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New Blackboard Content Editor Updates
Blackboard Alert: Blackboard has updated the Rich Content Editor and there is a very noticeable difference in the way the...
Canvas has Arrived!
We have exciting news for you about Canvas! All faculty and staff now have access to Canvas! Click on the graphic or go...
Providing Quality Feedback in Blackboard
You want to provide quality feedback to your students, but typing specific comments is both time consuming and exhausting. ...
Lessons Learned: Back to School in the Time of COVID-19
Author - Lisa Bloom is the Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor at Western Carolina University where she has been a...
Canvas by Instructure is the new Learning Management System at WCU
After an extensive process of review by faculty, students, and staff, Canvas by Instructure has been chosen as our next...
Innovation Fridays
Innovation Fridays serve to enhance the climate of innovation and research at WCU by creating opportunities for innovation,...
Professional Development Grant: Upcoming Deadline
Established in 2012, this grant supports the strategic mission of WCU by providing funds for faculty and instructional...
Faculty Can Register for Video-Conference Mid-Semester Course Analysis
Faculty may now schedule Coulter Faculty Commons staff for a mid-semester course analysis for a fall course. The Quick...
Call for Faculty Nominations – Board of Governors Excellence in Teaching Award
Calls are now open for the 2020-2021 WCU Board of Governors award for Excellence in Teaching, the university’s most...
Strategies and Tools for Fall Class Planning
The Coulter Faculty Commons often entertains questions throughout the summer about ideas for fall teaching. Here, we share...
CFC Open Training Sessions
In order to practice social distancing and safety precautions, the CFC will be operating by appointment only. No walk-in...
Blackboard Webinar Training Series: Remote Instruction from Basics to Advanced
As many educators are looking to advance their confidence and effectiveness with the tools of remote instruction,...
The Fall Blend – A Hybrid Course Workshop Now Offered Every Week This Summer
The Coulter Faculty Commons is offering three new sections of its Fall Planning Workshop (“Fall Blend”), intended to help faculty walk through design, delivery, and technology considerations for fall teaching. A workshop will be offered each week until the beginning of fall courses, following a Tuesday – Thursday format.
CFC Offers Course for Rapid Online Transition for Online Fall Courses
Moving Rapidly to Remote Instruction (MRRI) will help you rapidly develop your face-to-face course for remote instruction...
Respondus Trainings Available
At the current time WCU has an agreement with Respondus for three tools. One is a limited tool that gives faculty an...
Fall Preparation: Blackboard Offers Webinar Training Sessions
In preparation for the fall semester, the CFC is encouraging all instructors who are not familiar with Blackboard or who...
Upcoming Panopto Summer 2020 Update
(Source: https://community.panopto.com/discussion/482/summer-service-update-2020-06-27) Recently Released features New...
The Fall Blend – Hybrid Course Design Workshops
It’s not too early to start working on your fall courses, particularly this year as we work within the requirements that...
LMS Team Adds Accessibility Aid to Help Prepare for Fall 2020
If you have been in your Blackboard courses in June, you may have noticed that there are additional icons that appear in...
Deadlines Approaching for 2 Summer Workshops!
As we wrap up the Spring semester, we are thinking of Summer and Fall and how the pandemic has changed how we are going to...
Let’s Get Ready for Summer! Moving Rapidly to Remote Instruction
We want to give a huge shout out to all instructors who made the shift to remote instruction with lightning speed so we...
LMS Governance Committee Recommends Avoiding Online Proctoring Solutions
The LMS Team have had several requests to launch online proctoring tools. We researched the issue and presented the...
Prepping for Finals Workshops This Week
The end of the semester is quickly approaching and these challenging times require that we rethink our final assessments. The CFC team is here with four different workshops that will help you rework your assessment for the online environment.
COVID-related Modifications to Honors Contracts now in progress and a Reminder about End of Semester Honors Attribution
From the Honors College Students with Honors Contracts in progress this semester may need to make changes to those plans...
Microsoft Resources for Teaching with Office 365
As more schools begin to make the transition to distance learning and online classrooms, we want to help. Microsoft has...
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