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Use Blackboard Data Management Tool for Due Dates
You may have noticed the familiar Set Grade Center Due Dates tool has not been available recently. This handy tool has become incompatible with the current version of Blackboard. While we hope that it can return in the future, there is another way to edit...
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Improve Your Courses
iTeach Online
July 9 – August 17, 2018
iTeach Online is a hands-on learning opportunity offered by the Instructional Design Team at UAF eCampus. This 6-week event is a series of activities meant to help faculty get started building a solid online course founded in current research, relevant learning experiences, and with an eye towards participating in a formal Quality Matters peer review. Participants can expect to spend anywhere from 5-10 hours each week learning best practices, planning for course objectives alignment, and crafting at least one replicable course module.
Upcoming dates:
5/07 Registration Opens
6/06 Early Registration Notification
6/29 Late Registration Notification
7/09 Start (Monday after 4th of July Holiday week)
8/17 End
EPIC: Expanding Pedagogies, Innovative Courses
Fall 2018 – Spring 2019
EPIC is a two-semester, cohort-based program that supports UAF teachers developing and delivering online courses. During the first semester of the program, participants explore online pedagogies as they build their courses with facilitation from eCampus instructional designers. During the second semester of the program, participants deliver their courses with the ongoing support and collaboration of the cohort. EPIC is a hybrid of online, asynchronous and in-person, synchronous events requiring 5-10 hours/week of work. Members of the EPIC cohort develop innovative online courses, connect with peers across disciplines, and have the opportunity to think big about education in a digital age. View the curriculum and sample assignments here.
*Note: EPIC is open to any faculty who are developing a course for UAF (not UAA or UAS at this time). Faculty at a distance are welcome to apply and participate remotely.
Upcoming dates:
5/29 Early Deadline (decisions June 1)
8/26 Final Deadline (Decisions August 31)
Summer 2018 Academic Calendar
Important Dates for Teaching
Keep these dates in mind
Important dates for you and for your students for the summer semester. Share these dates with your students so they don’t miss a deadline.
| Monday, May 20 | |
| Deadline to register for |
Wednesday, May 22 |
| Deadline for |
Wednesday, May 22 |
| Late payment fees begin for |
Thursday, May 23 |
| Memorial Day (no classes, most offices closed) | Monday, May 27 |
| Deadline to register for |
Tuesday, May 28 |
| Deadline for |
Tuesday, May 28 |
| Late payment fees begin for |
Wednesday, May 29 |
| Last day for |
Wednesday, June 12 |
| Deadline to apply for summer 2019 graduation | Monday, June 17 |
| Last day of instruction for |
Friday, June 28 |
| Monday, July 1 | |
| Independence Day holiday (no classes, most offices closed) | Thursday-Friday, July 4-5 |
| Deadline to register for six-week session II; attendance required on this day | Monday, July 8 |
| Last day for |
Monday, July 8 |
| Last day for registration. Deadline for thesis and research credit payment (graduate students). | Monday, July 8 |
| Late payment fees begin for six-week session II | Tuesday, July 9 |
| Last day for |
Tuesday, July 9 |
| Last day for |
Wednesday, July 24 |
| Last day of instruction for six-week session II and full session, including final exams | Friday, Aug. 9 |
| Deadline for faculty to post grades, noon | Wednesday, Aug. 14 |
Learning Tools
Guides for Teaching Excellence
The Owner's Manual
Building Your Course
If you’re developing or updating an online course, you might need some practical ways to start the process. This Owner’s Manual will walk you through the steps of building the most basic architecture for your course. We encourage you to sign up for our faculty development activities and allow our Instructional Designers take your design to the next level, but this Manual will get you started on the basics.
The 2017-18 Faculty Resource Guide
Course Delivery and Administration
If you’re teaching an eCampus supported course at UAF and you want to know general procedures and a practical understanding of what will be expected of you, take a look at this guide. If you need a basic list of ways to get started designing your course, try the Owners’ Manual