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Professional Faculty Caucus to Meet Thursday, Today at 10

July 21, 2022 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

Join colleagues at the Professional Faculty Caucus on the third Thursday of each month. We will meet today, July 21 at 10 a.m., and we hope to see you there! Professional Faculty Caucus Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 703 822 6569 Passcode: Wellness Following are links to PFAC meeting documents for review:  Professional Faculty Caucus Master … Continued

Free BIO-141/NAS-2 Workshop for NOVA Nighthawks

July 21, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

Beginning this fall, students wishing to enroll in BIO-141, Human Anatomy & Physiology I, must first show a mastery of several topics (chemistry, cells and inheritance). There are several ways to accomplish this: 1)  Complete a BIO-101 course with a grade of C or higher 2)  Complete a NAS-2 course with a passing grade or … Continued

Dr. Jimmie McClellan Leads Tour of Scenic Mountains and Rivers and Discusses Their Rich Histories

July 21, 2022 / General NOVA News

NOVA students, staff and faculty took to the rivers—Monocacy, Potomac and Shenandoah—on June 24 during an annual summer history bus tour sponsored by the Alexandria Campus LASS Division. Traversing through Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia, the tour consisted of visits to the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal Museum at Great Falls, the Monocacy Aqueduct and … Continued

Active Learning with Canvas Studio

July 21, 2022 / Tech Notes & Training

Build engagement into your Canvas Studio videos by embedding a quiz. Studio quizzes support multiple choice, true or false and multiple answer question types. How do I create a Canvas Studio video quiz? Questions? Email canvashelp@nvcc.edu Submitted by: Heidi Redmond, CETSS, HRedmond@nvcc.edu

Six Nighthawk Student-Athletes Earn Academic All-State

July 21, 2022 / Our Nighthawks

On Thursday, Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID) announced its annual Academic All-State Team for the work of six NOVA Esports student-athletes in the classroom. To qualify, student-athletes must be at least a sophomore with a minimum grade point average of 3.25. VaSID selects just six student-athletes per school for the all-academic honors, across 37 schools … Continued

Canvas in 20: Assignments, Monday, July 25

July 21, 2022 / Tech Notes & Training

You Understood the Assignment. In this session, we’ll cover how to create assignments and adjust assignment options such as submission type and differentiated due dates. You’ll learn how to add and manage Assignment Groups and we’ll discuss additional options such as use of TurnItIn plagiarism checker, peer reviews and group assignments. We’ll wrap up by … Continued