Monday, June 25, 2018

The offices of Educational Outreach, Disability Support Services and Information Technology Services are collaborating to bring Blackboard Ally to your fall courses.  

Blackboard Ally is a product that provides alternate formats for uploaded PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and HTML content, in order to meet the needs of diverse learners. For example, it can convert a text document to an audio file. It also assists faculty in making content more accessible by pointing out where formatting can be improved or providing alternative file types. 

By mid-July, you will notice new indicator icons in your courses that will show how your content measures up to web accessibility standards. If you click on these icons, Blackboard Ally will guide you through steps for improving content. Accessibility is a key factor in student success, so we hope that faculty devote the time to design courses with all students in mind. 

Please take the time to review this overview of the Blackboard Ally tool and how it will function in your course. After watching the video, if you would like additional training, please register for one of the training sessions or contact us at idlt_center@siue.edu.

Join the Morris University Center in congratulating Pauline “Peaches” Hornberger, as she retires after 37 years of service.

2-5 p.m.
Friday, June 29
Morris University Center,
Mississippi/Illinois Room

Chancellor Randy Pembrook is reminding the University community about the second round of Innovation Grants. Applications are due Sunday, July 1.  

Innovation ideas may relate to a wide variety of areas and should explore new possibilities for long-term benefit to the University community.  

Innovations are evaluated for breadth and impact on the University, clarity of outcome, clarity of budget, ability to generate new revenue or save funds and practicality of implementation.  

Ideas involving partnership are highly encouraged.  

Please go to siue.edu/chancellor/innovation/ for more information.  

The deadline for application submission is Sunday, July 1 and spending must be initiated no later than June 30, 2019, but can begin sooner.

SIUE's Department of Teaching and Learning is offering a new three-credit online summer course “Teaching Lincoln, K-12,” in collaboration with the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield. Teachers and graduate students from across the country can plan their own trip anytime this summer and enroll in the course that spans July 2-August 4.

The class consists of online sessions and requires a self-organized trip to the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The course uses a critical perspective, which implies the ability to describe, analyze and synthesize the history of the Lincoln era using common core, C-3 and social studies standards as background for teaching in the schools.

Information about the course (CI 568-504) and graduate course registration processes can be found on the websites of both the SEHHB and the Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. The course does not include the cost of trips, site entrance, parking or any additional materials, fees or costs.

Read more in SIUE News.

SIUE Women's Volleyball will host camps for students of all ages and will for the first time present Cubs Clinic.

Clubs Clinic is a two-day introduction to volleyball skills for students, grades K-4. 

All camps will be held in the Vadalabene Center main gym.

All Skills (4-12th grade)
9 a.m.-3 p.m.
Monday-Tuesday, July 9-10

Cubs Clinic (K-4th grade)
9-11 a.m.
Monday-Tuesday, July 16-17

Attacking Camp (4-12th grade)
1-4 p.m.
Monday, July 16

Defense/Passing Camp (4-12th grade)
1-4 p.m.
Tuesday, July 17

Campers will learn about the game of volleyball from SIUE student-athletes and coaches, with a focus on fun!

Please register here.

The SIUE STEM Center has partnered with the School of Engineering’s Department of Construction to offer a new “Building Bigger” section of Odyssey Science Camp for students in grades 7-9.

9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Monday-Friday, July 16-27
SIUE campus

In “Building Bigger,” campers will be introduced to the science behind construction management as they learn the basics of surveying, planning and quality control. Those skills will be put to use as the camp constructs a truss bridge, tests concrete and maybe even builds a skyscraper!

Odyssey Science Camp also includes two recreational periods and lunch. The camp fee is $350.

To view a complete list of Odyssey Science Camp groups being offered for children ages 7-14, visit siue.edu/summer/camps.

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