October 2019 - Socrates - QC Mailman 3 Archives

Teaching Tip: Getting Started with a Qwriting Course Site
by Jean Kelly 03 Oct '19

03 Oct '19

Some of you might not know that Qwriting is available to all members of the Queens College community (faculty, students and staff) who may create as many sites as they want and for any purpose that does not violate Queens College and/or CUNY Policies. In this tip, we will focus on getting you started creating your own Qwriting Course Site. But first, why would you want to in the first place? Let’s take a deeper look! Qwriting is a website creation platform that uses WordPress (https://wordpress.org/) as its underlying framework. It contains the tools for creating and publishing many different kinds of websites for a variety of purposes including course-related sites, departmental websites, personal journals for students and faculty, research sharing and collaboration… the list goes on and on. Some great reasons for using Qwriting sites in your courses include both individual work such as writing practice, sharing thoughts and readings, and group work such as collaborating on research, idea gathering and generating discussion. For more examples and detailed instructions to get started check out the full page: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/getting-started-with-a-qwriting-course-site. You can read our past tips at http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/category/tech-tips/ Best regards, The Center for Teaching & Learning

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Open Mic Event for New Americans!
by Lori A Wallach 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

Hello all, Pardon the last-minute notice, but hoping some of you may be able to join Queens Memory at an open mic/story-sharing event tomorrow (Thursday, Oct. 3), at 5:30 pm at the Long Island City branch of Queens Library. "My Immigration Song: An Open Mic for New Americans," will be led by Queens artist EunWoo Nam, and is free and open to the public. Please see the attached flyer for more details. Guaranteed to be a fun time for all! Thanks, Lori Lori Wallach Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator queensmemory.org Queens College Rosenthal Library, room 317 Lori.Wallach(a)qc.cuny.edu (718) 997-3686

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Blackboard Basics Workshop, October 7: Assignments, SafeAssign, and Turnitin
by Jean Kelly 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

>From the Center for Teaching & Learning Are you new to Blackboard? Do you need to brush up on some of your Blackboard skills? The Center for Teaching & Learning invites you to participate in our hands-on faculty workshops on Blackboard Basics. **The next workshop will focus on Assignments, SafeAssign, and Turnitin.** Date: Monday, October 7 Time: Free hour (12:15-1:30 pm) Location: Rosenthal Library, Room 300i Register at http://bit.ly/bb-basics-oct7 We encourage you to bring your own devices, but loaner laptops will be available. You must log in to your QC Blackboard account at least once prior to this workshop. Please bring your login information (CUNYfirst user name and password) with you to the workshop. Future topics October 21: Quizzes November 4: Groups November 18: Course Copy; Course (Section) Merge Information: http://ctl.qc.cuny.edu/blackboard-basics-workshop-series-fall-2019/

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Participate in a Research Survey
by Qiong Xu 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Dear Professors, You are cordially invited to participate in a PSC CUNY funded online research survey about research data sharing and reuse for both research and teaching at https://bit.ly/QCDataServices. Your feedback for the survey will help QC Library customize data services supporting your research and teaching. If you have any questions about the research study, please email me at qxu(a)qc.cuny.edu or call me at 718-997-3676. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, ?Qiong Xu Investigator Qiong (Joan) Xu, MLIS, MS, PhD Assistant Professor Data Services Librarian CUNY Queens College Rosenthal Library 347 718-997-3676 qxu(a)qc.cuny.edu

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