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DCAL is offering small one-time grants to support faculty in the development and implementation of experiential learning activities in current Dartmouth courses in the Summer '20 or Fall '20 term. Preference will be given for activities focused on community building and student interaction and/or examining/addressing systemic racism. The small pool of funds to support these courses became available with the cancellation of spring term events. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, starting immediately, until funding is exhausted.  Learn more about these grants and apply on the Experiential Learning Initiative site.

DCAL is delighted to announce the winner of the 2019 Apgar Award for Innovation in Teaching. This year's award goes to Timothy Baker, Paul Carranza, Michelle Clarke, Carolyn Dever, Antonio Gomez, Klaus Mladek, Kristin O'Rourke, Julia Rabig, and Andrea Tarnowski for their work on the Humanities sequence (HUM 1 and HUM 2).  Read about this integrative and collaborative course in the announcement from Scott Pauls, Cheheyl Professor and Director of DCAL.

Dartmouth News profiled the Learning Fellows program this month and wrote about how these "near-peer mentors" are building community in remote classes.

Delivering Assessments Remotely with Gradescope
Wednesday June 17
1:00 - 2:00pm
Join us for this online workshop and learn how instructors use Gradescope. The workshop will offer guidance on how to deliver assessments remotely and outline various assessment options to meet your immediate needs, including:
- Fully online assignments, no paper required
- Existing paper-based assignments
- Combining online and paper-based approaches
We will also cover the grading and rubric-building workflow on Gradescope and walk attendees through both the instructor and student interface for creating and submitting assignments and viewing feedback. Registration required.

Preparing for Remote Assignments in Canvas
Thursday June 18
11:00am - 12:00pm
Join us for a conversation around Preparing for Remote Assignments in Canvas. In this workshop we will introduce basic concepts in effective assignment design, introduce tools available for assignment delivery at Dartmouth (Canvas Assignments, Quizzes, and several new assignment tools available to Dartmouth - Gradescope, Hypothesis, and VoiceThread), and talk about ways to design assignments that support the learning process. We will also explore topics related to making sure assignments are inclusive and accessible to all students, especially in a remote teaching context. Registration required.

Teaching with Hypothesis Annotations
Thursday June 18
1:00 - 2:00pm
Join Dr. Jeremy Dean, your colleagues and Dartmouth staff from DCAL and ITC for an online workshop (hosted on Zoom) about using Hypothesis Annotations in your remote teaching. This workshop is intended specifically for Dartmouth faculty and other teaching support staff preparing to teach in Summer or Fall 2020. This workshop explores collaborative annotation as a core digital pedagogical practice for the 21st century classroom, all the more urgent as more of us are moving to remote learning in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Workshop participants will be introduced to the pedagogical value of social reading and gain hands-on experience with an open-source, standards-based collaborative annotation client, Hypothesis. Attendees will leave with a solid orientation in the basic functionality of Hypothesis as it functions within Canvas at Dartmouth as well as specific collaborative annotation exercises and projects that can be used in their remote courses. Registration required.

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