In recognition of NOVA’s commitment to supporting students who wish to practice their religious beliefs, NOVA Muslim students are seeking the support of faculty, staff and administrators as they observe the Holy Month of Ramadan, which began on Thursday evening, April 23 and will end the evening of Saturday, May 23. Ramadan is considered one … Continued
This year, due to COVID-19, we were unable to hold our student art show on campus. We decided to move the entire show online and received hundreds of artwork entries! Anyone can visit our show. Juried awards will be announced on the website and on our department Instagram account @AnnandaleArtsNova on Monday, April 27th. Stay … Continued
Our NOVA community had a lot of music to share: 87 songs totaling more than six hours of stay-at-home listening! You’ll find the NOVAStayAtHomePlaylist on Spotify. If you missed your chance to add to it, just send me a few songs, and I’ll keep growing the playlist. Some surprises: two songs from ELO and Alanis … Continued
Faculty and Staff: Please share with your students via Canvas and Class Announcements. Nighthawks Take Flight for Fall! To help engage students and promote advising and registration for the fall 2020 semester, NOVA’s campus student service teams are providing virtual workshops on a variety of topics. These will be hosted in NOVA’s Virtual Student Union … Continued
Recently, faculty have requested professional development opportunities related to writing exams. How do you create exams or other assessments that effectively evaluate student learning, and, in an environment with no ability to proctor your students, discourage or prevent cheating? To help support you in this work, the instructional designers at NOVA Online have created two … Continued
This week’s live sessions that maybe of interest to the NOVA community as well as to the kids! Registration required. Unless otherwise noted, you may register for these free Steminars at steminar.novastem.us/free Monday-April 27th 12 p.m.: “Cloud Computing Series” 4 p.m.: “VEX IQ Robotics: A Strategic Approach” 7 p.m.: “VEXCode VR: Play & Code a … Continued
Summer 2020 Student Enrollments are being turned in today, April 27th, and you now can request for your courses to be cross-listed. Cross-listing allows you to teach multiple sections of the same course out of one shell. This saves you having to create/import content into each individual shell. Interested in having your courses cross-listed? Fill … Continued
The 2020 InNOVAtion grant cycle for faculty and staff is now open. The application is available on the Foundation website here. Sponsored by the NOVA Foundation, grants of up to $10,000 are available to fund new and innovative ‘One NOVA’ projects and program pilots that are not funded through traditional means. The theme of this year’s … Continued
Dr. Kress’ Zoom Office Hours for the week of April 27 are below. Watch for an email from your campus provost that contains the Zoom link and Meeting ID. Faculty, please let your students know of the special Office Hours just for them. Zoom meeting codes will be sent by email. Monday, April 27 12:30-1:30 … Continued
Fall 2020 Canvas Course Shells will be appearing on your Dashboard on Monday, April 27th. Please note that this does not apply to NOVA Online course copies. Those shells come fully populated following an extensive template check and the relevant course updates over the summer. Faculty can expect their Course Readiness E-mails about fall courses … Continued
