<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Spring Term Instructors, </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Quarterly instructional technology training for faculty is
currently underway. In addition to the scheduled training for instructors
teaching in the large lecture halls, ITS and XCITE would like to make you aware
of three opportunities to familiarize yourself with the instructional
technology available in the small classrooms: </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">1.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Stop by our small classroom “open house” in
Chung Hall 139 on <b>Wednesday, March 23,
from 10am to 1pm</b> to learn about the technology available in smaller
classrooms and consult with the Multimedia support team. </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.75in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>Training topics include: classroom technology, additional
hardware, Zoom, Yuja, Course Capture, Poll Everywhere, and Canvas </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">2.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>Request to schedule <b>one-on-one classroom training</b> with an ITS Multimedia team member by
<a href="https://ucrsupport.service-now.com/ucr_portal?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=627215581bbe7090e4b40dc2cd4bcb2a" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">filling
out the request form</a> in the IT service portal</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt 0.5in;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">3.<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span>View our <b>technology
guidance training videos</b> at <a href="https://ontherise.ucr.edu/guidance" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ontherise.ucr.edu/guidance</a>
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">As a reminder, the ITS Multimedia team will visit large lecture
halls on the first day of instruction (March 28, 2022) to provide hands-on
technical support, if needed. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;line-height:107%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Lastly, please be reminded that starting in Summer 2022 all
courses will be populated exclusively in <a href="https://canvas.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Canvas</a>,
and Blackboard (iLearn) will not be available for any live courses. XCITE is
offering migration support to faculty, including assistance <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfy0lCA0D5ycLdhNqKR4vVi0E812LBt4vzJu4kqop4Clmqeag/viewform" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">migrating
Blackboard content to Canvas</a>. For more information about the transition to
Canvas and available support for faculty, please visit <a href="https://canvas.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">canvas.ucr.edu</a>. </p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black">Sincerely, </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"></span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Siddiq</p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Interim Manager, Multimedia & Classroom
Technologies </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Information Technology Solutions </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Fernanda Rojas </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Classroom & Remote
Instruction Technology Specialist,</span> </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Multimedia & Classroom Technologies </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Information Technology Solutions </p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://its.ucr.edu/multimedia" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">its.ucr.edu/multimedia</span></a> </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">Please note that in an
effort to continually improve our services and best serve campus Multimedia
& Classroom Technologies is currently migrating its service request process
to the </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt"><a href="https://ithelp.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">ITS Service Portal</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10pt">. We will continue to update faculty on this future
change to service and support requests. </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"> </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></i></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><i><span style="color:black">In partnership with</span></i><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Richard Edwards </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Director, XCITE </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Academic Engagement </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Department of Undergraduate Education </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Israel Fletes </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Director of Academic Technology, XCITE </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Academic Engagement </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Department of Undergraduate Education </p>
<p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><a href="https://teaching.ucr.edu/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)"><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">teaching.ucr.edu</span></a> </p>
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