Fall 2020 | Weekly updates for International Students @ UC San Diego
Happy Week One, Tritons!

As we kick off this new school year in a virtual environment, we have a new online campus resource to support your success. In collaboration with many campus partners, we are offering a series of helpful informational videos, live webinars, and content via UC San Diego Online designed just for you on topics such as: 
 
·       Technology and systems needed to access materials and information
·       Navigating synchronous and asynchronous courses
·       Time management
·       Strategies for effective intercultural communication with faculty and your peers 
·       And more 
 
For Week One, the Teaching + Learning Commons starts us off by offering several resources about how to use Single Sign-On, VPN, Zoom, CANVAS, Virtual Advising Center (VAC), troubleshoot any IT or network issues, and more. Next, we will release a new section on success strategies for your synchronous and asynchronous courses.
 
We hope you will access these resources throughout the year. We will also offer ways for you to engage with us and other students via online discussion forums and chats. We are so excited to have you with us and hope this helps ease your transition to a virtual environment. Go Tritons!
 
You have been specifically included for this invite-only section. Sign up by following this three-step process:

  1. Be on the lookout for an email invitation from UC San Diego Online and complete your registration.
  2. Activate your UCSD Online membership by clicking on a follow-up activation email you will receive (Skipping this step will prevent you from logging in to your account until you activate).
  3. Enroll in the course via the About Course link (link below)
Thank you to our campus partners (Extension International Programs, Graduate Division, Student Affairs, Teaching & Learning Commons, and Undergraduate Colleges) for their partnership! 
ISPO Office Hours: Virtual Advising

While ISPO's Office (Student Center B) is closed to the public for in-person service through Summer 2020, we continue to provide all advising services through virtual Zoom advising! Visit iContact.ucsd.edu for various ways to contact an ISPO Advisor!
WHY AM I RECEIVING THIS NEWSLETTER? All international students studying at UC San Diego are automatically subscribed to the iStudents Newsletter to ensure they receive proper immigration updates from our office. The information sent in this Newsletter is available on ISPO's website, iStudents.ucsd.edu, or may direct students to other external resources. You have the right to unsubscribe from receiving updates from our office at anytime. You can do this by emailing istudents@ucsd.edu . Note, all international students at UC San Diego are responsible for staying up to date with immigration regulations that may affect them. To learn more, visit our website at iStudents.ucsd.edu