{"id":2209,"date":"2020-10-28T11:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=2209"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:21:14","slug":"2209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/2020\/10\/28\/2209\/","title":{"rendered":"OFDIT Newsletter October 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>\"OFDIT<\/a><\/p>\n

October 2020<\/h1>\n

The fall semester is in full swing and we hope your classes are doing well! This newsletter by the Office of Faculty Development and Instructional Design (OFDIT) contains updates on tools and resources from individual teams within OFDIT, and information on professional development events to assist with your online teaching needs.<\/p>\n

Follow-Up from Faculty Discussion on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you to all who attended the Faculty Discussion on October 2, on Trauma-Informed Pedagogy. Here are the slides<\/a> and the document<\/a> we worked in, which includes links to all materials and a page of Mental Health and Wellness resources for students, staff and faculty.<\/p>\n

Trauma-Informed Pedagogy may be new to many of us, but its concepts and the pedagogical approaches it supports will surely be relevant going forward. Just like Universal Design for Learning supports all learners, Trauma-Informed Pedagogy is sound practice in general. If you are interested in joining or continuing the discussion of how to incorporate TIP in your courses, we have a Slack channel for faculty discussion that you are invited to join. First, join our SPS Faculty Slack Workspace<\/a>, then click on Add Channel on the left menu, and join #faculty-discussion-meetup.<\/p>\n

Designing Mobile-Friendly Course Sites<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of our students access their courses via the Blackboard Mobile app on tablets or mobile devices — will your online courses display as well on these interfaces? For example, did you know that any content (text or images)\u00a0 that is placed outside of a weekly folder or module is not visible when viewed through the mobile applications? See the screenshots below. To avoid loss of information, we suggest adding this content to the inside of the weekly folder or module instead. We\u2019ll share more helpful tips for designing mobile-friendly courses during our upcoming Blackboard Mobile training sessions, where we\u2019ll also review the two different BB apps for students and instructors. Please join us!<\/p>\n

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