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Please Review Steps to Health Awareness with Students

February 4, 2021 / General NOVA News

With classes coming back on Monday, it is VERY important that each faculty member reinforce the importance of the below items to students. Please share this with your deans, associate deans and anyone else who will be back on campuses for classes. Remember, when we have a COVID exposure it means that we have to … Continued

Prof. Breana Bayraktar to Present Hybrid Teaching Webinar

February 4, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Teaching during COVID-19 presents unique challenges. It is the “best of both worlds” of the in-person and online environments. Hybrid courses have their own benefits and challenges that are different from on-campus and online courses. How do you handle the onsite instruction remotely and organically integrate it into online learning to accommodate remote teaching? How … Continued

Proctoring with Respondus Lockdown Browser and Zoom 

February 4, 2021 / Tech Notes & Training

Dear Colleagues,  We are pleased to announce that Respondus has recently enabled a new feature that allows the use of Respondus Lockdown Browser in conjunction with Zoom live proctoring. This does mean there are a few requirements on both the instructor and student sides for optimal usage. When instructors set up their Canvas exam and … Continued

CAORC to Offer Faculty Development Seminars in Mexico, Senegal, India–App Deadlines, August 30

February 4, 2021 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Given ongoing pandemic and vaccine developments, the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) has postponed its upcoming Faculty Development Seminars to India, Mexico and Senegal until January 2022 (exact dates still to be determined). Application deadlines have also been extended until Monday, August 30, 2021. Mexico: Jan. 2022; application deadline, August 30, 2021 Senegal: … Continued

Help Completing Scholarship Apps Available! Feb. 5

February 4, 2021 / Events

Faculty, Please let your students know it’s not too late to submit their Spring Scholarship application! Join us for an information and help session on Zoom this Friday, Feb. 5 from 1 p.m. until 2 p.m. for that last-minute push to get your application in. We’ll have tips and follow-up appointments for writing help. Sponsored … Continued

Today! Black Women Lead Series for Black History Month

February 4, 2021 / Events

The Annandale Lyceum Committee begins a four-part Black Women Lead series for Black History Month. These will be part of the Lunch and Learn Sessions via Zoom and will begin today, February 4, at 12:30 p.m.  Cydney Peyton Walton, director of marketing communications at Cognosante, a leading provider of healthcare technology solutions, will present “Confident … Continued

#NOVAStrong: Love Yourself Challenge! Register Until Feb. 7

February 4, 2021 / Events

New Year, New Challenge (Spring 2021) #NOVAStrong Love Yourself Challenge Last year… the Recreation, Wellness and Fun Committee introduced the #NOVASTRONG, All Year Long initiative to promote unity, community support and a healthy platform for members of our NOVA family to stay connected, uplifted, empowered and inspired throughout the semester. This year, we’re at it … Continued

R-F; M,W,F: Proctoring with Respondus Lockdown Browser and Zoom 

February 3, 2021 / Uncategorized

Dear Colleagues,  We are pleased to announce that Respondus has recently enabled a new feature that allows the use of Respondus Lockdown Browser in conjunction with Zoom live proctoring. This does mean there are a few requirements on both the instructor and student sides for optimal usage. When instructors set up their Canvas exam and … Continued

Updated Feature–Importing Canvas Course Content

February 3, 2021 / Tech Notes & Training

VCCS recently changed the method that you use to import your course content. The radio button to “Import All Content” or “Import Specific Content” is no longer an option. Instead, the default is to Import Specific Content. Once you select the course you wish to import from and select Import, you will have the option … Continued

Black History, Culture and Identity, Feb. 4

February 3, 2021 / Events

Please join us for a conversation with education and non-profit leaders as we discuss the significance of Black History Month and ways to engage in it now and throughout the year. This event will be held Thursday, Feb. 4 at 3 p.m.  Program Registration Link Special Guests & Contributors Dr. Gregg Suzanne Ferguson, director of … Continued