We will update this page with new communications throughout the semester.
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Past Updates
JULY 21, 2020
There Is Still Time to Sign Up for Fall Course Transition Services
With the semester a month away, we encourage you to take advantage of the Fall Course Transition Services available until Aug. 3 through Syracuse University’s partnership with Blackboard. As a refresher:
- We have created a Syracuse University-specific Fall 2020 Blackboard course template for your convenience. To preview the course template and decide whether to apply it to your specific course, email help@syr.edu with either Course Name: Syracuse University Course Template—Fall 2020 or Course ID: sutemplate.fall2020 in the subject line.
- You don’t need to have a semester’s worth of content ready—only the course alignment (from syllabus through assessments, assignments and activities) and the first two weeks of materials. Once you have finalized your syllabus and prepared your initial content, contact Blackboard Transition Services using the Course Is Ready for Transition Form.
- If you have questions or if you aren’t sure where to begin, you can contact the faculty support team (help@syr.edu).
The Online Success Toolkit also is available to support online teaching and learning. Available materials for faculty include course preparation guides, resources for supporting students and information regarding upcoming training and consultation opportunities. For more tech tips and tricks, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
Please also remember these online coaching and consultation opportunities:
- Teaching and Technology Tuesdays (Tuesdays at noon ET)
- Overview of Blackboard Course Transition Services (Tuesdays at 6 p.m. ET)
- Course Development in Blackboard: Open Q and A (Thursdays at 10 a.m. ET)
- Zoom Training: Teaching with Zoom (multiple times available)
- Faculty Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access Workshop Series (asynchronous):
- Identifying and Reducing Implicit Bias in Pedagogical Decision-Making
- Establishing Civility and Positive Climate in Your Teaching Environment
- Problematizing Identity and Intersectionality on the College Campus
- Transparent Teaching: An Evidence-Based Inclusive Practice
- Navigating Challenges of Diversity in the Classroom
We look forward to working with you.
JULY 16, 2020
Kaltura Is Available
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We look forward to working with you.
JULY 9, 2020
Four Steps to Jump-Starting Your Fall Course Transition
With the start of the fall semester less than seven weeks away, we wanted to share four steps to getting started with the Fall Course Transition Services available through Syracuse University’s partnership with Blackboard:
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This is not the semester that anyone envisioned. We realize that everyone’s situation is slightly different in terms of family, resources and more. Even so, please remember that you are not alone—we are all in this together. We look forward to helping you make the best of a challenging situation.
March 12, 2020
To support the transition to online course delivery effective at the end of the academic day on Friday, March 13, we will continue to send regular communications to ensure you have the most up-to-date information related to online teaching and learning. If you haven’t already, please bookmark the Academic Continuity Resources toolkit available at at Syracuse.edu/coronavirus/academic-continuity.
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