Ally: 5 Things You Didn’t Know Bb Ally Could Do
Find, Fix, and Create Accessible Content for All Learners
Learn about Ally, a tool available in Blackboard Original and Ultra courses, that improves the accessibility of your course content. Attend this session to see Ally’s remediation capabilities and powerful file conversion tools that generate alternative formats for you and students.
This 30 minute workshop will offer ideas for developing a strategy to improve your course usability and accessibility and how to get started with Blackboard Ally. Available in both Original and Ultra courses, Ally scans content in Blackboard and provides feedback and tools to identify and fix accessibility issues.
Leverage Ally's powerful alternative format options yourself, and let students know they can download content in multiple formats that give them choices in how they watch, read, or listen.
Upon completing this online session, participants should be able to:
- Run the Ally Accessibility Report for your course (Original or Ultra) to identify accessibility issues
- Use Ally's Instructor Feedback Panel to preview content and prioritize remediation
- Follow Ally's step-by-step guidance to fix accessibility issues
- Deploy Ally's alternative formats to support diverse learning preferences
Following the 30 minute workshop, join us for Q&A and a closer look at how to use Ally.
To RSVP for the event, please click “Going” below and be sure to add the event to your calendar!
This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time. Use the "Join Online Event" link above to join the session.
Prior to the event
- For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.
- If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.
- After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.
At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.
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*REPOST* Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Best Practices
Create meaningful learning, support diverse learning styles
Thursday January 20, 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Creating accessible content and interactions to support diverse learning preferences are the guiding principles of Universal Design for Learning. Improving the accessibility of course content not only helps ensure students with different abilities can access materials, but it improves the learning experience for everyone, including those who use mobile devices.
Upon completing this online session, participants will be able to:
- Recall Universal Design for Learning guiding principles
- Identify opportunities for course (re)design incorporating UDL strategies
- Describe effective practices that promote readability & usability
- Create a +1 strategy for UDL in your course
This webinar will take place in a Blackboard Collaborate virtual conference room. Enter the webinar up to 15 minutes before the start time.
Prior to the event
- For the best viewing experience, we recommend using Chrome or Firefox, preferably the most recent updates to those browsers. Closing any unnecessary browser tabs will help conserve your bandwidth.
- If this is your first time joining one of our webinars, please review the Bb Getting Started Guide or our Quick Start Guide for All Users. You will also find additional helpful information for using Blackboard Collaborate at our extensive FAQs.
- After joining the session, please configure your audio. Having trouble accessing Collaborate? Please see our Troubleshooting Audio Problems or Networking Issues for Collaborate guides.
At least 5 registrations are needed for this session to proceed as scheduled. The session will be recorded if two or more people attend and the link will be distributed to everyone who registered.
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CS3's Podcast: Retrieving the Social Sciences
New Episode coming Monday, January 24th
New
episode live Monday, January 24
Featuring Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology, School of Biology & Ecology, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, and host of Warm Regards, a podcast about life on a warming planet.
Dr. Gill was a guest lecturer for GES's seminar series last spring.
Listen to her full talk from March 31, 2021 here.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Amazon!
About The Series
Retrieving the Social Sciences is
a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship. Our
podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson,
our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and
our production assistant is Jefferson Rivas. Our theme music was composed and
recorded by D’Juan Moreland. Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video
recordings of recent UMBC events.
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CS3's Podcast: Retrieving the Social Sciences
New Episode LIVE TODAY!
New
episode LIVE!
Featuring UMBC alum Lt. Col. Bradley Waite, US Army
View LTC Waite's full lecture from March 9, 2021 here.
Subscribe on Spotify, Apple, or Amazon!
About The Series
Retrieving the Social Sciences is
a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship. Our
podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson,
our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and
our production assistant is Jefferson Rivas. Our theme music was composed and
recorded by D’Juan Moreland. Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video
recordings of recent UMBC events.
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Paid Federal Government Internship Position
GAO Health Care Team Internship Positions
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is hiring both undergraduate and graduate interns for the summer. Below is general information about GAO and the internship application. For students that are interested, I’ve attached a flyer about the health care team.
Summer Internship Opportunities:
Application closes Tuesday, January 11, 2022 (or once we receive 500 applications). Internships begin in early summer and will be available at headquarters in D.C. and all field offices. At this time, opportunities for remote work are not known.
Qualifications for Internship Announcement:
- Enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programs,
- Work 10 to 16 weeks (between 400 and 640 hours)
How to apply:
- Create a profile on USAjobs.
- Build a resume in USAjobs and describe your experience with specific, direct examples.
- Provide detailed response to the written application questions when you submit an application.
- For internships: provide school transcript as proof of enrollment.
- For internships: If health care experience is required for your program, check the box to ensure you will be placed in the Health Care team. If the Health Care team is desired but not required, students should articulate prior health care experience.
- Email studentprogram@gao.gov with any questions about GAO’s internship programs.
About GAO and the Health Care Team:
Often called the “congressional watchdog,” the U.S. Government Accountability Office is an independent, nonpartisan agency that advises Congress about ways to make government more efficient, effective, ethical, equitable, and responsive.
The Health Care team supports congressional oversight of health care delivery and financing in the United States across Medicare, Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Indian Health Service, private markets, public health, and prescription drugs.
GAO is ranked first among mid-sized agencies for support of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. Each team within GAO has a diversity, equity, and inclusion committee, and GAO has over a dozen agency-wide employee organizations focused on those efforts
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NSF Project Reporting Requirements (URGENT MESSAGE)
***Repost from OSP***
Please see the attached NSF Memo, dated 12/10/2021. This memo is in regards to NSF project reporting requirements and the ever-increasing need to remain compliant and to submit these reports on time.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact your OSP Manager and Specialist.
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NIH REPOSTS and REMINDERS
***Repost from OSP***
Listed below are reminders of upcoming changes to NIH’s forms and procedures effective January 25, 2022.
Upcoming Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2021
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-073
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-073.html
Implementation of Changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format Page
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-110
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-110.html
New NIH "FORMS-G" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-169
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-169.html
Reminder: FORMS-G Grant Application Forms & Instructions Must be Used for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2022 - New Grant Application Instructions Now Available
Notice Number: NOT-OD-22-018
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-22-018.html
New NIH "FORMS-G" Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2022
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-169
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-169.html
Update: Notification of Upcoming Change in Federal-wide Unique Entity Identifier Requirements
Notice Number: NOT-OD-21-170
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-170.html
Please refer to the full notice(s) for further details.
Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.
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Women's Center Finals Hours and Winter Hours 2021-22
Stay tuned and plan ahead before you come to the lounge!
Women's Center Winter 2021-2022 Hours of Operation:
Through the winter, the Women's Center staff will be working remotely and in-person. We encourage campus community members to contact us through email at
womenscenter@umbc.edu or via phone at 410-455-2714. Staff will generally be most available between the hours of 10am - 4pm. We appreciate your patience in our response to your email or returning your phone call.
December 14th to December 17th: Reduced Hours
On Study Day (Tuesday, 12/14), 12/15, and 12/16, the Women's Center lounge will be open from 10 am to 5 pm. On 12/17, the Women's Center will be open from 10 am to 4 pm.
January 3rd to January 28th: Remote Services Only
During the January term, Women's Center staff will be working remotely and our lounge will be closed. Staff are still available to support the UMBC community - please reach out to a staff member directly or through our shared email or phone.
This is an update to our hours based on the recent guidance provided by University leadership.
Spring semester hours will resume 1/31.
The Women's Center lactation room continues to be available by reservation. For details, contact us at
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MCS In Practice
OCA Mocha co-founder and intern share their MCS experience
By Shesh Batni
Have you heard of OCA Mocha? It’s a cool coffee shop just down the street co-founded by UMBC students with big ties to the Media and Communication Studies Department.
MCS alum Michael Berardi, ’19 is the co-founder and general manager of OCA Mocha, a project that started in a UMBC classroom. In spring 2017, an entrepreneurship class was tasked with bringing together the UMBC and surrounding communities. What resulted from their semester of hard work was the idea of OCA Mocha, a coffee shop that doubled as a space to bring people together.
Berardi and co-founder Deep Patel, ’19 (Biology, Financial Economics) have stuck with OCA Mocha from its inception in Spring 2017 to the grand opening in Fall 2019, and have continued growing their business ever since. OCA Mocha recently celebrated their 2nd anniversary this November.
In speaking with Berardi, he confirmed that his background as an MCS major along with his passion for community building has helped him lay the foundation for OCA Mocha back in its early days. He recalls working on early social media plans for OCA Mocha in Dr. Snyder’s MCS 355: Social Media Networking and Mobility. “A lot of the ideas did actually come out of that class” he said. The work he and his peers did in MCS 355 provided the basis for OCA Mocha’s social media presence which has later been used by social media interns. Berardi was delighted to pull up his old MCS 355 work and reminisce on OCA Mocha’s beginnings.
Even now, treatment and storyboarding skills he gained from Professor Shewbridge’s MCS 395: Television Production Techniques have helped him explore creative video marketing as an outlet for storytelling. “I’ve definitely now realized the true power of video marketing. The power of videography and storytelling specifically.”
Berardi also shouts out Dr. Adelman and her section of MCS 334 for providing him with the opportunity to advance his reading, writing, and analysis skills which he definitely uses at OCA Mocha for both day-to-day and long-term work. “That class to this day sticks with me,” he added. Now as OCA Mocha’s general manager, Berardi is in charge of managing the shop and doing community outreach, a role he’s always been keen on. In addition to that, Berardi works directly on OCA Mocha’s internship program which offers UMBC students positions working on different aspects of the business from social media to content creation to community outreach. Every semester, open positions get sent to MCS students through the email listserv. “I think that MCS students are probably the biggest pool of applicants we get, and in my experience, they've been awesome,” he said.
To apply for OCA Mocha’s internship positions you don’t need to be an expert with a lot of knowledge. “We want it to be a learning experience” what Berardi does look for are students who are organized, communicative, and passionate about what they do.
Manal Warsi, OCA Mocha’s Fall 2021 videography intern, recommends anyone interested apply for future internship positions at OCA Mocha. Warsi has been overjoyed with the opportunity to explore social media content creation, a potential career path she’s passionate about pursuing. As the videography intern, Warsi produces video content for OCA Mocha’s TikTok and Instagram, boosting engagement by keeping up with trends and coming up with creative marketing efforts.
Working at OCA Mocha has also boosted what Warsi has been learning as an MCS major. As a third year student, she’s learned a lot from the core MCS courses about what people want to see. “My classes have helped me generate ideas that helped me be involved in the marketing of OCA Mocha” she said. “I brought my own ideas to the table.”
Warsi has also learned a lot from working alongside other members of the OCA Mocha intern team. For example, she continually collaborates closely with the social media intern to produce content and schedule it according to their social media content calendar. She also recalls working with the arts coordinator intern on the Mixed Memories exhibition. “This is my first ever internship and I’m glad it was with OCA Mocha. This team is amazing” she said.OCA Mocha offers enriching internships every semester which satisfy the MCS 404 requirement. Look out for open internship listings sent through the MCS email listserv or posted on UMBCworks at the beginning of every semester. You should also swing by OCA Mocha, grab some coffee and grub, and take in the inspirational work that MCS students are capable of.