Rigor and Compassion: a Guilford faculty panel discussion

• CPPSET hosted a terrific discussion on Mar 15, thanks to the generosity of Will Pizio and Mark Dixon, who spoke of taking risks in their courses and how they are balancing issues of "rigor" and compassion.

• The Zoom recording

• Mark Dixon's speaking notes: "a subject expert who sucks at his job" (title by Mark, gently disagreed with by Garrett)

• The CPPSET site

• Related - Go2Knowledge has a one hour webinar titled "Managing Burnout & Compassion Fatigue: How To Support Educators’ Health & Wellness"

  • It will be delivered live on Friday, April 22 ~ 1:00-2:00pm (Eastern) and the recording will be available after that.

  • Login to your Guilford College Go2Knowledge dashboard using your campus network credentials

  • Scroll down to "Search Digital Library" and search for the title (above)

  • Select the webinar to go to a more detailed page, where you may select "Register / Add to Dashboard Progress" (right-hand side)

Zoom

• New - Zoom Guide for Annotation Tools, to annotate the content you use in Share Screen

• New - Zoom guide for Sharing slides as a Virtual Background

• The Zoom Learning Center includes:

  • How-to video tutorials

  • Training Sessions

  • Frequently asked questions

• As ever, keep your Zoom client updated by downloading the newest version

HyFlex Teaching Kits

These kits are available for faculty checkout from Hege Library & Learning Technologies. There are three options, to serve different teaching needs; but each includes a great way to capture in-person classroom video and audio for your remote learners, in Zoom:

• Logitech Kit: the easiest to use, best for standard teaching arrangements of blended lecture and discussion

• Owl Kit: best for smaller classes that use a circle(ish) configuration, captures 360° video [Meeting Owl demo video]

• OBSBOT Kit: this has a tiny auto-tracking camera, for classes that are more lecturer focused [OBSBOT demo video]

• I am happy to help you decide which kit is best for your needs and/or to train you on optimal classroom set-up; I have also created this step-by-step set-up documentation, with images. Contact: Garrett at gcollins1@guilford.edu

Reclaim Hosting (Digital Scholarship)

• • Interested in having your students work on a more advanced, collaborative class website? We can create a websites for academic digital scholarship projects. Examples of past websites.

  • Web authoring tools available in Reclaim

Canvas

• New - Zoom has a great guide detailing: How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?

• ITS is running the script that updates rosters at ~9 ish am and ~5 ish pm

  • They will not run it at ~1 ish pm, in this time of the term, when changes are fewer.

  • One week before the 3-week begins and continuing one week after, they will again run this script at ~9 ish am, ~1 ish pm, and ~5 ish pm.

What Do You Know? - a form where you may share or request awesomeness

• • Share cool things you or your students discovered (we will publish highlights in the next Tech Roundup); our form also welcomes topics you’d like to see me delve into in the next issue. Tech Roundups really ARE all about you!

    • No one shared or requested anything cool since our last Tech Roundup; but if they had, highlights would appear here.

Need teaching related help? Please feel welcome to make an appointment!

• • Make appointments for one-to-one assistance: ask questions, get pedagogical support, troubleshoot issues, and more! I am happy to help with anything you need.

  • Do not hesitate to email me at gcollins1@guilford.edu if you do not see an appointment slot that works for you.

  • Garrett Collins (he / him), Learning Design & Development Technologist

    • 336-316-2371

I wish you and everyone you meet today health and joy!

Peace and Joyful Service,
Garrett

Research help

• Research help is available not just for the act of finding sources, though that is crucial

• The evaluation of sources is also a critical part of the research process

• Organization of sources - and other information - is also very important

• If you need help with these or any other part of your research project, please contact me at wkelly@guilford.edu

• Remember that you can also check out the Library's electronic resources, including how-to guides, digital scholarship guides, and academic journals and databases

2022 Guilford Undergraduate Symposium (GUS)

• The 2022 Guilford Undergraduate Symposium is scheduled for 11 April 2022

• This is an excellent forum for practicing your public speaking skills

• The GUS website will be available soon

Hege Emerging Scholars Award

• Please see the section above for more information

• The Hege Emerging Scholars Award website always has the most up-to-date information (and the forms needed to apply)