This is just a final reminder that your proposal for this year's October Conference FedEx Day (Oct. 13) is due to your chair/supervisor by this Friday, Sept. 18. The goal with this day is for you to have time--time to undertake a project that you have been wanting to...
Remember when Zoom went down? We hope that won't happen again, but if it does, Google Meet is a good back up. NMC's Google Certified Trainer Alison Thornton has put together this video overview for faculty. Take a look and be ready if we lose Zoom again!
As the Host of a Zoom meeting, if you need to change your Zoom chat settings to disable private chats between your meeting participants open the Chat panel then click on the three dots in the lower right corner. If you pick the Host only setting, participants will...
So you want to move a class online or hybrid delivery?!? The normal development process for a class that has never been offered online or hybrid: Fill out the Online/Hybrid Course Development Request Form. Submit the form to your academic chair. After the course has...
From the time I began learning about World Religions as an undergraduate at Western Michigan University (GO BRONCOS!), the teachings of H.H. The 14th Dalai Lama have struck a chord with me. In particular, since March 13th, 2020 (Friday the 13th to be exact), his...
I have been teaching online economics classes for NMC from the time they started this format I think. I can remember using Blackboard as the course management software. In all these years I'm not sure there is a perfect way to present any class online, but I find that...
The Michigan Student Success Summit In lieu of our typical annual in-person Success Summit, the Michigan Center for Student Success is pleased to be offering a schedule of dynamic virtual sessions over the course of two weeks in September (16-18th and 23-25th) as...
Remember that as part of the college-wide belt tightening this year, CIE’s budget has not been funded. Instead, we are using the money that we have left over from last year to fund our needs for this year. As a result, we will need to think about and do things a bit...