Below is the text-only version of the October 2020 Faculty Commons Newsletter.
10 MINUTE TUNE UP |
Things you can do in 10 minutes or less to improve your course.
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NEED A BREAK? |
Social Studies Education and ATS Check out how Newark and AAP-Dover students enrolled in HIST316, Civic Engagement in America, used Zoom to mobilize and transform their interactions with middle school and high school students during the pandemic. |
Guess whose pet this is! We’ve polled our partners and asked them to share their pets with us. Can you tell whose pet this is? Say hello to Brody and Toshi! |
BEFORE YOU GO |
Save the date: Winter Institute on Learning 2021 The Winter Institute on Learning returns, virtually! Save-the-date for workshops to help faculty develop or refine (a) academic program educational goals and (b) a sustainable and meaningful assessment plan for those goals. |
Save your content Don’t forget to save any recordings saved to the Zoom cloud before November 2. |
Syllabus template updates CTAL’s syllabus template has been updated to include important information about Canvas’s default grading scheme. |
Formal mentoring at UD Hey UD faculty, interested in mentoring opportunities? |
Upcoming closures ATS and the Faculty Commons Virtual Welcome Bar will be closed:
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Winter Course Materials Need course materials for your winter course(s) that are afforadable and available? The UD Library, Museums and Press can help! |
Poll Everywhere An alternative to Zoom polls or iClickers, Poll Everywhere is an online polling platform that collects real-time responses using any device with internet access. |
November 6: “If I had known”: Education, Performance, Activism If I Had Known is a virtual symposium dedicated to the multifaceted legacy of teacher, writer, poet, and activist, Alice Dunbar-Nelson (1875-1935). The University of Delaware Library currently houses Dunbar-Nelson’s personal papers, which stands as one of the most actively used collections among its holdings. |