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Sunset of Panopto Video-On-Demand (VOD) Service

November 30, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

The College will sunset the Panopto Video-On-Demand (VOD) service at the end of the Fall 2023 semester. This includes the retirement of the Panopto Add-In for Canvas. The Panopto video library was reviewed by College Computing, Canvas and Educational Technology Support Services (CETSS) and the Office of Communications for activity based on total view count, … Continued

“Just Mercy” Discussion Reading Group Meeting, Friday at 11

November 30, 2023 / Events

The next discussion on Bryan Stevenson’s Just Mercy, our inaugural common read, will be Friday, December 1, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m. via Zoom. The discussion, led by Steve Lessner, associate professor of English, will cover chapters 11 through the end of the book, chapter 16. Participants should feel free to come with ideas or questions about what they have … Continued

HR Reminder: Complete Your 2023 NOVA Mandatory Training by Dec. 22

November 30, 2023 / HR News/Training

Have you finished the 2023 NOVA Mandatory Training Course? All faculty and staff, including adjunct faculty, wage/P-14 employees, student hires and work-study students, must finalize the mandatory training in Canvas by Friday, December 22. Please plan accordingly to guarantee your completion of the course before the deadline. Failure to complete the modules (including the Final … Continued

Centrally Funded Instructional Software Requests Due Dec. 8

November 30, 2023 / Tech Notes & Training

The 2024–2025 Instructional Software Application Request Form is now available. Requests must be submitted electronically through NOVA Instructional Software Request (nvcc.edu). These requests are for instructional/curriculum software used by students as part of instruction in a course; they are not for presentation software, management software, software for website creation or other software not directly used … Continued

President’s Office Hours Recording Now Available

November 30, 2023 / General NOVA News

The recording from the President’s Faculty/Staff Office Hours from Tuesday, November 28, is now available. Find it here, using passcode: NAQv5^6h You can find all the president’s office hours for faculty/staff and for students (and lots of other helpful information) on the President’s NOVAnet site under Townhall recordings.   Submitted by: Kathy Thompson, Assoc. Director … Continued

VCCA and VCCS Partnership Highlighted at 2023 Conference

November 30, 2023 / Faculty/Staff Highlights

The Virginia Community Colleges Association (VCCA) is the “Heartbeat of Virginia,” which was also this year’s theme at the 39th Annual Conference of the VCCA, held in September at the Omni Hotel in Richmond. VCCA President Dr. Donna Minnich (Associate Dean of LASS at NOVA) aptly chose the theme, as the association’s 176 members also … Continued