Author: Carolyn Speer

June 13, 2022 — Did you attend the Academic Resources Conference (ARC)  in May? If so, the Office of Instructional Resources is offering faculty a survey. For more information, contact 316-978-3456.

May 18, 2022 — Today is the fourth day of the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) at Wichita State. The ARC is a free and virtual conference for instructors of all ranks (including graduate teaching assistants and adjunct instructors) and student-facing staff. Today's events include the following:

May 18, 2022 — President Rick Muma is the featured speaker for the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) today. May 25 via Zoom. The ARC is free and open to all students, faculty and staff. Today's events will include the following:

May 18, 2022 — It's day two of the Academic Resources Conference (ARC) at Wichita State. All sessions are online and free. Here is the schedule for May 24:

May 18, 2022 — Today, May 27, is the last day of the May Academic Resources Conference (ARC). The last day will focus on technical training and will feature Blackboard training from Mary Morriss. The schedule for this day will be as follows:

May 17, 2022 — vv=As part of the 2022 Academic Resources Conference (ARC), the Office of Instructional Resources curates a list of suggested LinkedIn Learning courses we believe will be beneficial to faculty and their students.

May 9, 2022 — The May sessions of Wichita State's Academic Resources Conference will take place May 23-27 via Zoom. All sessions are free. Instructors of any rank and student-facing staff should find sessions of interest.

May 6, 2022 — Are you an instructor who tried teaching in the Ultra Course format and then went back to old Blackboard? If so, the Office of Instructional Resources is putting together a focus group of instructors who tried Ultra and decided against it.  

February 15, 2022 — Ultra Format Courses are currently experiencing an intermittent bug involving the rubric tool. Most rubrics are functioning but are failing and causing the page to reload. If instructors are having these issues, please contact the Office of Instructional Resources (OIR) at OIR@wichita.edu and provide them the following:

February 15, 2022 — Check out the February issue of Teaching Today. This edition includes the Office of Instructional Resources' annual "Fall in Love with Teaching" issue. It also includes advice, technical help and a few warnings about known issues teachers are currently seeing in Blackboard.