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    <span><span>To:Digital Measures Pilot Departments and Deans</span><br><span>From:Jack Suess, Michael Dillon, Arnold Foelster</span><br><span>Date: February 26, 2013</span><br><span>Re:Update on Digital Measures Implementation </span><br><hr>
    <br><br><span>Digital Measures is a commercial software product that will replace the Faculty Annual Report (FAR) in Calendar year 2014. Based on input from the Deans, we have decided to try a pilot implementation in 2013. As part of this pilot, there are nine departments using Digital Measures in lieu of the current FAR. The nine departments are Information Systems, Geography and Environmental Systems</span><span>, </span><span>Gender and Women’s Studies, JCET, and the five departments in the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS).</span><br><br><span>This memo will outline the process for the pilot departments. ALL OTHER DEPARTMENTS WILL USE THE ORIGINAL myUMBC FAR.  The due date for both Digital Measures reports and the FAR will be April 10, 2013.</span><br><br><span>The main difference between Digital Measures and the FAR is that we are loading data regarding individuals into Digital Measures. As a result, we will load teaching data, grants data, and demographic information on file into the system. If you notice an error, you will be asked to let us know by submitting an RT ticket, so that we can track and correct the problem using the current system of record.</span><br><br><span>During the pilot implementation, faculty (as they have done in the FAR) will be expected to enter into Digital Measures their scholarly and creative accomplishments, service work, and other activities that are not tracked by our official systems.</span><br><br><span>For support, </span></span><span><span>we hired FosterKnowledge consultants Susan Dawson, </span><a href="mailto:sdawson@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>sdawson@umbc.edu</span></a><span> and Marni Blachowitz, </span><a href="mailto:marnibl@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>marnibl@umbc.edu</span></a><span>.  Susan developed training for the UMBC SA project.   Based on early feedback with some faculty that we have worked with, we believe most faculty will find this web-based package straightforward to use; however if any faculty member feels they need additional support we will be glad to provide assistance.</span><br><br><span>We will modify the start screen on the existing FAR so that faculty participating in the pilot implementation will be alerted to use the link specified for Digital Measures instead of the older FAR.</span><br><br><span>What follows is the timeline for the rollout this spring:</span><br><br><ol><li><span>Week of March 4  -- we will have the system available for faculty to sign in  and review basic demographic data. There will be some basic orientation videos available on how to sign in and interact with the software. </span></li></ol>
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    <li><span>Week of March 11 - we will have all  teaching data available.</span></li>
    <li><span>During the month of March we will have support available to answer any questions  and work with faculty one-on-one should they need help.</span></li>
    <li><span>In early May we will issue a survey to faculty asking for feedback and ways that we can improve the process for next year.</span></li>
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    <br><span>Let me close by thanking all of the pilot departments. Through your assistance and cooperation we can make the transition to a new instrument much better for all faculty.</span></span>
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<Title>Bb Collaborate Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/2 - 4 am 3/3</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Blackboard Collaborate has published the following notice about their server maintenance scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 10 pm.  UMBC faculty and students should note that both sessions and recordings may be unavailable during this time.<br>--------------<br><br>
    
    <p>Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing will be undergoing IP renumbering during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Saturday, March 2, 2013.  
    Please read <a title="article 2798" href="http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&amp;task=knowledge&amp;questionID=2798" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">KB article 2798</a></p>
    <p><strong>Begin Time: </strong>Saturday, March 2, 2013  10:00 PM (US Eastern / GMT-5) <br></p>
    <p><strong>End Time:</strong> Sunday, March 3, 2013 4:00 AM (US Eastern / GMT-5)</p>
    <p><strong>Duration:</strong> 6 hours</p>
    <p><strong>Affected Users: </strong>All Web Conferencing &amp; Elluminate Live! Users<br></p>
    <p><strong>Details:</strong>
     During the upcoming maintenance, Blackboard Collaborate Web Conferencing and Elluminate Live! North American Hosted sessions and recordings will be intermittently unavailable.  System administrators should review <a title="article 2798" href="http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&amp;task=knowledge&amp;questionID=2798" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">KB article 2798</a> for important details regarding potential changes that may require a CMS restart and network updates.</p>
    <p><strong>Updates to this article can be found at:</strong> <br><a href="http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&amp;task=knowledge&amp;questionID=1857" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://support.blackboardcollaborate.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8336&amp;task=knowledge&amp;questionID=1857</a> <br></p>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="24684" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/24684">
<Title>EndNote Web Workshops</Title>
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    <div>This hands-on workshop will focus on setting up an account, importing and transferring citations, using the Cite While You Write plug-in for
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    <p>12:00 pm - 1:00 pm;  LIB 259</p>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="24499" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/24499">
<Title>Postdoctoral Fellowships at more than 30 colleges!</Title>
<Tagline>Focus on Liberal Arts and Engineering, apply by July 1, 2013</Tagline>
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    <h3><img width="363" height="97" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=2&amp;ik=3e24c4a25a&amp;view=att&amp;th=13cf9b4ff219e4c8&amp;attid=0.3&amp;disp=emb&amp;zw&amp;atsh=1" alt="CFD Logo V01" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"></h3>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span>DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS</span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span>POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS</span></strong></p>
    <p><span> </span></p>
    <p><span>The Consortium for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges invites applications in all disciplines of the liberal arts and engineering for Scholar-in-Residence appointments. Applicants should either be working toward a Ph.D. or a M.F.A. degree, or should have been awarded the degree no more than five years prior to the time of their application. Applicants must be either U.S. citizens or unconditional permanent residents, committed and willing to contribute to enhancing the diversity of member colleges and their faculties.</span></p>
    <p><span> </span></p>
    <p><span>Scholars will receive compensation equivalent to that for beginning instructors or assistant professors with similar credentials. Scholars will be expected to conduct research, teach the equivalent of one or two semester-long courses, and participate in other activities at the host institution. Mentoring of teaching and scholarship will be provided. </span></p>
    <p><span> </span></p>
    <p><span>Applications are shared with all Consortium member schools who subsequently award appointments according to their policies and procedures.</span></p>
    <p><span> </span></p>
    <p><strong><u><span>Consortium Members</span></u></strong><strong><span>: </span></strong></p>
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    <p><span>Allegheny College</span></p>
    <p><span>Bard College at Simon’s Rock</span></p>
    <p><a href="http://www.simons-rock.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Bard College at Simon's Rock</span></a><span></span></p>
    <p><a href="http://www.bowdoin.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Bowdoin College </span></a><span></span></p>
    <p><span>Bryn Mawr College </span></p>
    <p><span>Carleton College</span></p>
    <p><a href="http://www.centre.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Centre College</span></a><span></span></p>
    <p><span>Colorado College</span></p>
    <p><span>Denison University</span></p>
    <p><span>DePauw University</span></p>
    <p><span>Dickinson College</span></p>
    <p><span>Gettysburg College</span></p>
    <p><span>Goucher College</span></p>
    <p><span>Grinnell College</span></p>
    <p><span>Hamilton College</span></p>
    <p><span>Haverford College</span></p>
    <p><span>Hobart and William Smith Colleges</span></p>
    <p><span>Lafayette College</span></p>
    <p><span>Lawrence University</span></p>
    <p><span>Luther College</span></p>
    <p><span>Macalester College</span></p>
    <p><span>Mount Holyoke College</span></p>
    <p><span>Muhlenberg College</span></p>
    <p><span>New College of Florida</span></p>
    <p><a href="http://www.oberlin.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Oberlin College</span></a><span></span></p>
    <p><span>Pomona College</span></p>
    <p><span>Reed College</span></p>
    <p><span>Rhodes College</span></p>
    <p><span>University of Richmond</span></p>
    <p><span>Ripon College</span></p>
    <p><a href="http://www.scrippscollege.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Scripps College </span></a><span> </span></p>
    <p><span>Skidmore College</span></p>
    <p><span>Smith College</span></p>
    <p><span>Southwestern University</span></p>
    <p><span>St. Olaf College</span></p>
    <p><span>Swarthmore College</span></p>
    <p><span>Transylvania University</span></p>
    <p><span>Trinity College</span></p>
    <p><span>Vassar College</span></p>
    <p><span>Wellesley College</span></p>
    <p><span>Willamette University</span></p>
    <p><span>The College of Wooster</span></p>
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    <span><br></span><div>
    <p><span><br>Please visit <strong><u><a href="http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/provost/cfd/</a></u></strong>for information and to apply.</span><span></span></p>
    <p><span>For inquiries contact <strong><a href="mailto:sgockows@gettysburg.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">sgockows@gettysburg.edu</a></strong></span></p>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="24465" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/gsa/posts/24465">
<Title>Scantron Test Scoring: Top 10 Best Practices</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">This is a reminder to the campus that <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT </a>offers Scantron Test Scanning and Scoring for grading of multiple choice exams or surveys. Jim Keys has put together this “Top 10 Best Practices” list based on his years of working with faculty/staff and the Scantron process. We also encourage users to look at the <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EAGRAQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Scantron related FAQ's</a> for more information.<br><br><ol>
    <li>Check with your Department about purchasing Scantron forms.  The <a href="http://bookstore.umbc.edu/home.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Bookstore</a> has the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.umbc.edu%2Fx%2FIAGRAQ&amp;sa=D&amp;sntz=1&amp;usg=AFQjCNGATsrrYvR2oQt90VMOq4tZreLI2A" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">current forms</a> that our Scantron machine reads.</li>
    <li>Use a number 2 pencil to fill out the answer key.  After all answer keys have been bubbled in, please make sure to use AA00000 for the Campus ID field for <u><strong>ALL</strong></u> exam keys. If you have multiple versions of an exam and also multiple keys, use Column K (under the Special codes section on the Scantron form) to designate the exam version that corresponds to that key.  Make sure to tell the students to indicate which version of the exam they are taking on their Scantron form, so that they may be graded correctly.</li>
    <li>Remind students to use a number 2 pencil and<strong> to fill in their own Campus ID</strong> in the lower left corner of the Scantron form.  The Scantron software recognized students my Campus ID, not by name.</li>
    <li>When Scantron forms are collected please make sure that all forms face the same directions, with all keys placed on top.</li>
    <li>A new <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EgGRAQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Testbook Form cover sheet</a> must be placed on top of each exam submitted for grading.  The cover sheet can be downloaded ffrom this FAQ article: <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EgGRAQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EgGRAQ</a>. </li>
    <li>Please make sure to fill out all information on the form (most importantly the course/section portion).  If you neglect to indicate the grading method desired (percent or points), your exam will be graded using points.</li>
    <li>Prior to submitting your exam, place the Scantron forms in an interoffice envelope.  If there are too many to fit in one envelope, use multiple envelopes and include your name and course/section on each.  Exams may be dropped off with a full time <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/about-doit/vp-cio/itnm/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Instructional Technology</a> staff member in suite 101, Engineering Bldg. between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. <u><strong> *Under no circumstances should Scantron forms be left on an unattended desk or chair *</strong></u>. If no one is available to receive your exam (or if you teach in the evening), place the envelope in the secure drop slot next to the door of room 004, Engineering Bldg.  There are intercampus envelopes and <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/EgGRAQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Testbook cover sheets</a> on the door of 004 if needed.  If you use the secure drop slot, we request that you enter an <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">RT ticket </a>alerting us that you have done so.  Make sure to include the instructor's name, and the course name and section in the ticket.</li>
    <li>Once the exam is scanned and scored, the resulting CSV file (and SDF file if requested) will be placed in a Scantron folder in the files portion of the <a href="http://blackboard.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard</a> shell associated with your class.  At this time you will receive an RT ticket resolution email alerting you that the exams have been completed.</li>
    <li>Please remember that there is a 48-hour turn around time on all exams.  Though <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT</a> staff may often complete exam scoring sooner, this is not always possible due to volume.</li>
    <li>Finally, and most importantly, <u><strong>PLEASE COME BACK AND PICK UP COMPLETED EXAMS! </strong></u> .  <br>
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<Summary>This is a reminder to the campus that DoIT offers Scantron Test Scanning and Scoring for grading of multiple choice exams or surveys. Jim Keys has put together this “Top 10 Best Practices” list...</Summary>
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