<div dir="ltr"><div style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="">Good afternoon College of Engineering,</span></font></div><div style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><font color="#000000" size="4"><span class="gmail_default"><br></span></font></div><div style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style="">The following are updates that were provided at last week's Change Ambassador meeting. I hope you find them helpful. For any questions, please always feel free to contact the my.SDSU Project email. I hope your winter break is restorative and filled with warmth and cheer!</span></font></div><div style="letter-spacing:0px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" style=""><span class="gmail_default" style=""><br></span></font></div><div style="letter-spacing:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px"><font size="4" style="" color="#0000ff"><span class="gmail_default" style=""><b style="">Updates</b></span></font><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small;letter-spacing:0px;letter-spacing:0px"></span></div><div style="font-size:0px"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Explorance Blue</b>, is a newly-adopted <i>Student Feedback Surveys</i> system. Messaging will be pushed to students and instructors <b>on Monday, December 12, 2022</b>.</span></li><ul style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default">For the first time ever, surveys will be available through Canvas and email (links will go directly to students' SDSU email accounts).</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default">Surveys will be responsive and mobile-friendly.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default">Students will get reminders to fill out their surveys.</span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><b>Surveys close on the 20th to allow instructors to post grades <i>after</i> the surveys are complete. </b>Instructors<i> are free to post grades at any time during the grading period. Still, this timing accommodates faculty concerned about potential bias.<br><br></i></span></font></li></ul><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><b>New Articles to Check out on <a href="http://my.sdsu.edu/" target="_blank">my.SDSU.edu</a></b><i></i></span><br></font></li><ul style="color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/grade-roster-manual" target="_blank">How Do I Submit Grades to my.SDSU?</a></i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/how-to-access-student-feedback" target="_blank">How do I Access Student Feedback Surveys in my.SDSU/Explorance</a></i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/run-the-course-demand-report" target="_blank">How Do I Run the Course Demand Report?</a></i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/how-to-schedule-query" target="_blank">How Do I Schedule a Query?</a></i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/manage-student-specific-permissions-faculty" target="_blank">How Do I Manage Student Specific Permissions?</a> (Faculty)</i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/manage-student-specific-permissions-staff" target="_blank">How Do I Manage Student Specific Permissions?</a> (Staff)</i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/manage-incompletes" target="_blank">How Do I Manage Incompletes?</a></i></span></font></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#000000" size="2"><span class="gmail_default"><i><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/guides/public-schedule" target="_blank">How Do I Access & Download the Public Class Schedule?</a><br><br></i></span></font></li></ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0px">The Training & Support team is adding new guides weekly. If there are any guides you'd like to see, let me know so I can forward this request to the my.SDSU project team.</i></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:small;font-family:arial,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0px"><br></i></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Winter Break Support:</b></span></li><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Please note the following support hours during Winter Break, posted online:</span></li><ul><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://my.sdsu.edu/vfit" target="_blank">vFIT</a></span></li><li style="margin-left:15px;color:rgb(95,99,104);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px;letter-spacing:0px"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><a href="https://library.sdsu.edu/computers-technology" target="_blank">Library Computing Hub</a></span></li></ul></ul></ul></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div></div><div><br></div><div>Your my.SDSU Change Ambassador,</div><div><font color="#000000"><b><font face="tahoma, sans-serif">Ollin Balderas <a href="https://namedrop.io/ollinbalderas" target="_blank">(hear name)</a></font></b></font></div><span><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="1"><span></span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1"><a href="http://engineering.sdsu.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0b5394">College of Engineering</font></a><font color="#000000"> | Dean's Office</font></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.656;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1">P: 619-594-6061 | office hours: 8am-4:30pm</font></span></span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(198,0,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">San Diego State University</span><span style="color:rgb(198,0,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span><a href="http://sdsu.edu/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(198,0,41);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">SDSU.edu</span></a></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="1">5500 Campanile Drive | San Diego, CA 92182-1326</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:85px;height:26px"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/PIyIjWKNnMUfPuCO868tH6H3-_WJLJLeJrcsIpW5wECrNYfaM5j6NVl6fBCmfJS5jLBqWm_AdgQnTYLktZ-RSuKityFPMWJEajNIqbOOj9YFaCIiqZoVQnAu8-lLFXBIvko0wukZ" width="85" height="26" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></font></sp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