Kirwan Center to Submit Proposal for Federal OER Grant Seeking Groups/Individuals from Institutions to Participate The USM Kirwan Center for Academic Innovation is planning to submit a proposal to the Department of Education’s Applications for New Awards; Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Open Textbooks Pilot Program as part of the Maryland Open Source Textbook (M.O.S.T.) initiative http://www.usmd.edu/cai/MOST. 

As the Request for Proposals states, the Open Textbooks Pilot program “supports projects at institutions of higher education (IHEs) that create new open textbooks or expand their use of open textbooks while maintaining or improving instruction and student learning outcomes.”  The RFP outlines three absolute priorities:
  • Improving collaboration and dissemination through consortia arrangements; 
  • Addressing gaps in the open textbook marketplace and bringing solutions to scale; and 
  • Promoting degree completion by creating OERs across multiple courses in a program sequence. 
A competitive preference priority involves using technology-based strategies for personalized learning and continuous improvement, which the Kirwan Center plans to address as well.
 
The Kirwan Center's initial aim through this proposal will be to identify and organize partners—two-year and four-year institutions of higher education as well as relevant industry and non-profit partners—to contribute to the curation, creation, and vetting of openly licensed, fully accessible instructional materials for healthcare programs (such as pharmacy, nursing, and the like) where little OER exists currently and, by so doing, also stand up a more systematic and sustainable development process for other high-demand, low-OER fields.

Watch a recording of the High-impact OER Mini-Grant informational webinar to learn more about the program.

The Kirwan Center is excited to pursue this opportunity. If there are individuals or groups that might be interested in the proposed project, or if you have any concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out to Dr. MJ Bishop, Director of the Kirwan Center, at mjbishop@usmd.edu.   

NOTE: Per the federal registry for this grant, the deadline for proposals is August 29, 2019.

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The new Ultra base navigation presents courses on a dedicated landing page called Courses. The Current Courses section allows easy access to Blackboard shells that are continuously open or currently open. After the early August update, term-specific subsections will appear at the top of the page, listed according to the dates assigned in Blackboard based on UMBC’s academic calendar. Additional tools are available to filter, search, or navigate to other terms. 

Screenshot of New Course List in Blackboard's Ultra base navigation
Image: Screenshot of New Course List in Blackboard's Ultra base navigation. View larger version.

Additional information about the Courses page is posted to this FAQ, which will be updated with the new interface once the enhancement is in place.

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A new feedback tool in Blackboard allows faculty to embed short audio or video messages to students about their submissions through the grade center.

Students can then watch or listen to feedback while reading additional written text or reviewing completed rubrics. When paired with text feedback, audio or video recordings may help provide students with useful, actionable, and more personal feedback regarding their assignments.

Feedback messages may be recorded for up to five minutes for most graded items in a course, but are not yet supported in rubrics themselves. The feedback tool is available for both original and Ultra courses. For more information about how to use the new tool, please review the FAQ.

NOTE: The feedback tool does not yet support captioning. As with any multimedia tool, instructors should provide alternate formats to meet accessibility requirements. For more information, please contact the Office of Student Disability Services in person in the Math/Psychology Building, Room 212 (accessible via elevator), by phone at 410-455-2459, or by email at disAbility@umbc.edu.

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:


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Participants will take a deep dive into the Ultra Course View including its basic course building features, the pedagogy and best practices for its various features, how to build Ultra tests and assignments, how to communicate with students, and how to configure the Ultra gradebook.

Upon completion of 2-day workshop, participants will be able to: 
  • Explain key terms related to the Ultra Experience 
  • Discuss the key course tools and course building features of the Ultra Course View 
  • Evaluate a course's readiness to upgrade to the Ultra Experience 
  • Convert an original course into the Ultra Course View 
  • Build a basic course using the Ultra Course View
Space is limited for personalized support and hands-on opportunities to practice. Each day begins at 9 AM and ends at 4 PM. Lunch is provided.

Click here to go to the event page and Register today!
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We are proud to announce the roll-out of ten digital badges linked to various in-person and online professional development programs.  See below for details.    

​What is a digital badge?

Digital badges are an innovative way to showcase career knowledge, skills and abilities obtained through professional development.

Why are badges important and how can I use them? 
According to the MacArthur Foundation, badges “make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings, and hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued”.

Digital badges provide evidence of learning and insights into what you, the badge earner, did in order to achieve the badge. These badges act as credentials that can be shared through digital portfolios and social and professional networks such as Facebook and LinkedIn.

For more information and a list of eligible programs, visit our HR Workplace Learning & Wellness Digital Badges page.
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During this initial deployment, the application garnered approximately 1,100 active users – approximately 10% of the undergraduate population – and a majority of an informal poll in CHEM 102 “Introductory Chemistry” indicated they would be interested in trying this technology in future academic terms if it were available. The good news? It will be!

DoIT is continuing the StudyTree pilot through the 2018-19 academic year. It is free to all students and faculty. Please contact Tom Penniston if you are interested in learning more about adopting this app to support your students. ]]> UMBC's Division of Information Technology (DoIT) partnered with the Learning Resource Center (LRC) and several faculty members during the Spring 2018 term to pilot an artificial intelligence (AI),... https://doit.umbc.edu/ https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/76547/guest@my.umbc.edu/de02c3c81e11e368d12909991ef2e5dd/api/pixel ai digital-coach pilot studytree Instructional Technology https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/xsmall.png?1446126703 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/original.png?1446126703 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/xxlarge.png?1446126703 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/xlarge.png?1446126703 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/large.png?1446126703 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/medium.png?1446126703 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/small.png?1446126703 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/xsmall.png?1446126703 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/001/164/dec3b026b81ee6d890a8f82f75c94a2e/xxsmall.png?1446126703 Instructional Technology https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/xxlarge.jpg?1526055346 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/xlarge.jpg?1526055346 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/large.jpg?1526055346 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/medium.jpg?1526055346 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/small.jpg?1526055346 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/xsmall.jpg?1526055346 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/076/547/9d5a58abe1622f37c8326c7db84320ae/xxsmall.jpg?1526055346 11 1 true Fri, 11 May 2018 12:20:21 -0400 TechSmith Relay to be Discontinued 12/31/18 TechSmith, makers of our self-hosted instance of TechSmith Relay, has announced it will no longer support a self-hosted version of its software. As such, the current institutional solution for screencasting, will be reaching its end of life on December 31, 2018. To address the campus need for a screencasting solution, DoIT will be replacing TechSmith Relay later this summer. Upcoming trainings and FAQ links will be posted with the announced roll-out of this tool to the campus community. ]]> TechSmith, makers of our self-hosted instance of TechSmith Relay, has announced it will no longer support a self-hosted version of its software. 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This software is available to all UMBC faculty, staff, and graduate students. It is similar to SPSS, R, and SAS in functionality. While SPSS is typically used in fields such as Sociology and Psychology, R by computer science and math domains, and SAS for administrative functionality, Stata is widely adopted for econometric modeling. The licensed multicore package, Stata/MP, will allow for accelerated processing with larger variable sets and more observations than either Stata/SE or Stata/IC. Both flexible and powerful, the off-the-shelf functionality of this software makes it the Porsche of quantitative packages.

Additional information is available from this FAQ page.

Thanks you, CAHSS!

Stata can be downloaded at https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Software
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To PeopleSoft Finance Users


As part of the 9.2 upgrade, the process for closing purchase orders has been modified.  Effective immediately, the Accounts Payable department will close all purchase orders after final payment has been completed.  This closure will be done automatically without needing a request from the department.   Departments should also contact Accounts Payable to close any purchase orders that are completed but still have a remaining balance.   The Department of Procurement & Strategic Sourcing will no longer be closing purchase orders.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Accounts Payable or Procurement & Strategic Sourcing.

 

Elizabeth Moss x5-2540 and Sasha Hudson x5-1489

  
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More than 78% of students participating in the pilot indicated they liked the Ultra Experience compared to the current Blackboard interface and that the simplified and responsive design was easier to use and more accessible on mobile devices.

Some pilot faculty will continue to teach in the Ultra Experience this summer with additional faculty preparing to teach in the fall. Faculty participants will share their experiences at several professional development and peer networking opportunities in FA2018.

Throughout the summer, Instructional Technology will provide information to the campus about opportunities to review, develop, and teach using the new Blackboard interface. Until then, more information about the Ultra Experience and UMBC’s projected timeline is available online. Users may also wish to review our collection of Ultra Experience FAQs or the general project FAQ.

As always, if you have any questions, please consider the following options:
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