Welcome to the College of IST Learning Design eNewsletter
September 2019
Next Monthly Online Lunchtime Meetings Happening September 27
We hope you will join us for our next meeting on Friday, September 27, 12:15 – 1:15 p.m. where we will discuss Dave Hozza’s IST 402 Blockchain course. In IST 402 (Emerging Technologies), students discover cutting edge technologies and trends. The trick to teaching this course is covering the material with students coming from a wide range of backgrounds and with varying levels of programming experience. Dave Hozza will present how he engages students with the topic of Blockchain. Join us to find out his lessons learned.
If you can’t make this session, we hope you will be able to attend one of our upcoming dates: October 25, January 31, February 28, March 27, and April 24.
The meeting will take place via Zoom. If you would like to suggest an agenda topic or have any questions, please contact Nick Giacobe, Dave Fusco, or Amy Garbrick (alh245@psu.edu). Meetings will be recorded for those who are unable to attend. The recording will be placed in Box.
Canvas Gradebook Update
As a reminder, Canvas made some changes to the gradebook that replaced the previously known mute/unmute assignments functionality.
The following article from the Penn State Public Knowledge Base gives more information on this change: https://pennstate.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0012723&sys_kb_id=0cabcf6b1bd73f40ec6a7661cd4bcb44
Learning Design Staffing and Process Updates
Because of current staffing issues here at the Office of Learning Design, we ask that you please use this form to request instructional design assistance during the FA19 semester. We are piloting this form in an effort to maintain our highest level of services with reduced resources.
IST Fall Statewide
We hope you will be able to join us in person or online for the Fall 2019 IST Statewide (All-Campus) Faculty Meeting. The meeting will be held on Monday, October 21 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at The Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Club. Zoom information will be distributed at a later date.
And speaking of Statewide, the Learning Design office will be setting up a recording space that day to help instructors easily record self-introduction videos for their online courses. Contact Brian Daigle bjd42@psu.edu for more information and to schedule a time that day.