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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we all expect, this upcoming fall semester could be a challenging time for instructors at UH. With this in mind, Dean
Tedesco has instructed the Online Team in our college to mobilize in a big way, so that all of us get trained and prepared for delivering high-quality instruction this fall.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Towards this end, I and JC McDonough and our wonderful team of departmental Online Advocates will be engaged with you
all in July and August to conduct a series of college-specific training sessions, both online, and in-person (subject, of course, to social distancing rules).</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first important step that all of us need to do is to participate in the upcoming training opportunities provided centrally
by the Provost's office. This will provide the necessary foundation on which the subsequent college training will build upon.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The specific task list for all of us is as follows:</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. View the introductory video about online and HyFlex mode of instruction at:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://uh.edu/power-on/teaching/introduction-video.mp4" id="LPlnk490751"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://uh.edu/power-on/teaching/introduction-video.mp4</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Next, review the "UH Best Practices Guide" at:
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://uh.edu/power-on/teaching/" id="LPlnk543202"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://uh.edu/power-on/teaching/</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Start attending live/recorded online training sessions starting July 6. For this, you need to RSVP and register at: </span><a href="https://uh.edu/provost/faculty/current/fed/events/?d=1&m=07&y=2020&view=m#month" id="LPlnk628360" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://uh.edu/provost/faculty/current/fed/events/?d=1&m=07&y=2020&view=m#month</span></a></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These training sessions are on the following topics:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. HyFlex/ Online Essentials (Required) July 6, 8, 9</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Learning Objectives (Optional) July 7, 13, 16</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Big Picture Design (Optional) July 8, 13, 16</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Putting Courses in LMS (Required) July 10-31</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Course Materials (Required) July 10, 14, 17</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Closed-response assessment (Required) July 21, 23, 28</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Deliver & Stream Lectures (Required) July 15,20, 23</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Designing Assessments (Required) July 21, 22, 2</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Assessing Participation (Required) July 21, 24, 27</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Engaging Students Basic (Optional) July 23, 29, 30</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">11. Strategically Engaging (Optional) July 24, 29, 30</span></li></ul>
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</span><span style="color: rgb(200, 38, 19); font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Please note that the recording of each training session will be made available within 48 hours of the live session at the Microsoft Streams video channel of UH Faculty
Engagement and Development (UH FED) at this weblink: </b></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://web.microsoftstream.com/channel/d8cac8c0-f508-4f1a-a509-56f44fc8e5fa" id="LPlnk544268"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://web.microsoftstream.com/channel/d8cac8c0-f508-4f1a-a509-56f44fc8e5fa</span></a></span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. After we have progressed through the above training sessions, the college team will schedule additional training sessions
to cover topics such as (i) the new integration between Blackboard and Microsoft Teams, (ii) Hands-on training for delivering hand-annotated lectures in our new HyFlex General Purpose Rooms, (iii) Specific instructions for using tablets and iPad and document
cameras in the classroom, and more.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, please save this email so that you can refer to all the references and pointers listed above. Let us get going
and get ready for the fall semester!</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">P.S. Recorded video of past training sessions are also available.</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Best regards,</span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">JR </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dr. JR Rao</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Associate Dean for UH Engineering in Katy</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering</span></p>
<p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: start"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Director of Online Programs and Extension Services</span></p>
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rao@uh.edu</span></p>
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