CTL Happenings - Message #226

Grades are due at 8 p.m. on Tues., Dec. 23

Final grades submissions are due by 8pm on Tuesday, December 23rd. Visit the links below for guidance on submitting your final grades.

• Loading final grades from Canvas into the SIS Grade Roster
• Information about submitting final grades in Oncourse
• For Canvas users there are two ways to submit final grades:
  - Option 1: Manually enter grades in the SIS grade roster (see https://kb.iu.edu/d/ausb)
  - Option 2: Export grades from Canvas and upload them into SIS (see https://kb.iu.edu/d/beui) 

2015 Curriculum Enhancement Grant Proposals Due Friday, January 16

Proposals Due Friday, January 16, 2015
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The Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) provides faculty with technical and instructional support, time, and funds to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI and IUPU Columbus. In addition, the grants enable faculty competitiveness for external educational or curricular improvement grants and increase faculty involvement in pursuing the scholarship of teaching and learning.

CEG funds will support projects in two tracks: the General Track and the Intergroup Dialogue Initiative Track. Individual faculty members can apply for up to $5,000. Teams of three or more faculty working on three or more courses can apply for a maximum of $15,000 per proposal. The grants are open to IUPUI and IUPU Columbus full-time faculty. See the 2015 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Request for Proposals for more information. The deadline for proposal submissions is Friday, January 16, 2015.

First Look at Canvas - IT Training webinar

Thursday, December 18, 2014 | Online - Adobe Connect | 10 - 10:50 a.m. 
Register » | Organizer: Tom Janke | Presenters: Kimmaree Murday, Mark Alexander

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 | Online - Adobe Connect | 1 - 1:50 p.m.
Register » | Organizer: Tom Janke | Presenters: Kimmaree Murday, Erich Bauer

In this webinar, jointly offered by CTL and IT Training, we will explore and discuss the structure of Canvas, IU’s new learning management system. The presentation will give instructors an understanding of the interactivity of Canvas tools and how that influences how courses are set up. Participants will learn about the following Canvas tools: Home, Calendar, Syllabus, Assignments, and Settings.

Walk-in Canvas Migration Clinic

Monday, December 22, 2014 | University Library 1125M | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
Register » | Organizer: Tom Janke | Presenters: Tom Janke, Lauren Easterling

This "Canvas Migration Clinic" is designed to provide you time to begin the Oncourse to Canvas migration process. Please read "Using the Canvas Migration Tool" knowledge base document prior to attending for the clinic. Consultants will be on hand to assist and help you determine the best strategy for migrating your course content to Canvas. Further, assistance will be provided on post-migration tasks. Please note that some migrations may take a while to process. This open clinic begins at 10am and will end at 3pm. Please register online for the clinic but feel free to come in anytime during the clinic hours. If you need to schedule a different time to migrate you content, please contact the Center for Teaching and Learning at 317-274-1300.

Canvas Migrating Files and Resources from Oncourse - IT Training webinar

Wednesday, January 7, 2015 | Online - Adobe Connect | 2 - 2:50 p.m.
Register » | Organizer: Tom Janke | Presenters: Kimmaree Murday, M Leach

In this webinar, jointly offered by CTL and IT Training, we will explore the Files tool in Canvas. We will discuss good practices for file storage and the connection between Canvas and Box. Participants will also learn how to manage their multimedia files in Canvas. We will demonstrate how to zip and move Resources from Oncourse to Canvas.

Search for New Executive Director of the CRL

The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research is formally launching the search for the Executive Director of the Center for Research and Learning, which is currently headed by Dr. Rick Ward, who will be retiring this July.  Please share the position announcement with colleagues in your schools who would be interested to know about this search, including those who would be good candidates to apply or be nominated for consideration.

The announcement is located at: http://www.iupui.edu/~oeo/academicjobs/IN-ACSP14005htm.HTM

RISE Program Course Development Grant

Faculty are encouraged to apply for $2500 for professional development/summer support to develop a new course or redesign an existing course in line with RISE criteria. $2000 will be disseminated initially and the remaining $500 upon submission of the final report. 

RISE courses must incorporate qualified experiences, integration of knowledge, structured reflection activities to link the experience with targeted learning outcomes, and assessment as outlined below. These courses will be distinctive because they intentionally use experiential learning to prepare students for graduate school, careers, and global citizenship. They provide skills, knowledge, and experiences that are highly valued by employers and lay the foundation for future leaders. Courses developed in the summer of 2015 must initially be offered in the 2015-16 academic year.  For more information visit: http://due.iupui.edu/center-for-coordinated-initiatives/iupui-rise-program/course-development-grant

The deadline to submit RISE course development grant proposals is February 6, 2015.

Center for Service and Learning Grants and Scholarships

CSL Dissemination Grants
Application Deadline: Through April 2015 or until funding is exhausted. 

About: The Center for Service and Learning has designated funds for small dissemination grants between $500 and $750. These grants are available to support faculty and instructional staff in disseminating work associated with civic and community engagement in higher education, particularly work that builds the knowledge base related to service learning pedagogy, community-university partnerships and community-based participatory research/collaborative inquiry.

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2015 Service Learning Assistant (SLA) Scholarship Program

Application Period: Summer 2015
General application period: Saturday, November 1, 2014 - Saturday, January 31, 2015

About: Faculty, staff and administrators engaged in the following are invited to apply for an SLA scholarship:

• Those teaching service learning courses or related forms of community-engaged learning (both domestic and international). 
• Those implementing department-based service learning programs, or
• Those engaged in scholarly inquiry or evaluation that analyzes to student, faculty/staff or partnership outcomes of community-university engagement.

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