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title: Digital Learning December Newsletter
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The Office of Digital Learning's monthly newsletter with tech tips, updates/changes, & information about monthly workshops.

| View in browser Happy Holidays From The Office of Digital Learning! As the fall semester comes to an end and the spring semester creeps up, the Office of Digital Learning wants to help you tie up loose ends and prepare for the spring semester! In the December edition of "Be In The Know" we give you the gift of information, including: Tips on how to important grades from Canvas into MavLINK How to change assignment due dates in bulk Information about our new Canvas Utilities page to help you easily merge courses or extend course dates Information about what you can expect in the Spring semester The Office of Digital Learning will be closed starting Friday, December 24th through Sunday, January 2nd. We hope everyone will get to enjoy the much deserved time off; we will see you January 3rd to hit the ground running!  Tech Tips of the Month This month we are sharing two tech tips to improve your efficiency: importing final grades from Canvas to MavLINK and updating due dates quickly in a new Canvas course (after you've imported a previous course). Don't forget written directions and other information about final grades can be found on the Registrar's website, "How to Submit Grades?" Click the images below to learn about each of the tech tips. Canvas Updates As we finish up the fall semester, we wanted to show you Canvas Utilities, our new system that will allow you to quickly and easily extend a course date and merge courses. To learn about the new system and how to use it, click on the associated images below! The Office of Digital Learning is participating in one December workshop with the help of other departments around campus. Check out the third Universal Design Workshop we are running with the Center for Faculty Excellence and Accessibility Services! Building Your Toolkit for Inclusive Learning Thursday Dec. 9th from 9:00-10:30a.m. Join CFE, Digital Learning, and Accessibility Services in a workshop based around creating inclusive learning in your classroom. This session will feature guest speaker, Librarian Craig Finlay. Join us as he gives tips on how to access free, accessible content through the web and library website! Click Here to Register for Session 3! Instructors Needed The Office of Digital Learning is looking for faculty members to share advice and tips for teaching online during a workshop series titled, "Tips for Teaching Online: Practical Advice from Instructors" in the spring semester. Faculty members who lead a session will receive a $100 stipend. Interested in Sharing Tips and Tricks With Other Faculty? Sign up Here! Academic Application Series In January, the Office of Digital Learning is hosting an academic application workshop series. This series will focus on key academic applications used at UNO including Canvas, VidGrid, Zoom, Akindi, and TurnItIn. Click Here to Register and Learn More! Humanizing Online The Office of Digital Learning will be offering the popular 3-week Humanizing Online courses in the spring semester including a NEW third course dedicated to creating an engaging and inclusive online class. Faculty who participate and complete the course(s) will receive a $300 stipend per course. Jan. 3-23 \| Starting a Humanized Course Feb. 7-27 \| Continuing the Momentum to the End Mar. 7-27 \| Creating an Engaging, Equitable, and Inclusive Online Class Click Here to Register and Learn More! Evening Drop-in Help Our evening drop-in hours are back on Mondays and Tuesdays for the month of January! We are here to help answer your questions as you prepare for and begin the spring semester. Feel free to stop by our virtual support room from 4:00-7:00p.m. on Jan. 10-11, 18, 24-25, 31, & Feb. 1. Want One-on-One Help? Struggling with Canvas, VidGrid or Zoom? Looking to work on your course design? Set-up a 30 minute one-on-one meeting with one of our Instructional Technologists or Instructional Designers! Click Here to Sign-Up For One-On-One Help! Have a Quick Question?  Feel free to drop into our virtual support room from 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m. Monday - Friday by clicking the button below or stop by and see us in the Eppley Administration Building, Room 113 from 9:00a.m.-4:00p.m. Monday - Friday. You can also quickly access our virtual drop-in room through Canvas by clicking on the help icon in the global navigation bar. Click Here For the Virtual Support Room!       Know someone who might be interested in this content? Feel free to forward this newsletter and encourage them to subscribe by clicking the "subscribe here" button below! Missed out on our previous newsletters, you can view them by clicking on the "past newsletter" button below! SUBSCRIBE HERE! PAST NEWSLETTERS! University of Nebraska at Omaha, Office of Digital Learning, 6001 University Dr., Eppley Administration Building 113, Omaha, NE 68182, uno.its.digitallearning@unomaha.edu Manage preferences |
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