 7: Student access to courses (if published)
• July 14: Start of 5W2 session
  • Drop/Add dates: July 14-15
  • Inclusive Access opt-out date: July 16
   
• August 1: Last day to withdraw from course
• August 15: Last day of class and final exams
• August 18: Grades due in GullNet by noon

 What's New in MyClasses: Discussion Checkpoints

When creating graded discussions, you can now enable Discussion Checkpoints which allows for one due date to be set for an initial post and a second due date to be added for responding to peers. Additionally, you can determine how many posts students must make in reply to their peers and then allocate points based on the students' initial post and for completing the required amount of peer responses.

For more information, click the image above to watch the video tip or review the Discussions with Graded Checkpoints ID&D Knowledge Base article.

Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) Workshop

The Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) three-week online workshop is QM's flagship workshop on the QM Rubric and the process of using the QM Rubric to review online courses. It is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors who wish to understand more about the QM Rubric and process of course review. It is recommended for all faculty teaching an online or hybrid course in order to understand the commitment to quality of Salisbury University’s online and hybrid course offerings. The APPQMR is the prerequisite for the Quality Matters Peer Reviewer Course, which is the required course for any faculty who would like to become a QM Peer Reviewer. Participants can expect to spend at least 7-8 hours per week in this workshop to successfully complete it. Upon completing the APPQMR workshop participants will receive an official certificate of completion from the Quality Matters Program (QM).

This online workshop will run from June 3, 2025 7:00 AM to June 24, 2025 11:59 PM. 

Facilitators: Susan Biro, UMBC and Bonni Miller, SU.

SU is an Equal Opportunity/AA/Title IX university and provides reasonable accommodation given sufficient notice to the University office or staff sponsoring the event or program. For more information regarding SU's policies and procedures, please visit www.salisbury.edu/equity.

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