The eLearning Team continues to assist faculty through the QM course development process for courses being taught online. For an overview of the course development process, visit our Development Process of Distance Education Courses page.
- 5 courses have acquired QM certifications since last month
- Overall, 216 total courses have met QM standards
👤 Total number of faculty that have taken a QM workshop during 2020-2021:
- 101 - Teaching Online Learners (TOL)
- 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR)
- 17 - Design Your Online Course (DYOC)
- 9 - Intro to QM (I2QM)
- 9 - Improving Your Online Course (IYOC)
Upcoming QM workshops include Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR) June 18th & 25th and Design Your Online Course (DYOC) on June 22 & 24. Check with the eLearning team for the next scheduled workshop!
Results from Plagiarism Prevention Module Review
The goal is to come up with a module for plagiarism prevention that can be implemented in Blackboard courses starting in the Fall of 2021 per the choice of the faculty member. Dr. Mitchell is not mandating, rather, highly encouraging faculty to assign it to their students as a reminder on maintaining Academic Integrity in their academic career.
After review of the committee by way of vote, here are the tentative rankings of potential plagiarism prevention modules for this Fall:
- Hoonuit within Blackboard (50%) more people leaned towards #1
- Blackboard Student Orientation (50%)
- Univesity College Academic
- Library's Credo (25%)
- Student Conduct and Community Engagement
The committee recommended that the eLearning group hold sessions so faculty is able to make an informed decision on which module to assign.
Fix Your Content Day Results and Review
This year's 10th annual "Global Accessibility Awareness Day" (GAAD) took place on May 20th and Blackboard organized its second annual worldwide competition "Fix Your Content Day". This competition was created in the same spirit of GAAD's mission: Digital access/inclusion for all types of learners.
Throughout the competition TAMIU faculty and staff utilized Blackboard Ally, a digital accessibility solution, to assess course files and fix those with accessibility issues. Enhancing accessibility provides solutions that can ease access for differently abled users. For example, a “fix” could include adding a description to an image so a screen reader can describe it for the visually impaired.
TAMIU placed 16th among the Global Leaderboard, 1st in the A&M system (out of three other participating institutions) and 2nd in Texas with a total of 4,084 fixes, more than doubling the amount compared to the total of last year's 1,753 fixes. Additionally, TAMIU was recognized with the distinction of "Diamond Club" for reaching over 4,000 fixes, the highest ranking of the four designated achievement clubs: Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond. To read more about TAMIU's dedication to digital access/inclusion, visit the official TAMIU press release about the event.
Nominations for this year's Instructional Technology Excellence Award
Every year, a faculty member is recognized for effectively incorporating the use of technology in the teaching and learning process. The Instructional Technology Excellence Award will be presented with a plaque during the Faculty and Staff Assembly. Reserved parking and a stipend ($500.00) are included in the award. Deadline to submit nominations is June 30, 2021. To facilitate the nomination process, a copy of the rubric that will be used to score is linked below:
Instructional Technology Excellence Award Scoring Rubric
Please submit the nomination form as well as supporting documents to Dr. Pat Abrego, Director of Academic Technology, via email at pabrego@tamiu.edu or in person to the Office of Instructional Technology & Distance Education Services located in Killam Library, Room 259. Deadline for nominations is June 30, 2021.
Instructional Technology Excellence Award Nomination Form
Results of FeedbackFruits Pilot Program
FeedbackFruits will be sending the report of the pilot in the next couple of weeks. As you all may remember, TAMIU paid for an extension of this pilot until the end of June. The report will be shared with the committee via email, along with the evaluation report from the company, so they can review it and fill out an evaluation instrument.
Open Agenda
- Changes at Institution Research and Planning: Dr. David Allen has left. Interim Associate Vice President is Dr. Lynne Manganaro.
