At our CAD Undergraduate Program Chair meeting on September 6th, Leah Bradley, Assistant Director of Educational Effectiveness Assessment at RIT presented an update on Learning Outcomes Assessment in CAD. Please note that this year’s Progress Report will happen earlier this year. Progress Report #7 kicks off October 3rd and closes December 15th, so keep an eye out for emails from the newly renamed office of Educational Effectiveness Assessment (previously the office of Student Learning Outcomes Assessment).
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August 23, 2016
The CAD Study Abroad committee is now accepting proposals for new or recurring faculty-led study abroad courses that would occur in fall 2017-18 academic year.
If you would like to propose a course, please submit the following materials to the CAD Study Abroad Committee by sending to robin.cass@rit.edu
Due week 5 of fall semester (Friday, September 23)
o CAD_Part_One_Study Abroad form
o CV/Resume
o Personal Statement (detailing specific professional experiences, connections, and skills that contribute to your suitability to plan and lead the proposed program)
o Letter of Support (signed by both your program and school administrative chairs)
Attached is the presentation given at the August 15, 2016 Faculty Retreat reviewing Institute policies for research involving human subjects.
Hello CAD Community,
CAD is in the process of revising it’s current strategic plan. The revised plan spans 10 years and is entitled Roadmap to Excellence: CAD Strategic Plan 2015-2025. The revisions to plan focus on ensuring that it is aligned with the University’s 10 year (2015-2015) plan “Greatness Through Difference”.
A few weeks ago a clipboard survey was sent out to all faculty and staff. Unfortunately, the response was quite low. Before moving ahead with the revision the CAD Strategic Plan Steering committee would like to make sure that we have input from all who would like to share with us.
An update on the First Year and Foundations experience for CAD from FY Coordinator, Graham Carson:
Dear Colleagues,
Since assuming this role, in addition to scheduling foundations courses and securing adjunct faculty, I have been focusing on soliciting input from faculty members from the various departments including those teaching Foundations courses. If I have not spoken to you yet, fear not, your voice is valuable and your input will be asked for and received!
Here are some things/ideas that we are working with divided into Communication, Curriculum and Community.
Communication: Across the board and up and down the ladder. Sharing of ideas and knowledge of what is happening will benefit all.
Information about Faculty-Led Study Abroad and other International opportunities for College of Art and Design faculty can be found by downloading the presentation below:
International Opportunities for College of Art and Design Faculty
January 11, 2016
The College of Art and Design Study Abroad committee is now accepting proposals for new or recurring faculty-led study abroad courses that would occur in spring or summer of the 2016-17 academic year.
If you would like to propose a course, please submit the following materials to the College of Art and Design Study Abroad Committee by sending to robin.cass@rit.edu
Academic Adventures: International Opportunities for CAD Faculty
Wednesday, October 14th 4:30-6:00PM
University Gallery
Are you interested in leading a study abroad course or conducting research in another country?
Too busy this year, but want to find out about possibilities for future years?
Don’t miss this event!
Refreshments will be provided
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac now available to Faculty and Staff. Lab rollout to start tonight.
Faculty can now upgrade their Microsoft installations to the latest release, version 2016. This will not be a forced upgrade at this time and is in the control of the Faculty member to decide when to move forward.
When your ready to move forward, you will find the individual applications ( Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and OneNote ) listed in the Managed Software Center application under the “Software” tab. The software requires your computer to be on Mac OS X Yosemite 10.x or later and will not show up if you are not on this OS version.
Camtasia 2 Screen recording software now available:
Screen recording software for RIT Faculty is now available to CAD Faculty via Managed Software Center (Mac) and Software Catalog (Win). Please note that the site license only allows the software to be installed on Faculty computers.
New Foundations/First Year Coordinator Appointed – Graham Carson
Graham Carson, lecturer in the School of Design, has accepted the position of Foundations/First Year Coordinator for CAD. In this role, Graham will work with college and school leadership on foundations/first year curricula and help coordinate related programing. Please keep an eye out for opportunities to be part of the conversation!