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September 2022, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

Blackboard Ally Accessibility Tool is available for users. See Canvas Announcements for a video by Steve Ray, T&L Coordinator, explaining the app.

April 2022, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

Respondus has launched a new proctoring format, “live proctoring with Zoom.” This format is intended to be used with small classes, as the instructor will serve as the proctor. To learn more about Respondus Live Proctoring, look for the Live Proctoring Quick Start Guide, found in Faculty Commons.

March 2022, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

SWOSU Faculty Focus - Dr. Mark Garcia

Originally from California, Dr. Mark Garcia was born and raised in a small Central Valley town. Growing up among the farm animals and hiking through the rolling foothills of the valley gave Dr. Garcia a great appreciation for nature and animals.

February 2022, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

CETL will be launching Blackboard Ally, an accessibility tool, in Canvas. Blackboard Ally will review documents uploaded into Canvas and make recommendations on improving accessibility. CETL will conduct a pilot in Spring 2022, which will be led by Steve Ray III, CETL Teaching and Learning Coordinator. Be looking for more information in the upcoming months.

November / December 2021, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

CETL will be launching Blackboard Ally...

Dr. Mapopa Sanga, CETL Teaching and Learning Coordinator, will be leading the faculty/staff training over the new quizzing tool in Canvas.

LinkedIn Learning offers many training videos for faculty, staff, and students.

October 2021, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

Canvas is introducing New Quizzes, which will be a change in the way quizzes are developed. Be looking for training from CETL to help navigate the transition!

The Instructional Excellence Academy is under construction! Class Five of the Instructional Excellence Academy will be launching in 2022! New direction, new format, and new information will be the focus of the revisions. More about the change in the coming months.

April 2021, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

CETL is working on projects to help the semester wind down smoothly! Below are some tips to remember as finals are approaching:

February 2021, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

The CETL Correspondent is a monthly newsletter by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

November 2020, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

The CETL Correspondent is a monthly newsletter by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

October 2020, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

The CETL Correspondent is a monthly newsletter by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

April 2020, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

What an eventual time we are in! First, on behalf of CETL, thank you to all faculty and staff who have pulled together to make virtual learning a reality for our students. We at CETL can attest to the dedication and devotion SWOSU faculty have for their students.

March 2020, Lisa Friesen

The CETL Correspondent

It’s March and Spring Break is within reach! We have been busy in CETL with workshops, enrollment, and jumping into grant writing!

July 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

Please welcome Lisa Friesen as CETL’s new Director beginning July 1, 2019. I will be retiring at the end of June. I have enjoyed working with each of you during my 31 years at SWOSU. - Marci

May / June 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

I just wanted to let you know that I will be retiring on July 1, 2019, and Lisa Friesen will be the new Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning.

April 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

Canvas has been revising all the gradebook features during the past couple years. Since the current Canvas gradebook will be deprecated in June or July, SWOSU will be changing to the New Gradebook on May 7. All grades will transfer over appropriately. Go to https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13745 to view the guide for the New Gradebook. The ability for faculty to replace a student’s final grade calculated through Canvas activities with a manually entered grade is in the near future. This change allows instructors to adjust the final grade for a student if needed in the course, such as before sending course grades …

March 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

February 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

New Teaching and Learning Coordinator has been hired!

Mr. Steve Ray has joined the ranks of the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, please contact Steve and give him a warm SWOSU welcome.

January 2019, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

December 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is once again offering two registration scholarships per academic department to attend the 2019 Transformative Learning Conference in lovely downtown Oklahoma City, OK. The conference will be held March 13 -14, 2019. If awarded the scholarship, CETL will pay the conference registration fee of $349. CETL will provide a van, if you do not go in the van; travel is on your own. Selection will be on a first come first served basis.

November 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

Help get the word out!

You can participate and review the Canvas Product Development Priorities. Go to Canvas Studio. The goal of the Canvas Studio idea forum is to provide:

• Insight into what Canvas’ team is working on right now and a way for you to give the Canvas Product team timely feedback to help guide their decisions
• An opportunity to share ideas about anything to do with Canvas, whether the Product team is focusing on that area of the application right now or not.

October 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

Help get the word out!

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning has scholarships available for faculty to attend any following Online Learning Consortium workshops.

August/September 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

All SWOSU students have access to Upswing SWOSU’s 24/7 online Academic Help, Tutoring, Paper Reviews (Askup), and Writing lab assistance.

By adding information to course syllabi, regarding all available tutoring opportunities available to students, faculty would be helping students succeed in their courses.

Upswing supplements departmental tutoring hours by being available 24/7.

July 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is spotlighting faculty members monthly in a series of articles called “Focus on SWOSU Faculty”. These faculty have been selected as doing inspiring active learning activities in their courses and have agreed to share some of their activities with the SWOSU community. One SWOSU faculty member will be spotlighted per month who is using transformative and other exciting active learning methods in their teaching which advances student learning at SWOSU.

May/June 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

April 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

March 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

February 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

January 2018, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.

December 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

CETL, SWOSU, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

November 2017, Marci Grant

The CETL Correspondent

No abstract provided.