Info for Staff
The sections below contain information that may be useful for staff working with the MSLC (general procedures, timecards, scheduling space, etc.).
We really appreciate everything that the student leaders, staff, and faculty do to support learning through the MSLC. Many thanks for all your hard work and dedication to providing wonderful learning opportunities for others!
Staff Resources
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scheduling
Please complete the Qualtrics form to add your student drop-in hours to the academic support schedules featured on the MSLC website.
Please email mslc@uic.edu if you would like to post additional information about review sessions or if you need to cancel sessions at any time.
If you need to make a permanent change to your drop-in hour schedule, please complete the above form again and email mslc@uic.edu to alert us to this change.
The Tableau schedule on the MSLC website auto-updates daily at 10AM. Any permanent changes we receive prior to that time will be updated on the schedule that calendar day. Any temporary changes or changes made after that deadline, will be posted as a text note on the MSLC website above the Tableau schedule as soon as possible.
** Faculty, Teaching Assistants, and Student Staff are all welcome to use the MSLC Online Tutoring Blackboard site to host sessions at any time. Please email mslc@uic.edu to be added to this site as an instructor to utilize this independent site.
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Info for peer tutors
Spring 2020 Information
- Please complete the online session participation form by the end of each pay period.
- Please submit the UIC web entry and your time card forms each pay period. Peer Leaders may utilize the MSLC time card record form in place of the paper time card this spring (please see link in shared Box folder).
General information on pay period deadlines, submission dates, and earning statements for undergraduate tutors, Peer Leaders, Learning Assistants, and Ambassadors can be found here.
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MSLC Online Student Drop-In Hours Resources
Please review the instructions document for some information about how to host online student-drop in hours as a Peer Leader / Learning Assistant. This includes general setup information and tips for hosting online sessions that may be helpful to anyone using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra.
You are welcome to post the brief MSLC message regarding general expectations during online sessions on your Blackboard site or during your session introduction.
For Additional resources for hosting sessions online, please visit the campus links below:
- Online Learning Resources for students, faculty, staff
- Provost’s page with links to numerous academic resources
- UIC Center for Teaching Excellence
- Panopto video on using Blackboard Collaborate
- ACCC Best Practices for Blackboard Collaborate
- ACCC Blackboard Collaborate Page
- go.uic.edu/teachinglearning – answers to many online teaching technical questions
A recent Chronicle article also highlights some really helpful tips and provides links to additional resources from professionals at various institutions.
Contacts:
- LTS@uic.edu – Blackboard, classroom technology help
- teaching@uic.edu – Center for Teaching Excellence contact
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fishbowl schedule
SES 221 will be closed to groups during the Fall 2020 semester.
If you would like to reserve this space when it opens again, please email mslc@uic.edu.
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MSLC Academic Support Provider (Staff) Survey
Please share any comments and feedback you are willing to provide in this anonymous survey! We hope to support all tutors, Peer Leaders, Learning Assistants, Teaching Assistants and Faculty in their important work as well as provide the best learning experience possible for students in this space.
Thanks so much for your time and all you do for the UIC community!