Blend Archive: Volume 3: 2021-2022 Academic Year

• Letter from the Editor | It Takes A Village
• Featured CTL Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities | Technology Week & Mental Health Training
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Forsyth Tech Cares
• Featured Video | The Impact of the CTL
• The Navigate Hub | Welcome to Fall 2021!
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Important Items You Need to Include in Your Blackboard Courses

• Letter from the Editor | Person of Interest
• Featured | John Reece
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Spotlight on Admissions & Records Office
• Lessons from the Library | Breathing Life into Lifelong Learning
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Respondus Suite

• Letter from the Editor | The Spotlight
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | The Shugart Women's Center and Counseling Services
• Featured Article | Welding Students: Putting It All Together
• PD Opportunities | Multi-modal Workshops and 2021 NC3ADL Virtual Conference
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Blackboard Tiny Tips

• Letter from the Editor | The Phenomenon That is Squid Game
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Student Life and Engagement at Forsyth Tech
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Adding Alt Text to Images in Blackboard
• Lessons from the Library | Career Opportunities

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | TRiO Student Support Services
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Test Access Log
• Collaboration Corner | 5 Ways to Engage Students with Echo 360

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Get to Know Us...Again
• Lessons from the Library | The Incredible Shrinking Collection Grows!
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Creating a Blackboard Column to Store Preferred Names

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Featured CTL Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities | Online Certification & THRIVE sessions
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | From the Desk of the Advising Office
• Featured Article | Your New Collaboratory! Save the Date
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Blackboard's Ally Tool Improves!

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note - Dr. James Cook "Got Called Out"
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Meet the Public Safety Advising Team
• Featured CTL Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities | THRIVE sessions continued
• The Buzz About Blackboard | 2021-2022 Article Re-cap

• Letter from the Editor | Embedded in Memory and Time
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | The Office of Transfer Advising and Student Success
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Creating an Extra Credit Column
• Lessons From the Library | Coming Soon! New Additions to the Library

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | From the Desk of the Advising Office
• Lessons from the Library | Meet the Team

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Get to Know Us...Again
• Lessons from the Library | The Incredible Shrinking Collection Grows!
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Creating a Blackboard Column to Store Preferred Names

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Featured CTL Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities | Online Certification & THRIVE sessions
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | From the Desk of the Advising Office
• Featured Article | Your New Collaboratory! Save the Date
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Blackboard's Ally Tool Improves!

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note - Dr. James Cook "Got Called Out"
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | Meet the Public Safety Advising Team
• Featured CTL Upcoming Professional Learning Opportunities | THRIVE sessions continued
• The Buzz About Blackboard | 2021-2022 Article Re-cap

• Letter from the Editor | Embedded in Memory and Time
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | The Office of Transfer Advising and Student Success
• The Buzz About Blackboard | Creating an Extra Credit Column
• Lessons From the Library | Coming Soon! New Additions to the Library

• Letter from the Editor | Editor's Note
• Spotlight on Student Success Services | From the Desk of the Advising Office
• Lessons from the Library | Meet the Team

 We would love to hear from you. If you are interested in submitting an idea for an article please contact:

Dr. Debi Griffith

dgriffith@forsythtech.edu

336.757.3483

To learn more about the Center for Teaching and Learning please visit, or contact us, using the information below.

Robert Strickland Center

2100 Silas Creek Parkway

Winston-Salem, NC 27103

Phone: 336.734.7640

Visit us on the web at Forsyth Tech link

Adjunct faculty we want to hear from you! Please send any words of advice or lessons learned that you would like to share with others. Please email Dr. Debi Griffith (dgriffith@forsythtech.edu) with your contributions and remember to include in your subject line "Adjunct Words of Wisdom."

• Include a positive welcome message. Watch this video to see how to accomplish this.
• Add the course-specific syllabus. Watch this video to find out how.
• Include the link www.forsythtech.edu/syllabus to the Forsyth Tech Universal Course Policies and Procedures. The syllabus video above includes how to add this link.
• Add your contact information to the Instructor Contact area found on your course menu.
• Add an assignment that requires learners to make a submission into Blackboard making sure that the due date is set for no later than the course census date. This can be a discussion, test, syllabus quiz etc. This item must appear in the Grade Center.
• Be sure to set up the Grade Center so that it is ready to collect and accurately report grades from day one of the course start date.

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Support request for faculty/staff professional learning including training for: teaching and learning practices, Blackboard and associated teaching tools, creating engaging activities and assessments, Quality Matters, content design, and more.

Please submit requests no later than ten (10) working days prior to the desired training date.