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In Fall 2020, Arcadia faculty achieved great success using the “All-Modes Ready” approach to online pedagogies. Students showed their confidence in “All-Modes Ready” and fully engaged throughout the semester in courses, labs, community discussions, and global exploration.
For Spring 2021, we will continue to deliver our distinctly Arcadia education, be that in person, blended (in person and online), or fully online.
Our decisions will be guided by campus public health experts, local and state health and safety recommendations, our lived values, and our commitment to equity. No student will be required to take courses in person; we will respect the wishes of community members to meet their health and safety needs. In order to be ready for All Modes instruction, students will need a web-cam enabled laptop or tablet. Any students for whom this may be a challenge should contact us at allmodes@arcadia.edu.
This Fall, we are preparing for the upcoming semester using the All Modes Ready redesign process. Our goal is to provide maximum flexibility for students and faculty while maintaining the highest standards of educational quality and student engagement. We are confident that as you focus on the learning outcomes of your courses, you can design and deliver an outstanding learning experience for your students.
Please send any questions to allmodes@arcadia.edu.
The All Modes Quality Rubric is based on a set of student-centric guiding principles that helped inform the All Modes course redesign efforts. The rubric will recognize the integrated standards found in the course template, which is applied to current Canvas courses (and Sandboxes), for example, 'This fulfills requirements 1.4,1.6 and 7.2'. The All Modes Quality Rubric does not evaluate the course subject matter.
Select one or more combinations of options listed below that best suits your teaching style/needs. For example, you can meet 2 times over the semester with your students. It doesn’t have to be weekly.
All in-person courses will be assigned to rooms that have sufficient Covid-adjusted capacity so that all students who choose to be physically present (as opposed to attending remotely) will have socially-distant space to be physically present.
All meetings of in-person courses must also be held on Zoom so that students can participate remotely in the same sessions.
The All-Modes workshop calendar is available on both the Digital Learning Services website and the Center for Teaching Learning and Mentoring website. Checking back often for new workshops, open discussions and training. Also, be sure to enroll and start the Canvas Training Fundamentals Course which provides insights and guidance for bringing your course materials into Canvas. The only requirement for courses is that all course materials be available through Canvas. Other decisions about modalities for instruction are at the discretion of faculty.
We’re glad you’re thinking about what you will need to enhance student learning and engagement in All-Modes. Canvas Training Fundamentals is available, as well as many workshops and open sessions. Training sessions for faculty and teaching staff are being offered based on the input received. If you have questions or needs, please reach out to your department’s All-Modes point person, and they will help you find answers and solutions. Any other questions can be sent to allmodes@arcadia.edu.
This training provides detailed information about Canvas and acts as a guided tour of the All-Modes Template that was applied to all Canvas courses and sandbox courses. This training will help you understand how the All-Modes Template is organized and what tools and resources are available in Canvas (as well as other programs) to support the All-Modes redesign process and ensure it is ready to be taught in a variety of modalities (Face to Face, Online, Hybrid or a combination). Identify one course to focus on for this training.
The support structure that we have assembled for this effort includes the All-Modes Team and Digital Learning Services. The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Mentoring will be supporting the design process and creating opportunities for engagement around key All-Modes Ready teaching and learning topics and strategies including inclusive pedagogy, peer-to-peer mentoring, and learning design. These resources will be available to support you throughout the development process. To begin working in the All-Modes template that was applied to all Canvas courses, we recommend you begin by enrolling in the All-Modes Training Fundamentals in Canvas. To request help with All-Modes, simply email allmodes@arcadia.edu.
The undergraduate course cancellations are slated to be finalized by January. The undergraduate academic advisers will be notified shortly before these cancellations. While not 100% guaranteed, we expect that the number of cancellations after January will be minimal.
No, you are not required to use the template and it can be removed (directions can be found within the template applied to each course). It is recommended you use elements of the template to be sure you are communicating all necessary information about course work and support resources available to your students. The template was designed to guide you through the process of redesigning your course to be ready to teach in more than one mode.
Yes, you can copy course materials from another Canvas course and arrange them in the template that works best for your course and your students. If you have already created a course using the template, it is recommended that you remove the template, then copy the content (all or specific items) to the course. Directions can be found in the template of your course.