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ATUS and CIAA offering Week 1 remote-learning workshops for all of campus

Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to Spring Quarter 2020...online! My colleagues and I from ATUS, CIIA, OCE, and Western Libraries have yet more learning opportunities to support strategies for remote teaching, learning, and working.

What's New

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  • Canvas Commons Surveys:  for "wwu covid" to find, preview, and import these into your Canvas courses:
    • Survey about student technology readiness
    • Surveys about Pass/No Pass vs. letter grade system
  • New items include Intro to Zoom for Students, new webinars, and a Student Guide to Technology for Online Learning.
  • : Here"s who to contact for what. 

This Week

All session descriptions, access links & passwords, and past recordings are now on one page: ; links (and passwords for some sessions) are also listed here.

TUESDAY

Crash Course in Copyright & Open Education Resources
Tues., 4/7, 11-Noon
Presented by Western Libraries

WEDNESDAY

Canvas Q&A: Quizzes
Wed., 4/8, 10:30-11:15 AM
Learn about online quizzes & surveys, from basic to advanced
, password: 
onlinetech

Support for Your Research & Writing Courses
Wed., 4/8, Noon-1 PM
Presented by Western Libraries

Screencast-O-Matic: For Faculty
Wed., 4/8, 1-2 PM
Learn how to record voice and slides and share online
, password: 
onlinetech

Teaching with Zoom: For Faculty
Wed., 4/8, 2:30-3:30 PM
Using Zoom"s interactive features
, password: faculty

Support for Your Math & Science Courses
Wed., 4/8, 3-4 PM
Presented by Western Libraries

THURSDAY

Canvas Q&A: Posting Lectures & Recordings
Thurs., 4/9, 3-3:45 PM
Learn how to post recorded lectures in Canvas
, password: 
onlinetech

FRIDAY

Customizing Zoom: For Faculty
Fri., 4/10, 10-11 AM
Customizing Zoom"s settings to meet your needs
, password: faculty

Keep Teaching Q&A Drop-in
Fri., 4/10, 2-2:45 PM 
Drop-in consultation with instructional designers 

Adobe Spark for Media Assignments: For Faculty
Fri., 4/10, 3-3:45 PM
Using this free-for-education method for making media rich content
, password: 
onlinetech



As always, please let your  know how we can better support your instructional and technical needs. We appreciate your patience as we work to respond to each of your requests.