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CAE partners with PSU’s Office of Admissions,

Registration, and Records (ARR) to promote hybrid courses

Competition for classroom space continues to grow. The Hybrid 50/50 Initiative (50% online / 50% in the classroom) sponsored by CAE and ARR will offer priority scheduling in high-demand time slots while providing faculty with financial and other support for upgrading their online teaching skills and efforts.

Here's how it works...

CAE provides:

  • workshops to support you in redesigning your traditional face-to-face course for hybrid delivery
  • ongoing support for this course from instructional designers;
  • a mini-grant of $1,500 to each instructor (for professional development use), paid upon completion of the delivery of the new course (funding made available from the online fees now charged for fully or partially online courses).

ARR provides:

  • priority scheduling for these hybrid courses.

If you are interested in participating in the Faculty Fellows Hybrid Program (also referred to as Academic Innovation Mini-Grants- AIM), please fill out the application form at  http://survey.oit.pdx.edu/ss/wsb.dll/s/2bfg129a

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Newsletters about teaching online at PSU:

Issue
Date
In This Issue:
#10
Nov. 
2009
  • Late December PSU Closure – Plan Ahead!
  • ECHO360 for Your Blackboard Course
  • Using Clickers at PSU 
  • Elluminate Training 
#9
Oct. 
2009
  • Academic Innovation Minigrants - Converting Your Class To a Hybrid
  • Can Blackboard help you combat H1N1 (Swine Flu)?
  • Fee clarification for using Blackboard
#8
Sept.
2009
  • New Learning Management System? 
  • Blackboard Access and PSU's new Portal
  • Video your class lecture and post it to Blackboard 
  • Blackboard FAQ information 
  • Respondus Software Available
  • How do I get trained to use Blackboard?
  • Upcoming Webinar Sessions! 
#7
June
2009
  • Summer Course Access 
  • Update on Selection of PSU's next Learning Management System 
  • Important Information about WebCT! 
  • Tracking how students access your course 
  • Download problems with Internet Explorer 
  • How do I get trained to use Blackboard? 
#6
May
2009
  • Is PSU leaving Blackboard?
  • Move tests, questions, surveys, etc. from one Blackboard CE course to another
  • Blackboard's Gradebook can auto-calculate your grades! 
  • Search the archive of Blackboard's Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
#5
Feb.
2009
  • Enhanced Faculty Control over Student Access Activated
  • I only see one of my cross listed courses
  • How to add a Teaching Assistant to my Blackboard course?
  • Help Desk Information & Hours for winter 2009! 
  • How do I handle a failed quiz attempt by a student? 
  • What is a Guest Account?
  • How do I get trained to use Blackboard? 
#4
Dec.
2008
  • How early can I start building my course in Blackboard? 
  • How long will my files be accessible in WebCT?
  • How do I create a Grade Book column to calculate grade totals?
  • Help Desk Information & Hours for winter 2009! 
  • How do I handle a failed quiz attempt by a student? 
  • More Grade Book How To's
  • How do I get trained to use Blackboard? 
#3
Sept. 
2008
  • Blackboard Update! 
  • What is a "Developmental Shell?" 
  • Help Desk Information & New Hours for Fall 2008! 
  • How Can I Add Descriptions to my Courses? 
  • Creating Discussion/Work Groups in Blackboard
  • Creating a Private Journal Area for Your Students
  • How do I Setup a Blackboard Course?
  • How do I Rearrange my Course List?
  • Important Ongoing Blackboard Maintenance!!!
  • Training Options
#2
July 
2008
  • How can you give someone access to your course who is not officially enrolled? 
  • Reorganizing your Bb courselist, how to reuse a Bb course, and more 
  • What kind of Blackboard training is available?
  • Compare the services of the Helpdesk and CAE
  • Changing your Bb font, deleting gradebook columns, and using JAWS
#1
May 
2008
  • How can I add students to my course?
  • How do I get my WebCT course "migrated" to Blackboard?
  • How do I get training and support in using Blackboard?
  • How can I find out about Blackboard "bugs" and possible workarounds?
  • How's the migration going? 
  • A Tip from Vince Schreck, Instructional Designer