Tuesday, 05 Aug 2014
Online Tele-Workshop: Collaboration: How To Work With Others Without Losing Your Friends Or Your Mind
Collaborative approaches once common primarily in the natural sciences are now more frequent in the humanities and social sciences. Working with others to produce scholarship or carry out a project can be a highly rewarding experience or the bane of your existence.
Wednesday, 06 Aug 2014
Textbook Buyback
End of term textbook buyback and rental book return begins at University Bookstore.
University Bills
University bills with Fall 2014 tuition and fees charges available on AccessPlus http://accessplus.iastate.edu.
Friday, 08 Aug 2014
Undergraduate applications for graduation, Fall 2014
Undergraduate applications for graduation for Fall 2014 are due. Submit via AccessPlus (student tab, graduation, application).
Monday, 11 Aug 2014
Workshop: Developing your Course in Blackboard Learn
In this hands-on Blackboard Learn workshop you will learn how and where to upload your course syllabus, post assignments, create and manage announcements, send email, enroll students using the ISU Admin Tool, add TAs, course builders, or guests, organize course materials, add instructor contact info with photo, access the Grade Center, and more.
Tuesday, 12 Aug 2014
Grade Processing
Submit final summer grades on Bb Learn or AccessPlus by 2:15 p.m.
Textbook Buyback
Last day of end of term textbook buyback and rental book return at University Bookstore.
Workshop: Using Tests, Quizzes, and Surveys in Blackboard Learn
In this hands-on Blackboard Learn workshop you will learn how to create online tests, quizzes, and surveys and learn how to use them effectively within your BbLearn course. You will also learn how to view quiz results, grade, and provide student feedback online or set your quiz to grade and provide feedback automatically.
Workshop: Creating and Managing Groups in Blackboard Learn
You will learn how to create and effectively manage multiple small groups and discussions in this workshop. Online small groups offer flexibility -- enabling students with varied schedules and physical locations to easily collaborate and communicate. Students may discuss articles, collaborate on projects, provide peer feedback, and even study together online.
Wednesday, 13 Aug 2014
Grade Reports for Summer 2014
Grade reports available on AccessPlus.
Workshop: Communicating with Students in Blackboard Learn
In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to learn how to facilitate communication between you, your students, and among students. We will explore Bb Learn's Messages, Send Email, Announcements, and Group features in a course shell.
Workshop: Capture a Lecture and/or "Flip" a Class with Panopto
Panopto offers a rich set of features for both faculty and students that allows classroom recordings and gives instructors the ability to create rich media resources right from their desks. You may use Pantopo to "flip" your classes so that passive learning (listening to lectures) is done online and active learning (solving problems) is done in class.
Thursday, 14 Aug 2014
CANCELLED: Workshop: Grade Center Essentials and Beyond in Blackboard Learn
This session has been cancelled due to low enrollment. If you would like to have a one-to-one consultation about the grade center please contact us at 294-5357 or through our online form
Workshop: Designing Your Course to Promote Student Success in Blackboard Learn
This workshop will focus on the simple design tricks for your Blackboard Learn course to help your students navigate your course and stay organized. You will also learn how to track the progress of your students in Grade Center using smart views and color coding. You will see a demonstration and become familiar with the logistics of Retention Center.
Tuesday, 19 Aug 2014
Conference: University Teaching Seminar
New faculty and teaching assistants are invited to the Iowa State Memorial Union on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 for two sessions (morning and afternoon) of workshops and presentations dedicated to teaching led by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).
Wednesday, 20 Aug 2014
Fee Payment Deadline
Fee payment deadline for fall. First payment (minimum due) or payment in full.
Conference: New Faculty Orientation
All new tenured, tenure-eligible, and non-tenure-eligible faculty (assistant, associate, or full professors, lecturers, clinicians, and adjunct faculty hired since September 2013) attend an orientation specifically designed for them.
Workshop: Developing your Course in Blackboard Learn
In this hands-on Blackboard Learn workshop you will learn how and where to upload your course syllabus, post assignments, create and manage announcements, send email, enroll students using the ISU Admin Tool, add TAs, course builders, or guests, organize course materials, add instructor contact info with photo, access the Grade Center, and more.
Workshop: Using Tests, Quizzes, and Surveys in Blackboard Learn
In this hands-on Blackboard Learn workshop you will learn how to create online tests, quizzes, and surveys and learn how to use them effectively within your BbLearn course. You will also learn how to view quiz results, grade, and provide student feedback online or set your quiz to grade and provide feedback automatically.
Thursday, 21 Aug 2014
Online Tele-Workshop: Cultivating Your Network Of Mentors, Sponsors, And Collaborators
o Do you have a reliable and strong network of mentors? o Are you struggling to cultivate mentoring relationships? o Do you know the difference between a mentor and a sponsor? o Are you moving to a new stage of your career and wondering how to find new mentors and sponsors that are appropriate to the next level?
Sunday, 24 Aug 2014
Registration Cancellation Deadline
Last day to cancel registration on AccessPlus for fall to avoid tuition assessment. All courses must be dropped on AccessPlus by 11 p.m.
Registration Deadline
Last day to initiate registration through AccessPlus without a late registration fee. Registration must be completed by 11 p.m.
Monday, 25 Aug 2014
Classwork Begins: Fall Semester
First day of the 2014 fall semester.
Schedule Changes
Schedule changes processed through AccessPlus registration or in 10 Enrollment Services Center.
Friday, 29 Aug 2014
Audit to Credit Deadline
Last day to change a full semester course from audit to credit basis.
Drop Deadline
Last day to drop full-semester or first half-semester courses without the drop appearing on the permanent record or counting toward the limit of dropped courses.
Registration Deadline
Last day to initiate registration through AccessPlus. A late registration fee applies.
Schedule Change Deadline
Last day to process most schedule changes without a schedule change fee or to add/drop a course without signatures of instructor and adviser (full-semester courses and first half-semester courses). See the tuition adjustment schedule for financial deadlines and the Schedule of Classes for exceptions. http://www.registrar.iastate.edu/fees/tuition-adj
Schedule Change Deadline
Last day to process a schedule change for fall through AccessPlus registration.