Wednesday, June 2, 2021
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- Amended University Policy Number 3341-1-1 - Bylaws of the Board of Trustees
- Jerome Library is cashless!
- $150 in gift cards for tasting food and tracking meals!
- Spirit of BG award June nominations classified staff
- Know a student in crisis? Here's how to help!
Graduate Students
Faculty/Staff
- OMA Summer Book Club
- Intro to Canvas Studio Workshop
- Camtasia for Beginners Workshop
- Building Community in a Virtual Classroom
- Collaborating in a Virtual Classroom
- New Quizzes in Canvas coming soon!
- Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Academy Conference
1. Amended University Policy Number 3341-1-1 - Bylaws of the Board of Trustees
The Bylaws of the Board of Trustees policy number 3341-1-1 were amended to provide consistency with the appointment cycles for National Trustees.
2. Jerome Library is cashless!
A reminder to all BGSU students, faculty, and staff that Jerome Library is only able to accept credit/debit, BG1 cards, or personal check for payment. No cash is accepted and change is not available. Funds can be added to your BG1 Card in the building. Contact us if you have any questions.
3. $150 in gift cards for tasting food and tracking meals!
The Department of Psychology at Bowling Green State University is conducting a study on the influence of memories on taste perception. If you enroll and complete the study, you will complete 1 in-person visit and 3 online visits. Over the course of the study, you will complete 16 days of answering questions about eating and emotions on your phone. Qualified participants who complete the study could earn up to $150 in gift cards! If you are interested in learning more, please click here for further details and eligibility criteria.
4. Spirit of BG award June nominations classified staff
The Classified Staff Spirit of BG Award Committee is pleased to accept June nominations for the Classified Spirit of BG Award. Every qualified nominee will be recognized and presented a certificate of appreciation and their nomination(s) published in the Campus Update each month.
There are no limits on nominations throughout the year. Qualified nominations submitted from May through the following April will be placed in a drawing at the annual Classified Staff Awards Ceremony in May to win one of 12 monetary prizes. Click here for more information or to access the nomination form.
The guidelines provide all information necessary to qualify. Please submit a nomination for that special classified staff employee who displays what BG's spirit is all about.
You may deliver nominations to: Deborah Carden, Chair dcarden@bgsu.edu.
5. Know a student in crisis? Here's how to help!
Help create a Community of Care at BGSU and make sure no Falcon struggles unnoticed and alone! Start the Conversation is a collaborative training offered by the Counseling Center and the Humanities Troupe from the Department of Theatre and Film. In the training, you will learn how to contribute to a community of care, how to identify the warning signs of people who may be struggling, and how to help (including suicide prevention strategies). Simple expressions of care are powerful, and you can make a difference in someone's life!
The next training is Wednesday, June 16, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., Zoom. Register here, and learn more about how you can help create a community of care at BGSU!
1. Summer 2021 Graduate course: Intro to Program Evaluation (EDFI 6600)
If you are looking for an elective course to take this summer, please consider EDFI 6600: Introduction to Program Evaluation. This will meet online for 8 weeks over the summer semester from June 28 - August 20. We will learn about the fundamentals of program evaluation.
Program Evaluation skills are highly sought after in the workplace (private and public sector employers) and very portable. Like much of what we learn in leadership studies, program evaluation is not specific to any one field, sector, or stakeholder group. You will learn about evaluation approaches and steps that could be useful in all settings and are especially useful for leaders to understand. Every high-functioning organization needs to invest in understanding when and how to improve programs/policies/procedures and one of the best tools for this work is program evaluation.
1. OMA Summer Book Club
Join the Office of Multicultural Affairs for our virtual summer book club experience. We will be reading and discussing, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together". Author Heather McGhee, is a leading voice in the national conversation on systemic racism and its impacts on individuals, communities, and societies. “The book is a personal journey and a powerful examination of the debilitating economic and social consequences of racism, for everyone”. In this book club we will use concepts from the book to ask difficult and uncomfortable questions about ourselves and the systems we uphold.
This book club is open to all BGSU staff and faculty. We will provide physical copies (to be picked up on the BG campus) of the book for the first 10 people to sign up. Capacity for this book club is 15 participants. It will run for approximately 10 weeks (1 week per chapter+) and start the week of June 14th. The Day and time of the book club will be decided once all participants have signed up.
If you have additional questions or would like to join the book club, please email: Shevonne Nelson Dillingham at sndill@BGSU.edu. Registration closes June 4 at 11 a.m. EST. Here is a link to the New York Times review of the book.
2. Intro to Canvas Studio Workshop
The Center for Faculty Excellence is offering an Intro to Canvas Studio workshop. Canvas Studio is a screen capture tool that makes it easy for faculty to create engaging videos right within Canvas. The Studio interface allows students and instructors to engage with media by implementing in-video commenting. Low-stakes quizzes can be added right within the video for low stakes student assessment. This workshop will demonstrate the features of Canvas Studio from producing and editing screen capture videos to utilizing student analytics.
Categories: Expectations, Support, Engagement, Feedback & Assessment, and Academic Support Technologies
Facilitator: Holly Barber, CFE Instructional Designer
REGISTER for the Intro to Canvas Studio workshop offered though the Center for Faculty Excellence.
3. Camtasia for Beginners Workshop
Camtasia is a powerful application that allows you to record your screen and create and share dynamic videos. You can use Camtasia to record PowerPoint lectures, Canvas course introductions, homework reviews, and other custom videos that are tailored around your content. The Center for Faculty Excellence is offering a demonstration of the Screen Capture Software for BGSU faculty members.
To learn more about how to install the Camtasia software visit this ITS link.
Register for the Camtasia for Beginners workshop.
4. Building Community in a Virtual Classroom
Fostering a sense of community and belonging in remote learning contexts can help students feel less isolated and more connected to their peers, the instructor, and the course content. This workshop focuses on elements of online pedagogy that promote community building in remote learning. Referencing the Community of Inquiry framework, this session focuses on online and remote teaching strategies and Canvas tools that support Cognitive Presence (critical thinking and reflection), Teaching Presence (facilitating discussions, creating connections, and providing feedback and support), and Social Presence (student engagement, authentic peer interaction, shared goals, and collaboration).
Tuesday, June 22 from Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Register for a Building Community in a Virtual Classroom workshop being offered by the Center for Faculty Excellence.
5. Collaborating in a Virtual Classroom
This workshop serves as an introduction or review of communication and collaboration strategies and tools for effective online teaching and learning. In this workshop, we will discuss and explore effective Canvas features and teaching strategies that can help you create collaborative spaces and inclusive learning experiences in your online and remote course.
Wednesday, June 23 from Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Register for the Collaborating in a Virtual Classroom workshop being offered through the Center for Faculty Excellence.
6. New Quizzes in Canvas coming soon!
“New Quizzes” is coming in July 2021. Instructors will have the option to continue to use the current assessment feature “Classic Quizzes” through December 2022 when the vendor will discontinue its use.
“New Quizzes” is an updated assessment engine that integrates with Canvas and replaces the current quizzes functionality (Classic Quizzes) in Canvas. “New Quizzes” will be enabled for instructors to begin to familiarize themselves with the tool. There are new question types such as Categorization, Ordering, and Hot Spots. Some other improvements you may notice include a more streamlined way to manage item banks and the ability to copy quizzes.
"Classic Quizzes" will be discontinued by the vendor in December 2022 at which time all assessment will need to be in "New Quizzes". We recommend that any new course assessments use "New Quizzes" beginning in July 2021.
Click this link for more information such as FAQs and tutorials.
The Center for Faculty Excellence is offering workshops in July and August. Register here.
7. Scholarship of Teaching & Learning Academy Conference
BGSU is hosting the 11th Annual SoTL Academy Conference, online, on July 26-27, 2021. This two-day conference will promote dialogue on teaching and learning under pandemic conditions and going forward.
We welcome proposals by Friday, June 4, along one or more of five thematic tracks:
• Teaching Practice
• Student Learning
• Culturally Relevant / Inclusive Pedagogy
• Teaching with Technology
• Faculty Development
We especially welcome proposals that reflect on the experience of teaching and learning under COVID conditions in 2020-21, or discuss the pandemic’s legacy for college preparation and higher education in the near future. Proposals may include live panel and workshop presentations, and digital poster sessions hosted on ScholarWorks.
Registration for the conference is also now open. For more details, please visit the conference website.