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Our goal is to communicate the latest news related to UC’s eLearning ecosystem, Canopy. If you have input, please email us at ucitpio@ucmail.uc.edu. View past publications of the Canopy Newsletter in our newsletter archive at uc.edu/canopy.
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eLearning backpack project
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After successfully implementing the eLearning Backpack Project with 10 faculty “backpackers,” UC’s Center for Excellence in eLearning is ready to continue the program for the second cohort.
The Backpack Project offers faculty the unique opportunity to fully leverage the new services available in Canopy by providing a backpack full of eLearning tools. The Center for Excellence in eLearning strives to provide the most innovative technological tools to enhance the experience for faculty and students. The next cohort will receive an Apple TV and iPad Air, according to Instructional Technologist Mike Mitchum. Other tools under consideration are: Camtasia Studio Software, Swivl and the Wacom Cintiq interactive monitor and tablet.
Faculty from all UC colleges are eligible to apply for the next cohort. The application will become available online in early June, and applicants will have two to three weeks to apply. The rubric used to score applications as well as an updated list of the program requirements will also be available.
Mitchum said the next cohort will include backpacks for at least 25 faculty, although, the Center may distribute more. Faculty are able to keep their backpack tools, as the program was designed so that each group of backpackers can mentor the next one.
While the first cohort made a number of great discoveries during the project, the Center may have gained even more from the faculty as they developed their own originative uses for the tools to enhance their students’ educational experiences.
“We want [the backpack program] to be saturated with and infiltrated into the colleges such that there’s a common experience, so that the faculty members can talk to each other and share that experience,” Mitchum said.
Mitchum said the eLearning center is also working to develop a backpack project for adjunct faculty as well as a cluster application. The cluster application will be designed so that groups of faculty working on the same project can receive some of their own tools and share some with other project members.
Check out the first cohort of the eLearning Backpack Project here.
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Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric
Tuesday, June 2, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. @ UC Clermont
Learn how to apply the Quality Matters Rubric to your courses at an upcoming training session.
Quality Matters is a nationally recognized benchmark for online course design. The QM Program is a research-centered approach to quality assurance and continuous improvement for online learning.
Upon completion of the training, you will be able to:
- Describe the underlying principles of the Quality Matters Project
- Use the QM Rubric and score it
- Apple the Peer Course Review rubric
- Decide if you wish to participate as a QM Peer Reviewer
The workshop is free, but registration is required.
Registration: Please e-mail Sue Trakas at sue.trakas@uc.edu and indicate your name, college/university, and phone number. Registration deadline is Wednesday, May 27, 2015.
For more information about Quality Matters, visit uc.edu/distance/faculty/quality-matters.
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Course Extension Requests
If you need to request an extension to keep student enrollment enabled for a 15SS course, please email the course ID to the UCIT Help desk at helpdesk@uc.edu by 11 p.m., Thursday, May 21.
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Catalyst Rollout #1 Officially Live!
The first rollout for the new Catalyst student information system has been completed! As part of this rollout, the Hobsons Radius admissions and recruiting tool has launched. Read more...
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