College Identity Management Systems (CIMS) is progressing on target for a Summer I cutover. Please be aware that all college owned computers will require a configuration change to conform to the new MEID login... employee laptop users click here for a critical announcement.

This project is aligned with a OneMaricopa initiative to create a consistent user experience for students and staff swirling between colleges.  Chandler Gilbert will be the first college to fully implement CIMS, yet all sites must adopt CIMS to achieve standardization across Maricopa.

Special acknowledgement to Michael Berry, Enterprise Systems Administrator who is the technical architect for this project.

Planned for implementation fall 2011 semester for all classrooms. Employee access available for early adopters now, contact the TSS Help Desk for assistance. Planned for installation as the campus standard during fall semester.

For a list of new features in Office 2010, click on Microsoft site

CGC’s Technology Summer Institute’s, Course Design: Of Course, Quality Matters! aka Camp QM will be held later this month. 

The QM framework is all about course design, and making your course navigation and structure intuitive, which means that students' questions will be more focused on the content of your course.  Courses that meet QM standards are proven to improve student learning outcomes, retention, and student success.

During Camp QM we will learn how to implement research-supported best practices of course design into your course.  At the end of Camp QM, you will have a complete QM-ready unit that includes measurable learning objectives, resources and materials to teach those objectives, and assessments to measure achievement of those objectives, as well as a structure and framework for the rest of the course.

If you are interested in learning more about Camp QM, please contact Ben Archer or Linda Zehr

In Summer I, we will be cutting over to our new process for managing classroom software, which is based on software connected with a course rather than with a physical classroom. This change came from TSS' Process Improvement project, which included active participation from several faculty members and division chairs.

Ben Archer has been busy helping to gather data from Course Coordinators/Lead Faculty to identify which software titles are needed to support individual courses. This effort is a significant change from the previous method, but once the course catalog is developed, it will be a much more proactive approach driven by class schedule changes.

Division Chairs are encouraged to help reinforce the course based concept with Course Coordinators and work with Ben Archer to develop and maintain the course/software list each semester.

For more information on this project, visit our project site on the Employee Intranet (Inside).

The following list of equipment/classrooms are due for replacement over the summer as a result of the annual ITC new/replacement cycle

Classroom CHO103 SAG101 SAG103 LIB102 CHO104 CHO109 IRN104	Equipment 24 Computers & monitors 12 Computers 12 Computers 22 Computers 23 Computers 28 Computers 23 Computers & monitors	Also planned for replacement are (39) obsolete classroom instructor stations, (8) projectors and (5) pad cameras

 

Get a head start on preparing your Fall courses!

In early August, we will have our annual Blackboard Bonanza pre-semester workshops and open labs.  During this time faculty can dedicate time to preparing their courses, get assistance immediately, and collaborate with others to get new ideas.  Watch for communication in late July for Bb Bonanza specific dates and times or check the Instructional Technology Calendar on Inside CGC.

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May 16 – May 19 May 23 - May 26	7 am – 5:30 pm Closed Open to Faculty and Staff only
May 31- Aug 4	7 am – 10 pm Summer I & Summer II Open to Students, Faculty and Staff
Aug 8 – Aug 19	7 am – 7 pm Students-Registration Only, Faculty and Staff

 
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