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Oct

Faculty Senate

Meeting

Monthly Faculty Senate Meeting

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | USU Libraries |
03
Oct

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.)

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
03
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Teaching Classes in Zoom

Workshop/Training

Learn how to plan, begin, and successfully teach a class over Zoom. This workshop focuses less on Zoom functionality and more on teaching strategies for keeping students engaged and minimizing distractions when teaching in real-time, remotely.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
04
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Digital Badging Using Canvas Credentials (previously Badgr)

Workshop/Training

Digital badges are sometimes called microcredentials. They can be awarded to students for various accomplishments and then shared by students on social media and elsewhere as an indicator of their accomplishment or competence. Canvas has an integrated digital badging tool called Canvas Credentials (previously called Badgr). This workshop addresses how to create, award, and track digital badges.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
04
Oct

48th Annual Honors Last Lecture, featuring Dr. Colin Flint

Lecture/Readings

The University Honors Program presents the 48th Annual Honors Last Lecture, featuring Dr. Colin Flint, Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Honors students nominated and interviewed faculty, selecting Dr. Flint as the 2023 Honors Outstanding Professor. His talk, titled “Dare to Build Global Peace,” will challenge audience members to consider the relationship between national security and the geopolitics of global peace. The livestream for a statewide audience and the recording of the event after its completion can be accessed from the University Honors Program website.

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Russell/Wanlass Performance Hall |
05
Oct

Curriculum Subcommittee

Meeting

The Curriculum Subcommittee formulates recommendations on curricular matters, such as course changes

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Old Main |
05
Oct

Educational Policies Committee

Meeting

The major function of this committee is to serve as the Senate committee on educational policy, including programa discontinuance for academic reasons. In addition to conducting studies and making recommendations as specifically instructed by the Senate, the committee itself may initiate such activities.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Old Main |
09
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Managing and Editing Lecture Recordings

Workshop/Training

With all the recordings you have probably been creating lately, your MyMedia account may be in need of some attention. This workshop will take you through the first steps to becoming a media master: learn how to tag and add descriptions to your recordings to make them more easily searchable, discover the power of playlists, and become familiar with the basic editing tools that are available through MyMedia.

9:30 am - 10:30 am | Online/Virtual |
12
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Editing 2+ Courses in one Place with Canvas Blueprints

Workshop/Training

Canvas allows a teacher to create a "blueprint" course, where updates can be made just once and then synced to several associated courses. This can greatly ease the management of multiple versions of the same class. This workshop shows how to use and effectively manage blueprint courses.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
12
Oct

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.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
16
Oct

Faculty Senate Executive Committee

Meeting

Monthly Faculty Senate Executive Committee Meeting

3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Old Main |
18
Oct

Graduate School Fair

Fair/Festival | Career Fair

A Graduate School Fair is an excellent opportunity for you to explore and discuss a variety of graduate degree programs with representatives from several schools. It also provides you with a chance to develop valuable contacts with important individuals that may help you with the application process in the future.

10:00 am - 2:00 pm | TSC, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom |
18
Oct

Supporting Wellness in Your Class

Workshop/Training | Sparkshops

Mental health is a serious issue among college students. This Sparkshop will provide participants with small ways to support student wellness in your classroom. It will also share with you new wellness resources developed by the Counseling and Psychological Services that can be integrated into your class.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
24
Oct

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.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
24
Oct

Graduate Speaker Series

Panel Discussion/Presentation

Please join us for our inaugural Graduate Speaker Series featuring Darren Parry. Parry is the former chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation. He also serves on the Utah Humanities and the PBS Utah Board of Directors and is the author of "The Bear River Massacre; A Shoshone History". Parry will speak on the topic of Empowering Tomorrow's Changemakers.

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | USU Libraries |
27
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Improving Online Discussions

Workshop/Training

Help your online students get to know each other and interact with you better. Connect your students to each other through thoughtfully designed discussion boards, peer reviews, and group projects. Use techniques to speed up your feedback process when grading.

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Online/Virtual |
27
Oct

CIDI Workshop - Advanced Lecture Recording: Real-time Audio/Video Mixing with OBS Studio

Workshop/Training

Learn to actively switch from camera to desktop (or both) as you record your lecture from your home or office. Incorporate motion graphics and more without a lot of post-production editing. This workshop focuses on using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio), a free program for video recording and live streaming, create more professional lectures.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
30
Oct

Faculty Senate

Meeting

Monthly Faculty Senate Meeting

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | USU Libraries |
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