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This workshop will provide background information on policy, procedure, and expectations as you move towards promotion and tenure. This workshop will allow plenty of time for questions, and will hopefully, unravel the mystery of promotion and tenure.

Note: To aid in your better understanding of the promotion and tenure process, participants are asked to bring their departmental Promotion and Tenure Documents.

Are you a principal investigator/project director or administrator new to Appalachian State University? Do you need to route or approve proposal submissions to external sponsors in AGrants as part of the internal approval process prior to submission? This workshop will provide step-by-step guidance, tips, and insights into making this proposal routing system work for you. Presenters will cover data entry/copy instruction, routing tips, and pointers to expedite the process and pointers on the review/approval process.

Presenters: Dr. Yingqi Wang

AiM Fundamentals

This workshop introduces users to the use of templates in Scala CMS at Appalachian.

Note: Scala CMS access is required.

This workshop introduces users to the Scala Content Management System (CMS) at Appalachian.

Users who will be uploading media and/or maintaining a Scala screen(s) will need to attend a training session prior to being granted access to Scala CMS.

Also appropriate for anyone wanting a refresher or for users interested in creating media for distribution to campus.

Introduction to and practice of the Wim Hof breathing method (30min to 45min). There will be a short description of benefits from the Wim Hof Method of breathwork and meditation.

Following breathwork will be a 10 to 15 min. silent meditation.

Facilitated by Matthew Cooper, Counseling for Faculty and Staff

This session will provide participants with an introduction to freely accessible communication and collaboration tools to support student group projects and virtual teams. While the primary focus is on facilitating and leading global teams, with students collaborating with peers in other countries, these resources can be employed for any student group project.

We will take a look at project management tools, such as Trello, Asana, and ClickUp, for teams to manage their own project tasks, assign responsibilities, and develop a timeline for the project. In addition, communications tools, such as Discord and Chanty provide flexible options for student group chats, private messaging, and video conferencing.

The benefit of using these tools over options incorporated into AsULearn and social media is that they are similar to Slack, Microsoft Teams, and other professional platforms used by business teams around the world. They also allow quick and easy access to project work, schedules, and communications via web-based, mobile, and desktop apps.

Before entering into a relationship with another entity or even preparing a budget under a sponsored project in which another party will provide goods, services, or substantive programmatic work, the nature of the legal relationship must be determined. This is a significant decision because it determines the allocation of responsibilities and influences the appropriate application of indirect costs (IDC), sometimes referred to as F&A costs. This workshop will delve into examples, and checklists for how to identify an entity as a subaward, when working with other Co-PI's, hiring a subcontractor (a vendor,) or when working with a consultant. Please register today for this 1-hour workshop to learn how these entities can relate to your budget and how this information can assist you with successful project management after award!

Join members of AppState's Digital Literacy Learning Community for conversations about the role of digital literacy in your classrooms and your lives. Topics TBD by participant interest.

A few months into the semester, and we're all probably about ready for a teaching tip or two to invigorate our courses. During this "virtual potluck," each participant will share one teaching idea, or they'll bring a specific teaching question to the group for brainstorming. Although the exact content of the session is impossible to predict (because it depends on the participants), past early-career discussions of this sort have focused on synchronous and asynchronous engagement, managing student emails, strategies for efficient grading, specific teaching technologies, and more. By the end, we'll all leave with a "full plate" of ideas to level up in our teaching.

To make sure everyone has a chance to participate in this highly interactive session, it is limited to only 10 participants. However, if the first section fills, we will add additional sections. The link to the Zoom will be sent after registration.

Newly formed faculty search committees are requested to register. Registration is not required for Internal searches. Search committee training will include familiarizing committee members with emerging practices in diversity hiring, including outreach efforts and training intended to reduce the impact of unconscious bias throughout the search process.

Please Note: These sessions are limited to Faculty Search Committees only. Training for all other search committees on campus can be found under Search Committee Guidance and Strategies.

A Faculty Transfer Mentor is a faculty or staff member interested in developing supportive, academic relationships with prospective and new Appalachian transfer students. Mentors, ideally in the student's area of study, will provide help in understanding the curriculum and the student's remaining required coursework as well as provide guidance, support, and referral to resources that will benefit new students in a new environment. Mentors have the ability to influence, encourage, and guide transfer students to enhance their academic success. During the training participants will learn about the characteristics and needs of transfer students, the transfer student population at Appalachian, and what you can do to support transfer students and to be a successful transfer mentor.

This workshop builds on the introductory sessions and introduces users to more advanced features of the Scala CMS system at Appalachian.

This session is appropriate for users who will be acting as area administrators.

Note: Scala CMS access is required.

This workshop introduces users to the guidelines for creating and sharing digital slides at Appalachian, including about Scala or digital signage at Appalachian, slide specs, designing slides and best practices, and side sharing and distribution.

This workshop is appropriate for anyone who wants to create digital slides for distribution to campus.

This workshop introduces users to the process for submitting travel authorizations and travel reimbursement requests using the Chrome River Expense Management application. Additional features of the application will also be demonstrated, including automated approval workflow, digital receipts, and delegate assignments.

This intro to Chrome River will take place virtually using Zoom. A link will be provided to registrant's email address prior to the workshop beginning.

Getting a sponsored project award is half the battle. This workshop helps faculty or staff prepare for everything that follows the award celebration. Come explore considerations, tips, and other guidance to help you prepare for or manage current research projects. This workshop will talk participants through the sponsored project rules and regulations and share resources to facilitate efficient interactions between central administration, departmental support, other institutional offices, and sponsors.

Are you interested to see how other faculty organize their AsULearn courses? In this interactive session, we have invited some of our Faculty Online Coaches to showcase how they have set up their courses and activities to engage their students. Participants will visit different instructor’s “gallery,” and as an added bonus, will see how breakout rooms can be used for synchronous student engagement. Participants will see different examples of course setup and organization and some of the rationals for those design decisions.

Dr. Devon Price, author of the new book Laziness Does Not Exist, presents a research-based approach to dismantle the "laziness lie" in college classrooms. In this workshop, Dr. Price will address the psychological underpinnings of instructors' perceptions of student motivation. They will discuss the hallmarks of a compassionate pedagogy, which involves trusting students to articulate their own needs, reducing barriers to educational access, and ending punitive approaches to assessment, grading, and attendance. The first 40 people to register will receive a copy of Dr. Price's new book.

Looking for opportunities to tap into your students’ creativity? Alternatives to narrative written assignments? Join this session to learn about infographics and other visual productive as effective ways for students to demonstrate their learning. Assessment strategies for these types of assignments will also be discussed.