SBCC Google Resources

SBCC Google Resources

The above link will take you to a google docs directory of training and informational materials about using Google Apps through SBCC.

If you’re concerned about privacy like we are, here’s a link to Google’s new updated policy on personal privacy (effective March 1, 2012) and the use of their tools.

Anti-Plagiarism – Part 2

Here’s a link to a short article in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education online issue (11/7/11) on combating plagiarism.  Though the article talked about a new tool (WriteCheck) offered by Turnitin geared at students to “screen drafts,” the author also offered a number of anti-plagiarism strategies.  They are:

“Shift assignments that rely on libraries and printed texts rather than online materials.  Build creative projects that require students to turn in interview recordings or blend personal narratives into their research.  Remove the temptation to cheat at the last minute by breaking up assignments into multiple pieces with discrete due dates.”

The last suggestion is my favorite for new writers and projects though I think that you could also do a hybrid of one of the others such as asking students to keep a journal describing their thinking along the way which is similar to the personal narratives.  This  makes it much more difficult to cheat and it helps the students develop meta-cognitive skills.

The article also suggested that composition teachers might consider reviewing some of the data from the Citation project (see this same issue) and from those student practices consider altering the way they teach composition such as “starting the research process collaboratively with students… select a few complex sources and explore them with the whole class… not rushing students quite so quickly in their first semester into writing a 25-page research paper…”

Anti-Plagiarism Video

If you want to show students how you and the College feel about plagiarism, here’s a link to a great video spoof about the dangers of plagiarism. After you select the play button, be sure to turn on the CLOSED CAPTIONS/subtitles by selecting the CC icon in the movie toolbar. This is a great video….. Kudos to its maker!

Human Presence Tool & Strategy Training

Here are some quick links to the paper handouts for this summer’s human presence tool training:

• Creating videos using the flipcam system
  • Video Production – Steps
  • Camera Tips
• Creating simple short, SCREEN DEMO videos using Jing
• Skype
  • Workshop Activity
  • Using Skype
• Elluminate virtual classroom/CCC Confer
  • Setting up Elluminate LIVE sessions
  • Moderator Reference Guide
• Wimba voice-only tools (Moodle ONLY)
• Microphone – headset – webcam recommendations

Early Alert to Student Success Program

The main goal of Santa Barbara City College’s Early Alert to Student Success Program is to increase student success by having faculty refer students who are having difficulties in their courses to related Student Support Services on campus.  SBCC’s Early Alert to Student Success program asks faculty to use SARSALRT to make referrals to student support services on campus.

SARSALRT is a web-based software that allows faculty to easily and quickly make referrals to relevant student support services on campus.  Students are notified of the faculty’s concerns via their SBCC Pipeline Email and are encouraged to take advantage of the recommended services.  Once the student utilizes the referred support service, an email is sent to the referring faculty letting the faculty know that the referral has been completed.

For more information (faculty/student testimonials, video demo, user guide) please see www.sbcc.edu/earlyalert