GSC Faculty E-News for February 2018
GSC's Academic Centers

This past year, Granite State College created Academic Centers in alignment with closely related disciplines and/or career fields. Our centers provide students with a variety of degree pathways. Whether you're teaching classes at the undergraduate, post baccalaureate, or graduate level, your program is part of one of the following Academic Centers:
Over the past few years, GSC has invested in full-time faculty positions to provide support to all faculty around areas such as program direction, faculty development, curriculum development, academic success, outreach, and other areas. Some of you may teach across different degree programs and different Academic Centers.

Interested in learning more about our Academic Centers? I encourage you to check out granite.edu for the student view and the Faculty Center for a list of Academic Centers and related contact information. If you have questions about your program or Academic Center, your hiring supervisor can provide additional information and insights.

This month's e-newsletter includes a variety of faculty resources including sessions on how to save time while enhancing student success and a new installment of The Professor's Cookbook - another time-saving strategy that uses Turnitin. Until next time, thank you for helping our students connect personally with their learning and for creating an engaging and collaborative learning experience.
With regards,

Dr. Scott Stanley, Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs
You're Not Alone! How to Manage Your Live Course in Moodle (Week of February 19)

Join the Instructional Design Team for small group refreshers. Each session is 30 minutes in length. Topics covered:

-Course management techniques
-Faculty Expectations by week
-Basic Grading Help

Save Time in Moodle & Enhance Student Success!

GSC faculty who completed the 2017 Reflective Teaching Analysis shared that the number one resource need was TIME!

Explore this on-demand session (Moodle log-in required) from the February Faculty Fun Friday series to learn more about ways that you can save time in Moodle while also enhancing student success!
A recent article by Drs. Edna Murugan and Noura Badawi explores ways that faculty who teach online can avoid feelings of burnout. Suggestions include developing strong classroom management skills to proactively address questions students typically ask, block specific times for class work, establishing virtual office hours to provide students with instructor access while creating boundaries on time, or going for a walk. Sounds like solid advice no matter which modality we teach!

design inclusive games in the higher ed classroom
Interested in bringing gamification to your teaching practice? Anastasia Salter joins the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast to discusses designing inclusive games for the Higher Ed classroom.

"The first thing to decide is why you are making the game. How do you want people to encounter this concept you have?"

—Anastasia Salter


SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY, JUNE 10!

GSC's Commencement Ceremony will be held Sunday, June 10 at the AllWell North complex in Plymouth, NH. The ceremony starts at noon and is approximately two hours in length. All faculty are invited to join the celebration and GSC will provide regalia for faculty if needed. Stay tuned for a registration and regalia order form! For questions, please e-mail julie.moser@granite.edu

DID YOU KNOW?
Addenda to the College catalogs are now posted on the website: https://www.granite.edu/become-a-student/catalog/
Once posted, these become the documents of record, so please be sure you are using the correct versions.


" You have learned something. That always feels at first as if you had lost something. "

~ H.G. Wells