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Professor polls students for mental health check-in

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“I just looked at my job as trying to normalize [mental health discussions] for them, to try to get them used to somebody actually saying, ‘How are you today? One professor implemented regular anonymous check-ins with his classes to normalize talking about mental health in the classroom.

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Us against the world: How are higher ed’s latest trends impacting the U.S. and Canada?

University Business

Instructure, the leading learning platform and maker of Canvas LMS, ventured to discover just how significantly students and educators are feeling these changes. More from UB: Need not apply: Where are students receiving college admission letters without trying? and Canada.

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D'Youville struggles with network reliability for a month

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“We understand most connectivity issues associated with the temporary internet system have been resolved, and Canvas and Self-Service are now both fully operational.” Faculty members “have been as flexible as we could be with testing dates and due dates to try to assist students,” Fox Garrity said.

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Higher Education: Thoughts Keeping Us Up at Night

Confessions of a Community College Dean

I wonder if he’ll try to punch me in the faculty meeting. Why won’t my syllabus load on Canvas? Do they really think I’m that stupid? Enrollment is tanking. Should I update my résumé? There are far too many administrators. I did meet my goals and objectives. This place is crazy.

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Student Success & Equity with Margaret Prothero

Dr. Al Solano

Best Series: Beyond Expectations and Stereotypes Healthcare, Wellness, & Public Service canvas with program and career introductory videos 30:35:00: The first discipline-alike inquiry and action team: residing at the intersection of data analysis and instructional analysis with equity intentionality. And that really hit me.

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Discord in the Classroom

The Scholarly Teacher

During COVID-19, the Discord server has been invaluable in helping remote learners, students in quarantine, or students trying to decide whether they have a cold or COVID, join the class virtually and participate in discussions, small group activities, and lectures from the comfort of their homes, cars, or dorm rooms.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Denecia and Yassine

Campus Groups

Denecia: Currently, I can’t live without Slack and Canva. Slack allows me to keep connected with my team and Canva allows me to design my party favor templates wherever there’s internet. Denecia: Considering I work with so many different people with different cultural backgrounds, I try to be as mindful, patient, and open as possible.