This is a literal request that you check your calendar, especially if you are a new faculty member. But first, our September Friday Forum! We’ll hear from faculty who took amazing study abroad trips this year. You won’t want to miss their stories and photos. Watch...
After months of development and testing, CIE is pleased to announce that our new PD request form is up and running. You are welcome to submit requests. Check out our instructions on where to find the form. The form has an improved messaging chain. Your request...
Wow! We have a slew of new faculty this year, and they are amazing! The Center for Instructional Excellence met many of our new folks at our New Faculty Institute Orientation earlier this month. We have seven new full-time faculty members this year, with another...
Do you need help getting ready for the start of fall semester? Want assistance importing course content in Canvas? Do you need to get courses cross-listed, dates adjusted, assignments prepared, gradebooks readied, or anything else? Do you have questions about Canvas,...
It's hard to believe that only one year ago, NMC was completing its transition from (what was it called?) Moodle to Canvas, and in the inaugural year that followed instructor after instructor impressed colleagues and students with their swift mastery of Canvas course...
During the week of July 20, NMC Ed Tech colleagues Eric Carlson and Ben Post made their way to the home of Churchill Downs, Louisville Slugger, Muhammad Ali, and everyone's favorite 1970s accessory—the disco ball!—for InstructureCon 2026. Where is that, you might ask?...
Taking care of our mental health is a science, and Dr. Cathlyn Sommerfield is bringing the latest research straight to the classroom. Accompanied by Swoop, Dr. Sommerfield traveled to Mexico this past May to dive into cutting-edge mind-body tools designed to manage...
NMC’s favorite mascot crossed the Mighty Mac! Dr. Terri Gustafson, Director of Educational Technology and Academic Affairs, recently headed north to Northern Michigan University for the Upper Peninsula Teaching and Learning Conference (UPTLC)—and Swoop tagging along...
Thanks to support from CIE, CIT faculty member KeVeon White (and a globe-trotting Swoop) traveled to Long Beach, California, for PyCon US 2026—the premier annual gathering for the Python community. Read on to see how KeVeon is bringing back "pure gold" insights and an...