[VPAAEtal] Academic Affairs Weekly Update

[Academic Affairs]

Academic Affairs Fall COVID Update
August 14, 2020

Each week until we are underway, the Provost's Office will post about progress toward preparing for Fall 2020 instruction.  Updates are based on the latest, best information.


*       Any future room changes or modality changes that result in more face-to-face or blended sections must be approved through the VPAA's office.

*       OAT is offering four important sessions to help with course preparation for Fall.  Gradebook setup, accessibility for PDFs and captioning for video are critical for all courses utilizing D2L.  At this point, that ought to be everyone.  Training is also available for Epson Interactive Tools for classrooms.  Registration is through the DevelopU page<http://appsprod.tamuc.edu/td/coursecalendar.aspx> .  Mike Smith & Co. are ready to help.

*       Our colleague, Dr. Jared Pickens, give a great presentation today on how to use Zoom and manage a classroom that simultaneously has folks learning in person and online.  You can view that at this link: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tamuc.zoom.us_rec_share_9-2DsuDoDK8WVOSJ301XPESpYPPqbqX6a81Ccc86EKnk-2DTfq8nrK78MyX59OsImABu&d=DwIFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=ipRgm7MFqxEwm4jXxXA7TfceI2KGyDX4I4OYfUR5x68&m=ugpJWVQ0kcKYyFbdUM8HhNwN-k-hnbDZ9XriWx_G2CQ&s=NeL3yj7yBeDffZraSsRHwPCApPPyfl5tYtK5bx6-MKA&e=  .  The password is: ?$9&Ak=p .

*       Apportionment of funding for Proctorio will be done this coming week, and deans will then make decisions of how to use the funds in each of their colleges.  The faculty working group will complete the terms of use for the system by Monday.  Use of Proctorio will require training, and also, will require the use of specific language in syllabi and as introduction to proctored assessments.  Adoption of the terms of use will allow more information to be shared early next week.

*       Instructional technology upgrades are ongoing across campus per CITE.  A list of what will be present in each room will be available soon.

*       This next week EOC teams will be labeling seats in the classrooms to be used for in-person instruction.  "Please sit here" stickers will denote those seats for students to use.  All others should be left empty.

*       To aid in contact tracing faculty teaching courses in-person will need to take roll.  This is good practice, but an unusual top-down requirement on this practice.  It is to help protect the health of the University community.  A search for automated support for this is ongoing, but may prove difficult to implement.
If you have specific questions, please feel free to email Ricky.Dobbs at tamuc.edu<mailto:Ricky.Dobbs at tamuc.edu> .

We are grateful for your cooperation and look forward to the coming semester.

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