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ARC21May: May 17-20

The Academic Resources Conference Explained

The Academic Resources Conference comprises a total of three weeks of university instructor and staff training taking place online via Zoom in January, May, and August. Everyone is welcome and there is no cost.  Because of product licensing, some sessions are open to Wichita State employees only, and those are clearly marked. You do not need to register, but we do offer you the opportunity to download a calendar invite for each session, and we encourage you do that. Direct links to sessions are also provided. Each day we also suggest Online Learning Consortium (OLC) conference recordings, LinkedIn Learning challenges, and a link to an ARC or other WSU event that you might have missed from earlier in the year.  Send all questions to the Office of Instructional Resources: OIR@wichita.edu

Schedule at a Glance

Schedule at a Glance
Time Monday 5/17 Tuesday 5/18 Wednesday 5/19 Thursday 5/20

9:00-9:50am

Vendor Hour: ProctorU Presents: Privacy and Online Proctoring

Vendor Hour: Blackboard Presents: Meet Ultra!

ADDED Vendor Hour Speaker:

Honorlock speaks on their service, privacy, and equity

Vendor Hour: Panopto Presents: Panopto Tips and Tricks

ADDED Vendor Hour Speaker: Examity speaks on their service, privacy, and equity

Vendor Hour: Respondus Presents: Privacy and AI-Based Proctoring
10:00-10:50am Rapid Sessions: Blackboard Retention Center; Blackboard Rubrics; Blackboard Goals Tool Rapid Sessions: What an Ultra Class Conversion Looks Like; Blackboard Data in Ultra; Your Personal Ultra Timeline Rapid Sessions: LightBoard Studios; Master Classroom Capabilities; Understanding the Zoom-to-Panopto Integration

Rapid Sessions: Managing Your New Normal Classroom; When Ideologies Clash in Class; Using the Freedom of Expression Curriculum

11:00-11:50am Session: What Gamers Can Teach Us About Streaming and Recording Interactive and Engaging Lectures  Session: Using PowerPoint to Create Great Infographics  Session: Using GoodNotes on iPad as an infinite, Flexible, Shareable Whiteboard for Remote or In-Person Teaching Session: Using a "Free" App (or other new technology)? What You Need to Know About the Accessibility Auditing Process 
Noon-12:50pm Panel Discussion: What Will you "Keep" from Your COVID Remote Experience? Panel Discussion: What Students Want Professors to Know Panel Discussion: Talk With Professors Who Have Piloted the Ultra Platform Panel Discussion: Educational Technology at WSU, Ask the Experts
1:00-1:50pm Session: Advanced Issues with Title IX Compliance and Enforcement  Session: Life Changing Tricks in Microsoft Office with  Session: Library Services for Savvy Instructors Session: "Is this Accessible?" 
2:00-2:50pm Book Discussion: What do We Think of Super Courses? Session: Ensuring Infographic Accessibility  Session: 21st Century Workforce Skills in the Classroom (ARC Big Read Session) Session: Beyond the Discussion Board: Learning Other Ways to Interact with Online Students 
3:00-3:30pm Session: Meet Your Free Software: What You Can Get Simply for Working at WSU 

Session: Meet the OIR Website: Your Destination for Instructional Resources 

Session: Meet LinkedIn Learning: Your Ready-to-Use Option  Session: Meet MERLOT: Your Blackboard-Integrated OER Solution
LinkedIn Learning Challenges "Digital Citizenship" by Oliver Schinkten.   Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes.

Design Your First Infographic with Nigel French. 21 minutes.

 

Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal and Arianna Huffington. 32 minutes

Embracing Change with Mindfulness, offered by "Chill Anywhere." 

OLC Conference Recording Suggestions

Fight: Personalize the Protest with Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning with Andratesha Fritzgerald, President of Building Blocks of Brilliance. 

Creative Strategies for Equitable Engagement in Online Classes with Tazin Daniels, consultant for Coach at the Pedagologist. 

Building 21st Century Skills for All Learners with Patrick Dempsey of the Office of Digital Teaching at Loyola University Maryland and Matthew Aranda, from Micro-credentialing at Education Design Lab.

A GIF is Worth a Thousand Pictures: How to Use Animated Imagery to Enhance Your Course Content  and Supporting Faculty Adoption of Open Educational Resources through MERLOT

ARC and other WSU Event Recording Suggestions

 Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Sciences 

PowerPoint Feature Showcase 

Running Effective Discussions Online 

Finding Streaming Media in the Wichita State Library Holdings

Detailed Schedule by Day

Monday May 17, 2021
  • LinkedIn Learning Challenge #1: "Digital Citizenship" by Oliver Schinkten. This course will be a review for most instructors, but it's worth your time to check it out because it would be an excellent module for many classes.  Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes. WSU employees receive LinkedIn Learning access as a benefit. Please sign up before accessing
  • OLC Conference Recorded Session Suggestion #1: Fight: Personalize the Protest with Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning with Andratesha Fritzgerald, President of Building Blocks of Brilliance. This session focuses on working to enact an antiracist strategy in the classroom. You must register for the conference to access this recording. Registration link is only for Wichita State employees. 
  • Suggested ARC Recording from Previous Conference or EventDiversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Sciences with Dr. Corrie Moreau, Professor of Arthropod Biosystematics and Biodiversity at Cornell University. Dr. Moreau was a guest of the Biology Department in spring, 2021.

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): ProctorU Presents: Privacy and Online Proctoring.  Since COVID, online proctoring has stepped into the limelight. This session will introduce the topic of online proctoring and privacy and how human proctoring fits into the mix. View the session recording for ProctorU Presents.

10:00-10:50 (Rapid Sessions): Three sessions, each 15 minutes long.  Come for the first, stay for the Rest! Topics: About the Blackboard Retention Center with Carolyn Speer; About Blackboard Rubrics with Mary Morriss; About the Blackboard Goals Tool with Carolyn Speer. View session recording of Rapid Session #1 

11:00-11:50: What Gamers can Teach Us About Streaming and Recording Interactive and Engaging Lectures with John Hammer.   View session recording of Gamers 

Noon-12:50 (Panel Hour): What will You "Keep" from Your COVID Remote Experience, faculty panel. View session recording for What will you "keep"?

1:00-1:50: Advanced Issues with Title IX Compliance and Enforcement with Sara Zafar.  View session recording for Advanced Title IX

2:00-2:50: Book Discussion on Super Courses with Mark Porcaro. This is a book discussion, so please have a look at the book before you attend if possible. University Libraries has a paper copy and an ebook version available, and it's also available as an audiobook on Audible if you have an account. We will discuss this book and what we think of it. Session was not recorded due to its conversational nature.

3:00-3:30 (Free Stuff for WSU Employees): Meet Your Free Software: What You Can Get Simply by Working at WSU, panel discussion with ITS professionals. Are you unsure what software you can download free as a WSU employee? Not sure why you might even want to change from "one version of Word to another" or try out a new program? Come to this quick session to learn more and get to upgrading your system! View the session recording for Free Software 

Tuesday May 18, 2021
  • LinkedIn Learning Challenge #2Design Your First Infographic with Nigel French. This is a short course (only 21 minutes!) but it goes over the theory of infographics and gives basic design tips. This is a great session to pair up with the sessions for today! WSU employees receive LinkedIn Learning access as a benefit. Please sign up before accessing.
  • OLC Conference Recorded Session Suggestion #2: Creative Strategies for Equitable Engagement in Online Classes with Tazin Daniels, consultant for Coach at the Pedagologist. This is an interactive session that looks at common challenges around student engagement. You must register for the conference to access this recording. Registration link is only for Wichita State employees. 
  • Suggested ARC Recording from Previous Conference or Event:  PowerPoint Feature Showcase with Ali Levine. This session was live for the June, 2020 ARC and covers lots of tips and tricks you might not know about PowerPoint.

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): Blackboard Presents: Meet Ultra!  You know it's coming, but what is it? Why is Blackboard Ultra such an upgrade over "old Blackboard"? Come to this session to learn all about Blackboard Ultra and how it can provide instructors and faculty that streamlined experience they have been wanting. View the session recording for Blackboard Presents Ultra

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): Honorlock.  Representatives will explain how their product works and address privacy and equity concerns. View the session reording for Honorlock

10:00-10:50 (Rapid Sessions): Three sessions, each 15 minutes long.  What an Ultra Class Conversion Looks Like with Carolyn Speer; Blackboard Data in Ultra with a Blackboard representative; Your Personal Ultra Timeline with Carolyn Speer. View the session recording for Rapid Session #2

11:00-11:50: Using PowerPoint to Create GREAT Infographics with John Hammer. Want an infographic for your class, website, or meeting but don't know how to use a graphic design program? No problem, we have you covered! And if you pair this session, with Jeremy Webster's session on infographic accessibility at 2:00pm (see below), you'll really be set! View the session recording for PowerPoint Infographics 

Noon-12:50 (Panel Hour): What Students Want Professors to Know, moderated by Carolyn Shaw with student panelists. This is always our most popular session at every ARC. Come hear from students across the spectrum about their experiences in class and what they would like their instructors to know. View the session recording for Student Panel 

1:00-1:50: Life Changing Tricks with Microsoft Office with Ali Levine. This session will reveal some life-changing tricks in popular Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams). We will discuss new features in Office 365, how you can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost performance, and also uncover some secret, hidden tools in your favorite MS Office programs. View the session recording for Microsoft Office 

2:00-2:50: Ensuring Infographic Accessibility with Jeremy Webster. Using the same infographic images that John Hammer used in his 10:00am session, Jeremy Webster will show you how to ensure your infographics are accessible. Didn't come to Hammer's 10:00 session? No problem, this one also works as a stand-alone option. View the session recording for Ensuring Infographic Accessibility 

3:00-3:30 (Free Stuff for WSU Employees and interested others): Meet the OIR Website: Your Destination for Resources for University Instructors with Carolyn Speer.  View the session recording for Meet the OIR Website 

Wednesday May 19, 2021
  • LinkedIn Learning Challenge #3: Becoming Indistractable with Nir Eyal and Arianna Huffington. This is another short course (32 minutes) and will be invaluable for both instructors and students. Take this course for yourself now, and use this course later in your own classes! WSU employees receive LinkedIn Learning access as a benefit. Please sign up before accessing.
  • OLC Conference Recorded Session Suggestion #3: Building 21st Century Skills for All Learners with Patrick Dempsey of the Office of Digital Teaching at Loyola University Maryland and Matthew Aranda, from Micro-credentialing at Education Design Lab. This session has some interesting statistics and some ideas for addressing the "massive skills gap" they discuss in the presentation. You must register for the conference to access this recording. Registration link is only for Wichita State employees. 
  • Suggested ARC Recording from Previous Conference or EventRunning Effective Discussions Online with John Jones. This is one of our most popular sessions in any ARC, and since we are not offering it live, we wanted to make it available as a recording. This is from the June 2020 ARC.

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): Panopto Presents: Panopto Tips and Tricks. Panopto is a powerful video creation and hosting platform, and if you are just getting started with it, you are likely not aware of all the cool things it can do. Come to this vendor presentation on the unexpected tricks in Panopto. View the session recording for Panopto 

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): Examity. Representatives will speak on their product, privacy, and equity. View the session recording for Examity

10:00-10:50 (Rapid Sessions): Three sessions, each 15 minutes long. LightBoard Studios with John Jones, Master Classroom Capabilities with Ryan Corcoran, and Understanding the Zoom-to-Panopto Integration with Carolyn Speer.  View the session recording for Rapid Session #3

11:00-11:50:  Using GoodNotes on iPad as an infinite, Flexible, Shareable Whiteboard for Remote or In-Person Teaching with David MacDonald. View the session recording for GoodNotes 

Noon-12:50 (Panel Hour): Meet Your Ultra Pilots! Panel discussion with instructors who have piloted the Ultra classroom. Want to know the real story? Come ask and participate! View the session recording for Meet the Ultra Pilots 

1:00-1:50: Library Services for Savvy Instructors with Angela Paul. Your University Libraries have so much good content and so many services. Are you getting what you could be? Savvy instructors leverage resrouces at hand, and this session will help you better understand what is available to you as a WSU instructor. View the session recording for Library Services

2:00-2:50: 21st Century Workforce Skills with Megan Madasz, and Brian Austin.  This session will be designed to be a discussion about research into necessary 21st century skills. Come prepared to interact and discuss these topics with other interested instructors. View the session recording for 21st Century Workforce 

3:00-3:30 (Free Stuff for WSU Employees and Students): Meet LinkedIn Learning: Your Ready to Use Option with Carolyn Speer.  Carolyn will share how she uses LinkedIn Learning in her classes, where she leverages this content for both classroom assignments and extra credit. Have you been wanting to know more about LinkedIn Learning but just haven't found the time? This session is for you. View the session recording for Meet LinkedIn Learning 

Thursday May 20, 2021

9:00-9:50 (Vendor Hour): Respondus Presents: Privacy and AI-Based Proctoring. If you attended the ProctorU presentation on privacy and human proctoring, you are going to want to come to this one as well. In it, Respondus representatives will be discussing AI proctoring including privacy issues. View the session recording for Respondus LDB 

10:00-10:50 (Rapid Sessions): Three sessions, each 15 minutes long. Managing Your New Normal Classroom with Carolyn Shaw, When Ideologies Clash in the Class with Neal Allen, and the Freedom of Expression Curriculum with Carolyn Speer. View the session recording for Rapid Session #4

11:00-11:50: Using a "Free" App (or other new technology)? What You Need to Know about the Accessibility Auditing Process with Heather Merchant. There are many educational technologies out there available for free, but all technologies, regardless of cost (or lack of it!) must coomply with policy 8.11. Come to this session to learn how WSU evaluates the apps you want to use in class and what you can do if you find your favorite app choice is not fully accessible.View the session recording for Accessibility Auditing Process.

Noon-12:50 (Panel Hour): Educational Technology at Wichita State with Ryan Corcoran, John Jones, and Carolyn Speer. Do you have questions about how decisions are made, technologies are chosen, and classrooms are designed for tech? This is the panel discussion for you. Come withe questions and we will try to answer them. Links coming soon: View the session recording for Educational Technology at WSU 

1:00-1:50: Is This Accessible? With John Jones.  As the Accessibility Coordinator for the University, John regularly gets the question "is this accessible?" Come to this session to learn how that question gets answered and to pick up some skills along the way so you can start to answer it for yourself. View the session recordng for Is this Accessible? 

2:00-2:50: Beyond the Discussion Board: Learning Other Ways to Interact with Online Students with Mary Morriss. Have you already leveraged your discussion board? Or maybe you just don't like it? Come to this session to learn about other ways to interact with your online students. Bring your own ideas too as this session will be conversational. View the session recording for Beyond the Discussion Board. 

3:00-3:30 (Free Stuff for EVERYONE): Meet MERLOT: Your Blackboard-Integrated OER Solution with Carolyn Speer. Would you like to use OER but "there just anything available" for your class? Well, have you checked MERLOT? This peer-reviewed repository for OER learning objects may just get you a few steps closer to an OAT designation for your class! View the session recording for Meet MERLOT

Suggested Recordings and Other Content for New Instructors

Help with Blackboard Learn

If you are brand new to Blackboard Learn, you will want to go through some recorded trainings to get started in the right direction. The Office of Instructional Resources suggests you do the following:

  • Review the resources on this page, making sure to watch the video "Introduction to Blackboard" on the page, and if you require more training, check out the "faculty training videos" link and look for Intermediate and Advanced Blackboard.
  • If you are using Blackboard to deliver much or all of your course. Consider using a template to help speed the development of your content.
  • Many people find the Blackboard rubrics tool to be very useful when it comes time to grade. Check out the Rapid Session from Monday, May 17 (above) for this and other tools. If you are interested in only rubrics, this video will walk you through them.
  • If you need any help at all, contact the Office of Instructional Resources at OIR@wichita.edu. We serve all instructors from GTAs through tenured professors and will help you!
Help with Zoom

If you are just getting started with Zoom, make sure you have requested a Zoom Pro account, which is free if you are a WSU instructor of any rank. You can also find Zoom information and training online here, and be sure to check the "In This Section" area for all the resources.  If you prefer your training in the video format, we would suggest:

Help with Panopto

Panopto is a powerful video creation and hosting solution, but if you don't know how to use it, it does you little good! To learn about Panopto, please consider reviewing the following resources, and you may also want to attend the Panopto Tips and Tricks vendor session on May 19 (or by recording):

Help with Online Teaching Pedagogy

If you are new to teaching online, you likely have a number of questions.  The Office of Instructional Resources is here to help you with whatever you need. We would suggest you review:

Help with Classroom Management

Classroom management challenges all instructors, but if you are just getting started, you may be especially concerned about it.  The Office of Instructional Resources has put together a series of short articlees for you to read before you step into your classroom and to re-read later if you encounter challenges.