Newsletter Contents:

• Higher Education Podcast Listening Experience:
  Accidental UDL During Emergency Remote Teaching

• 2021 (Virtual) Forum of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Audio and Video Assignments: Virtual Round Table for Faculty

Upcoming ADC Workshops

ADC workshops this semester are offered in person and/or virtually. You will be provided with a Google Meet link (if applicable) and any other instructions needed for your session with your registration confirmation, or by email prior to the session start time.  

You can view available workshops and register for workshops here:
current list of upcoming workshops. (See also: calendar view). 

Access our ADC Events and Workshops calendar to add upcoming workshops or events to your own calendar.

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Higher Education Podcast Listening Experince:
Accidental UDL During Emergency Remote Teaching

Listen, meet, discuss! In this podcast episode, UDL expert Kirsten Behling shares strategies that faculty used during emergency remote teaching that turned out to coincide with Universal Design for Learning principles. Please listen to Think UDL’s Episode 60 (Apr 20, 2021): Researching Accidental UDL with Kirsten Behling, then meet in an online synchronous session to discuss this timely issue with your colleagues.
 
Facilitator: Andrea Phillipson
When: Tuesday, October 19, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm                   Image by Hassas Arts from Pixabay 

2021 (Virtual) Forum of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Catalyzing Conversations: Energizing SoTL - Nov 11 and 12. We will come together to build, sustain, and energize our SoTL community as we reflect on a unique year and plan for the future. This forum will provide space to engage, explore and expedite SoTL projects in various stages of completion ranging from ideas and inquiry to completion.

Contact sotlinstitute@mtroyal.ca if you have questions.

Additional MRU Offerings

Audio and Video Assignments: Virtual Round Table for Faculty

Join colleagues for a conversation about creating, implementing, and assessing digital media assignments. Hear advice and best practices from faculty who have assigned audio and video based projects. Get tips from staff in the Library, ADC, and Student Learning Services for making the best use of the supports, resources and technologies in the RLLC to ensure student success with these types of projects.
 
When: Thursday, October 14, 9:00 - 10:30 am 
Please direct any questions to Sara Sharun

Assignments in Blackboard

1. You can create the assignment for individual students, or groups.
    
2. If students have trouble submitting, you can clear their attempt, or even grade it even if they email it instead.
    
3. You can batch download all the submissions at once if you like.
    
4. When grading, you can use letter grades and add comments, even after you have graded it. You can use video feedback, or review the assignment and grade with a student. If needed, you can view assignment feedback previously attached.