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Get Ready for Summer 2023

May 19, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

Is your class set up for the summer semester? Schedule an appointment with a Canvas & EdTech specialist to review your course setup and start the semester of right! Check out all our Faculty/Staff Technology Resources | Register for a Webinar | Get Individualized Help | Course Design Assistance Submitted by: Johnna Denny, CETSS, JDenny@nvcc.edu

CETSS Webinar: Presenting in Zoom, May 23

May 19, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

Join our interactive webinar on mastering the art of presenting in Zoom! Discover essential tips and techniques to captivate your audience virtually. Learn how to optimize your audio and video settings, engage participants, and share captivating visuals. Explore strategies for maintaining audience attention, handling technical challenges, and delivering confident presentations. Gain practical insights on effective … Continued

First Summer Quality Matters Workshop to Start June 6

May 19, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

Are you planning to take the slower pace of summer to complete a nationally recognized workshop? NOVA Online will offer multiple sessions of Applying the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric workshop, free for all NOVA faculty (full time and part time)! The QM Rubric is a national quality standard for online and hybrid courses with a … Continued

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Project Planning Workshop, May 31

May 19, 2023 / Events

You tried a new pedagogical approach or curricular innovation and it seemed to work! If you had studied the impact of that teaching change on your students’ learning, you would have been engaging in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), which invites you to examine your classroom practices systematically, improve your teaching based on … Continued

NOVA Celebrates Generous $1.1 Million Gift for Student Achievement from Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong

May 19, 2023 / General NOVA News

Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) and the NOVA Educational Foundation held a ribbon-cutting naming ceremony of an expansive theater and forum on the Annandale Campus to honor Dr. Long Nguyen and Mrs. Kimmy Duong. NOVA, as a beneficiary of a $1.1 million transformational gift from the Kimmy Duong Foundation, will establish the Long Nguyen and … Continued

New Alliance to Guarantee Pathway for NOVA Grads to UMGC

May 19, 2023 / General NOVA News

It just got easier – and more affordable for Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) graduates to transfer to University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) to complete their bachelor’s degrees. As one of the largest and most diverse community colleges in the United States, NOVA is committed to institutional excellence. This partnership will create a clear … Continued

Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability

May 19, 2023 / HR News/Training

As a federal contractor, NOVA is required to comply with certain nondiscrimination and affirmative action recordkeeping and reporting requirements. Because a person may become disabled at any time, we are required to ask all our employees to update their information every five years. To meet this requirement, we invite employees to complete the Voluntary Self-Identification … Continued

Join a UDOIT Accessibility Checker Webinar, May 22

May 19, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

Join us for an informative webinar on unleashing the full potential of UDOIT in Canvas! Learn how this powerful accessibility tool can help you ensure inclusivity and compliance within your online courses. Discover UDOIT’s automated scanning capabilities that identify accessibility issues in your course content. Gain practical insights on resolving common accessibility barriers and creating … Continued