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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Dear Spring 2023 Engineering Instructors, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">The Spring semester is upon us and we want to help you with the challenges that you face ahead. Below you will find important items to begin the semester. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">If you will be using Blackboard and/or Teams this semester you can request a shell by going to <a href="https://accessuh.uh.edu/login.php" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">Access
UH</span></a> and clicking on the Course Request System icon. Here are directions on how to submit the request: <a href="https://www.instruction.uh.edu/knowledgebase/how-to-request-a-course-in-blackboard-learn/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">How
to Request a Blackboard/Teams Course — Instruction @ UH </span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Workshops for Engineering Instructors and TAs will be held on January 11, 12, 17 & 18 on how to use Blackboard and Teams. To register and view times follow this link: <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vboLF_CikEytSw6PDwxCWQpwibc48mpAoSMijB0rUXhUQzhKQlQ5M09YRERSSVdDTUdGRUgxVVFQUS4u&wdLOR=c961CF53E-65AB-784F-BFA4-24928E914DDA__;!!LkSTlj0I!HoVLQynlqKAfgqCO4B2W2Pl9FNUVRIJw-cRG6t6j2ymWGLPlVECkVkVg-uj884J4JY5euOsrseZx-p5kApZ_u5Y-5c9Ec7Kv$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">Click
here to register for sessions</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">You can visit this <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uofh.sharepoint.com/sites/TeachinganEngineeringOnlineCourse__;!!LkSTlj0I!HoVLQynlqKAfgqCO4B2W2Pl9FNUVRIJw-cRG6t6j2ymWGLPlVECkVkVg-uj884J4JY5euOsrseZx-p5kApZ_u5Y-5cfX5eKx$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">SharePoint</span></a> site
for valuable information about beginning another semester. <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/uofh.sharepoint.com/sites/TeachinganEngineeringOnlineCourse__;!!LkSTlj0I!HoVLQynlqKAfgqCO4B2W2Pl9FNUVRIJw-cRG6t6j2ymWGLPlVECkVkVg-uj884J4JY5euOsrseZx-p5kApZ_u5Y-5cfX5eKx$" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">https://uofh.sharepoint.com/sites/TeachinganEngineeringOnlineCourse</span></a> Log
in using your Cougarnet username <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">@cougarnet.uh.edu</span></strong> and password. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Need assistance with Blackboard or classroom technology, contact JC McDonough <a href="mailto:jcmcdonough@uh.edu"><span style="color:#C8102E">jcmcdonough@uh.edu</span></a>, 713-743-9972 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333">Joseph “JC” McDonough</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br>
Instructional Designer<br>
Cullen College of Engineering<br>
University of Houston<br>
713-743-9972<br>
<a href="mailto:jcmcdonough@uh.edu"><span style="color:#C8102E">jcmcdonough@uh.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888B8D"><a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">EGR HOME</span></a> | <a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/news/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">EGR
NEWSROOM</span></a> | <a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/eaa/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">EGR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION</span></a> | <a href="https://www.egr.uh.edu/communications/publications" target="_blank"><span style="color:#C8102E">PARAMETERS</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888B8D">UH Cullen College of Engineering<br>
E421 Engineering Bldg 2, Houston, TX 77204-4007<br>
713-743-4200</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#888B8D">The University of Houston is an EEO/AA institution.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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