Upcoming Events

CIDI Workshop - Getting Started in Canvas

Workshop/Training

Topics covered:

Signing In
Profile Settings
Notification Settings
Canvas Inbox
Creating Pages, Assignments and Announcements
Adding Calendar Items
Adding Student Groups
Topics are subject to change based on experience of attendees and what is needed.

[CANCELLED] Men's Baseball

Sports

Double Header - Description:Utah State University Eastern Baseball vs College of Southern Idaho

[CANCELLED] Men's Baseball

Sports

Utah State University Eastern Baseball vs College of Southern Idaho

First 7-week Session

Academic Calendar | Summer Semester

33 instruction days, 1 test day

14-week Session

Academic Calendar | Summer Semester

66 instruction days, 1 test day

Little Naturalist

Lecture/Readings | Home, Family, and Food

Little Naturalist is the perfect program for 3 to 5 year olds who are curious about animals, their habitats, the environment, and exploring nature. Join us twice a month, October through May, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to read a specially selected nature-themed book, explore the natural world, and complete a craft. Some favorites include snowshoeing on the Preserve, interacting with live reptiles and amphibians, upcycling old materials into holiday decorations, and much more!

Cost is $2.00 per youth participant, or buy a $15.00 punch card good f or 10 programs.

Out With the Weeds, In With the Pollinators! Virtual Workshop

Workshop/Training | Gardening

In partnership with, USU Extension - Summit County and Summit CWMA UT, join us for a FREE workshop all about how to support native pollinators in your yard and community.

Did you know that in addition to being harmful to the populations of our native plant life, noxious weeds can also make it tough for essential pollinators to survive. Join panelists Amy Sibul from The University of Utah, Mindy Wheeler with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and Dee Downing with Red Ant Works Inc. to learn how and why to make your yard a pollinator friendly haven.

This program is sponsored by a grant from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Join the workshop here:
https://tinyurl.com/ybjq9c2e

SEA Board Meeting

Meeting

Members of the Staff Employee Association board meet to discuss staff concerns, plan staff events, and conduct other business as necessary for the SEA.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

CIDI Workshop - Usable and Accessible Course Design

Workshop/Training

Your Canvas course already has great content, but have you considered how usable and accessible that content is?

CIDI Workshop - Writing Outcomes for Assessment

Workshop/Training

Writing concise outcomes to be used to measure mastery through assessment in your courses.

Softball v. San Jose State

Sports

Watch USU Softball take on San Jose State at home. Come support your Aggies!

Softball v. San Jose State

Sports

Watch USU Softball take on San Jose State at home. Come support your Aggies!

Softball v. San Jose State

Sports

Watch USU Softball take on San Jose State at home. Come support your Aggies!

CIDI Workshop - Designing Assessment for Student Success

Workshop/Training

This workshop will help you create or re-design assessment to align with your overall course goals.

[CANCELED] Department of Physics Colloquium

Conference/Seminar

Weekly presentations on topics in physics.

CIDI Workshop - Grading in Canvas, Start to Finish

Workshop/Training

Grading is the most important thing to get right in Canvas. To help, this workshop covers:
* The basic logic of Canvas grading, with assignments and assignment groups.
* Using the SpeedGrader and rubrics
* Assignment rules and assignment weighting
* Showing and hiding grades
* Late work policies
* Extra credit scenarios
* Gradebook history and troubleshooting
* Grades from third-party tools and content (Time permitting)
* Outcomes (Time permitting)

CIDI Workshop - Usable and Accessible Course Design

Workshop/Training

Your Canvas course already has great content, but have you considered how usable and accessible that content is?

CHaSS Digital Take-Out with Paige Frame (BS Technical Writing), President, McKinnon-Mulherin

Special Event

The CHaSS Alumni Lunch Series has gone online! Join us for Digital Take-Out as we discuss careers with esteemed alumni. Listen in and participate by asking questions during the live Webex event.

On Thursday, May 14, we'll feature Paige Frame (BS Technical Writing) discussing strategies for working from home. As President of McKinnon-Mulherin, a company dedicated to writing, editing, and instructional design, Paige already manages employees working remotely. Hear about the experiences she’s had and learn how to make WFH more effective and enjoyable.

Listen in and participate by asking questions during the live WebEx event on May 14 at 11am!

Follow this link and join us on Thursday: https://usumeetings.webex.com/usumeetings/onstage/g.php?MTID=e3abaf13d786217b05b21a6184a66885a

Thank you for your interest in this week's Digital Take-Out alumni lunch presentation featuring Paige Frame. This event is being held virtually on Webex.

CIDI Workshop - Getting Started with Atomic Assessments

Workshop/Training

In this workshop you will be introduced to Atomic Assessments which allows you to insert gradable questions within Canvas content pages and allows for a variety of new question types for quizzes and exams. Learn how to incorporate these into your course to increase student engagement or assess a larger variety of student skills.

[CANCELED] Physics Day at Lagoon

Special Event

Each spring USU Physics Day at Lagoon offers the chance for thousands of middle school and high school students to gather at Utah's largest amusement park to "do physics". The USU Physics Department, the Idaho National Laboratory, and a host of STEM sponsors organize a wide variety of physics-based contests and activities at all levels centered around amusement park physics. Each year thousands of dollars in prizes and scholarships are awarded to top students and teachers.

CIDI Workshop - Use Online Learning to Create Meaningful Class Time

Workshop/Training

A review of tips and techniques for helping students access content outside of class to free class-time for greater student engagement. Also applies to blended learning.

Health & Wellness | Year of the Woman - CANCELED

Fair/Festival | Year of the Woman

Celebrate women of the Uintah Basin. Join us for yoga in the park and learn about healthy relationships with food, healing your body with nutrition, and how food corporations disrupt our internal intuition from our keynote speaker Cara Murray. There will be vibrational sound healing with Nathaniel Searle. Smoothies will be available by USU Extension’s Blender Bikes.

Bring donations to support Split Mountain Youth Center.

eLearnX - Experiential Training for Digital-Age Teaching

Workshop/Training

The eLearnX event is cosponsored by the Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE) and by the Center for Innovative Design and Instruction (CIDI). This three-day virtual workshop provides a hands-on deep dive into the teaching tools and methodologies of online, broadcast, and blended instruction.

• Day 1: Sessions on e-learning pedagogy and course mapping.


• Day 2: Breakout sessions on edtech teaching tools and practical applications of instructional approaches from USU instructors and instructional professionals.


• Day 3: Culminates in the creation of activities and other useful resources than can be immediately implemented into courses.

Little Naturalist

Lecture/Readings | Home, Family, and Food

Little Naturalist is the perfect program for 3 to 5 year olds who are curious about animals, their habitats, the environment, and exploring nature. Join us twice a month, October through May, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to read a specially selected nature-themed book, explore the natural world, and complete a craft. Some favorites include snowshoeing on the Preserve, interacting with live reptiles and amphibians, upcycling old materials into holiday decorations, and much more!

Cost is $2.00 per youth participant, or buy a $15.00 punch card good f or 10 programs.

CIDI Workshop - Humanizing Online Learning Environments

Workshop/Training

Online learning environments can be just as engaging as a face-to-face class experience. Let us show you how!

CIDI Workshop - Managing Large Classes in Canvas

Workshop/Training

This workshop will advise instructors how to manage large classes online in the Canvas LMS.

Backyard Composting Virtual Workshop

Workshop/Training | Gardening

Want to get compost started at your home but aren't sure how? Already have a composting system but have questions? Join USU Extension-Summit County and the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter for a virtual composting workshop with Assistant Professor and Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist, Melanie Stock! Participate from the comfort of your home. Once you register for this event, we will send you the information on how to access the webinar on your home computer or smartphone. We will also be recording this lecture and will share it with registrants afterward.

Virtual Order of the Engineer Ceremony

Ceremony/Awards/Celebration

Join the college of engineering in celebrating the Order of the Engineer Ceremony online. The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.

CIDI Workshop - How to Quickly Create a Beautiful Canvas Course

Workshop/Training

Design Tools for Canvas allows you to rapidly stylize and build out your Canvas course, allowing you to focus more time on planning engaging content and learning activities in your course.

CIDI Workshop - Building Interactive Learning Activities with Atomic Assessments

Workshop/Training

Atomic Assessments provide 65 question types with multiple delivery and feedback options. They can be embedded nearly anywhere in Canvas, for practice or for points. Options abound for math and science. See how to create the interactive lessons you've longed to provide your students.

Memorial Day

Holidays | Holiday Calendar

USU will be closed May 25 2020 in observance of Memorial Day.

Memorial Day - no class

Academic Calendar | Summer Semester

No classes.

CIDI Workshop - Running Secure Exams in Canvas

Workshop/Training

This workshop addresses how to create exams in Canvas, plus tools and methods for protecting quiz content and ensuring academic integrity when in-person proctoring isn't an option. (Includes discussion of Proctorio, question banks, time limits, question design, and more.)

Alumni Lunch Series: Digital Take-Out with Ted Twinting

Special Event

The CHaSS Alumni Lunch Series has gone online! Join us for Digital Take-out as we discuss careers with esteemed alumni. Listen in and participate by asking questions during the live Webex event.

On Thursday, May 28, we'll feature Ted Twinting (BA History, BA French), Director of Sales and Marketing at McKinnon-Mulherin, discussing strategies for making your LinkedIn profile more attractive to employers. Learn tips and tricks for jobseekers and how to use this important tool more effectively.

Listen in at 11am and ask your questions via chat: https://usumeetings.webex.com/usumeetings/onstage/g.php?MTID=ea69704c7ca8d8f65dae8907fe1eb2ae5