May 25, 2021 Voiland College This Week

Go Cougs!

Led by John McCloy, researchers aim to improve cadmium telluride solar technology to make it more competitive with silicon solar cells, which currently makes up 90 percent of the solar cell market as part of a new $300,000 award from the Solar Energy Technologies Office

Saltchuck interviewed Gene Voiland.

Michael Sánchez and students designed and constructed an ADA accessible garden plot in the existing Pullman Community Garden at Koppel Farm.

Jake Leachman and a team of graduate and undergraduate students completed the build of a a deployable hydrogen liquefier.

Inside Science gets Lloyd Smith’s perspective on what is the best material for cricket and baseball bats.

Yahoo! News reported on Hongfei Lin and graduate student Chuhua Ji’s discovery of a cost-effective way to convert recyclable plastics into jet fuel and other valuable products.


Events

Learning Management System Training (Blackboard and Canvas)

May 25 Getting Started with Canvas:
WSU is moving from Blackboard to Canvas and we are here to make the transition as smooth as possible. In this introduction to Canvas we will show you how to create, upload, organize, and edit content including a review of the feature-rich content editor.

May 26 Canvas Assignments and Rubrics:
In this training we will cover assignment and rubric creation, peer reviews, and the plagiarism checker. We will also provide an overview of the student experience of the assignment submission and feedback review processes.

May 27 Canvas Tests and Quizzes:
In this training we will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments. We will also cover the difference between Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes.

June 2 Canvas Gradebook:
In this training we will explain different setup, filtering and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the Speed Grader.

June 3 Canvas “Come and Build” Session 1: The Framework:
In Canvas “Come and Build” Session 1: The Framework, we will focus on helping you: Import a course template, build your homepage, build your syllabus and build course schedule.

June 3 Canvas “Come and Build” Session 2: The Assignments:
For Canvas “Come and Build” Session 2, we will focus on helping you: Build individual and group assignments.

June 3 Canvas “Come and Build” Session 3: The Assessments:
For Canvas “Come and Build” Session 3, we will focus on helping you: Build individual and group assessments.

June 3 Canvas “Come and Build” Session 4: The Gradebook:
For Canvas “Come and Build” Session 4: The Gradebook, we will focus on helping you: Examine faculty/student perspective utilizing the test student feature (for those who have an assignment loaded in Canvas); Review Gradebook features (for those who are still completing construction of an assignment)

June 9 Getting Started in Canvas:
WSU is moving from Blackboard to Canvas and we are here to make the transition as smooth as possible.

June 10 Canvas Assignments and Rubrics:
In this training we will cover assignment and rubric creation, peer reviews, and the plagiarism checker.

June 14 Canvas Tests and Quizzes:
In this training we will review the full array of powerful question formats and setting options that allow you to precisely control and manage delivery of online assessments.

June 15 Canvas Gradebook:
In this training we will explain different setup, filtering and communication options. We will also show how to grade and comment on student work using the Speed Grader.

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Opportunities

Mandatory Accessibility Training

Ensuring the accessibility of Washington State University electronic information is a priority and a policy that was endorsed and mandated by university executives in the summer of 2017. To provide guidance for this policy, an online training program has launched for website designers, technicians, and copywriters.

This training is required annually and is designed to give participants an introductory-level understanding of Web accessibility. It equips people with the fundamental skills needed to make a WSU website accessible. Take WSU’s accessibility training.

Canvas to Replace Blackboard Fall 2021

Information Technology Services, Academic Outreach and Innovation, and WSU Faculty Senate are pleased to announce that Canvas will be WSU’s sole Learning Management System beginning Fall 2021.

WSU’s Blackboard access will expire on Aug 21. In preparation for this, users who want to export Blackboard course data should contact migrationhelp@wsu.eduu now to begin the migration before Blackboard becomes unavailable. Learn what other actions you need to make and what resources are available for this transition.


Be Safe Cougs

WSU COVID-19 Information

Visit WSU’s website to get the latest information and resources on WSU’s COVID-19 testing and response.

Caring for Self, Caring for Others – Resources

Self-care is more important than ever. Caring for others adds an additional layer of complexity, but self-care continues to remain paramount. Please use these resources to help you on your self-care journey.

Return to Campus

Voiland College is under the directive that if you can work effectively from home, then you should work from home. For those who cannot work effectively from home and who intend on resuming work on campus, there are some important steps to take prior to transitioning.

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