Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | July 6, 2021

Welcome Dr. Jessica Clark

Welcome and congratulations to Dr. Jessica Clark as she begins her new role as assistant provost for faculty success in which Instructional Design & Delivery will report. Dr. Clark will begin an initial two-year appointment to initiating a needs assessment for and initial services of a Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, an important objective of SU’s Strategic Plan.

Dr. Clark has well-documented experience mentoring students and faculty (including as past co-director of the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity), leading and participating in faculty development groups, serving on a national council related to high-impact practices (Council on Undergraduate Research), and serving as co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded collaboration across five University System of Maryland (USM) institutions to diversify biosciences faculty. Dr. Clark also serves on the USM Academic Transformation Advisory Council.

Quality Matters Applying the QM Rubric Workshops

The past year has increased awareness of Salisbury University's commitment to quality course design for traditional, hybrid, remote and online courses. Through our University subscription to Quality Matters and the use of the sixth edition of the QM Rubric, more and more faculty have been including elements in their course design to support student success. We invite interested faculty and staff developing credit or non-credit hybrid, remote or online courses to take the FREE Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) workshop to become familiar with the standards of the QM Rubric for quality course design.

Instructional Design & Delivery is hosting an online APPQMR workshop from July 13-26.

To register for any APPQMR workshop:

1. In your preferred browser, go to https://www.qmprogram.org/myqm.
2. Log in in with your MyQM account or create one using your SU email address.
3. Select the Higher Education tab in the top gray bar.
4. On the left menu, expand Workshop - Register.
5. Select Dedicated Training.
6. Select Register next to the desired session and follow the prompts.

Please reach out to Bonni Miller (bhmiller@salisbury.edu) or ID&D (suidd@salisbury.edu) with any questions or concerns.

Register for Faculty Development Day

Faculty Development Day Is Wednesday, August 25

8:30 a.m.-Noon • Guerrieri Academic Commons Assembly Hall

Light Breakfast & Check-In: 8:30-9 a.m.

This year’s event focuses on two topics:

Part 1: Launching a Center for Faculty Development and Excellence at Salisbury University  

Provost Karen Olmstead and Assistant Provost for Faculty Success Jessica Clark formally announce efforts to create a Center for Faculty Development and Excellence and seek initial faculty input on the vision for the center. This session includes small group discussions on priorities for the center, which will support both faculty professional growth as well as excellence in teaching and learning at SU.

Part 2: General Education at SU: Student Learning Outcome (SLO) Alignment Workshop  

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Faculty Learning Community (FLC) members guide faculty participants in discussions and exercises around course alignment with General Education Student Learning Goals (SLGs) and Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs). Faculty will be assigned to a “working group" - aligned to one of the 14 requirements of the newly approved General Education model. In their groups, faculty will align their current course SLOs with the new General Education SLOs and be able to practice major/program SLO alignment via curriculum mapping methods to ensure students are engaging in SLOs across their tenure at SU. 

Individuals have the option of attending this event in person or virtually via Zoom. Please select the appropriate "ticket" that aligns with your preferred method of attendance. 

Registration is required for the 2021 Faculty Development Day and we look forward to seeing you there. 

August Workshops

Instructional Design & Delivery is offering workshops on MyClasses (quizzes, gradebook, assignments, course organization), Turnitin (plagiarism prevention service), TurningPoint (clickers), Panopto (lecture/video capture), and Zoom and Office 365 for course delivery. We also offer after-hours Quick Start workshops for adjunct faculty! Take some time to brush up your skills, explore new features and learn some best practices for your course.

Our August 2021 workshops are offered both online via Zoom and in person in the Faculty Studio in the Guerrieri Academic Commons, Room 221 (15-seat capacity). For those registering to attend in person, faculty/staff with active SU accounts should select SU Login to enroll in a workshop; incoming faculty/staff without an SU account should use the Non-SU option to enroll in a workshop. For workshop descriptions and virtual/in-person registration information, please refer to the Faculty Development Calendar. Drop-in sessions do not require pre-registration.

New in Canvas - Discussions Redesign

The Discussions Redesign (Beta) feature allows users to view individual discussion topics with an updated design and small usability enhancements. These changes ensure page responsiveness and prepare the interface for feature functionality improvements. The first release includes sorting unread posts at the top and marking replies as unread. For more information is available in the Canvas Community about the Discussions Redesign project. 

To turn on the Discussion Redesign feature in your course, (1) go to Settings, (2) click on Feature Options and (3) Enable the Discussions Redesign option in your course. 

New in Canvas - SpeedGrader Comment Library

The Comment Library allows instructors to save and reuse commonly used text feedback in SpeedGrader. As an instructor, you can add new comments and delete existing comments in the Comment Library. Comments you have added to the Comment Library are accessible from each course in which you are enrolled as an instructor. 

When you are in SpeedGrader, you will see a Comment Library icon in the Assignment Comments section.  

Click the icon and you can (1) Add comments to the library, (2) Edit and delete existing comments and (3) choose to turn on suggestions if desired. 

And if you're wondering - yes, you can edit the comment even after you bring it in from your comment library! For more information, review the Knowledge Base article or view this quick video tip!

Panopto Desktop Mandatory Upgrade

Starting Thursday, July 15, at 8 p.m., individuals using Panopto for Windows will be required to upgrade to version 9.0.2 or above and individuals using Panopto for Mac will be required to version 10.1.0 or above.  

 Those who have Panopto installed on personal computers will begin seeing a message stating that an upgrade is available and can use that link to update their software. 
 
PC Example:

Those using an official SU computer will be able to obtain the new version from IT's Software Center. 

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.