2/25/13
UWG Daily Report
Headlines
• University Communications and Marketing Reorganization Nearing Completion
• UWG Online Faculty Development Opportunities
• ARAMARK Dining Styles Survey
• 32nd Annual Media Day
• Guitar Recital Tonight
• Spotlight on Diversity
• 2013 Waring Distinguished Lecturer
Announcements:
• As many of you know, University Communications and Marketing has spent the past year reorganizing, including the move of part of our staff to an adjacent building. Our main goals were to align according to core competencies and provide depth of knowledge and skills within those competencies. We also wanted to streamline communications and make it as easy as possible for you to connect with the right person in UCM.
We’re excited to announce that this process is essentially finished. Going forward, please contact the following individuals according to your needs. They will assign your projects within their staffs and will bring in other members of the UCM team as required to best support you.
For design services, logo usage, the visual identity guidelines or other related services, please contact April Saunders, Director of Creative Services. Requests for brochures, designs, etc. should include a completed design request form.
For photo and video needs, please email a completed photo/video request form, to Steven Broome, Associate Director of Visual Services.
For all other needs, including story coverage, media and press requests, etc, please contact Elizabeth Stone, Assistant Director of Communications. All requests for story coverage or press releases should include a completed media request form.
Thank you all for your patience during our reorganization. We look forward to helping you tell amazing stories about your department and our university.
• iApollo
We will be reactivating the iApollo list serve for discussion, announcements, and D2L tips and tricks, a separate tab on our web page will be dedicated solely for iApollo activities, and we will be claiming the D2L Clubhouse for iApollo purposes. Beginning the first week of class, we will begin the new iApollo Clubhouse Collaborate Sessions for UWG|Online faculty. The purpose of this ‘lunch and learn’ clubhouse is to share success stories, discuss the latest trends in online education, and offer tips and tricks for increasing student achievement in the online environment.
2/28/2013 Time: 12:00-1:00p.m. Location: D2L Clubhouse/Collaborate
Introduction to D2L and Course Builder
Get familiar with D2L, our new learning management system! During this 90-minute training session, participants will be introduced to our new LMS, the Course Builder Tool, and the many ways to enhance and engage your students using CourseDen. All registered participants will receive a sandbox course to play in, as well as a tour of a UWG|Online 5 Star Online Course.
2/28/2013 Time: 9:00-10:30a.m. Location: FDC (Faculty Development Center)
D2L: Dropbox and Rubrics
Tired of the constant ‘pile’ on your desk? Are you ready to go paperless? UWG|Online has an answer and a badge for that! In this 75-minute session, we will explore how to use the Dropbox Tool in CourseDen (D2L) to have students submit their assignments. Next, we will spend time on how to use the Rubric Tool to enhance your student feedback, and we will give a brief overview on how other tools like Turnitin GradeMark and the Gradebook can help you simplify your assessment process while increasing your effectiveness.
• Best practices for using the Dropbox Tool in CourseDen (D2L)
• How to access and assess items submitted via the Dropbox Tool in CourseDen (D2L)
• How to create and customize rubrics for assessment in CourseDen (D2L)
• How to increase the effectiveness of your student feedback in order to increase student achievement
3/4/2013 Time: 1:30-3:00p.m. Location: FDC (Faculty Development Center)
• ARAMARK is conducting their semi-annual Dining Styles Survey. Please take a few minutes to give your feedback on our current dining program at the following link. ARAMARK and West Georgia Dining use this information to make adjustments and improvements to the program. Your input is valuable and appreciated!
• UWG’s 32nd Annual Media Day is the Department of Mass Communications’ premiere annual event to connect successful communications professionals with current UWG students. Media Day celebrates professional and academic success in various forms of media. The event includes a panel discussion, networking session and honors luncheon.
Events:
• Renowned guitarist, Elliot Frank, will perform a special guest recital tonight at 8:15pm, in Kathy Cashen Recital Hall. Please join us for this wonderful evening of international classical music.
• The Speech Communication Advisory Committee in the Department of Mass Communications invites the campus and community to a panel discussion on diversity on Wednesday, February 27, at 6:30 pm. The panelists, community and campus leaders, will answer questions about the value of diversity in organizations and society. The discussion will be held in the Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) 1305. Admission is free.
• The Department of Anthropology hosts the 2013 Waring Distinguished Lecturer on Thursday, February 28, at 7 pm. Dr. Ted Goebel, Associate Director of the Center for the Study of the First Americans at Texas A&M University, will give a talk on "Ice Age Peopling of the Americas: Do Stones, Bones, and Genes Tell the Same Story?" Dr. Goebel’s talk explores the questions of who the first Americans were and how they came to the New World during the Ice Age. Toward answering these questions, Dr. Goebel examines three lines of evidence: archaeological, physical, and genetic records. The lecture will be held in Kathy Cashen Hall. Admission is free and is open to the campus and community.