Midterm Grade Submission (CELT Teaching Tip)

CELT Teaching Tip Header - February 29, 2024

Submissions Due March 8

Midterm Grade Submission

Midterm grade submission began Saturday, February 24, and must be completed by Friday, March 8, at 2:15 p.m. Find more information on grade processing from the Registrar’s office, follow CELT's tutorial for submitting via Canvas, or register to attend the Midterm Grade Submission via Canvas workshop today, February 29.

The following pages are available to help:

Need additional help?

Contact the Solution Center at 515-294-4000 or email solution@iastate.edu.

Miller Open Education Mini-Grants

Return with New Funding Track

The Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program provides funding for instructors to adopt, edit, or create open educational resources (OER), free instructional materials that can be customized to fit specific course needs. The goal of the Mini-Grant Program is to encourage pedagogical innovation by providing instructors with the time and resources they need to redesign their courses around the use of OER.

The call for proposals closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024.

The 2024 call includes a new track for original publications that relate to the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, a strategic priority area for the ISU Digital Press. You can learn more about this new track and the application process on the Mini-Grant Program website.

The Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program is co-funded by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), the Iowa State University Library, and the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost (SVPP).

Questions?

Contact Abbey Elder, Open Access and Scholarly Communication Librarian

150 Parks Library, 515-294-5753, aelder@iastate.edu

Calling Graduate Faculty: Revolutionize

Your Research Writing with Our OERs

We know the struggle. You want to help your graduate students become better research writers, but you are strapped for the time and resources to make this happen on your own.

Here’s where we come in. The Graduate College’s Center for Communication Excellence (CCE) is offering a unique opportunity for graduate faculty to take advantage of innovative open educational resources (OERs) we’ve created to assist graduate students with research writing skill development.

The call for proposals closes at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, April 15, 2024.

As part of an Affordable Course Materials Jumpstart Initiatives Grant the CCE received to address faculty's time commitment and energy investment in improving graduate students' writing skills, we will be creating Canvas-based materials for faculty to help facilitate easy and efficient use of the research writing OERs in your graduate classes and among your graduate students.

We need your input! The CCE will be hosting focus group-style lunches over the noon hour this spring semester to gather faculty feedback about how to design these Canvas resources. We want to know what you need and what forms and formats are most convenient and usable.

Please sign up to attend a focus group lunch and mark your availability to meet this spring. We’ll be in touch in the coming weeks with an invitation to the lunch.

If you’d like to learn more about this initiative, check out this short video and the project webpage. Graduate faculty in any discipline are welcome to participate.

Important Information

celt-help@iastate.edu for submitting a ticket for assistance
iowastateonline@iastate.edu for Iowa State Online inquiries
celt@iastate.edu for general inquiries
testcenterhelp@iastate.edu for testing center inquiries

24/7 Canvas Support

As always, Canvas support is available 24/7 for assistance while our offices are closed. Follow the "? Help" icon in your left navigation bar in Canvas for all the support options available.

CELT MEDIA PRODUCTION

CELT’s Media Production team supports students and faculty with accessible course delivery and digital education technology providing professional multimedia content production services to instructors for online courses and media services for various projects beyond academic coursework, including marketing initiatives and grant proposals.

• Media Production Information

• Media Classroom Request Form

ISU TEST CENTER CLIENT SUPPORT

ISU Test Center now has a phone number for client support should you or your clients have questions related to the Test Center.

Clients are able to reach us during business hours or leave a voicemail during non-business hours, which will be followed up on the next business day.

515-294-7398

testcenterhelp@iastate.edu

View a print version of the CELT Teaching Tip as a pdf.

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