MAY BROWN BAG Dana Mordecai Recruitment & Retention Coordinator Toulouse Graduate School & Lisa Valentine
Recruitment Graduate Student
Toulouse Graduate School
Will Present:
"Conference Outside the Box: Using Blackboard to Create a Virtual Graduate Recruitment Fair"
Bring your lunch - CLEAR will provide dessert!
We look forward to seeing you.
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Do you have a concern about a student but aren't sure what to do?
Instructors interact with their students on campus, online, and within the office setting. As such, instructors are a powerful asset in recognizing students with academic or personal difficulties which threaten their success at UNT.
Here are several ways you can help your students achieve success:
1) START Office
Early Alert Response System (EARS)
Concerned about a student? Have a student who has been absent a lot or is just not doing well in class? Follow these steps to submit an Alert through our secure online system -- an EARS Responder will attempt to contact the student and may make referrals to appropriate ON and OFF campus resources.
2) Blackboard Learn
Early Warning System
Is a performance problem emerging or becoming more serious for your student? Instructors use this rule-driven communication tool to send email messages to Students and their Observers when Early Warning System rule criteria are met. (Rules can be based on a test score, calculated column, due date, or course access.)
3) Counseling and Testing Services
For Faculty, TA/TF and Staff who work with students
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FREE ACCESS TO
Distance Education Report,
Online Classroom &
The Teaching Professor
The University of North Texas has a Group Online Subscription allowing campus members free access to
Distance Education Report, Online Classroom & The Teaching Professor from Magna Publications.
These electronic newsletters provide the information faculty, deans, chairs, and other academic decision-makers use for effective leadership within their colleges or departments as they support the institution's mission of teaching and scholarship.
Go to www.magnapubs.com/group
and select the correct publication. If logging in from a campus computer, you will not need to enter a password.
If you wish to access these publications from off campus or if you would like to receive an email message each time a new issue is posted, you will need to register and enter a campus voucher code and pin number. Please email amberb@unt.edu to obtain this information.
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Need Help?
CLEAR Faculty Helpdesk
Faculty users of Blackboard Vista & Blackboard Learn 9.1 receive technical support from the CLEAR Faculty Helpdesk (also known as the Blackboard Faculty Helpdesk). Report a problem with Blackboard Vista Active and Resolved Outages (Calendar) Check status of open cases you have placed Email: clearhelp@unt.edu Phone: 940-369-7394 In person: Chilton 112C
Support Hours for
Spring 2012
| | Mon - Thu | 8am - 9pm | | Fri | 8am - 5pm | | Sat | 11am - 3pm
| | Sun | Closed |
We offer training in various emerging technologies in classroom, online, and individual sessions. We also support and provide technical assistance with the following technologies: - Blackboard Learn 9.1
- Respondus
- Turnitin/GradeMark
- Wimba Live Classroom and Voice Tools
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Greetings!
Do you have questions regarding effective teaching and learning practices? CLEARly we've got some tips, tricks, and technology to help you raise the bar on your expectations for yourself and your students!
Remember to check our training schedule to "beam" that green light to greatness on your teaching skills. Let CLEAR support your efforts as an instructor -- in the classroom, online, or wherever you choose to teach. CLEAR provides multiple opportunities for you to learn because teaching in today's environment requires a wide range of skills and abilities. Contact CLEAR today to sharpen your teaching tools. |
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ARE YOU READY
for the Blackboard Learn Migration?
The University of North Texas is moving to a new learning management system! We will say good-bye to Blackboard Vista 8 and hello to the new Blackboard Learn 9.1. Starting this semester, CLEAR will assist faculty with this upgrade by migrating courses from Blackboard Vista 8 to Blackboard Learn 9.1 and by offering faculty training on the new system. All courses currently on Blackboard Vista 8 must be migrated by end of Fall 2012. 
http://clear.unt.edu/go/migrate
Blackboard Learn: https://learn.unt.edu/
CLEAR Blackboard Learn Training Schedule: http://clear.unt.edu/ Access On Demand Learning Center Tutorial on Learn.unt.edu
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The Blackboard Learn Boot Camp is a workshop introducing instructors to designing your courses for online delivery. This hands-on workshop is targeted for instructors new to Blackboard Learn and/or those interested in learning more about quality course design. Topics will cover best practices for course design as well as the basics of Blackboard Learn.
WHEN: Session #0001 - May 25: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Session #0002 - June 22: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Session #0003 - July 31: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Session #0004 - August 8: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Lunch will be provided Where: Chilton 245 WORKSHOP INFORMATION: *Course Code: UO12BC *Title: "Bb: Blackboard Learn Boot Camp" *Seating limited to 15 per session
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Outstanding Online
Course & Teacher Awards 2012
Below are the 2012 winners of the Outstanding Online Course and Teacher Awards. Each year CLEAR (Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign) presents awards to recognize outstanding online courses that have been designed or taught by UNT faculty.
2012 Outstanding Teacher and Course Award Dr. Rossana Boyd -EDBE 5590 Pedagogy for English as a Second Language for EC-12 Classrooms
2012 Exemplary Online Teacher and Course Award
Dr. Nicole Dash - SOCI 3550
Collective Behavior
We want to thank all of our online teachers who strive to make learning at UNT an exceptional value. 
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Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series
With support from Blackboard's global community, the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign is partnering with Blackboard to bring you a faculty training webinar series entitled "The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series (BITS)". This program will bring best practices and evolved online pedagogy training to you in a concise and effective series consisting of monthly training webinars that have been designed for faculty members and will be led by faculty members from higher ed institutions around the country.
It's not enough just to port your offline classes into a course shell. This online modality affords an opportunity for greater connectedness, a stronger sense of classroom community, interaction between students for peer-to-peer learning and even greater educator efficiency; so you can spend more time teaching and less time dealing with administrative load.
Who should attend?
All faculty members are invited to join, regardless of your technical know-how or experience using Blackboard or other learning management solutions. These webinars are designed to share innovative practices - content that is applicable to faculty of all levels and disciplines. See the schedule and register for the BITS series below. Please note that space is limited for this webinar series.
The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series, 2012 Session: Online Testing: How to Use Standard CMS Tools to Reduce Cheating
This session will highlight a variety of features found in most course management systems that can be effectively utilized to reduce cheating in an online testing environment. - Time & Date: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET, Tuesday, May 29, 2012
- Presenter: Brian Morgan, Marshall University
Session: What is My Role in the Online Classroom? Ways to Engage and Interact with Your Online Students
This session will focus on your role as the instructor and the teaching techniques that will stimulate a student's curiosity and encourage active learning. - Time & Date: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET, Monday, June 25, 2012
- Presenter: Katherine Dowdell, Des Moines Area Community College
Session: Why and How to Best Use Rubrics in Blackboard Learn 9.1
This session will explore the pros and cons of using Rubrics, how Rubrics employ Chickering and Gamson's Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice, and how the use of Rubrics will benefit your students. - Time & Date: 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET, Tuesday, July 24, 2012
- Presenter: Katherine C. Riley, BS, Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes Jewish College
We hope that you will take advantage of this faculty webinar series to enhance your training on pedagogy that promotes both educator efficiency and improved learning outcomes in an online or blended delivery. Please note that space is limited.
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Coming in August - the NextGen Boot Camp!
CLEAR team members are thrilled to announce that four of the thirteen 2012-2013 NextGen courses will be offered completely online! These courses are: SOWK 4540, RECR 4150, EDRE 4890, and BEHV 4400. NextGen faculty will begin the process of redesigning these courses at the NextGen Boot Camp being held in mid-August.
Also, a very special THANK YOU to our NextGen VI Faculty Fellows, who will be piloting their newly redesigned, innovative courses beginning Fall 2012. Congratulations on jobs very well done! |
BCIS3615 - Visual Display of Business Information
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Dr. Dan Peak
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BEHV2300 - Principles of Behavior Analysis I
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Dr. Traci Cihon & Team
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BUSI4940 - Business Policy
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Dr. Derrick D'Souza & Dr. Grant Miles
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COMM1010 - Introduction to Communication
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Ms. Cindy Gordon & Team
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DSCI2710 - Data Decisions and Analysis w/ Spreadsheets
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Dr. Robert Pavur, Dr. Alan Kvanli & Dr. Shailesh Kulkarni
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PACS3000 - Community and Public Service
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Dr. Brenda McCoy & Dr. April Fehler
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SPHS2015 - Nature of Communication Disorders
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Dr. Becky Yates
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http://nextgen.unt.edu
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Transformative Instructional
Initiative (TII) Fellowships Summer, 2012: Globalizing your Curriculum
The Transformative Instruction Initiative (TII) provides support for faculty to enrich their courses through innovative instructional design. The purpose of this program is to increase the number and scope of courses, regardless of discipline, that use engaging teaching strategies in face to face, online, and experiential environments to provide a high level of learning for students and support academic success.
Through the TII program, faculty fellows transform a part of their course using current literature on teaching and learning and successful course design methods tested at UNT. Support for the redesign is provided by faculty colleagues, CLEAR staff and in 2012, UNT-International. Faculty participants will offer the redesigned units or lessons during the subsequent academic year. The initiative provides faculty with training in instructional design, assessment, and research related to innovative instruction across disciplines and instructional modes. While the redesigns can and should differ based on the subject matter and individual instructional style, a common focus applies to all TII courses.
The 2012 theme for the TII experience is:
Increasing student engagement by adding a global dimension to the course to assist learners to acquire a higher-level conceptual understanding of international collaboration and global perspectives. This component will include the infusion of global perspectives in student learning outcomes and instructional strategies.
Summer 2012 TII Global Learning Faculty Scholars
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Sudha Arlikatti
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Public Administration
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Sarah Fredericks
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Religion
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Robert Insley
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Management
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George Larke-Walsh
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RTVF
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Kent McGregor
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Geography
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Nikhil Moro
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Journalism
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Rob Petros
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Chemistry
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Sanjukta Pookulangara
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Merchandising
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Lisa Schulz
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Counseling and Higher Education
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Linda Stromberg
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Teacher Education and Administration
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Jessica Strubel
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Merchandising
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Olga Velikanova
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History
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Zuoming Wang
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Communication Studies
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Xiaohui Yuan
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Computer Science and Engineering
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Tao Zhang
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Kinesiology
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For more information about TII, please contact Dr. Nancy Fire, Faculty Professional Development Specialist at 940) 369-8744 or nancy.fire@unt.edu.
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Where: Chilton 112K
When: Friday afternoons,1-4pm
(through May 25th)
Don't Forget!
CLEAR Coffee Breaks:
A selection of gourmet coffee will be available at all sessions.
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Congratulations to CLEAR's
Mark Maxwell on being elected to serve as the
VP Communications & Marketing
for the Graduate Student Council!
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UNTVN: Making Connections Happen
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Sloan-C Perspectives in Quality Online Education
The University of North Texas is a premium member of
Sloan-C College Pass.
To request free enrollment in an online workshop by Sloan-C, please contact Amber Bryant with the name and date of the workshop selected.
Learn about the Online Teaching Certificate Program.
See the Full 2012 Sloan-C Workshop Schedule
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Workshop Date
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Workshop Title
| May 2, 2012 - May 18, 2012
| Dial 'M' for Mobile: Using Mobile to Teach & Learn
| May 2, 2012 - May 18, 2012
| The Basics of Asynchronous/ Synchronous Blended Learning
| May 9, 2012 - May 25, 2012
| Getting Started: The First Steps in Online Teaching
| May 16, 2012 - May 25, 2012
| Now Hear This! A Look at Podcasting Trends in Higher Education
| May 16, 2012 - May 25, 2012
| Friend, Fan or Foe: Using Facebook in A Teaching Context
| May 16, 2012 - May 25, 2012
| Effective Leadership for Online Learning
| June 6, 2012 - June 29, 2012
| Overcoming the Challenges of Moving Your Course Content Online
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Take the next step -- contact CLEAR today!
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