NSC Fall Quarter Collaboration Day, October 26, 2017, is designed to provide an opportunity to work collaboratively on important matters that require joint effort. All employees are invited to participate in Collaboration Day, but participation is voluntary. Faculty who participate during their class time should make alternative arrangements for their classes. Supervisors are encouraged to support participation of classified and exempt staff. Questions? Please contact Coryl Celene-Martel at or phone 934-3776. THIS IS A DRAFT SCHEDULE!
GENERAL SESSIONS – Thursday, October 26, 2017
TIME/PLACE / FACILITATOR / TOPIC
10:00 – 10:30
CC 1161 / Renee Infelise / Creating a Culture of Inclusion on Campus. Details to come…
10:30-11:00
CC1161 / Melanie Farrar, Toni Anderson, and Renee Infelise / Making Learning Visible/Making Teaching Visible Symposium Info. Spring 2018 will be the TLC’s 13th annual, all-day, learning showcase event in Spring Quarter, and our 3rd annual co-located collaboration with Student Leadership’s annual SPRING FEST event. Faculty are invited to assign MLV participation to student teams or individuals who may create posters, presentations, performances, videos, or other evidence of learning which they display for the entire campus community. Faculty may also participate as a division, like the Art Departments Steam-roller Printing demonstration at the 2017 MLV/MTV/SPRING FEST event last June. If you would like to find out more, please join Melanie and Renee for this short information session on how you can show off you students’ achievements next spring.
11:00 – 12:00
CC1161 / Michaelann Allen / PTK, Jack Kent Cook, and Other Great Ways to Help Students. Enjoy homemade treats (Michaelann is a fabulous baker!) and find out about wonderful ways to help students succeed here at North and beyond. Important keywords: Scholarships, Leadership, Service Learning, Phi Theta Cappa.
11:00 – 12:00
TLC LB 3231C / Chilan Ta / Bystander Bias Intervention Training. Details to come…
12:00-12:45
CC1161 / Farideh Faraz / Open Lab for 25 Live. Do you have questions about how to schedule rooms for meetings and events in 25 Live, the college’s new integrated, District-wide system for room reservations? Bring your questions for Farideh, North’s 25 Live system administrator.
12:30 - 2:00
TLC LB 3231C / Kathleen Chambers / Accessibility. Do you create documents in Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF, PowerPoint, or Pages in Canvas? Are your documents accessible for everyone, including students and our community with disabilities? This session will provide quick, easy tips for creating accessible documents. There will be short demonstrations, time for hands on practice, and a brief introduction to the social model of disability. Work with your own documents (please bring electronically) or practice on a doc we provide. For faculty and staff.
GROUP SESSIONS – Thursday, October 26, 2017
TIME/PLACE / FACILITATOR / TOPIC
2:00 – 2:50
TLC LB3231C / Shireen Deboo, Ana Villar / Information Literacy. Details to come…
2:00 – 3:30
CC1161 / Toni Anderson, Cristobal Borges, Jamie Wilson, and Kathleen Chambers / Introduction to NSC Faculty Academy. Details to come…
3:00 – 4:00
TLC LB 3231C / Davene Eyres and Coryl Celene-Martel
/ Introduction to Office Mix. There’s a “new kid mixing it up” on the presentation recording tools “block!” Microsoft has come out with Office Mix, a new screen and slide recording tool based on PowerPoint. The new tool is part of our Office 365 software suite. Please stop by if you can and join us for a basic introduction to Mix.
SAVE THE DATE! Making Learning Visible/Making Teaching Visible Symposium: Spring Quarter, May 31, 2018