Faculty Workshop Fall 2016

Welcome Adjuncts, go to forms.ovu.edu. Find Academic Information for Instructors 2016-17 Check Items 2, 3, & 4 on that list and complete the tasks. Print/Sign/Date the page and give it to Terri Butterfield

From Dr. Joy Jones, VPAA: * Do not allow students to use phones as calculators. * Focus your courses on content and nothing else. * Address your courses’ assigned learning outcomes. * Check Sakai site-OVU Syllabi 2016-17 for updated templates. * Provide your OVU e-mail address to your students. * Send completed syllabus to your dean by 8-26-16 for review. Your dean will upload it to the Sakai site. * Change your password for computer & MyLink logins. * Check your OVU e-mail.

Professional Development It is important to stay up-to-date in content and teaching strategies. See your dean for details about free resources. Magna Commons SmartBrief in your discipline Faculty Focus, Eduwire, EducationDive, national associations’ online journals Faculty Meetings, 1st and 3rd Tuesdays each month, 11:30am-1:00pm, Room 104. YOU are welcome. Webinars- Academic Impressions and others College/program meetings- you are welcome.

Classroom Courtesies Please don’t allow anyone to sit on classroom tables. If you use the screen, raise it before leaving. Before leaving: * Arrange the room in the original set-up. * Erase the boards. * Have everyone dispose of trash. * Close the windows, even if another class is coming. Would you adopt your classroom (TLC, report maintenance needed, etc.)? Tell Terri Butterfield. Thank you.

Sakai Lassie creates a shell for every course on the schedule. Add basics to your course-syllabus, resources. Could use for communication, assignment submission, Lessons tool, calendar/schedule. Important for unavoidable absences. Tell your students that, in an emergency that requires cancellation of a class (your illness, weather), that you will place an assignment on the course site. Brown Bag Lunches in Room 142 on 2nd and 4th Fridays each month, 11:40-1:00pm. Training. Sharing. Reminder e-mails will go out. Sakai 11 installation on Dec. 19. Different look. Tools will have some new features. Training in Jan. 2017 Faculty Workshop. Training available & painless. G.K. Pennington, 304-865-6128

Kathy Muller-Dean of Student Success Have an at-risk student? Contact Kathy at kathy.muller@ovu.edu or 304-865-6127. Literacy Initiative- need volunteers 100/100 Challenge and Helping Hands Don’t hesitate or wait long before contacting Kathy.

Move-In and Kickstart Check messages from Lindsay Cole. Help if you can. This builds priceless relationships. Advisors follow schedule with new students.

Colleges met on Thurs., 8-11-16, 7:00pm Add your thoughts to the discussion by talking with your dean: * Dead Week * Base course grades on content * e-Portfolio * Service to our community * Evaluation and planning next steps: 1. What are we doing that is effective? 2. What do we need in order to make progress? 3. What strategies or resources do we need for those tasks/ initiatives?