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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="WordSection1"><div><p style="margin:0in">Dear Faculty, </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Instructional Technology Services (ITS) is playing an important role in SDSU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> I would like to share with you the <span style="color:black">valuable support and professional development materials and events that are available to </span> you <span style="color:black">as </span>you <span style="color:black"> teach courses this Fall. </span></span></p><p style="margin:0in"> </p><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The ITS training page is a centralized hub that describes a number of trainings and workshops for faculty, including the SDSU Flexible Course Design Toolkit, the Canvas Support Homeroom, and other Faculty Training and Workshops being offered this semester: </span><a href="https://its.sdsu.edu/training/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://its.sdsu.edu/training/</span></a></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The SDSU Flexible Course Design Toolkit, a course in Canvas located here, </span><a href="https://sdsu.instructure.com/courses/58304" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://sdsu.instructure.com/courses/58304</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, is a self-paced, unmoderated, and asynchronous version of the Flexible Course Design Summer Institute attended by approximately 1,000 SDSU instructors during Summer 2020</span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Finally, ITS is hosting a series of 30-minute <b><i>Quick Talks </i>this Fall that feature conversations between Summer Institute participants and mentors</b>,<b> focusing on how SDSU instructors are applying lessons learned in the Summer Institute to their pedagogical approaches during the Fall 2020 semester</b>. The link to the ITS Quick Talks page is </span><a href="https://its.sdsu.edu/covid-19/flex/quick-talks/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">https://its.sdsu.edu/covid-19/flex/quick-talks/</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> it is also important to note that the weekly cadence for these is a Quick Talk on Wednesdays at 10am, followed by a 'how-to' workshop on Fridays at 11am</span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">T<span style="color:black">he ITS team can be reached by submitting a ServiceNow Incident Ticket at </span></span><a href="http://servicenow.sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">servicenow.sdsu.edu</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, or by dropping into </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">ITS <span style="color:black"> Virtual Faculty Instructional Technology (FIT) Center, an on-demand virtual support help desk, via Zoom at </span></span><a href="http://sdsu.zoom.us/my/sdsuits" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sdsu.zoom.us/my/sdsuits</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, Monday-Thursday: 8am – 6:30pm and Friday: 8am – 4:30pm.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards</p><p class="MsoNormal">Yusuf</p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>