Faculty @ the Center Newsletter

Faculty @ the Center Newsletter

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2021-2022 Academic Year

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 PD
Access & Responsibility
Zoom Engagement Activity
Center for Service Learning
Gamification FAQs
May 2022 Gamification Expo
AFACCT Wants Your Input
Allow Screensharing in Teams

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

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 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 PD Schedule
Feedback Requested
Office for Faculty + Outlook
Course & Program Reviews
Asking Good Questions
Creating Review Games
Caption Confusion

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 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 PD Schedule
Save the Dates - May and August PD
Faculty Showcase - COIL Courses
Digital Escape Rooms
What We’re Reading
Google
2-Minute Lectures

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

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 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 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

January PD Schedule
Google Apps for Faculty PD
IDEA
Tips for Online Meetings
Mediasite Cleanup

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 PD
Adjunct Institute Kick Off
Attending Class Virtually
Brightlink Projectors
Do I Need to Caption This?
Rubrics
Office 365 Rollout

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

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 PD
Be Their Guest!
Use MUSIC to Measure Motivation
Sequence & Strategies for Active Learning Concepts
FERPA Training
NEW! Tech Finder Tool

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

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 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

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

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

Call for Presenters: May Teaching Tech Expo
February Adjunct Institute
May & August PD Dates
Canvas Corner
Encouraging Students to Read
Accommodation Memo

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

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

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

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

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

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

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/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 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

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

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

IDEA Evaluations
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Yang Yu
Survey
Grade Submissions
Individualized Learning
Quick Tip: Share Notes

January PD MiniConference Submissions
Escape as Engagement
Video Software Pilot
Faculty Spotlight: Josh Massey
Quick Tip: Keepers

The Story of Two Students
“Nuggets” Mini Modules
What We’re Listening To
Video Software Pilot
Quick Tip!

A Word from the VPAA
Student Panel
Classroom Orientations
What We’re Reading
Faculty Participants Wanted
Quick Tip!

Welcome Back
Upcoming Workshops
First Week Strategies
IDEA Course Evaluations
What is an Instructional Designer?
Quick Tips!