{"id":5501,"date":"2023-05-15T09:10:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spsfaculty.commons.gc.cuny.edu\/?p=5501"},"modified":"2026-03-03T16:20:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T16:20:30","slug":"ofdit-may-2023-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/sps-faculty-community-hub\/2023\/05\/15\/ofdit-may-2023-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"OFDIT Newsletter May 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dear Faculty,<\/span><\/p>\n

We hope that the semester is winding up smoothly and that you\u2019ll soon be celebrating the end of the school year as well as <\/span>Commencement <\/a><\/strong>with this year\u2019s graduates! There\u2019s still time to sign up to <\/span>participate <\/a><\/strong>in either the in-person ceremony on May 25 or the virtual ceremony on May 31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out this month’s newsletter highlights, including summer OFDIT workshop offerings, an upcoming Faculty Advisory Board information session about addressing DEI in the course review process, updates on our LMS transition, a tutorial for entering final grades in CUNYFirst, and more!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Helpful CUNY Resources<\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/h3>\n

Entering Final Grades in CUNYFirst<\/strong><\/small><\/big><\/h3>\n

As you prepare for the end of the Spring semester, you can refer to <\/span>this guide for entering final grades into CUNYFirst<\/a><\/strong> before the end of the semester. Please reach out to helpdesk.@sps.cuny.edu<\/a> for any technical issues you may encounter with CUNYFirst.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eduroam Wifi Access<\/strong><\/big><\/small><\/h3>\n

Faculty, students, and staff now have free, secure Wi-Fi access at any CUNY campus \u2013and many more institutions world-wide\u2013 using their CUNY login via Eduroam. Eduroam is a world-wide roaming Internet access service developed for the international research and education community.<\/p>\n

You can connect to the eduroam wireless network<\/a> on your device, or visit the CUNY CIS eduroam page<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>LMS Transition <\/span><\/big><\/strong>News!<\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/h3>\n

CUNY SPS has requested to be part of the second<\/em> group of schools, who would transition in 2024. We are working to form a number of school-wide LMS transition teams (Communications, Pedagogy and Practice, Technical, and Training and Support) to ensure consultation and broad participation across the CUNY SPS community. Keep an eye out here for news about how you can join these teams as well as for further Brightspace timeline and training updates over the next few months.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to facultysupport@sps.cuny.edu<\/a> or visit the CUNY transition website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

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OFDIT Faculty Advisory <\/strong>Board Info Session<\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/h3>\n

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the SPS Course Review Rubric
\n<\/strong>Wednesday, May 24, 12-1 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your colleagues on the OFDIT Faculty Advisory Board invite you to an info-session on their work considering the role of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the SPS Course Review Rubric. This rubric determines the standards and criteria by which SPS courses are created, revised, and launched, thus faculty input on how it is used to create greater inclusion, access, representation, and authentic learning experiences for SPS students is important. Please join this discussion to make your voices heard in an on-going consultative process to improve the student experience and student learning outcomes at SPS.<\/p>\n

Register Here<\/a><\/p>\n

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OER@SPS <\/strong>Summer 2023 Workshops<\/strong><\/span><\/big><\/h3>\n

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OER & Open Pedagogy Training (1 Hour)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

From Open Educational Resources (OER) to Open Pedagogy<\/em><\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re looking to lower course costs for your students, update or customize instructional materials to make them more relevant and engaging, or empower your students to become active contributors to your field, Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Pedagogy may be just what you\u2019re looking for. In this one-hour session, we\u2019ll introduce the why and how of OER\u2014materials that are free and openly licensed for you or your students to reuse, retain, revise, remix, and redistribute. We\u2019ll also explore how student-created or student-remixed OER can fulfill the goals of Open Pedagogy\u2014an approach that invites students to create knowledge rather than to merely consume it. If you find this one-hour introduction inspiring, you might want to register for the two-week OER & Open Pedagogy Workshop in July (see below).<\/p>\n