Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | November 9, 2021

National Distance Learning Week Is Here!

Salisbury University instructional designers are celebrating National Distance Learning Week by offering 30-minute Lunch and Learn Webinars around technology related to teaching and learning.

Upcoming ID&D Lunch and Learn Webinars (30-minute webinar followed by Q&A) at 12 noon Eastern each day:

• Tuesday, November 9 - Using Technology to Enhance the Classroom Experience
• Wednesday, November 10 - How to Make Accessible Word and PDF Files
• Thursday, November 11 - Flipping the Classroom: What Does That Look Like?
• Friday, November 12 - Student Engagement and Instructor Presence Top 10

Individuals who participate in the webinars this week will be entered into raffles for swag.

Changes to Inclusive Access Program

The Inclusive Access program for affordable course materials is changing starting winter and spring 2022 sessions. Please join Lisa Gray, director of the SU Bookstore, and members of ID&D to learn about the Inclusive Access program, how the Inclusive Access program is changing and what modifications faculty need to make in their courses. Register for one of the following webinars:

• Wednesday, November 17 • 1-2 p.m.
• Thursday, November 18 • 10-11 a.m.
  

Soaring with Online Learning - Winter 2022 

Instructional Design and Delivery is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of the Soaring with Online Learning (Soaring) to be held from December 27, 2021 – February 7, 2022. Soaring is a faculty development program to prepare Salisbury University faculty to design, develop and deliver courses in an online (online and no scheduled meetings), remote (online and synchronous meetings), or hybrid (combination of in-person and online/remote meetings) environment through the learning management system MyClasses @ SU.  The winter 2022 cohort focuses on faculty designing online, remote or hybrid courses for Summer I, Summer II or Fall 2022 sessions.  

Program details and application can be accessed from the Soaring with Online Learning webpage. The application deadline is Monday, November 29.

Call for Proposals: SU Teaching and Learning Conference

Mark your calendars for Friday, February 18, 2022, as SU hosts our annual Teaching and Learning Conference from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
 
The annual TLC conference brings together teacher-scholars across campus to share and discuss teaching innovations and best practices. A call for proposals is currently open for 20-minute sessions, 40-minute sessions, panel discussions (up to 4 presenters) or poster presentations on a variety of themes related to the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Innovative teaching strategies 
• Implementation of High Impact Practices 
• Assessment of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) 
• Best-practices for online and hybrid learning 
• Student motivation and engagement 
• Teaching practices that encourage critical thinking 
• Integrating technology 

Deadline to submit your session proposals is Tuesday, November 30.

New Quizzes Replaces Classic Quizzes Summer 2022

Classic Quizzes is being replaced with the New Quizzes functionality beginning summer 2022. New Quizzes offers additional question types, additional assessment delivery options, the ability to share questions banks (now called item banks) and the ability to setup accommodations for students for all assessments in a course. A comparison of Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes features is available in the Canvas Community.

Between now and its full implementation, faculty can enable New Quizzes in their course and use both New and Classic Quizzes. Faculty are encouraged to begin moving their assessments from Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes. Watch ID&D's New Quizzes Information Webinar from May 24 for more information about New Quizzes.

Have questions? Want to know more about New Quizzes? Join ID&D for virtual drop in sessions every other Friday at 10 a.m. eastern. Upcoming sessions:

• Friday, October 29
• Friday, November 12
  

 Apply for Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship Program

The National Federation of the Blind is committed to the development of innovative techniques for achieving nonvisual access to information through the design and development of accessible information and technology systems. The Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship Program helps instructors begin to include accessibility concepts in at least one course offering in their institution with help from the nation’s blind. Your existing course does not need to have an accessibility component to apply. The program consists of the following:

• Individualized consultation and assistance with course instruction from the National Federation of the Blind through our Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access (CENA),
• Sharing of resources to enhance the accessibility of your course,
• A monetary award. One award of $2,000 will be made to an instructor of a University System of Maryland (USM) school or a professor of an independent Maryland college,
  and two awards of $1,500 each will be made to Maryland community college instructors.

The application deadline is Monday, November 15. To apply for the 2022 Accessibility Inclusion Fellowship, please submit the following information by email to Stacie Dubnow at sdubnow@nfb.org:

• Name
• Professional Title
• Name of Your Institution
• Email Address
• Phone Number
• Course Title
• Is this a required course, or elective?
• Cover letter
• Class syllabus
• The course description from the college catalog
• Two professional references

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.