|
Hello. Faculty News and Notes is a
monthly electronic publication distributed to all instructors in
our faculty pool who have taught off-campus in the last two
years. This publication was created to help you feel more
connected to CMU and to provide you with news and updates to our
off-campus policies and procedures. If you have any
questions or comments, please contact us at
frc@cmich.edu.
Turnitin Meeting
A Turnitin Meeting will be
held this Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 8:30 am, Pacific Daylight
Time (GMT -07:00, San Francisco ) Meeting Number: 757 434 432
Meeting Password: tii1234.
Please click the link below to see more information, or to join
the meeting.
To join the online meeting
-
Go to
https://turnitin.webex.com/turnitin/j.php?ED=93553677&UID=0
-
Enter your name and e-mail
address
-
Enter the meeting
password: tii1234
-
Click "Join"
To join the teleconference
only
Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada): 866-469-3239 Call-in toll
number (US/Canada): 650-429-3300 Toll-free dialing restrictions:
http://www.webex.com/pdf/tollfree_restrictions.pdf
For assistance
-
Go to
https://turnitin.webex.com/turnitin/mc
-
Click "Assistance"
-
Click "Support"
You can contact our Product
Specialist James Kang.
To add this meeting to your calendar program (for example
Microsoft Outlook), click this link:
https://turnitin.webex.com/turnitin/j.phpED=93553677&UID=0&ICS=MI&LD=1&RD=2&ST=1&SHA2=
WmkCawU7h71c/HnzqOUh6YfbHOY5xfdS9rV/uUTzUE=
The host requests that you check for compatibility of rich media
players for Universal Communications Format (UCF) before you
join the session. UCF allows you to view multimedia during the
session. To check now, click the following link:
https://turnitin.webex.com/turnitin/systemdiagnosis.php
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This WebEx service includes a feature
that allows audio and any documents and other materials
exchanged or viewed during the session to be recorded. By
joining this session, you automatically consent to such
recordings. If you do not consent to the recording, do not join
the session.
You can also find all of our training materials for
administrator, instructor, and student users on our Web site at:
http://www.turnitin.com/static/training.html
Please feel free to contact me,
Yvelin Yang, with
any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding your Turnitin
account. Thank you for using Turnitin.
Paper MSA Degree or Graduate Certificate Program Plans
Effective August 1, 2007, Center Services will no
longer accept paper MSA degree or Graduate Certificates
program plans. This should not be a surprise to anyone
as our advisors have been very active in using our
electronic program plans. Since opening the SIS Program
Plan System to all MSA advisors, six (6) months ago,
more than 1,100 degree and certificate program plans have
been developed for our students. Congratulations and
thanks to all advisors and center staff; your efforts
have made this a successful transition. Patricia J.
Fox.
Updated Per Diem Rate
The
University will be increasing the standard per diem rate
to $36.00 and leaving the high cost city per diem rate
at $51.00 per day as it has been in the past. The
standard rates will be increased starting July 1, 2007.
The per
diem rates will be as follows…
|
UPDATED
Meal Allowances – Including Tips |
|
Meal |
Must be Traveling Before and
After |
Standard Allowance |
High-Cost Cities |
|
Breakfast |
7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
$7.00 |
$10.00 |
|
Lunch |
11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
$11.00 |
$13.00 |
|
Dinner |
5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
$18.00 |
$28.00 |
|
Maximum Allowance |
- |
$36.00 |
$51.00 |
For
more information, please visit the Travel Meals Web site,
http://www.controller.cmich.edu/travel/travel_meals_July.htm
CMU
Has a Course Pack for All Courses
CMU has a
course
pack guideline for all courses. An electronic course
pack contains instructor required reading material that is
placed into Blackboard for student access. Permission
for copyrighted material must be obtained before
reproduction. Most all journal articles and book excerpts
are copyrighted and require permission from the rights
holder before reproduction. If you use or plan to use a
course pack in your course, please follow the published
guidelines. If you have questions contact
Off Campus Library Services (800) 274-3838.
On-Campus Full-Time Temporary Opportunity
Master of Science in Administration
(Full-Time, Temporary)
The Master of Science in
Administration program seeks a 12-month full-time temporary
faculty member beginning August 2007 to be based on Central
Michigan University's main campus in Mount Pleasant. The
successful candidate will teach graduate courses and perform
administrative duties relating to the on-campus MSA program
– including graduate
admissions, recruiting, and advising current students.
If you are interested or know
someone who would like to apply, please visit the Web site for
additional information,
http://www.fps.cmich.edu/jobs/MSA.asp.
Blackboard Purge of Old Courses Delayed Until
October 1st
The Blackboard Purge
originally scheduled for Monday, July 9th has
been postponed to Monday, October 1st due to
concerns raised over the timing. Reminders, instructions and
additional information will be distributed as the new purge
date approaches.
Combined Course Shells in Blackboard
It is possible for the students in multiple
(two or more) sections of a course to be merged together in
a newly created single course site. Doing so can provide a
number of conveniences for instructors and offer additional
opportunities for interaction to students including a single
e-mail list, gradebook and class roster. The existence of a
combined site also eliminates the need to post the same
documents or information in multiple locations. To learn
more about combined course shells click here (http://www.facit.cmich.edu/workshops-training/blackboard/combine-shells.html).
Display Button Change on SBT
|
