FRCAE This Week (10/20-10/24)
FRCAE has some great offers for the week of October 20th-24th!
Monday, 10/20, 2:00pm–Microsoft Mondays
Join Fabio Escobar in the FRCAE Conference Room to learn about CoPilot. CoPilot is Microsoft’s AI tool that is readily available to all employees. How can it make your work life easier? Come find out!
Monday, 10/20, 2:00pm–SUNY New Faculty Open-Mic Check
SUNY is continuing their open-mic check in for new faculty. This is an open forum for new faculty to share ideas and experiences. It is not recorded, so you are able to speak freely. To Register
Tuesday, 10/21, 12:30pm–Lunch & Learn
Bring your lunch or a snack and join FRCAE in the Small FRCAE Conference Room to talk about Inclusive Teaching Practices. We will be looking at things you can do, from low-tech methods to AI, to make your classroom more inclusive.
Tuesday, 10/21, 2:30pm–Online Learning Workshop
Join Donna Simiele from Online Learning as she presents Slide by Slide: Creating Accessible PowerPoints. This session will guide you through best practices for designing PowerPoint presentations that are accessible to all learners. You’ll learn how to use slide layouts correctly, apply meaningful slide titles, add alternative text to images, and ensure sufficient color contrast.
Wednesday, 10/22, 12:00pm–SUNY Presents: Access for All–Creating Clear and Inclusive Presentations
As part of their Access for All series, SUNY is offering this workshop focusing on the accessible and inclusive creation of presentations. To Register
Wednesday, 10/22, 1:00pm–FRCAE Presents Faculty Feature–John D Strong on Purposeful Competition
Join us in the FRCAE Conference Room or on Teams for this exciting workshop! Purposeful Competition is an instructional framework that has the potential to transform your educational space positively for both you, the educator, and your students. This 45-minute presentation will outline the basic tenets of Purposeful Competition, connect to its immediate use within your learning environment, and leave you with takeaways that may also positively impact your life outside of the classroom as well. So for those of you with the College community that do not work in an instructional capacity, the answer is “YES” this could absolutely benefit you, too. This presentation will leave 15 minutes at the end for questions so that you can internalize the information and work to make your tomorrow 1% better than today!
Wednesday, 10/22, 2:30pm–Online Learning Workshop (Repeat of 10/21 program)
Join Donna Simiele from Online Learning as she presents Slide by Slide: Creating Accessible PowerPoints. This session will guide you through best practices for designing PowerPoint presentations that are accessible to all learners. You’ll learn how to use slide layouts correctly, apply meaningful slide titles, add alternative text to images, and ensure sufficient color contrast.
Thursday, 10/23, 12:30pm–Advising Workshop
Do you advise pre-Allied Health students and have questions? This workshop is for you! The Student Success Center will be covering everything you need to know to advise pre-Allied Health students. Join us in the FRCAE Conference Room or in Teams.
10/23, 3:00pm–New Faculty Orientation
During this session, Fabio Escobar, Vice President of Academic Affairs & Institutional Effectiveness, will be discussing how we use assessment to improve our institution. Join us in the FRCAE Conference Room or in Teams.