3/11/13
UWG Daily Report
Headlines
• UWG Online Faculty Development Opportunities
• Relay for Life Dress Down Day
• Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund Created
• Passport to Public History: Come See What Historians Really Do
• UWG Psychologist to Speak on the Secret Spiritual World of Children
Administrative:
• 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.
3/14 Time: 12-1 pm. Location: D2L Clubhouse/Collaborate
D2L: Gradebook
Master D2L Gradebook. Give us an hour, and we will give you a gradebook!
• Identify the differences between Weighted and Point Grading Schema
• Reflect on the existing grading schema in your syllabus
• Configure the Gradebook using the Wizard
• Create Categories and Grade Items
• Learn to associate course items with grade items
• Learn how to show accurate cumulative grades to students throughout the semester
3/14 Time: 1:30-3 pm. Location: FDC (Faculty Development Center)
Announcements:
• Tomorrow, March 12, is the first Relay for Life dress down day. You may dress down (all three of our dress down days) if you've purchased one of our Relay for Life shirts for $12.
We still have small, medium and x-large shirts. Please email Vicki Rogers or Alex Young if you are interested in a shirt or to get a $1 sticker to dress down for just tomorrow.
• The Alumni Legacy Scholarship Fund, a $25,000 endowment to support scholarships for students of University of West Georgia alumni, was established by the UWG Alumni Association Board of Directors with a lead gift by Rob Dial, President of the UWG Alumni Association, and his wife, Emily Dial, an alumna of UWG.
Under Rob's leadership, the Alumni Association conducted a thorough strategic planning process to identify the need for the fund. On August 11, 2012, the Alumni Association Board of Directors unanimously approved the creation of the fund. Read more information about this scholarship.
Events:
• The Center for Public History presents “Passport to Public History: Come See What Historians Really Do.” The event, which showcases a compilation of student work, also offers an opportunity to explore work done by public historians. The showcase will be held in the Ingram Library on Tuesday, March 12, at 2 pm. This event is free and open to the public. Read here for more information.
• The University of West Georgia is offering an opportunity to better understand the inner life of children. Dr. Tobin Hart, professor of psychology at the University of West Georgia, will be speaking on the "Secret Spiritual World of Children" at Sunnyside Café on Thursday, March 14. The event, sponsored by the UWG Alumni Association and College of Social Sciences, will begin at 6:30 p.m. with complimentary dessert and coffee. The program will begin at 7 pm, and is free and open to the public. Read here for more information.