Wednesday, 17 Oct 2018
Open forum: Faculty experience work group
Members of the faculty experience work group will provide a high-level review of results from the COACHE and Campus Climate surveys and solicit ideas for maintaining and improving a positive faculty experience at Iowa State.
Thursday, 18 Oct 2018
Registration begins for Seniors - Spring 2019
First day of assigned Spring 2019 registration dates for students projected as seniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday.
Canvas Conference
Would your course benefit from all section instructors using the same information? Do you seek ways for students to collaborate through video in Canvas? If so, join representatives from Canvas and CELT staff for the engaging first annual Canvas conference @ ISU.
Seminar: CELT Accessibility Awareness Week: Progress is Progress - ISU Extension's Accessibility Journey
ISU Extension and Outreach has made a commitment to eAccessibility and continues to roll out best practices to reach more learners, including those with vision disabilities. Learn how we have/are implementing this with publications, videos, web sites, web conferencing, learning management systems and items created in Microsoft Office, InDesign and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Friday, 19 Oct 2018
Schedule change deadline
Last day to process most schedule changes for a second half-semester course or to add/drop a second half-semester course without signatures of instructor and adviser. See the tuition adjustment schedule for financial deadlines.
Workshop: CELT Accessibility Awareness Week: Hands-On Accessibility - Web Accessibility Tools
Participants will work with tools within Canvas to check their course accessibility. Participants will also work with online tools for checking website accessibility.
Saturday, 20 Oct 2018
Fee payment deadline
Fee payment deadline for fall. Final payment due on AccessPlus.
Monday, 22 Oct 2018
Online event, How Can We Minimize Implicit Bias in Our Academic Communities? (CIRTLCast Series - Part 3 of 4)
Many view academia as an ivory tower, disconnected from the everyday challenges, controversies, and conflicts of the real-world. However, issues related to social justice, like implicit bias, are embedded in the very fabric of STEM and higher education.
Quality Matters Learning Community
The Quality Matters (QM) Learning Community is designed to help you improve your courses using the Quality Matters Standards. Members will have opportunities to hear about ways to meet the QM standards, as well as discussing best practices, experiences, and solutions to course design problems.
Tuesday, 23 Oct 2018
Workshop: Publish Teaching in Your Discipline: How to get started, succeed, and disseminate your educational research
How do students learn best in your discipline? Where can you publish the way you solved instructional problems? Workshop leaders and experienced Discipline-Based Educational Researchers (DBER) Dr. Nancy Boury (Microbiology) and Dr. Sayali Kukday (Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology) will share resources to start publishing your learning solutions.
Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) Follow Up
The Quality Matters: Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) follow-up session provides you with additional time to improve your course based on the information you learned in the IYOC workshop.
Wednesday, 24 Oct 2018
Online event, Accessibility: Fact or Fiction?
There is a lot of information (and misinformation) out there about what institutions need to do to ensure that their online courses are accessible to all students, including those with disabilities. It can be overwhelming, especially when the stakes seem so high and the path forward is as clear as mud. Let's take a look at the most common myths about accessibility to debunk them as well as strategize how best to address them.
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Advising Graduate Students: Ten tips for major professors (Dan Nettleton)
Distinguished Professor Dan Nettleton, Statistics, ISU Margaret Ellen White Graduate Faculty Awardee, will share how he encourages, supports, and challenges his doctoral and master's students to be their best.
Thursday, 25 Oct 2018
Registration begins for Juniors - Spring 2019
First day of assigned Spring 2019 registration dates for students projected as juniors. Hours for AccessPlus registration are 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., Monday--Saturday, and most Sundays.
Conference: Taking the Road Less Traveled
A one-day conference for middle school (Oct. 25) and high school (Nov. 8) girls to learn about STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) fields and how to infuse their passions within a career. Participants will attend interactive sessions to explore STEM opportunities, hear from professionals and WiSE student speakers, and eat lunch with undergraduate STEM students. Preregistration required.
Friday, 26 Oct 2018
Add/Drop deadline
Last day to add/drop full-semester courses or withdraw without extenuating circumstances.
Designated repeat deadline
Last day to file a Designation of Repeated Course form for a full-semester or second half-semester course that is not an automatic designated repeat.
Pass/Not Pass Deadline
Last day to change a full-semester course to or from Pass/Not Pass.
Monday, 29 Oct 2018
Build Your Canvas Course - Course Design Basics
This two-hour interactive, hands-on workshop is open to all Iowa State University instructors and instructional designers to explore the basics of course building in Canvas.
Online event, How Can We Interrupt and Mitigate Implicit Bias When We Witness It? (CIRTLCast Series - Part 4 of 4)
Reducing implicit bias and promoting diversity in STEM is a science and innovation, workforce, and economic imperative (OSTP & OPM, 2016). While the first three sessions of this CIRTLCast series laid the foundation for understanding implicit bias in STEM higher education, in this final session, we will discuss recommendations for interrupting and mitigating implicit bias.
Open forum: Student Innovation Center director finalist
David Ringholz, associate professor and chair of the industrial design department, is one of two finalists in the search for the inaugural director of the Student Innovation Center.
Tuesday, 30 Oct 2018
Build Your Canvas Course - Assignments and Quizzes
This two-hour interactive, hands-on workshop is open to all Iowa State University instructors and instructional designers to explore assignment and assessment options in Canvas.
Wednesday, 31 Oct 2018
Graduate College: Deadline
Graduate College: Last day for graduate students to cancel graduation through AccessPlus.
Graduate College: Oral Exams Deadline
Graduate College: Last day for Final Oral Exam Request to be received by Graduate College to avoid cancellation of Fall 2018 graduation.
Online event, Web Accessibility: Trick or Treat?
As a part of "The Year of Accessibility", the Online Learning Consortium and WCET continue to collaborate to bring our communities resources on the topic of accessibility.
Meet-and-greet: Consuela Cooper
Dr. Consuela Cooper, University of Houston, joined the Office of Admissions staff Oct. 18 as senior associate director for recruitment.