NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY THE CITY

NEW YORK CITY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK Mathematics Department Meeting April 16, 2020 By Zoom

Congratulations The NY Metro section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) awards Dr. Boyan Kostadinov the 2020 Distinguished Teaching Award which honors university teachers who have been widely recognized as extraordinarily successful and whose teaching effectiveness has been shown to have had influence beyond their own institutions. 2020 SIAM Student Chapter Certificate of Recognition acknowledges Stephanie Lovett for her exceptional service to the New York City College of Technology chapter during the 2019 -2020 academic year

Approval of minutes from March 5, 2020 Spring 2020 Math Department Meetings May 7 https: //openlab. citytech. cuny. edu/mathfaculty/department-meetings/

Thank you • Thank you for making the transition to online instructions swiftly. • Thank you for helping each other.

The new reality Summer 1 and summer 2 are fully online Plans for the fall to be hybrid Need for support for online teaching Need for curriculum guidelines for online teaching – disparity in practice and standards • Need for exam strategies and guidelines • •

Calendar Update • • • March 12 -18 : Prepare for distance learning March 19 : All classes to begin distance learning March 27 -April 1: Recalibration period. No classes. April 2 : Classes resume April 6 : Begin summer and fall registration and advisement (fulltime faculty will advise students online) April 7 : Tuesday follows the Wednesday schedule April 8 -10 : Spring break. No classes April 11 : Classes resume (Saturday classes meet on April 11) May 14 : Last day to withdraw with a grade of W May 15 : Reading Day (no news yet whether this will be converted to a teaching day) May 16 -22 : Final exams May 28 : Final grade submission deadline

Credit/No Credit • Credit/No Credit - Students will have 20 days after they receive their grades to decide if they want to convert any or all of the letter grades they earn in their classes to Credit/No Credit (CR/NC). • Inc – students with incomplete grades can have the CR/NC option which requires the Registrar to manually change the grade. • There will be an FAQ from CUNY Central soon – How CR/NC impact GPA? Repeat policy?

Advisement • Students must make an appointment through • https: //nycctmathdepartment. setmore. com/ • Advisors join the Zoom meeting.

Student support • Reporting City Tech student and faculty coronavirus cases: https: //docs. google. com/forms/d/e/1 FAIp. QLSca_w. Gjgiw. Ua. Td. SMO 9 qf. OVt. H_j 4 i 4 TQC 9 a. WAKi. JMyrs. FD 9 cw/viewform • Counseling services http: //www. citytech. cuny. edu/counseling/ • Student accessibility – extra time testing accommodation

Faculty support Blackboard training by i. TEC https: //bbhosted. cuny. edu/webapps/login/noportal • • • Blackboard for Absolute Beginners, Thursday, April 16, 1 PM - 2: 30 PM Blackboard for Absolute Beginners, Monday, April 20, 5 PM - 6: 30 PM Blackboard for Absolute Beginners, Wednesday, April 22, 11 AM - 12: 30 PM • • • Blackboard Basics, Thursday, April 23, 1 PM - 2: 30 PM Blackboard Basics, Monday, April 27, 5 PM - 6: 30 PM Blackboard Basics, Monday, May 04, 11 AM - 12: 30 PM • • • Building Quizzes, Friday, April 24, 11 AM - 12: 30 PM Building Quizzes, Tuesday, April 28, 5 PM - 6: 30 PM Building Quizzes, Thursday, April 30, 1 PM - 2: 30 PM • • • Collaborate, Tuesday, April 21, 5 PM - 6: 30 PM Collaborate, Wednesday, April 29, 3 PM - 4: 30 PM Collaborate, Wednesday, May 06, 11 AM - 12: 30 PM NASH-ACUE “Scaling Instructional Excellence for Student Success” grant https: //acue. org/nash/ – City Tech is one of the three CUNY colleges to participate – looking to recruit 30 City Tech faculty to participate in the fall

• • Zoom licenses Respondus – an online proctoring tool Rederly – an online testing support service Webex – integrated in Blackboard • Tech Fee Request? – How tech fee funds can be used to run certain classes online

Curriculum guidelines for online teaching • Blackboard as the official course site • Formalize the online tools – online homework – video links – a centralized course site for posting resources • Formalize the standard for faculty-student communication • Recommendation for synchronous and asynchronous activities (Teaching preference for the fall? )

Final exam guidelines • • Instrument? Modality? Level of uniformity? Level of confidence for academic integrity?

Committee Report

Good and Welfare Adjournment