All posts by Carla Herling

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Modules 1 and 2 now available in the Learn Ultra Instructor Orientation course 

In Blackboard, as a part of the Courses list in the Assorted Dates area, you will find the Blackboard Learn Ultra Instructor Orientation course to help you prepare to use Blackboard Learn Ultra. If you have a large number of active courses, you may need to search for the course by its title. Each week, for three weeks, you will be notified of a new module to complete. 

The Orientation course activities won’t be graded or reviewed. The course is made up of self-paced activities to help you transition from using Original Course View to the Ultra Course View. Additionally, by completing this orientation course, you will gain insight into the experience your students will have when we switch to the Ultra Course View in Fall 2021. 

On November 3, you will also have Ultra Course View sandboxes available to you in your Courses list in the Assorted Dates area or under the Sandboxes group of courses. These sandboxes will provide a space for you to experiment with new features in the Ultra Course View while completing modules in the Orientation course. 

In next week’s OnCampus we will share more information about Module 3 training and the upcoming course sandbox availability.  

— Karly Good, ITS 

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Donate items to scholarship fund auction

Do you have unique Drake items that you want to find a new home for?

Consider donating your Drake memorabilia and treasures to the Office of University Communications and Marketing to auction off for their scholarship fund. Their unique fundraising efforts caught the attention of The Chronicle of Philanthropy in this article.

The office has collected pieces of Drake memorabilia over the years and auctioned them off on their scholarship Facebook page. Many Bulldogs on campus have expressed a generosity of spirit in donating items they have once found joy in, but are now ready to let go after binging the Marie Kondo series.

Some past items have included a piece of the blue oval, Bulldog bookends, flags, bobble heads, Drake basketball sketches, signed Bucksbaum posters, and even non-tangibles like tennis lessons or dog sitting.

If you have any items to donate, or want to make a financial contribution, please email us at socialmedia@drake.edu. Details about the auction will be published in a future issue of OnCampus, giving you a chance to secure your rare Drake items!

— Niki Smith, University Communications and Marketing

For Students Archive

Wellness is hiring; intramural deadlines

Wellness is hiring GroupX instructors and personal trainers. No experience is needed to teach GroupX, certification is required for personal training. If you are interested or have questions contact wellness@drake.edu

Several intramural deadlines are approaching:
Trivia: Deadline Oct. 27—sign up before it begins that day
Badminton Doubles: Deadline Nov. 7
Badminton Singles: Deadline Nov. 6
Super Smash Bros: Deadline Nov. 6

— Emily Madsen, Recreational Services

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Call for proposals: Equity and inclusion in higher education

Drake is partnering with the University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) to host a virtual conference on equity and inclusion in higher education March 3–5, 2021.

The 2021 Global Citizen Forum will bring together educators, students, policy makers and citizens from around the world to explore the struggles, strategies, and solutions for creating a more equitable and inclusive higher education field.

Call for proposals
We invite proposals for practitioner and paper presentations; workshops and interactive sessions; posters; and roundtable or panel discussions. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are encouraged to apply to present. Submissions will be considered on a rolling basis with final decisions made by Nov. 30, 2020.

To submit your proposal, please fill out this Google Form that asks for:

  • Presenter(s) information
  • Title and description of presentation or workshop
  • Methods for participant involvement (i.e. discussion, effective practice sharing, case study analysis)
  • Audience: faculty, staff, students, community members
  • Ideal session length
  • Copy of relevant files (if applicable)
  • Website (if applicable)

Visit our webpage to learn more about the conference, submit a proposal or register as an attendee.

— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Partnerships Coordinator

For Students Archive

Campus study spaces

Looking for a spot on campus where you can study between classes, or need a place to participate in a virtual class? Check out the flex spaces below to accommodate your needs. Flex spaces are first-come, first-serve. They cannot be reserved in advance. Upon arrival, students should check-in using the QR code on the flex space sign. Students are responsible for wiping down their space before and after use with provided sanitizing wipes.

Note for Cowles Library: Students are requested to limit their visit to 75 minutes, if possible. Cowles will be monitoring capacity and will post at the entrance when the library is at capacity.

Room Capacity Availability
Aliber 0004 18 TR 9:00 am – 10:40 am
Aliber 0009 22 MWF 9:00 am – 10:45 am
Aliber 0010 22 MW 9:30 am – 12:10 pm
Aliber 0101 32 MW 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
Aliber 0107 18 MWF 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
TR 11:00 am – 2:45 pm
Cline Atrium MTWRF 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Collier-Scripps 0207 11 MWF 9:00 am – 10:45 am
TR 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
Collier-Scripps Zip Spaces MTWRF 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
Cowles Library MTWRF 8:00 am – 8:00 pm
SU Noon – 6:00 pm
FAC 0204 23 MW 9:00 am – 11:45 am
Harvey Ingham 0007 10 MWF 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
TR 12:30 pm – 2:45 pm
Harvey Ingham 0112 11 MWF 9:00 am – 10:45 am
TR 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
Howard 0111 11 MWF 9:00 am – 10:45 am
TR 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
Howard 0308 13 TR 11:00 am – 2:45 pm
Medbury 0116 13 TR 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
Medbury 0115 15 MWF 9:00 am – 1:15 pm
Meredith 0102 16 MWF 11:00 am – 2:45 pm
TR 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
Meredith 0103 18 MWF 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
TR 11:00 am – 2:45 pm
Meredith 0201 18 MWF 9:00 am – 11:45 am
TR 11:00 am – 2:45 pm
Meredith 0234 18 MWF 9:00 am – 1:40 pm
TR 9:00 am – 12:10 pm
Meredith 203 24 MWF 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
TR 9:00 am – 2:45 pm
Olin 0211 18 MWF 9:00 am – 1:40 pm
TR 11:00-1:40 pm
Olmsted Conference Room
310-311		 20 MTWRF 7:30 am – 11:00 pm
SU 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Olmsted Parents Hall South 16 MTWRF 7:30 am – 11:00 pm
SU 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
MWF = Monday, Wednesday, Friday; T = Tuesday; R = Thursday; S = Saturday; U = Sunday
Strategic Updates Archive

Community stadium construction to begin in November

There will soon be construction equipment on the site of the new community stadium. Demolition and excavation work is scheduled to begin the beginning of November. The Sprout Garden has been moved to a new location at 31st Street and Carpenter (south of Drake West Village). Work to complete the relocation will continue through Spring 2021. Parking Lot 2 (Shivers Parking Lot) to the east of Shivers, will be off-line coinciding with the start of construction. Lot 2 will be removed as part of the site preparation for the new stadium.

— Michelle Huggins, Facilities Planning & Management

HR Information Archive

Recorded BUILD classes now available on myDrake

If you missed any of the Fall 2020 BUILD classes, no worries.  Links to the recorded presentations are now available on myDrake.  To view any past presentation, click the Human Resources App on myDrake and then click on Learning & Development.

The next live virtual BUILD class is Servant Leadership on Wednesday, Nov. 4, from 1–3 p.m. The class is intended for managers. Individuals who contradict the conventional stereotypes associated with their positions lead many of today’s most successful organizations.  These leaders create an environment that spurs excellence by applying the principles of servant leadership. Attendees will explore the foundations of servant leadership and learn how they can transform themselves and inspire their teams and organizations toward optimal performance. Presented by Lars Petersen from Employee & Family Resources.

To register for this class, please send an email to linda.feiden@drake.edu.

— Linda Feiden, Human Resources

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Social media directory audit

The Office of University Communications and Marketing maintains a social media directory for every Drake University-affiliated social media page. Take a look around to see which departments have pages, follow them, and invite your friends to follow along: news.drake.edu/social-media-directory.

While you’re looking around, let us know if your department page has changed. Maybe you have a department name change, you want a new cover photo, or you don’t see your URL on the directory at all.

Additionally, we would like to start compiling a list of Drake-affiliated Facebook groups with a focus on program-specific groups. Below are links to examples of these groups.

Drake PR & SPC and Graduate Programs: https://www.facebook.com/groups/295362453852493/

Drake English: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drakeenglish/

Drake Rhetoric, Media, & Social Change: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257726310929378/

Drake SJMC Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/147246729292754/?ref=br_rs

Drake Program in LPS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/166852185473/?ref=br_rs

Drake University ABA Program: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DrakeABA/?ref=br_rs

— Niki Smith, University Communications and Marketing

For Students Archive

Consider a talent development concentration

The School of Education is pleased to offer two talent development courses in Spring 2021. These courses are part of the talent development (TD) concentration and are applicable to all majors at Drake. The talent development concentration prepares students for successful careers as trainers, instructional designers, and ultimately, training or talent development managers and directors. Talent development professionals design courses and teach inside organizations such as Principal Financial, Nationwide, and Pioneer.

Since these courses are cross-listed with graduate courses, undergraduate students will network with current talent development professionals. Experienced graduate students in talent development courses are asked to mentor undergraduate students in their projects and share real-world experience and expertise.

Learn more about this growing field on this page published by the Department of Labor. For details about the concentration, visit the Talent Development page. For additional information regarding the field of talent development, criteria for taking these courses, or pursuing this concentration, please contact Cris Wildermuth.

Both courses will be taught online and involve asynchronous work and synchronous meetings. The two Spring 2021 courses are:

TD 112: Technology and Learning (3 credit hours)
Do you like technology? Would you like to become more proficient in useful presentation, collaboration, and learning technologies? In this highly interactive course, you will learn how to use multiple free or low cost online applications to create more attractive presentations, add animation to your projects, instantly transform your text into beautiful videos, and more! Students also learn how to run webinars (presentations online) and discuss best practices for virtual meetings and collaboration. Ethical and legal considerations related to the use of technology in the workplace are also addressed.

TD 112 : Four Zoom meetings, 6–8:30 p.m. on Feb. 9, March 9, April 6, and May 4.

TD 114: Designing, Developing and Delivering Learning (3 credit hours)
Bring your creative juices to this course! You will learn how to design, develop, and facilitate effective learning experiences for adult learners.  Design and development topics include writing instructional objectives, selecting appropriate training methods, and designing and developing instructional games and simulations. Facilitation topics include the rationale for selecting various facilitation methods and approaches for engaging learners. And, since we are in a time of virtual teaching and learning, you will also learn how to move all those “learning goodies” into the virtual world! You don’t think it can be done? We will show you how we do it!

TD 114: Six Zoom meetings, Feb. 12–13, March 12–13, and April 23–24. The times of the meetings are Fridays between 6 and 8:30 p.m. and Saturdays between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

— Cris Wildermuth, School of Education

Campus Announcements Archive

Banner, MyDUSIS planned outage Oct. 24

ITS is making updates to Banner. As a result, access to Banner 9, Banner/DUSIS INB, MyDUSIS, Workflow, ODBC, eTranscripts, Online Balloting, and DSAP will be completely unavailable between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24. This upgrade is being made to apply upgrades and patches related to security and other functionality.

We appreciate your patience. If you are unable to access these systems after the planned maintenance window, please contact the support center at 515–271–3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.

— Carla Herling, ITS