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UW-STOUT ONLINE eNEWS MASTHEAD AND LINK TO WEBSITE
July 2016
In This Issue
  • Add Streaming Video to Your Courses
  • Spotlight Feature
  • Instructional Designer eTips
  • New CI Degree & Certificate Offerings
  • Fall eCatalog
  • Did You Know . . .
  • Dates to Remember
New CI Degree & Certificate Offerings
We're pleased to announce four new programs, one begun this summer and three starting this fall:
»  BS in Hotel, Restaurant & Tourism Management
»  Enterprise Technology Certificate
»  Health Communications Certificate
»  Social Work Professional Certificate
Click each program for more details.
Fall eCatalog
Fall eCatalog
Looking for a professional development course for fall?
Visit our fall eCatalog website for the semester's offerings.
Online Teaching Professional Development Grant website
Did You Know . . .
UW-Stout Online offers an Online Teaching Professional Development Grant program to those instructors interested in enhancing their instructional knowledge, skills and abilities in the online environment.
Apply for the OTPD grant today. Grants are available for up to $1,500. Read more here.
Dates to Remember
7/20/16  100% of summer tuition due 
8/8/16  Post-summer session courses begin
8/9/16-8/11/16  Distance Teaching & Learning Conference 
9/5/16  Labor Day
9/7/16  Fall semester begins
10/8/16-10/9/16  Homecoming weekend 
10/11/16-10/12/16  Career Conference
10/12/16  100% of fall tuition due 
10/13/16  WinTerm 2017 registration begins
10/31/16  Spring 2017 registration begins
11/7/16-11/11/16  National Distance Learning Week
11/24/16  Thanksgiving
12/13/16  Fall courses end
12/14/16  Evaluation week begins
12/17/16  Commencement
12/20/16  Evaluation week ends
Refund schedule for drops
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Add Streaming Video to Your Courses
The UW-Stout Library offers a wide variety of streaming video content to use in your courses. The curriculum-focused content is selected by professionals specifically for the academic educational environment.
  • More than 106,000 titles available
  • Vendors include: Films on Demand, Academic Video Online, Kanopy, Docuseek2, Psychotherapy.net, New Day Films and Swank Digital Campus, a database which provides streaming access to hundreds of feature film
  • 24/7 unlimited access 
  • Easy integration into D2L via permalink
  • Supports the flipped-classroom pedagogy of learning
  • Curriculum-focused content
  • Advanced tools (clipping, embedding, playlists)
  • Public performance rights for most titles
HOW TO ACCESS
To access the streaming video content, use the Search@UW tool on the library home page or search the streaming video databases directly at this website. 
If you need help finding exceptional streaming video content for your course, don’t hesitate to contact Cory Mitchell, collection development librarian. He also can help you obtain streaming video rights or access to other titles, including access to feature film content.
Spotlight Feature
Julia Tronnier, Program Manager and Student Services Specialist

Julia Tronnier
UW-Stout Online Student Services Specialist
How long have you worked for UW-Stout Online?
I have been working part-time at UW-Stout for 6.5 years.  Before that I was a part-time master's student.
What is your role in UW-Stout Online?
I am a student services specialist for several academic programs, as well as the program manager for the general education course sequence offered to our undergraduate degree-seeking students as part of our degree-completion component. In addition, I serve as the exceptions process coordinator for the entire campus. 
What do you like most about working with the online programs?
I like the team of folks I work with here in Stout Online. I like that we are helping to bring education and degree-completion possibilities to students, who, for one of a million different reasons, are not able to make attending classes on campus a part of their life right now.  
Is there other professional information you would like to share?
I worked in human resources and in training before my role here. I liked those areas and find that they, in many ways, complement my responsibilities now.
What place in the U.S. would you most like to visit and why?
I enjoy visiting beachy places – anywhere!  I feel like that is a question that answers itself!

List five qualities you try to live by:
  1. Appreciate
  2. Enjoy
  3. Live
  4. Smile
  5. Embrace
What is one of your favorite quotes?
Do one thing every day that makes you happy!

What do you want to be doing in 10 years?
I just want to do the best I can do every day, and the days 10 years from now will unfold how they are meant to.

If you could give the world one piece of advice, what would it be?
Study hard!
Jamison Patrick, UW-Stout Online Instructional Designer
Instructional Designer eTips
Jamison Patrick, UW-Stout Online’s instructional designer, and his ID team members offer helpful tips for online instructors.
This issue's eTips are brought to you by team members Disha Trivedi, accessibility graduate assistant, and Laurisa Titterud, senior production assistant. 
Accessibility Do's in Online Course Design
  • Color: Black text on white background = most readable.
  • Font: Use only sans serif fonts (e.g., Arial and Helvetica) as these are easiest to read for those with poor vision.
  • Quizzes/Tests: Allow students with disabilities “extended time” on their online quizzes/tests.
  • Media: Link names must be clear. Do not use “click here” or “more” as a hyperlink. Be as descriptive as possible/necessary.
  • Communication: Using chat is not a great feature to use for many different reasons, one being screen reader technology is not compatible with most course management system chat features.
  • Structure: Group items (e.g., course materials and activities) and sort chronologically as students may use them.
  • Accommodation Statement: Include an accommodation statement in the course or in the syllabus, along with the contact information for the disability services office and/or website.
  • Aria Landmarks, Forms: Main, Navigation, Search landmarks will help enhance accessibility.
  • HTML: Use heading tags because screen readers are able to identify them as navigational aids.
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