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Read latest Teaching Today: Thankful edition

…for at Wichita State. You will also find a piece on connection and loneliness that encourages you to think about how you are connecting with others. There is also a piece on Blackboard Annotate and all of the tools available for instructors to use there

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/11/27/read-latest-teaching-today-thankful-edition/

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Mark your calendar for the August 2024 Academic Resources Conference

…has worked hard to ensure that it has curated a line-up of sessions that will be useful to you as faculty not only start the fall semester, but as more dive into the world of Blackboard Ultra. This means that if you have any concerns, questions or curiosities of what Ultra can do and how it impacts your role at Wichita State, this is a conference you…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/07/19/mark-your-calendar-for-the-august-2024-academic-resources-conference/

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Ultra Course View gradebook statistics have improved

Recent updates to the Ultra Course format for Blackboard has added an exciting new feature in the gradebook. You can now see key metrics such as minimum/maximum value, range, average, median, standard deviation and variance for individual gradebook columns. Read more about Ultra Gradebook statistics and other February Ultra updates. For questions, send the…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/02/19/ultra-course-view-gradebook-statistics-have-improved/

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Encourage new GTAs, GRAs to attend January training

…Center, Beggs Ballroom. Faculty and staff are asked to encourage students who are new GTAs to attend. GTA training also has an online component that students must complete in Blackboard. Incoming Graduate Research Assistants are invited to attend the same training from 10:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A split session will cover the rights and duties of GRAs.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/01/09/encourage-new-gtas-gras-to-attend-january-training/

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Student Conduct & Community Standards provides video about academic integrity

…discussing what academic integrity is at Wichita State and hopes faculty will consider either showing the three minute video during the first week of classes or post it on their Blackboard page. The intent behind this video is to supplement what may already be covered in faculty’s syllabi and raise awareness regarding Academic Integrity at Wichita State.…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/01/16/student-conduct-office-provides-video-about-academic-integrity-3/

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Student Success Tip: Check your progress

Now is the time for you to check your class progress and reflect on the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester. You can do this by locating your grades in Blackboard and attending academic success programs. You can also visit the Shocker Learning Center. You can also contact student.success@wichita.edu to request a meeting with a success…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/09/06/student-success-tip-check-your-progress-3/

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Student Success Tip: Check your progress

Now is the time for you to check your class progress and reflect on the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester. You can do this by locating your grades in Blackboard and attending academic success programs. You can also visit the Shocker Learning Center. You can also contact student.success@wichita.edu to request a meeting with a success…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/01/27/student-success-tip-check-your-progress/

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Student Success Tip: Check your progress

It’s now the time for you to check your class progress and reflect on the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester. You can do this by locating your grades in Blackboard and attending academic success programs. You can also visit the Shocker Learning Center. You can also contact student.success@wichita.edu to request a meeting with a…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/03/10/student-success-tip-check-your-progress-2/

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Student Success Tip: Check your progress

…the time for student to check their class progress and reflect on the goals you set for yourself at the beginning of the semester. Students can do this by locating their grades in Blackboard and attending academic success programs. Students can also visit the Shocker Learning Center. Students can also contact student.success@wichita.edu to request a meeting …

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/08/26/student-success-tip-check-you-progress/

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February Teaching Today discusses things it loves

…publishes Teaching Today, a teaching-focused newsletter for instructors at WSU. For February’s issue, OIR highlights many things it loves, including free training resources, Blackboard Ultra updates, an archive of available data sets and more. OIR asks readers to share Teaching Today with a friend and to reach out if they think there is something it…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/02/14/february-teaching-today-discusses-things-to-love/

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Academic Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Academic Questions (FAQ) What is WSU's academic honesty policy? Does WSU give academic progress reports? Who qualifies for academic recognition? What is Blackboard? How does WSU define a full-time student? How can I appeal a grade I received? How are graduation honors figured? What is a myWSU ID? What is the drop/withdrawal policy? Who is on…

https://www.wichita.edu/services/registrar/Academic_FAQ.php

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Do not convert to Ultra if you have student submissions

Starting with the summer term, Blackboard Classic course view will no longer be available. If you are teaching in Classic course view right now, you might be tempted to convert your current courses to Ultra, but if you attempt to convert a course that has any submitted student work, those submissions and their associated grades will be lost in the conversion…

https://news.wichita.edu/2024/02/14/do-not-convert-to-ultra-if-you-have-student-submissions/

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Workshop to ease Ultra confusion

The Office of Instructional Resources is offering a workshop to help instructors and staff confused by Blackboard Ultra. The first workshop, titled “Please Help Me With Ultra!”, is scheduled 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 2 via Zoom.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/07/28/workshop-to-ease-ultra-confusion/

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Workshop to ease Ultra confusion

The Office of Instructional Resources is offering a workshop to help instructors and staff confused by Blackboard Ultra. The next workshop, titled “Please Help Me With Ultra!”, is scheduled 10 a.m.-noon Aug. 10 via Zoom.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/07/28/workshop-to-ease-ultra-confusion-3/

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Workshop to ease Ultra confusion

The Office of Instructional Resources is offering a workshop to help instructors and staff confused by Blackboard Ultra. The next workshop, titled “Please Help Me With Ultra!”, is scheduled 9 a.m.-11 a.m. Aug. 13 via Zoom.

https://news.wichita.edu/2021/07/28/workshop-to-ease-ultra-confusion-2/

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Read the September Teaching Today

…2022 issue has information about WSU’s Preventing Suicide training, the upcoming January Academic Resources Conference and information about the Course Messages feature in Blackboard.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/09/29/read-the-september-teaching-today/

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Read February’s edition of Teaching Today

…Resources’ annual “Fall in Love with Teaching” issue. It also includes advice, technical help and a few warnings about known issues teachers are currently seeing in Blackboard. To subscribe to Teaching Today or to make recommendations to Teaching Today, send a request to the Office of Instructional Resources know at OIR@wichita.edu.

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/02/15/read-februarys-edition-of-teaching-today/

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What to expect for summer 2023 course evaluations

This semester, course evaluations will transition more to the new platform, Watermark Course Evaluations & Surveys (CES). CES utilizes Blackboard to centralize all facets of the course evaluation process: Communications to alert faculty and students to take action Dashboards for both faculty and students to monitor activity Deliver the course evaluation to…

https://news.wichita.edu/2023/05/12/what-to-expect-for-summer-2023-course-evaluations/

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Did you break up with Ultra? We want to hear from you

Are you an instructor who tried teaching in the Ultra Course format and then went back to old Blackboard? If so, the Office of Instructional Resources is putting together a focus group of instructors who tried Ultra and decided against it. The focus group will meet on Zoom for about an hour. This is a great opportunity for you to tell us what you did not…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/05/06/did-you-break-up-with-ultra-we-want-to-hear-from-you/

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Jan. 11: Academic Resources Conference Day 3

…health and a noon panel about the future of work. In addition, our OIR Zoom Lab is open today between 1 and 3 p.m. and is staffed with experts who can answer questions about Blackboard, Panopto, and accessibility. See the entire Conference Schedule-at-a-Glance Links below open Outlook invites with the Zoom link for each session. Sessions for Wednesday,…

https://news.wichita.edu/2022/12/16/jan-11-academic-resources-conference-day-3/