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How to Apply

  1. Fill out the online application form below.
  2. Commerce faculty should print and sign the DOTS Participant Agreement.
  3. Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Faculty should print and sign the DOTS Participant Agreement for Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse and the DOTS Work-for-Hire Agreement.
  4. Solicit a letter of support from your Dean/Chair.*

*A letter of support may be written by the Dean in support of an entire cohort of participants. Participants should check with their Dean’s office for pre-existing arrangements between the College/School and the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs/Distance Learning.

Send the DOTS Participant Agreement and your Dean/Chair's support letter to:
Dr. GianMario Besana
Associate Vice President of Academic Technology and Distance Learning
Academic Affairs, CNA 2231

A signed copy will be sent back to you and your Dean/Chair.

Application Form

Thank you for your interest in DePaul Online Teaching Series program.

This program is grant-based and competitive. Deadline for December 2009 DOTS Application is October 9th. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by October 16th. Address questions concerning the program to Dr. Sharon Guan at xguan@depaul.edu.

     
  Select a session:
December 2009 (intensive format): 11/30 – 12/18
-- primary focus: Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
   
Winter 2010 (quarter-long format): 1/22 – 3/5
-- primary focus: College of Commerce
 

 
  First Name:
  Last Name:
  College:
  Department:
  Faculty Rank:
The DOTS program is currently open to full-time, tenure-track faculty at DePaul. If you don’t fit into such a profile, please ask your Dean or chair to contact GianMario Besana at gbesana@depaul.edu.
  If you selected “Other”, please specify
   
 

Please answer each of the following questions with a simple “yes” or “no” answer. This questionnaire will help IDD staff members customize the DOTS activities and materials to ensure they cover essential topics that are unfamiliar to participants.
     
  Would you like training on MS Office 2007 applications such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or Outlook? Yes
No
     
  Are there any particular MS Office programs or features you would like to know more about?
     
  Do you know how to create a .zip file? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to create items and folders in Blackboard? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to post files such as a Word document or .pdf file in Blackboard? Yes
No
     
  Are you comfortable using the Announcements feature of Blackboard to issue informational messages to students during a term? Yes
No
     
  Can you use the e-mail feature of Blackboard to send messages to all students in a course or selected students in a course? Yes
No
     
  Can you use Blackboard to post an essay-writing assignment to students, receive their submissions, grade their work, and return the graded work and comments to students? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to add items to the Blackboard grade-center spreadsheet, post student grades there, and make grades accessible to students in Blackboard? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to tailor menu buttons on a Blackboard course website? Can you eliminate unused menu buttons, rename menu buttons, and create new menu buttons? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to post a question in a Blackboard discussion board, monitor student postings, respond to postings, manage student participation, and issue grades for student participation levels? Yes
No
     
  Do you know how to create a short video introduction of yourself and post it for students to view on a Blackboard course website? Yes
No
     
 

How confident you are in your ability to commit the time and effort required for successful completion of the DOTS program?

Very confident.

Confident.

Somewhat confident.

Not so confident.
 

How do you best learn new technology skills? (Select the top two.)

Figuring things out on my own and experimenting

Quick guides (printer-friendly materials with screen shots)

Books and articles

Video tutorials

From my students

Peer assistance

Hands-on group workshops

Hands-on one-on-one training
 

What course(s) do you have in mind to convert for online teaching or hybrid teaching (a combination of online and face-to-face delivery) after DOTS?

You will be given a laptop computer during DOTS as part of the technology kit and you will own it upon successful completion of the program. Please select the computer model you would prefer.

PC, Dell LatitudeXT or equivalent

MacBook, 2.4 Ghz, 250 GB or equivalent 

 
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