Two weeks of drop-in support on Zoom, September 23 - October 4, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Join our virtual office hours for a convenient drop-in session where you can receive personalized support for your technology needs during a busy start to the term! Whether you're setting up new courses, troubleshooting issues, seeking advice on new tools, or looking to enhance your digital teaching methods, our team is here to help. No registration is needed—just drop in to our Zoom event and get the support you need to succeed!

Applications are due by Thursday, October 10, 2024.

The Office of Academic Innovation is excited to announce the Microcredential Community of Practice—an opportunity for faculty and staff to develop microcredentials that enhance curriculum and professional growth. By joining this program, you'll collaborate with peers, work with instructional designers, and gain the tools to build effective microcredentials that highlight specific learning outcomes. Plus, you'll learn how to align these credentials with career readiness standards and create assessments to measure student achievement.

This Community of Practice is ideal for faculty and staff with an idea for a microcredential and defined learning outcomes and assessments. Participants in the program will receive a stipend of $1,259 for their work and contributions. Please review the Terms of Compensation for PSU Instructor Development Programs to verify your eligibility.

As we prepare for the new academic year, we want to inform you of several important updates regarding Portland State University's relationship with Turnitin. After a thorough review, PSU has renewed its agreement with Turnitin, with significant changes focused on improving student data privacy and refining how we use the platform.

Turnitin assignments through Canvas only: The external Turnitin site is now disabled. All Turnitin assignments now must be facilitated through Canvas.

AI detection disabled: The AI detection feature has been disabled due to concerns about accuracy and privacy. For more information, see our AI for Teaching Guide.

Repository option: You now have the option to store student submissions in a PSU-only repository for future similarity checks or not store them at all.

Updated syllabus language requirement: The language you must add to your syllabus has been modified to provide students with more information about how their data is used.

Our team is here to help you explore these questions and make any necessary adjustments to your course design. If you’d like personalized guidance, please submit a support request, and we’ll be happy to work with you one-on-one to achieve your academic goals. Additionally, we invite you to explore more about this topic at our upcoming events: 

Meetings start October 11, 2024

Join PSU faculty during the fall term for an exploration of innovative teaching practices. Dive into the transformative insights of The New College Classroom by Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis, in which educators reimagine the college classroom. As a bonus, all participants will receive a complimentary copy of The New College Classroom, the book selected by the PSU faculty book group for this fall.

We have officially upgraded our media player in MediaSpace from V2 to V7. This new player has a more responsive design, improved accessibility features, and customizable options to experience your media how you want. All videos hosted on our MediaSpace have been automatically updated—no action is needed from you. Explore the articles in Kaltura’s Knowledgebase to get started with the new V7 player. 

Check out the V2 and V7 comparison tool to get a preview today.

Do you own any courses or course content in D2L that you’d like to keep but did not get the chance to move over? Now is the time to request it. All courses still in D2L will be deleted on October 18, 2024.

Use the support form to request D2L records. Be sure to include the D2L course name!

With the opening of the Vernier Science Center, the Office of Information Technology is excited to officially launch a new classroom technology standard: Inclusive Access Classrooms (IAC). These Zoom-based classrooms can be used to teach across all modalities -—they're an excellent resource for in-person students to engage with the course content in the way that works best for them and allow remote students and guest lecturers to participate fully with in-person attendees .. Instructors can request to teach in one of the new Inclusive Access Classrooms by contacting their department and asking to be placed in an IAC.

To receive support with using these spaces, submit a classroom training request by emailing help-classrooms@pdx.edu.

The following IACs are currently available by request:

• Vernier Science Center: B1-08, B1-12, B1-15, B1-17, B1-21, 305
• Broadway: 218, 219, 220, & 224

Over the next academic year, the following classrooms will also be converted to this new standard:

Fariborz Maseeh Hall: B129, B104, B128

Drop in on Zoom this week: Monday, September 23, 9:00 AM - 10:00 PM and

Tuesday, September 24, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Whether it's your first time using Canvas, or you just need a quick refresh to start the academic year, join us for a support session dedicated to helping you navigate our campus LMS (Learning Management System). We'll provide a quick Canvas 101 overview (including tips and shortcuts) and then spend time answering questions, getting you on track to build your course, facilitate online student learning, and more!

No need to register, just click the button below to join us on Zoom!

At OAI, we believe meaningful teaching development in higher education is an iterative process of thoughtful change through experimentation, interaction, and reflection. The Engaged Teacher: From Concept to Classroom Microcredential is designed to support and encourage faculty to find opportunities to grow in ways that speak to their discipline and teaching context.

Thrive: AI in Higher Education is a 10-hour asynchronous learning experience designed by and for PSU faculty to incorporate Generative AI into one's teaching and research. Faculty who complete the course will earn a microcredential certifying readiness in AI prompt engineering, AI learning design, AI learning assessment, AI hallucination correction, AI and ethics, data analysis, and classroom management. The course features 10 "Try It Yourself" exercises, a dozen practical how-to videos, several slide decks, and ample reading materials.

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