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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Satish, </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">ITS may not have resources for recording all courses but you do not need them either. Campus has a site license for Camtasia which allows you to capture screencast. It will capture your slides, any annotations, sound and allows you to edit it any many ways. This is a good way to capture courses to be delivered at will at a later time. You really do not need someone else to do it for you, you can do this in your office. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Campus has a few learning glass studios but my guess is , it will be difficult to schedule and use them now with all campus moving to online at once. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Finally if you like to conduct synchronous sessions , you can use zoom to lecture, share your screen etc. You can also capture this for students to view later. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">My preference is recorded lectures and synchronous interactions. I hold office hours and some discussions on zoom but prerecord all my lectures. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am sure James Frazee’ s group will discuss these tools and more ( such as respondus). </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">As for the exams : you will be surprised on the flexibility of the tools. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Hope it helps</p><p class="MsoNormal">Yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Satish Sharma <<a href="mailto:ssharma@sdsu.edu">ssharma@sdsu.edu</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 10, 2020 9:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> faculty <<a href="mailto:faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu">faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Faculty] Students declaring sick for class attendance and exams</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Hi Yusuf,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for your answer (s). I am not sure, you answered everything but good to investigate/start thinking. Not sure if my course or other courses are suitable for questions like you have elaborated or observed in your course. But this is time to work together and find the best possible solution for our students, graders and ourselves. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Does university has ITS resources to record all possible courses for online offering in a short interval? </b></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Professor Satish K. Sharma, Ph. D., Senior Member IEEE </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Director, Antenna & Microwave Lab (AML, Location: EIS 311)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas, Wireless and Propagation Letters (Current) </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Chair, Technical Activities, USNC-URSI Commission B (Jan 2018 -Current)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation (2009-2017)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Location # EIS 306</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">San Diego State University </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">5500 Campanile Drive </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">San Diego, CA, 92182, USA </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Phone: 619-594-0241 </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Fax: 619-594-2654 </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Email: </span><a href="mailto:ssharma@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">ssharma@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://electrical.sdsu.edu/faculty_websites/satish_sharma/home" target="_blank">https://electrical.sdsu.edu/faculty_websites/satish_sharma/home</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 8:19 PM Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hi Satish (and Faculty) , </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have conducted online courses last couple of years and gave online exams and quizzes. Using proctoring tools students we can limit students access to internet and any other file on their computer and record the students on video while taking the exam. Blackboard supports respondus lockdown and recorder we can students access to the browser (only your exam will be possible to open) and monitor student on video. The video recorder also does eye tracking etc. Although it is not perfect, we may be able to utilize this vehicle. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If you give your exams online ( either at student’s home or library or at a test center) your graders can also access it and grade it on blackboard. There are plenty of different type of questions. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Instructional Technology Services will run several<b> </b><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt;background:white;font-weight:normal">Virtual Instruction Primer (VIP): Tools & Techniques Workshops this week and next Faculty may register to the workshops using Eventbrite at the following link. </span></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt;background:white"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;letter-spacing:.4pt;background:white"> </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-instruction-primer-vip-tools-techniques-tickets-98713118595" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-instruction-primer-vip-tools-techniques-tickets-98713118595</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I also have guides for students to use respondus browser and guide to taking online quizzes. I will be happy to share. ITS has staff that can help put together an exam online. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Hope it helps. Let me know any questions</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Satish Sharma <<a href="mailto:ssharma@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">ssharma@sdsu.edu</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 10, 2020 7:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> faculty <<a href="mailto:faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Faculty] Students declaring sick for class attendance and exams</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">All or who can answer,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">How we ask our graders and ourselves to grade hardcopy of the assignments/quizzes/Mid-Term Exams when assignments/quizzes/mid-term/final exam which can become a medium of transmission? More importantly, how to conduct quizzes, mid-term and final examinations if online/virtual way of teaching? Is there a guideline about it so can be communicated to our students in such an event or especially after Spring break as President's email instructs? Everything cannot be done online or virtual or it may not be practical for all our courses. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><br clear="all"></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Professor Satish K. Sharma, Ph. D., Senior Member IEEE </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Director, Antenna & Microwave Lab (AML, Location: EIS 311)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Associate Editor, IEEE Antennas, Wireless and Propagation Letters (Current) </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Chair, Technical Activities, USNC-URSI Commission B (Jan 2018 -Current)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation (2009-2017)</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Location # EIS 306</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">San Diego State University </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">5500 Campanile Drive </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">San Diego, CA, 92182, USA </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Phone: 619-594-0241 </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Office Fax: 619-594-2654 </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Email: </span><a href="mailto:ssharma@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">ssharma@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt"> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><a href="https://electrical.sdsu.edu/faculty_websites/satish_sharma/home" target="_blank">https://electrical.sdsu.edu/faculty_websites/satish_sharma/home</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:33 PM Yusuf Ozturk <<a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu" target="_blank">yozturk@sdsu.edu</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #cccccc 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Engineering Faculty, </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I have an exam today and several students contacted me during the last hour or so declaring sick and requesting to take the exam at a later time. University send an email to all students to be conscientious when they are sick and discourage to come to work. Similarly we are asking students and staff in our labs to work from home when they are sick.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If students contact you to ask for accommodation and an exam or homework please follow university policies. Please use your best judgement to decide during these unusual times and when in doubt consult university procedures. The paragraph below summarizes the procedure for a student to declare sick and request academic accommodations. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Students may provide medical documentation for temporary disability accommodations by contacting the </span><a href="https://newscenter.sdsu.edu/student_affairs/sds/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">Student Ability Success Center</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> by emailing </span><a href="mailto:sascinfo@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155cc">sascinfo@sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">. After an expedited review of the student’s medical documentation SASC will provide an accommodation letter for students to share with their instructors in order to work out the best accommodations for their courses. Students will not be penalized in any way if they request academic accommodations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If you have any questions and concerns please do not hesitate to contact me or Theresa Garcia. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Yusuf</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Dr. Yusuf Ozturk </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Interim Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">College of Engineering</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Electrical and Computer Engineering </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Co-Director, Smart Health Institute</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">San Diego State University </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">5500 Campanile Drive , San Diego, CA 92182-1309</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Phone : (619) 594-4550 </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Email: <a href="mailto:yozturk@sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0563c1">yozturk@sdsu.edu</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">My schedule is available here: <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ" target="_blank">https://calendar.google.com/calendar/b/1?cid=eW96dHVya0BzZHN1LmVkdQ</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"> </p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">_______________________________________________<br>Faculty mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu" target="_blank">Faculty@engineering.sdsu.edu</a><br><a href="http://engineering.sdsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/faculty" target="_blank">http://engineering.sdsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/faculty</a></p></blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>