Course+Updates

__** Recommended Updates for Fall 2017: **__

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__** Recommended Updates for Videos: **__ For 1/19/16 meeting (Omaya, Annie, Jackie) Added by Omaya


 * __ Recommended Updates for Spring 2017: __**

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- Related to the above point: update the syllabus to reflect changes (course calendar; assignment description). Update Blackboard grade book/week assignments Annie/Victor to Review/Compare - Add New Energy assignment to the all online classes Annie to Review/Compare - Add "Sparky and Me" section to each topic in BB - (not associated to any assignment - this will just show students that the topics are related to the super local levels of ASU, not just global) Victor to Review/Compare - Redo standards on PowerPoint to make sure they match the in-class activities Gabby to edit/compare - Update Poverty week in BB with the following from Leanna Victor to Review/Compare : - Update Fall 2016 syllabi dates and due dates Annie/Jeanette - Update Fall 2016 course calendar in google Jeanette - Update Fall 2016 course information printout Jeanette - Fall 2016 instructor bootcamp (agenda, supplies, handouts) Jeanette - Update assignment score points on Syllabi Jackie
 * __ Updated in Summer 2016 for the Fall 2016 semester: __**


 * __ Updated in November/December 2015 for the Spring 2016 semester: __**

- In Gradebook, change "Pre Concept Map" and "Post Concept Map" to "Pre/Post research survey" - DONE BY VICTOR ON 11/23 - In Population Week: have instructors email students before class so they can collect generational information (how many siblings did your grandparents have?) - BB NOTE ADDED BY VICTOR ON 11/23 - JACKIE TO PROVIDE - In Sustainability week, add note about how students submit assignments "Blackboard note: click on BLANK to submit assignment" - DONE BY VICTOR ON 11/23 - Fix Bloom's Taxonomy in syllabus so that the pyramid and chart align - DONE BY JACKIE FOR SPRING 2016 - Victor to check Disposal (Landfill) video for statistics listed. See Jen email from 10/28/2015. - DONE. VICTOR FIXED THIS ON 11/2 - In New Energy week lesson plan, remove point where student's re-watch two minutes of the Wind video in class. - JACKIE UPDATED LESSON PLAN ON 11/20 - Suggestion for Spring 2016 from Jackie: Move "Select a Topic" to be due at end of Week 9 (Instructors Choice) instead of Week 10 (Ecosystem) because this already has an assignment due with it. Remove Ecosystem Services as option from final project (listed in syllabus and in BB). Student now choose from Population, Poverty, Food, Water, Fossil Fuels, and New Energy. If another course topic is of interest to you beyond these already discussed topics, please connect with your instructor for approval. - JACKIE UPDATED CALENDAR, SYLLABUS, VICTOR UPDATED BB "SELECT A TOPIC" IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES - Change Governance discussion to a quiz - DELETE REFLECTION; TRAVIS TO WRITE NEW QUIZ QUESTIONS; JACKIE TO UPDATE SYLLABUS AND POINT TRACKER; ALL POINTS SHOULD STAY THE SAME IN BB - Reflection prompt re-writes - Omaya fixed and reformatted - Jackie to break out syllabi - DONE BY JACKIE December 2015
 * COMPLETED UPDATES FOR SPRING 2016: **

- Revisit New Energy lesson plan, and modify according to instructor feedback. Summary e-mail of suggested changes sent to instructors on 10/12/2015. - DONE BY OMAYA February 2016

- Add 4WOT assignment (collective report) into Fossil Fuels week (remove current assignments parts 2-3 and replace with this report). Make the 4WOT report worth more points like ~50 - KICK TO FALL 2016 - Related to the above point: update the syllabus to reflect changes (course calendar; assignment description). Update Blackboard gradebook/week assignments - KICK TO FALL 2016 - Add New Energy assignment to the all online classes - KICK TO FALL 2016 (ANNIE KNOWS) - All online SCN 400 food week assignment potential change - KICK TO FALL 2016 - Add "Sparky and Me" section to each topic in BB - (not associated to any assignment - this will just show students that the topic are related to the super local levels of ASU, not just global) - KICK TO FALL 2016 - In New Energy week, add back Desert Vista video. This video was removed during fall 2015 because the site (not maintained by us) was down during NE week. This may or may not be true in spring 2016. https://www.tuhsd.k12.az.us/index.php?option=com_contushdvideoshare&view=player&id=103&catid=28 - THIS VIDEO IS GONE FOREVER. RIP. - Build out 401 wiki - ONGOING Population additions from Jen: "I have several suggestions for making the Population Assignment on ecological footprint more specific. Services: Have them specify or investigate, we can even send them to this link: http://www.footprintnetwork.org/en/index.php/GFN/page/footprint_calculator_frequently_asked_questions/#gen8. Hardly anybody answered this question in a thoughtful way: What would happen if the rest of the world adopted our actions and lifestyles? What if instead we asked, Envision a world where everyone adopted our actions and lifestyles? For the lesson, as we discussed in the meeting, there is not enough time to digest the information. Also, the sorting card station was consistently trying to finish when the other stations were completed with their tasks. I'd suggest either taking out some of the more random cards like birds, or changing the Hierarchy of needs thing - maybe we can have them do that part first, then ask if their own values are the same? Not sure because I kind of like having them sort according to their own values, then reassess."
 * POSTPONED / DISCARDED UPDATES FOR SPRING 2016: **