Faculty @ the Center Newsletter
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2021-2022 Academic Year
May 2022
April 2022
March 2022
January + February 2022
December 2021
November 2021
October 2021
September 2021
August 2021
- Professional Development
- A Kinder, Gentler Online Quiz
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- End of Semester Reminders
- Summer Canvas Sites
- Final Exam Preparation
- Teach Online
- Zoom Changes & Updates
- Gamification Expo
April 2022
- April PD
- Access & Responsibility
- Zoom Engagement Activity
- Center for Service Learning
- Gamification FAQs
- May 2022 Gamification Expo
- AFACCT Wants Your Input
- Allow Screensharing in Teams
March 2022
- Gamification Edition
- March PD
- Access and Responsibility
- Desmos Activity Builder
- Wordle: Why is it So Popular?
- HR Law Scavenger Hunt
- Professor Game Podcast
- Gamification with Construct
- Digital Escape Rooms
- Welcome Brandi Carrington
- New Faculty Crash Course
- Disappearing Students
- Gamification Bibliography
January + February 2022
- January PD
- PD Pilot-Partnerships in PD
- Adjunct Institute
- Montgomery College Sessions
- Mediasite Mosaic
- Attend the Tech Expo
- Ask Us Anything!
- Free Padlet Accounts
- IDEA - What Did We Learn?
- Beyond Bloom's: Andragogy
- New Faculty Crash Course
December 2021
- January PD Schedule
- What We’re Reading
- PD Pilot-Partnerships in PD
- Adjunct Advancement
- Present at the Tech Expo
- What can an ID do for me?
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- 5 Tips for Using Rubrics for Program Assessment
November 2021
- November PD Schedule
- AFACCT Conference
- Concept-Based Curriculum
- Faculty Tip - Zoom Breakout
- Dragon’s Fire Dining Lab
- Student Reading Strategies
- IDEA Evaluations
- Gen Ed Rubrics
October 2021
- October PD Schedule
- Feedback Requested
- Office for Faculty + Outlook
- Course & Program Reviews
- Asking Good Questions
- Creating Review Games
- Caption Confusion
September 2021
- September PD Schedule
- Office 365 Apps for Faculty
- Surprise Box for Engagement
- Learn From Your Roster
- AFACCT Call for Proposals
- Java with Jean
- Tech Tip: Blur Zoom
August 2021
- August PD Schedule
- Adjunct Institute
- Returning to Campus Safety
- First Day Strategies
- Teaching with Masks
- CTE Lab Hours
- Academic Affairs Kickoff
- Laptop Carts in the Classroom
- Java with Jean
- Welcome Back Bags
- Guided Pathways Portal
- Required Refresher Training
2020-2021 Academic Year
May 2021
April 2021
March 2021
- May PD Schedule
- Save the Dates - May and August PD
- Faculty Showcase - COIL Courses
- Digital Escape Rooms
- What We’re Reading
- 2-Minute Lectures
April 2021
- April PD Schedule
- Save the Dates - May and August PD
- Faculty Showcase - COIL Courses
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- What We’re Reading
- Google Slides
- 2-Minute Lectures
March 2021
- Connection Matters
- March PD Schedule
- Time Sensitive! Check you PD Transcript
- Social Science Lecture Series Continues March 9th at 6pm
- Feedback for the Center for Teaching Excellence
- Using Google Drive to Organize & Share files
February 2021
- February PD Schedule
- Social science Lecture Series
- Google Apps for Faculty PD Series
- Google Docs and Canvas Collaboration for Group Quizzes & it's effect on Students' Grade
- Meet Instructional Designer Matt Colburn
- Helping Students' Use Zoom for Study Groups
- Zoom to Mediasite Keeping Video Content
- Quick Technology Tips
January 2021
- January PD Schedule
- Teaching Tips
- Prepare for PD Week by Playing - Time flies
- Coming up! Adjunct institute on the 23rd
- Required Refresher Training for Faculty & Staff
- Want Office 365 on your personal computer?
- Zoom Tip: How to Tell Which Zoom Room You Are In?
- IDEA - Knowing Your Objectives
- Just In Time Help For Faculty
- Answer the "Figure of the Day" Question
November 2020
- January PD Schedule
- Google Apps for Faculty PD
- IDEA
- Tips for Online Meetings
- Mediasite Cleanup
October 2020
- Disappearing Students
- Positive Presence
- October PD
- Kudos to Faculty
- Zoom Out of Room
- Mediasite Video Cleanup
- Mediasite Embedding Error
- Middle States Prep
- Changes to the Help Desk
- Small Teaching Online
2019-2020 Academic Year
March 2020
December 2019
November 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
- March PD
- Adjunct Institute Kick Off
- Attending Class Virtually
- Brightlink Projectors
- Do I Need to Caption This?
- Rubrics
- Office 365 Rollout
December 2019
- January PD
- Introducing Multimedia Production Manager Ken Herron
- Call for External Presenters
- Register for AFACCT
- Using Bingo for Final Reviews and Pecan Pie PD
- Getting Students to Engage in Class Discussions
- What Does an Instructional Designer Do?
- Campus Write-In
November 2019
- January PD Workshop Form
- November PD
- Adjunct Institute
- Creating Collaborative Online Illustrated Dictionaries
- Student Panelists & Actors
- Students & Technology (ECAR)
- Student Technology Assistance
- Using Kahoot! for Surveys
- Introducing Media Specialist Matthew Fitzwater
October 2019
- October PD
- Be Their Guest!
- Use MUSIC to Measure Motivation
- Sequence & Strategies for Active Learning Concepts
- FERPA Training
- NEW! Tech Finder Tool
September 2019
- Fall 2019 Adjunct Institute
- Faculty Spotlight: Crystal Walker
- Identifying Active Learning
- New AV Systems in DH
- What We’re Reading: Hitting Pause
- MCAPD Conference at PGCC
- Teaching Tip
August 2019
- Welcome from Jean
- August PD
- Adjunct Institute in Laurel
- FPLC Kickoff
- IDEA Objectives
- Welcome New Faculty
- Mentoring Handbook
- Important Links
- Student Hours
- First Day Strategies
2018-2019 Academic Year
May 2019
April 2019
March 2019
February 2019
January 2019
December 2018
November 2018
October 2018
September 2018
August 2018
- May PD
- Faculty Take 10 Tech Expo
- Faculty Spotlight - Ahmed Benkhalti
- Kahoot! Mobile Quizzing
- Faculty Spotlight Continued
- Faculty Grant for Hybrids
- Summer Reading List
- August PD
- Student Behavior Survey
- Summer PD Consultations
- Morgan State CCLP
- MCAPD Call for Proposals
- IDEA Course Evaluations
April 2019
- Call for Tech Expo Presenters
- Engineering Dynamic Roller Coasters
- Adjunct Institute
- Applying Concepts to Real Life with Analytical Problems
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- Access Mediasite via Canvas
March 2019
- Call for Tech Expo Presenters
- Required Refresher Training Deadline is Approaching!
- Addressing Attendance Issues The ‘Unmissable’ Lecture
- March Adjunct Institute
- Office Technology Zoom Room
- View Your IDEA Reports
- Free Access to the New York Times Online
February 2019
- Call for Presenters: May Teaching Tech Expo
- February Adjunct Institute
- May & August PD Dates
- Canvas Corner
- Encouraging Students to Read
- Accommodation Memo
January 2019
- PD Week & Mini Conference
- Java with Jean
- Adjunct Institute Spring Kickoff
- Dental Hygiene Teaching Methodology Workshop
- Mediasite Upgrade
- DH Room Renovations
- IDEA Objectives
- First Day Strategies
December 2018
- Upcoming January Professional Development
- Adjunct Institute Spring Kickoff
- Canvas Corner
- Mediasite Upgrade
- Chef David Milburn - Making Lemonade out of Lemons
- Welcome Trish Raysor
- Accessibility Tip: Alt Text for SmartArt
- Tech Tip: Hoonuit
November 2018
- Preparing for January PD
- Adjunct Institute CTE
- What the Tech?
- Assignment Prompts that Invite Students
- Teaching Circles & PD
- Accommodations Memo
- Canvas Corner: November News
- Tech Tip: Review for the Final with Jeopardy Labs
October 2018
- Java with Jean
- Adjunct Institute
- Mediasite News
- MCAPD Conference
- Faculty Spotlight: Eve Brunson-Pitt
- Canvas Corner: Welcome Jamie Bourne & Maureen Martin
- Brightlink Projectors
- Mid-Semester Motivation
- Tech Tip: Midterm Survey using Google Forms
September 2018
- August PD Week
- Adjunct Institute
- Faculty Spotlight: Natalie Weech
- Faculty Spotlight: Philip Vilardo
- DH 202 Learning Studio
- Canvas Corner
- Closed Captioning
- ESL Pronunciation Lab
- MCAPD: James Lang
- IDEA Course Objectives
- Tech Tip: Google Voice
August 2018
- Welcome Back!
- Letter from Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Greg Fleisher
- Upcoming Workshops
- Adjunct Institute
- Faculty Support Website
- Howard Hall
- Canvas Corner
- Canvas Tips
- Canvas Accessibility
- Mediasite: New Updates
- IDEA Course Objectives
- First Day Strategies
2017-2018 Academic Year
May 2018
April 2018
March 2018
February 2018
January 2018
December 2017
November 2017
October 2017
September 2017
August 2017
- Summer Professional Development
- Teaching Tech Expo
- MCAPD Conference
- Faculty Spotlight: Jeanette Ruiz
- Coffee & Tea Winners
- Conference Insights
- Teaching Tip: Save Time Giving More Efficient & Effective Feedback
- AV Has Moved!
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- Library Hot Spots for student check-out
April 2018
- April/May Professional Development
- Teaching Tech Expo
- MCAPD Conference
- STEM Faculty FPLC
- Semester Successes
- Coffee & Tea Winners
- Student Study Strategy
- What We’re Reading: Make Just One Change
- Tech Tip—Padlet
March 2018
- March Professional Development
- Survey Takeaways
- Winners Announced!
- Faculty Spotlight
- We want to feature YOU!
- New Look for the Wiki
- Faculty ‘Take-10’ Teaching Tech Expo
- Technology Tip
February 2018
- January Professional Development
- Adjunct Institute Spring Semester Offerings
- Student Panel
- Guest Lecturer Michelle Pasko on Minimizing Classroom Disruptions
- Winners Announced!
- Find MediaSite Videos
- Getting students to learn their classmates’ names
- Technology Tip
January 2018
- Faculty Development Statistics
- Adjunct Institute Spring Semester Offerings
- Winners Announced!
- Newsletters on the Wiki
- Hickory Ridge Update
- What We’re Reading
- Suggested First Day Activities
December 2017
- IDEA Evaluations
- Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Yang Yu
- Survey
- Grade Submissions
- Individualized Learning
- Quick Tip: Share Notes
November 2017
- January PD MiniConference Submissions
- Escape as Engagement
- Video Software Pilot
- Faculty Spotlight: Josh Massey
- Quick Tip: Keepers
October 2017
- The Story of Two Students
- “Nuggets” Mini Modules
- What We’re Listening To
- Video Software Pilot
- Quick Tip!
September 2017
- A Word from the VPAA
- Student Panel
- Classroom Orientations
- What We’re Reading
- Faculty Participants Wanted
- Quick Tip!
August 2017
- Welcome Back
- Upcoming Workshops
- First Week Strategies
- IDEA Course Evaluations
- What is an Instructional Designer?
- Quick Tips!