AIDE Welcome - Fall 2020
The Academic Innovation & Distance Education Team is excited to be welcoming so many people back into our virtual word this fall. This issue of the updates is full of information about how to find us, recent improvements to our digital learning platforms & upcoming training opportunities. Email us if you have ideas for topics we should cover in the next Updates - aide@bhcc.edu.
AIDE is Remote for Fall 2020 -
Visit us Online!
The on-campus Innovation Lab will be closed in Fall 2020 but the AIDE Team is available in our Virtual Lab (via Webex) Monday-Friday 10:00am-6:30pm and Saturdays 11:00am-3:00pm. The Virtual Lab is closed on Sundays.
Visit us in the Virtual Innovation Lab. We like it when you stop by. Students, faculty and staff are welcome to drop-in to learn more about using ePortfolio, Moodle, Webex and other digital tools. You can also schedule a one-on-one appointment to work with a member of the AIDE Team. We all have a digital genie inside us. Come find yours.
AIDE's Faculty & Staff Resource Center is Moving to Digication!
In order to make AIDE's resources more accessible - and to show off all the ways you can use BHCC's free ePortfolio tool - the Faculty & Staff resource center is moving from Moodle to Digication. You can check out our new resources Portfolio now. Bookmark this site! All of our new resources will be added here. We'd love your suggestions and ideas (and volunteers who are willing to share content). The Moodle Faculty & Staff Resource Center will close on October 1, 2020.
Save these Dates -
Teaching & Learning Events
October 16 - Roxbury Community College will host the 2020 virtual Massachusetts Community Colleges Teaching, Learning & Student Development Conference. This year's theme is "Employing an Anti-Racist Lens to Build Inclusive College Curriculum and Student Services."
October 30 - The New England Faculty Development Consortium will host its Fall virtual conference "Relationship Rich Experiences in Person and Online."
Check out: NEFDC's The Exchange
The New England Faculty Development Consortium's publication, The Exchange, publishes peer-reviewed pieces that capture great ideas for teaching & learning in college classes. BHCC is a member of the New England Faculty Development Consortium. Consider sharing your great ideas and experiences in the The Exchange and take a look at recent articles about using media to stimulate learning, mid-semester feedback and more.
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Virtual Training Opportunities - With AIDE
Monday, August 14, 12pm-1pm Managing Assignments in Moodle
Join Grace Mah, AIDE's Associate Director, to learn how to create, post, manage and grade assignments using Moodle. To Join: https://bhcc.webex.com/meet/gmmah1
Wednesday, August 16, 11am-12pm STUDENT TRAINING: Getting Started with Webex
Please share with your students: Students can join the AIDE Team to get comfortable using Webex Meetings. Students learn to connect with audio, share a screen, manage their microphone and more. To Join: https://bhcc.webex.com/meet/lljones
Thursday, August 15, 11:30am-12pm Supporting Students in Webex Meetings
Learn to troubleshoot Webex Meetings problems - what to do when students can't hear/see/find your Webex Meeting. To Join: https://bhcc.webex.com/meet/gmmah1
Thursday, August 15, 2:30-3:00pm Webex Meetings - Breakout Rooms
Join Grace & Danielle to see how the new "Breakout Rooms" feature works in Webex Meetings. To Join: https://bhcc.webex.com/meet/gmmah1
Friday, August 16, 3:00-3:30pm Webex Meetings - Breakout Rooms
Join Grace & the AIDE Team to see how the new "Breakout Rooms" feature works in Webex Meetings. To Join: https://bhcc.webex.com/meet/gmmah1
(Webex Breakout Rooms session will be recorded and posted to the AIDE ePortfolio)
Training Opportunities - With AIDE Partners
TechSmith offers on-going training events to learn more about using the Knowmia media platform. Visit their site to what is available this fall: https://attendee.gototraining.com/27x73/catalog/4310717088574000640?tz=America/New_York
Respondus offers on-going webinars to learn about the lockdown browser and monitor tools for online testing. Find out about upcoming sessions: https://web.respondus.com/webinars/
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This year, all BHCC faculty and staff have a free 1 year subscription to the Online Learning Toolkit's platform. Register to get access to short courses, live webinars and recorded sessions designed to teach you how to engage online and remote learners!
Use Discount Code: bhcc20
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AIDE is proud to support #Opened @BHCCBoston. Learn more about open education with the Community College Consortium for OER webinars. Opportunities available during fall semester - Free to all faculty and staff.
Register for a Fall CCCOER Webinar: https://www.cccoer.org/2020/08/31/2020-fall-webinar-series/
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BPL Outdoor Wi-Fi Brings Free Connectivity to Branches!
Do you or your students need wi-fi access? Boston Public Libraries are making free internet access available outside many of their locations. Access the internet up to 325 feet away from the following branches: Mattapan, Codman Square, Parker Hill, Hyde Park, Grove Hall, Egleston Square, East Boston, Honan-Allston, and South End. Access is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Users must maintain physical distancing.
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Spring & Summer Course IPs
If you have students with IPs from Spring who will need access to Spring or Summer courses send an email to aide@bhcc.edu - subject: Spring/Summer 2020 IP Request.
In your email, please include the name of the student, their student ID number or BHCC email address and the course information (e.g., BIO 108-01). The course will be available to the student until the beginning of Spring 2021, or until you contact AIDE again to let us know that the student is complete and you are ready to have the course closed for that student.
Why not simply add an IP student to an upcoming Moodle section of the same course? Maintaining precise and accurate academic records is complex. Students are receiving a grade for work based on your course policies, procedures and practices in a specific semester of enrollment. Should you or the student need to access proof of completion, or make inquiries regarding their course, and especially if you were unavailable to document and provide confirmation of the specific semester/section/items that the student completed in an alternate section, there can be significant implications for the student.
This is why it is essential to carefully consider all possible options and err towards extending access to the original Moodle course whenever possible.
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Have you missed a past update? Want to catch up on important AIDE updates? You can check out our recent editions online.
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Webex News
Webex Meetings witll update to a new version on September 15 - it should make Breakout rooms functional in basic Webex Meetings by September 16.
You will also be able to have "co-hosts" of your basic Meetings. Learn more from Webex.com.
Want to be a more advanced user? Join the Webex user community for your favorite Webex tool.
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