August, 2022 ARC Events

This time we have nine LinkedIn Learning Courses that we think WSU staff and instructors will enjoy and benefit from. Remember, LinkedIn Learning courses are free for all WSU-associated people including students, staff, and instructors of any rank (including GTAs!). If you have not yet claimed your LinkedIn Learning license, you need to do that first, so follow these instructions.

• How to Increase Learner Engagement
• Gamification of Learning
• 15 Secrets Successful People Know About Time Management
• How to Speak so Others WANT to Listen
• How Getting Curious Helps You Achieve Everything
• Inclusive Instructional Design
• Applying Analytics to Your Learning Program
• Mindful Stress Management
• Increase Visibility to Advance your Career

Nearly all ARC sessions are recorded, so if you missed something, you have a chance to make it up later. Here are some great sessions that OIR would recommend for you:

• "Physical Classroom Update" 
• "What do Great Courses Have in Common, A Discussion"
• "Assignments that Work, a Discussion" 
• "New Excel Features" 
• "Teaching Resources for YOU" 
• "GRA? GTA? GA? What's the Difference?"
• "When a Program Adopts Ultra Course Format: RN to BSN's Experience" 
• "Myths About Teaching and Learning" 
• "Encouraging Metacognition in Students" 
• "Intersectionality of ODI and ODS" 
• "Learning Theories Introduction" 

9:00-9:50: Session Recording for "Ultra, What's New? What's Coming?" coming soon! Presented by Blackboard/Anthology's Eric Gudmundson.

• Session Recording for "Ultra, What's New? What's Coming?" Note: this video link requires viewers to sign in using WSU credentials to maintain security of the information, done at the request of Anthology.

10:00-10:50: Session recording for "Campus Update on Freedom of Expression," Presented by President Rick Muma

• Freedom of Expression Video

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11:00-11:50: Session recording for "How and Where to Get Help," Presented by Carolyn Speer.

• Slides for "Get Help"
• Join Instructor Facebook Group 
• Banner 9 Grade Entry Instructions
• CMS FAQ page
• Instructor's "Instruction Manual"
• Recording of "Get to Know Your Instruction Manual" from May, 2022

Noon-12:50: Session Recording for Panel Hour! "What Will the Future Look Like, and How Do We Prepare Our Students For It?" Moderator: Amy Ham; Panelists: Ajita Rattani, Min Xiao, Jaehwan Byun, Mohommad Najjar, and Robin Henry.

1:00-3:00: Labs are available all year long on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom. To get the Zoom link, please check out our Labs webpage.

1:00-1:50: Session recording for "Proctoring with Examity," Presented by Jesus Diaz.

2:00-2:50: Session recording for "What's New With the Ultra Gradebook," (note: this link will only work for people logged in to the WSU system) Presented by Fredrik Klemming from Anthology.

3:00-3:50:  Session recording for "Finding OER for Your Classes," Presented by Maria Sclafani.

• Great Library Guide on OER

4:00-4:50: Article Club! We will discuss, Article Link: "A 'Stunning' Level of Student Disconnection." Article Club Session Invitation. PDF version of article NOTE: no recording was made of this session.
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6:00-6:50: Session recording for "Building a Course in the Ultra Course Format," Presented by Mary Morriss.

9:00-9:50: "AY 2022/23 Required Accessibility Training for Faculty," Presented by John Jones.

• Accessibility Training Slides 
• Session recording for "AY 2022/23 Required Accessibility Training for Faculty."  IMPORTANT: if you are a WSU instructor of any rank, and you watch this recording, please send and email to OIR@wichita.edu and let us know your WSU ID and that you watched the video. We will see that your attendance is recorded so you don't get asked to do it again!

10:00-10:50: "Full Instructor Town Hall," Presented by Provost Shirley Lefever and guests.

• Slides from the Town Hall 
• Session Recording from "Full Instructor Town Hall" 

11:00-11:50: "Title IX Updates," Presented by Lucretia Taylor.

• Slides for Title IX Updates 
• Session Recording from "Title IX Updates" 

Noon-12:50: Panel Hour! "Adult Students at WSU: Who are they and what do they need?" Panel: Anna Porcaro, Amber Anderson, Pam O'Neal.

1:00-3:00: 1:00-3:00: Labs are available all year long on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom. To get the Zoom link, please check out our Labs webpage.

1:00-1:50: "Meet Your Design 'School' with John Hammer," Presented by John Hammer.

• Session Recording for "Meet Your Design School" 

2:00-2:50: "So, You Want to Try an ePortfolio?" with Chelsea Redger-Marquardt and Carolyn Speer.

• Slides for ePortfolio 
• Session Recording for "So, You Want to Try an ePortfolio?"

3:00-3:50:  "Creating Fillable Forms with Jotform," Presented by Heather Merchant.

• Session Recording for "Creating Fillable Forms with Jotform"

4:00-4:50: "Nontraditional Grading Methods" Presented by John Hammond.

• Session Recording for "Nontraditional Grading Methods"

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6:00-6:30: "Time Savers: Zoom to Panopto and Respondus Test Builder," Presented by Carolyn Speer.

• Session Recording for "Time Savers: Zoom to Panopto and Respondus Test Builder"
• Link to Respondus Test Builder Download

9:00-9:50: No Live Session! We suggest you watch this recording instead: What Can LinkedIn Learning Do For My Classes? 

10:00-10:50: "Getting Started With Blackboard," Presented by Mary Morriss.

• Session Recording for "Getting Started with Blackboard" 
• Blackboard "Classic" Support Pages
• Blackboard "Ultra" Support Pages

11:00-11:50: "Getting Started with Panopto," Presented by Carolyn Speer. 

• Session Recording for "Getting Started with Panopto"
• Link to Panopto Training Area Online 

Noon-12:50:  Panel Hour! "What to do When a Vendor Comes Calling" Presented by Brett Morril and John Jones.

• Session Recording of "What do to When a Vendor Comes Calling"

1:00-3:00: Labs are available all year long on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom. To get the Zoom link, please check out our Labs webpage.

1:00-1:50: "Mental Health for Instructors," Presented by Chris Leonard.

• Session Recording for "Mental Health for Instructors" 

2:00-3:50: No ARC because the annual Faculty Staff Address was taking place.

• Recording of Faculty and Staff Address, 2022 

4:00-4:50: "Tenure and Promotion Process at WSU," Presented by Gery Markova. No Session Recording Available. 
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6:00-6:50: "Getting Started with Blackboard," Presented by Mary Morriss.

• Session Recording for "Getting Started With Blackboard" 

If you are a new GTA, you must attend all of these events, and your day will run from 8:30 am-4:00 pm. If you are a returning GTA, you are strongly encouraged to attend the morning events.

All morning events will be held in the Rhatigan Student Center, Room 233.  All afternoon events will be offered through Zoom, and GTAs are welcome to view the Zoom events on their own or in Room 233, as they will be projected there as well.  Light food, prizes and gifts will be available to all GTAs (new and returning) who attend morning sessions in person, and cookies will be available to GTAs who watch the Zoom sessions in Room 233 as a group.

Here is the GTA Training Schedule for Wednesday, August 17, 2022:

• 8:30-12:30 events are in the Rhatigan Student Center Room 233:
  • 8:30: Check-in and light breakfast
  • 9:00-9:20: Welcome and orientation for the day
  • 9:20-9:50: Overview of online resources and university support for GTAs
  • 10:00-10:45: President Rick Muma addresses GTAs.  President Muma will be addressing GTAs via Zoom. If you would like to join this session, please use this link: Muma Address to GTAs. Freedom of Expression Video
  • 10:45-11:00: Short break, light refreshments served
  • 11:00-12:30: Suicide Prevention Training. All attendees will receive a WSU t-shirt
• 12:30-1:00: Lunch on your own
• Zoom link for afternoon sessions
  • 1:00-1:25: Getting Ready to Teach or Support
  • 1:30-1:55: Understanding University Library Resources
  • 2:00-2:25: Accessibility Training
  • 2:30-2:55: Quick Introduction to Blackboard
  • 3:00-4:00: Everything you need to know about your assistantship
  • 4:00: Released 

9:00-9:50: "I Have a Problem; How Do I Troubleshoot it?" Presented by Carolyn Speer.

• Session Recording for "I Have a Problem; How Do I Troubleshoot It?" 

10:00-10:50: "Give Me Some Space!: Cloud Storage Options at WSU," Presented by Ali Levine.

• Session Recording of "Give Me Some Space! Cloud Storage Options at WSU" 

11:00-11:50: "Add Panopto Quizzes to Your Videos," Presented by John Hammer.

• Session Recording for "Add Panopto Quizzes to your Videos" 

Noon-12:50: Panel Hour! "Inclusive University" Moderator: Jody Fiorini. Panel: Edil Torrez Rivera, Aaron Austin, Valerie Thompson, and Jenny Pearson.

• Session Recording of "Inclusive University" 
• Information on name change process at WSU 
• LGBTQ Resource Page 
• Report Discrimination
• Wichita State Office of Diversity and Inclusion 

1:00-3:00: Labs are available all year long on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom. To get the Zoom link, please check out our Labs webpage.

1:00-2:30 (90-minute session): "Preparing Neurodivergent Students to Enter the Workplace," Presented by Specialisterne.

• Slides for Preparing Neurodivergent Student to Enter the Workforce 
• Session Recording of "Preparing Neurodivergent Students to Enter the Workforce" 
• WSU Resource: ASD Students in the Classroom
• WSU Resource: About ASD 
• WSU Resource: Welcoming ASD Students to Events

3:00-3:50:  "Introduction to OneDrive," Presented by Ali Levine.

• Session Recording for "Introduction to OneDrive" 
• More Information on OneDrive 

4:00-4:50: "Making the Most of University Libraries" Presented by Meghann Kuhlmann and Aaron Bowen.
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6:00-6:50: "Getting Started with Panopto," Presented by Carolyn Speer.

• Session Recording for "Getting Started With Panopto" 
• Link to Panopto Training Area Online 

9:00-Noon: 1:00-3:00: Labs are available all year long on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 1:00-3:00pm on Zoom. To get the Zoom link, please check out our Labs webpage.

11:00-11:50: EARLY Panel Hour! "An Instructor's Guide to Student Affairs," Presented by representatives from Student Affairs.

• No recording for this session, unfortunately 
• Support Shocker Support Locker
• Shocker Support Locker Wish List 
• Shocker Family Programs 
• ReportIt 
• Support Suspenders for Hope 
• Giving Day Information