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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Academic Affairs Fall COVID Update<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">August
<span style="color:#1F497D">14</span>, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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
<a href="http://appsprod.tamuc.edu/td/coursecalendar.aspx">DevelopU page</a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>. Mike Smith & Co. are ready to help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tamuc.zoom.us_rec_share_9-2DsuDoDK8WVOSJ301XPESpYPPqbqX6a81Ccc86EKnk-2DTfq8nrK78MyX59OsImABu&d=DwMFAg&c=oqyuZuih6ykib6aKiBq22_bich4AVfYGoLertJN0bEc&r=ipRgm7MFqxEwm4jXxXA7TfceI2KGyDX4I4OYfUR5x68&m=ugpJWVQ0kcKYyFbdUM8HhNwN-k-hnbDZ9XriWx_G2CQ&s=NeL3yj7yBeDffZraSsRHwPCApPPyfl5tYtK5bx6-MKA&e=">
https://tamuc.zoom.us/rec/share/9-suDoDK8WVOSJ301XPESpYPPqbqX6a81Ccc86EKnk-Tfq8nrK78MyX59OsImABu</a> . The password is:
<span style="color:black">?$9&Ak=p</span> . <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Instructional technology upgrades are ongoing across campus per CITE. A list of what will be present in each room will be available soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:38.25pt;mso-add-space:auto;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you have specific questions, please feel free to email
<a href="mailto:Ricky.Dobbs@tamuc.edu">Ricky.Dobbs@tamuc.edu</a> .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We are grateful for your cooperation and look forward to the coming semester.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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