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CLEAR Faculty Helpdesk Email: clearhelp@unt.edu
Phone: 940-369-7394 In person: Chilton 112C |
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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
New Recommended Java Version for Blackboard! |
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Greetings!
Preparing for the fall semester can require a lot of effort and CLEAR is ready to assist! Check out our training and event calendar at http://clear.unt.edu/calendar for the latest information regarding Blackboard, CLEAR's initiatives, and on campus instructional events. |
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Just-in-time Skills for Your Fall Semester & Beyond!
Do you want to add a little spice to your courses? Do you wish you knew some quick and easy ways to add video, audio, and animaitons to improve engagement, increase retention and support active learning? We can help.
Please join us and other faculty in a relaxed, supportive, and fun workshop environment as we practice developing the skills to create engaging multimedia content for your courses.
Click on the workshop title to learn more and register.
Asynchronous Workshop Events
Spice Up Your Weekly Announcements Using Multimedia
July 29, 1:00 - 3:00pm ET Member - $89; Non-member - $189.00
1 College Pass Seat
Set Your Students Up for Success with a Course Orientation Video
July 30, 3:00 - 5:00pm ET Member - $89; Non-member - $189.00
1 College Pass Seat
August 1, 12:00 - 4:00pm ET Member - $169; Non-member - $269.00
1 College Pass Seat
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UNT Teaching Excellence Seminar
The Important Role of Teachers for Student Success at UNT
August 26, 2013 -UNT Gateway Center
A one-day seminar, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Toulouse Graduate School, and the Center for Learning Enhancement, Assessment, and Redesign (CLEAR), is scheduled for August 26, 2013 at the Gateway Center. Throughout the day, UNT's outstanding faculty will provide our new instructors with access to best practices in teaching and supportive resources.
Along with sharing ideas amongst the group, seminar participants will have the opportunity to meet UNT faculty from many departments who will describe and demonstrate effective teaching practices using examples from their own classrooms. Included topics will be: classroom management, providing ongoing feedback to your students, working with students in small groups, grading assignments using rubrics, teaching in a U.S. classroom, making your class engaging for your students, and building and maintaining credibility with your students. Resource providers will present essential policies, guidelines and services provided to students so that new instructors will be able to refer their students should the need arise.
Participants will be divided into two groups this year to more specifically target programming and increase relevance for participants. Participants from STEM, fine arts, and technology disciplines will have an opportunity to attend sessions more closely related to their disciplines, as will students representing the other disciplines on campus who will also be in a separate group.
This seminar is mandatory for all new TAs and TFs. All new adjunct faculty, tenure track faculty, and lecturers are welcome and encouraged to attend! Approximately 500 graduate students, adjunct and new faculty are expected to attend sessions provided by over 30 presenters. This event is a way that UNT extends a hand to new instructors and honors their work to our students.
http://clear.unt.edu/unt-teaching-excellence-seminar
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CLEAR is pleased to announce that our campus is migrating to TurningPoint 5 on August 16, 2013. Its features include functional hyperlinks to websites in clicker-enabled Powerpoints, cleaner interface and navigation, a full Mac version, and many improvements to clicker/data management and Blackboard connectivity.
We have created a Blackboard Organization - TurningPoint at UNT - in which you may self-enroll. There are numerous videos available with more on the way to help you learn what's new in TP5. CLEAR also highly recommends that you take advantage of the free one-hour webinars provided by Turning Technologies for TP5. Their presentations will help you get a feel for what the new version offers. They have live self-paced instruction as well.
On August 16, Classroom Support will be migrating all classroom machines to TurningPoint 5. There will be a current download version of TurningPoint 5 available for all campus users both on the Blackboard organization site and our original download site on that date as well.
One new product available from Turning Technologies is a receiver that also has 4GB of storage on it. This means you can carry your presentations, participant lists, and even a fully functional no-install version of TurningPoint 5 with you anywhere you go! Should your department be interested in buying one, CLEAR will be happy to help make arrangements.
Please contact Kathy Roberts with your questions. |
Teacher Recognition Outstanding Online Teacher and Course Awards Outstanding Online Teacher and Course Award Dr. Elizabeth Arnold SMHM 3950 Creating Consumer Experiences Phoenix Trophy (to be awarded at the "Salute to Faculty Excellence Week" in September 2013) Exemplary Online Teacher and Course Award Dr. Linda Stromberg EDAD 5330 Instructional Leadership Jade Trophy (to be awarded at the "Salute to Faculty Excellence Week" in September 2013)
http://clear.unt.edu/teaching-recognition |
 NextGen
Faculty Fellows
2013-2014
ANTH 1150 Dr. Andy Nelson
EDSE 4060 Dr. Alexandra Leavell
KINE 4050 Dr. Jim Morrow
MATH 1350/51 Drs. Jeanne Tunks, Krista Hines,
Mary Hannigan, Jamaal Young,
& EDEE 4350 Sarah Pratt, Julie Williams,
Ruth Payne, Vicki Frost
MDSE 2750 Dr. Kiseol Yang
MUET 3030 Dr. Catherine Ragland
PACS 4050 Dr. Leslie Roberts
PSYC 1650 Dr. Chuck Guarnaccia
RECR 1950 Ms. Laura Walker
RECR 4180 Dr. John Collins
RHAB 3900 Dr. Denise Catalano
RHAB 4175 Dr. Paula Heller-Garland
SPAN 3090 Dr. Aymara Boggiano
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TII Faculty Fellows
Summer 2013
TII Sustainability Education/Project Faculty Scholars for Summer 2013
JiYoung Kim,
MDSE 4650/5560
Sustainable Strategies in Merchandising
Joseph Walker,
RECR 3050
Programming Recreation and Sporting Events
Young Hoon Kim,
HMGT 4860
Hospitality Business Strategies
Sanjukta Pookulangara
Advanced Merchandising Applications
Nancy Stockdale,
HIST 3450
Islam and its Empires
http://clear.unt.edu/transformative-instruction-initiative
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Presentations
Ron Carriveau / Nancy Fire
June 2013 -- Ron Carriveau presented at the Association for the Assessment of Learning in Higher Education (AALHE) Third Annual Conference in Lexington, KY regarding "Calculating, Reporting, and Using Outcome Attainment Values for Educational Decision Making".
July 2013 -- Nancy Fire presented at the Sloan-C Blended Learning Conference regarding the Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Program (G*STEP), a year-long blended certificate program designed to prepare graduate students for teaching roles. Flexible Learning Options: Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching Roles Through Blended Strategies
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To request free enrollment in an online workshop by
Sloan-C, please contact Amber Bryant with the name and date of the workshop selected.
The University of North Texas is a premium member of Sloan-C College Pass.
Upcoming SLOAN-C Online Workshops
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