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Technology loans and developer tools for faculty: Borrow iPad, Microphone, and Webcam for Teaching in Spring

• A limited number of iPads, lapel microphones, and webcams are available for academic faculty to borrow for the spring semester. Supplies are limited. Once the request is granted, instructions to pick up the equipment will be emailed. Submit a technology loan request.
• University Libraries offers short-term technology lending at the Lied Library. Lapel microphones are in RebelFlex classrooms and auditoriums to use when teaching online students. Pick up a key to access microphones in these rooms from Classroom Technology Services. 
• Additionally, Azure Dev Tools for Teaching is now available to all faculty and students for academic use. The Microsoft program gives you free access to professional developer and design tools, including Microsoft Project, Visio, and Visual Studio. 
• If you have questions about these programs, contact the IT Help Desk for more information.

Spring 2023 Writing Center Update

The Writing Center will be closed the first week of the semester and will reopen on January 23rd at 9:00am. You can find our hours and any future semester hour updates on our website. 

Did you know that most students who come to the Writing Center learn about our services from an instructor? Many say that incentives and encouragement from their instructors are the factors that convince them to schedule a consultation.

How can you inform your students about the Writing Center and invite them to use our resources?

• Invite a Writing Center Consultant to give a 15-minute class presentation to your students about our services using this form.
• Send them to our website to make appointments for In-person Writing Consultations, Virtual Consultations or OWLs, find handouts, ask Quick Questions, and more.
• Use the handouts and resources on our website as supplements to your teaching.
• Incentivize students to come to the Writing Center. Many instructors already do so by giving extra credit, rounding up a grade, canceling out an absence, or giving a deadline extension or extra revision opportunities. 
• Require students to come to the Writing Center. Note: please don’t require that they all come for the same paper; they typically come all at once at the last minute, and we cannot serve everyone. Instead, require that they come for any assignment in the semester.

Students may request that their instructor be notified when they attend a consultation. If you wish to be notified, ask your students to request that when they arrive for their appointment. When your students request it, we send out weekly emails to let you know which of your students came.

If you would like more ideas for supporting your students’ writing, please feel free to contact us at writingcenter@unlv.edu or 702-895-3908.

Melissa Bowles-Terry, Director, melissa.bowles-terry@unlv.edu

Doris Blackwell, Program Officer, doris.blackwell@unlv.edu

Olivia Shepard, Administrative Assistant, olivia.shepard@unlv.edu

For more information, please contact 702-895-5318,

or email us at facultycenter@unlv.edu

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