Ithaca College

Information Technology is pleased to announce the latest version of Microsoft Office, Office 365 ProPlus, will be installed on college-owned devices (on and off campus) beginning January 6, 2021.

Office 365 ProPlus has been available as a self-service update and has come with technology-renewed computers since January 2020. Bringing remaining college-owned computers to the latest version will ensure a consistent experience across devices and the latest security and feature updates to all machines. If you have not already performed a self-service upgrade and would like to do so before January 6, 2021, please see this IT knowledge base article for details.

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We're still looking for volunteers to help support the Spring Move-In! We have updated information about volunteer expectations and shifts. As of 12/13/2020 we only have 81 volunteers registered, but we anticipate needing at least 200, if not closer to 300 depending on how many shifts each volunteer can take! Please reach out to Sam Elebiary at selebiary@ithaca.edu if you have any questions about volunteering. 

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Do you provide Experiential Learning opportunities for IC students? If so, you might want to join the Experiential Learning Alliance (ELA) for our 2021 kick-off meeting!  

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We are seeking volunteers to serve as College Trained Advisors and/or Board Members for cases of sexual misconduct. Both Advisors and Board Members play a critical role in protecting student rights and enacting due process measures.

College Trained Advisors are part of a pool of college employees made available, through the Title IX Office, to complainants and respondents as they go through the investigative and student conduct processes. Advisors are an invaluable supportive measure for participants of the sexual misconduct process, as they offer support, knowledge, and a helping hand throughout the process.

Board Members will be called upon for Conduct Review Boards to review all evidence collected during an investigation and presented by Complainants and Respondents during the hearing. This board will present a finding based on the preponderance of evidence. Conduct Review Board members are an essential part of the decision-making process and ensure a fair and equitable experience for all involved parties throughout the duration of the hearing.

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Ithaca College occupational therapy graduate students are studying if and how physicians (MD, DO) and physical therapists who work with older adults (65 or older) prescribe canes to their patients who need them. In the following anonymous survey, you will be given questions pertaining to how you prescribe canes to your patients who need them. You will be asked to answer the questions to the best of your ability. You can skip questions or stop taking the survey at any time without penalty.

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We're still looking for volunteers to help support the Spring Move-In! We have updated information about volunteer expectations and shifts. As of 12/13/2020 we only have 81 volunteers registered, but we anticipate needing at least 200, if not closer to 300 depending on how many shifts each volunteer can take! Please reach out to Sam Elebiary at selebiary@ithaca.edu if you have any questions about volunteering. 

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Dear IC Community:

In a time that has challenged us deeply, pulling at our optimism and separating us from each other, I am so proud to announce that the Ithaca College School of Music community has come together to pay tribute to all who have been impacted by the COVID pandemic: to those who have lost their lives and to their loved ones, as well as to the health care professionals and other essential, frontline workers who continue to take personal risks to serve others in their communities.

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Ithaca College occupational therapy graduate students are studying if and how physicians (MD, DO) and physical therapists who work with older adults (65 or older) prescribe canes to their patients who need them. In the following anonymous survey, you will be given questions pertaining to how you prescribe canes to your patients who need them. You will be asked to answer the questions to the best of your ability. You can skip questions or stop taking the survey at any time without penalty.

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We're still looking for volunteers to help support the Spring Move-In! We have updated information about volunteer expectations and shifts. As of 12/13/2020 we only have 81 volunteers registered, but we anticipate needing at least 200, if not closer to 300 depending on how many shifts each volunteer can take! Please reach out to Sam Elebiary at selebiary@ithaca.edu if you have any questions about volunteering. 

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Have you ever wished you had the time, space, and support to sharpen your class assignments or to shift and align your learning objectives and assessments? Have you wondered how technology could help you better create community? Have you considered that your class discussions could be enriched? Have you wanted to learn how inclusive teaching strategies can frame your overall course design? If you are interested in redesigning parts of an existing course or module, or wish to create a new course or module, this opportunity can support you in your work. The Center for Faculty Excellence invites you to join this cross-disciplinary faculty learning community (usually 10-15 members) to engage in an active, collaborative, year-long program with the specific focus on enhancing inclusive teaching and learning through course design and reflection. For more information see the Early Career Excellence Institute program description and application.

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Ithaca College occupational therapy graduate students are studying if and how physicians (MD, DO) and physical therapists who work with older adults (65 or older) prescribe canes to their patients who need them. In the following anonymous survey, you will be given questions pertaining to how you prescribe canes to your patients who need them. You will be asked to answer the questions to the best of your ability. You can skip questions or stop taking the survey at any time without penalty.

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Reminder: Even though classes are online this semester, final exams with definite start/end times should be following the Final Exam schedule which is posted on our office’s web page.

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The Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) seeks a cohort of faculty, as well as staff members who have teaching responsibilities (broadly defined), to participate in the 2021 Antiracism Institute. In the Institute we will build on and go beyond work done at IC and in the Ithaca community regarding diversity, inclusion, and equity. We will address racism head on and adopt a non-neutral approach in our pedagogy, curriculum, campus culture, and community. As Ibram X. Kendi states, “The opposite of‘racist’ isn’t ‘not racist.’”

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Wednesday, Nov 18, 12:00-1:00pm

The final exam period is December 15-18, 2020. See final exam schedule for Fall 2020. Classes delivered synchronously are expected to meet during the regularly scheduled final exam period, as they do during any typical semester. However, faculty members who normally administer proctored, timed examinations may want to consider alternative culminating assessments to collect/discuss/debrief during the exam period if a timed, proctored exam is no longer an appropriate way to conclude the semester.  This session will allow participants to brainstorm, ask questions, raise concerns about final exams.   Issues raised will help campus partners support faculty.

Register via Zoom: https://ithaca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAud--qrj0vGNCSf2fpMw-QGOSdy7h3QruV 

Instructional Development Fund (IDF) grants fall into one of two categories: Direct Course Enhancement or Diversity/International Projects. Guidelines and a link to the online application may be found on the CFE website.

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Thursday, Nov 5, 12:10-1:05pm

As mid-terms are upon us and as final exams are less than 2 months away, some instructors have expressed concern about the integrity of their exams and assessments with the absence of in-person proctored environments. Lockdown browsers and online proctoring solutions are expensive, have technical challenges, and could compromise equity. Are you looking for ideas to completely alter your assessment strategy? Are you looking for ways to take advantage of features in Sakai or Zoom? The format of this will be an open dialog where people can share their questions and ideas with each other and identify areas for follow-up.

Register via Zoom:  https://ithaca.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtcuugpz0pGtybP_WDAvYfTveOXkHoIxm5 

When: Monday, October 12, Tuesday, October 13 & Wednesday October 14

This semester we are pleased to offer three days of virtual teaching visits. From October 12 - October 14th, classes taught by some of the most well-respected (and willing) instructors across many disciplines will open their classroom doors to new faculty.

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Thursday, October 8th
4:00-4:45

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We now have a college-wide license for Padlet, a virtual collaborative white board, and the Center for Faculty Excellence, Teaching and Learning with Technology, and the Library have prepared resources that can help you get started and use the tool effectively.

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Over the summer a few librarians worked together to create a suite of interactive tutorials that are applicable to all disciplines and levels. The tutorials are stored in Kaltura on a channel called Engaging with Scholarly Content. Each tutorial has a distinct url and embed code both of which can be added into Sakai. Kaltura requires students to login so basic analytics are stored such as the students' names.  In addition, they designed the tutorials with questions embedded throughout so faculty could receive a report on which students took the tutorial and their corresponding responses. Knowing the faculty are required to provide asynchronous content during the week of Thanksgiving, they thought these might be of use for that purpose.

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