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January 2019
Innovations in Learning
 
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Winterim Canvas Training schedule
The Innovations in Learning team is pleased to offer Canvas trainings over the Winterim 2019 semester. We will have six dates available for training throughout the month of January. Training dates are as follows:
  • Tuesday, January 8th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
  • Wednesday, January 9th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
  • Tuesday, January 15th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
  • Wednesday, January 16th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
  • Tuesday, January 22th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
  • Wednesday, January 23th 1:00pm-3:00pm in Wyllie D103
 
To reserve your place at a training session,  please fill out the sign-up sheet today . If you have already attended a previous Canvas training session but would like to attend an additional training, you are more than welcome to do so. If none of the dates provided above will work for you, please email  innovations@uwp.edu  and we’d be happy to setup a separate training date with you.
Mark Your Calendars: Coffee & Chats are back in January
Innovations in Learning will also be hosting  Coffee & Chat sessions  during the last week of Winterim.

These are designed to be informal drop-in sessions where you can ask any questions you may have about Canvas (or D2L) as you get your courses ready for the Spring semester.

We’ll have coffee and sweets each day of the week!
  • Monday, January 28th from 8:00am-4:00pm
  • Tuesday, January 29th from 8:000am-4:00pm
  • Wednesday, January 30th from 10:30am-4:00pm
  • Thursday, January 31st from 8:00am-4:00pm
  • Friday, February 1st from 8:00am-4:00pm

*Note the time change for Wednesday's session due to Convocation.

Please stop by Wyllie D103 and join us for a cup of coffee if you’re on campus!
D2L and Canvas Reminders
Please remember that Course Request Forms are only needed if you plan on teaching in D2L. If you are teaching in Canvas, your courses will populate the LMS automatically.

We ask that you refrain from teaching in Canvas unless you have gone through Canvas Training already. There will be a number of training opportunities throughout the Winterim, Spring, and Summer semesters in preparation for the Fall 2019 migration.

If you are teaching in Canvas, please make sure you publish your courses on or before the semester start date so your students have access to the course.

Remember: You will have access to your D2L content until June of 2020, but the entire UW System will be using Canvas only as of the Fall 2019 semester.
Canvas Course Cards Available
Course cards for your Canvas Dashboard can be made to order from Innovations in Learning's own Steve Schlecht. Steve is a Parkside graduate with a degree in graphic design.

The Winterim break is the perfect time to request a course card so it's ready before the Spring 2019 semester begins.

If you would like a custom course card created for one or all of your courses, or if you would like to view some of the samples Steve has already created, please email Innovations@uwp.edu and we can send you a template of choices.

Please fill out the Course Card Survey to request a course card and Steve will send you designs on a first-come, first-served basis as time allows.
Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2018
EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research (ECAR) has conducted research on information technology in higher education for the last 15 years.

The report discusses device usage and access in regards to student success, learning management system (LMS) use and satisfaction, student preferences in the learning environment, and much more.

The 2018 report surveyed 64,536 students from 130 institutions in 9 countries and 36 US States.

To check out the full report on information technology and its impact within higher education, download the PDF .
Tech in the News: A Toaster on Wheels to Deliver Groceries? Self-Driving Tech Tests Practical Uses
What would you do if you saw a tiny robotic car driving slowly down the road delivering groceries? Self-driving technology is still relatively new, but companies like Postmates are looking for new ways to deliver groceries and other products to customers.

Nuro, a company founded in 2016, focuses on the creation of self-driving cars solely designed to make deliveries. Because these vehicles are not designed to carry passengers, they can be made much smaller and more compact to increase the margin of error on roadways.

While the technology is still a few years away from being fully operation, perhaps someday we'll be getting snacks delivered right to Parkside.

If you'd like to check out the full article from The New York Times, click here .
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