Week's End Report - Sept. 30th

Tip of the Week!

The Instructional Design Center (IDC) is currently looking at regional online courses that are on the schedule for the Spring of 2017. Here is what that means for you:

If you're a faculty member, you don't need to do anything at this time.

If you're a program chair, take a look at the online courses you have scheduled for spring. If they're statewide courses you don't need to do anything additional. If you are offering online courses that are not statewide, check to make sure you have a development shell with current content that matches the textbook that you've adopted for the course. If you do not have a current development shell, please contact the IDC with information regarding the textbook that's been adopted and any other regions that are offering the same online course using the same textbook. We will then locate the content and make it available for your review.

Not sure whether your course is statewide? Click here to view the current list of all statewide online courses

If you are a dean, please encourage your program chairs to review their spring schedules and reach out to the IDC if content is needed.

What is the IDC doing? The IDC is reviewing the content in the current development shells to make sure that previously identified issues have been resolved so the course is ready to run in the spring. If we identify additional issues or issues that have not been resolved we will be reaching out to you shortly with the details. If you have changed to a new textbook please notify us as soon as possible so we can streamline our efforts.

Click here to view the Regional Online Course Process
 

Training Opportunities

VoiceThread Mobile
October 4 at 7:00pm ET - Register here
Online course design has changed a lot in the last 10 years. Over 80% of students now use smartphones and tablets for academic work. In this workshop, participants will learn how to design lessons with mobile learners in mind. We will explore the differences between VoiceThread’s mobile app and the traditional browser version, and participate in hands-on activities.

VoiceThread and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
October 18 at 7:00pm ET - Register here
Participants will learn how VoiceThread can help educators provide multiple means of engagement, representation, action and expression for their courses. Participants will learn how to use VoiceThread’s multi-modal communication platform, closed captioning feature, and VoiceThread Universal to design accessible lessons.

VoiceThread and Common Core Lesson Design
October 25 at 7:00pm ET - Register here
Are you looking for innovative ways to create lessons aligned with Common Core standards? In this K-12 focused workshop, participants will discuss lesson design and learn to blend Common Core and VoiceThread in a variety of ways. We will show examples for ELA, History, Speaking and Listening, and Math standards.

VoiceThread Basics 1 - Upload, Comment, and Share
November 1 at 7:00pm ET - Register here
Participants will learn how to upload media, comment and annotate on that media, and share it with others. This will be a slow paced, step-by-step, hands-on workshop. It is open to both VoiceThread license holders and free members.
 

Systems Information

Peru campus experienced a network outage on Tues. Sept. 27th. The outage impacted all centrally hosted systems and internet access, including VOIP telephones.