- All dayGradescope for MoodleToday's Events
Gradescope is available within Moodle, allowing faculty to streamline grading and provide consistent feedback. Explore at your own pace with step-by-step resources designed to help you make the most of its features.For new users, explore the resources available at: Get started with GradescopeYou can also explore their instructor resources for creating and grading different types of assignments. - 7:30 AM1h 30mBreakfastToday's Events | Frank Dining Hall
Enjoy breakfast with your Link group. - 7:30 AM1h 30mBreakfastToday's Events | The Coop – O'Connor Campus Center
Enjoy breakfast with your Link group. - 9:00 AM1h 15mFinding Your Balance (Ciccone)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
The Shaw Wellness Institute is committed to helping students achieve a balanced life at Colgate. A focus on wellness, in turn, will lead to your overall success at Colgate. The goal of this session is to help you identify wellness strategies that will contribute to your success both in and out of the classroom. With holistic wellbeing in mind, Finding Your Balance aims to help you make safe and responsible decisions. This includes important information about the use and misuse of alcohol or other substances. While contextualizing and understanding the reasons for potential substance use, presenters will share information with you so you can make informed decisions about managing stress and finding balance. - 9:00 AM1h 15mFinding Your Balance (Hancock)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
The Shaw Wellness Institute is committed to helping students achieve a balanced life at Colgate. A focus on wellness, in turn, will lead to your overall success at Colgate. The goal of this session is to help you identify wellness strategies that will contribute to your success both in and out of the classroom. With holistic wellbeing in mind, Finding Your Balance aims to help you make safe and responsible decisions. This includes important information about the use and misuse of alcohol or other substances. While contextualizing and understanding the reasons for potential substance use, presenters will share information with you so you can make informed decisions about managing stress and finding balance. - 9:00 AM1h 30mIn Dialogue (Brown)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
As a continuation to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Module you took prior to arrival to Colgate, dive deeper into connections with your Link groups through dialogue. Dialogue is one way to build empathy, and begins with active listening and affirming the value of someone’s contributions to the dialogue. These are prerequisites to every strong relationship you’ll have at Colgate. Affirmation is not an indication of agreement with someone; however, it is an opportunity to connect with another person with authenticity. In Dialogue… allows new students to reflect on their own identities and experiences, and build relationships across differences, integrating themes from this year's Community Read. - 9:00 AM1h 30mIn Dialogue (MDCC)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
As a continuation to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Module you took prior to arrival to Colgate, dive deeper into connections with your Link groups through dialogue. Dialogue is one way to build empathy, and begins with active listening and affirming the value of someone’s contributions to the dialogue. These are prerequisites to every strong relationship you’ll have at Colgate. Affirmation is not an indication of agreement with someone; however, it is an opportunity to connect with another person with authenticity. In Dialogue… allows new students to reflect on their own identities and experiences, and build relationships across differences, integrating themes from this year's Community Read. - 10:00 AM1hGetting Started with MoodleToday's Events
New to Moodle or need a refresher? This workshop introduces you to Colgate's learning management system, focusing on how Moodle can enhance teaching and learning. We'll cover basic functionalities to help you set up your courses, plus explore key features for creating, collecting, and assessing assignments and forums. This will take place as a Zoom meeting. Participants will receive the link to join the meeting via their confirmation email. - 10:30 AM1h 15mFinding Your Balance (Brown)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
The Shaw Wellness Institute is committed to helping students achieve a balanced life at Colgate. A focus on wellness, in turn, will lead to your overall success at Colgate. The goal of this session is to help you identify wellness strategies that will contribute to your success both in and out of the classroom. With holistic wellbeing in mind, Finding Your Balance aims to help you make safe and responsible decisions. This includes important information about the use and misuse of alcohol or other substances. While contextualizing and understanding the reasons for potential substance use, presenters will share information with you so you can make informed decisions about managing stress and finding balance. - 10:30 AM1h 15mFinding Your Balance (MDCC)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
The Shaw Wellness Institute is committed to helping students achieve a balanced life at Colgate. A focus on wellness, in turn, will lead to your overall success at Colgate. The goal of this session is to help you identify wellness strategies that will contribute to your success both in and out of the classroom. With holistic wellbeing in mind, Finding Your Balance aims to help you make safe and responsible decisions. This includes important information about the use and misuse of alcohol or other substances. While contextualizing and understanding the reasons for potential substance use, presenters will share information with you so you can make informed decisions about managing stress and finding balance. - 10:30 AM1h 30mInvolvement Tour (Ciccone and Hancock)Today's Events | , Various Locations
Your Link will guide you around Colgate’s campus on the hill, helping you get to know key academic buildings, programs, and resources. Along the way, they’ll share which resources have been most helpful to them and how they’ve found their own path to success at Colgate. Be sure to bring your class schedule so you can locate your classrooms and get comfortable with your routine. - 11:00 AM1hColgate Domains for Teaching and LearningToday's Events
“Colgate Domains” provides faculty and students with a space on the web and access to digital tools for creating web content. Colgate Domains supports teaching and learning by enabling faculty and students make connections to other sources and media on the web, publish their work publicly, or create a forward-facing web presence for themselves or their project(s). This workshop will feature an overview of the principles of connected learning and demonstrate some uses of websites and tools found on Domains for teaching and learning. Ideas and recommendations for activity and assignment design for websites created in Colgate Domains will also be shared to inform potential collaborative course projects in Colgate Domains. This session will take place as a Zoom meeting. Participants will receive the link to join the meeting via their confirmation email. - 12:00 PM1hLunch (Brown)Today's Events | The Coop – O'Connor Campus Center
Enjoy lunch with your Link group. - 12:00 PM1hLunch (MDCC)Today's Events | Frank Dining Hall
Enjoy lunch with your Link group. - 12:00 PM1hT-shirt Pick Up (Ciccone and Hancock)Today's Events | Various Locations
Pick up your Commons T-shirt. - 1:00 PM1hLunch (Ciccone)Today's Events | The Coop – O'Connor Campus Center
Enjoy lunch with your Link group. - 1:00 PM1hLunch (Hancock)Today's Events | Frank Dining Hall
Enjoy lunch with your Link group. - 1:00 PM1hMoodle Plug-ins: Enhance your course with Hypothesis, Gradescope & MoreToday's Events
Ready to enhance your Moodle courses with powerful external tools? This workshop introduces tools such as Gradescope and Hypothesis, demonstrating how these third-party integrations can offer advanced options for assignments, grading, and sharing resources within your Moodle environment. This will take place as a Zoom meeting. Participants will receive the link to join the meeting via their confirmation email. - 1:00 PM1hT-shirt Pick Up (Brown and MDCC)Today's Events | Various Locations
Pick up your Commons T-shirt. - 3:00 PM1hWhat's New in Moodle 4.5?Today's Events
Explore Moodle 4.5's new features to simplify course management and improve learning. This workshop covers course subsections, enhanced assignments (with automatic additional attempts) and improved notifications. We'll also look at new quiz options like reopening attempts and regrading, plus updates to bulk editing capabilities. This workshop is geared toward those who have used Moodle previously. If you are brand new to Moodle or would like a deeper dive, we recommend taking the 'Getting Started with Moodle' workshop. This will take place as a Zoom meeting. Participants will receive the link to join the meeting via their confirmation email. - 3:00 PM1hYour Rights and Responsibilities (Brown)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
Every Colgate student is afforded specific rights and expected to uphold certain responsibilities. These are necessary for any well-functioning academic community and to ensure everyone has access to individual success. Colgate’s Honor Code, the Student Code of Conduct, and Colgate’s Statement on Freedom of Expression will be covered in this session. Your actions impact you, they will impact others, and, ultimately, they help to define your educational and personal experience at Colgate. Your success here begins by being informed about the policies and expectations of you as a student in community with others. - 3:00 PM1hYour Rights and Responsibilities (MDCC)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
Every Colgate student is afforded specific rights and expected to uphold certain responsibilities. These are necessary for any well-functioning academic community and to ensure everyone has access to individual success. Colgate’s Honor Code, the Student Code of Conduct, and Colgate’s Statement on Freedom of Expression will be covered in this session. Your actions impact you, they will impact others, and, ultimately, they help to define your educational and personal experience at Colgate. Your success here begins by being informed about the policies and expectations of you as a student in community with others. - 3:00 PM1h 30mIn Dialogue (Ciccone and Hancock)Today's Events | Various Locations
As a continuation to the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Module you took prior to arrival to Colgate, dive deeper into connections with your Link groups through dialogue. Dialogue is one way to build empathy, and begins with active listening and affirming the value of someone’s contributions to the dialogue. These are prerequisites to every strong relationship you’ll have at Colgate. Affirmation is not an indication of agreement with someone; however, it is an opportunity to connect with another person with authenticity. In Dialogue… allows new students to reflect on their own identities and experiences, and build relationships across differences, integrating themes from this year's Community Read. - 4:00 PM45mFrom Policy to Practice (Brown)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
A fundamental part of the Colgate community is the assurance that all members can study, live, and work together in a community characterized by equal opportunity, inclusiveness, safety, and mutual respect. In this presentation, students will learn from the Office of Equity and Diversity about the University's policies and procedures which ensure accountability to address acts of discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment. - 4:00 PM45mFrom Policy to Practice (MDCC)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
A fundamental part of the Colgate community is the assurance that all members can study, live, and work together in a community characterized by equal opportunity, inclusiveness, safety, and mutual respect. In this presentation, students will learn from the Office of Equity and Diversity about the University's policies and procedures which ensure accountability to address acts of discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment. - 5:00 PM1hYour Rights and Responsibilities (Ciccone)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
Every Colgate student is afforded specific rights and expected to uphold certain responsibilities. These are necessary for any well-functioning academic community and to ensure everyone has access to individual success. Colgate’s Honor Code, the Student Code of Conduct, and Colgate’s Statement on Freedom of Expression will be covered in this session. Your actions impact you, they will impact others, and, ultimately, they help to define your educational and personal experience at Colgate. Your success here begins by being informed about the policies and expectations of you as a student in community with others. - 5:00 PM1hYour Rights and Responsibilities (Hancock)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
Every Colgate student is afforded specific rights and expected to uphold certain responsibilities. These are necessary for any well-functioning academic community and to ensure everyone has access to individual success. Colgate’s Honor Code, the Student Code of Conduct, and Colgate’s Statement on Freedom of Expression will be covered in this session. Your actions impact you, they will impact others, and, ultimately, they help to define your educational and personal experience at Colgate. Your success here begins by being informed about the policies and expectations of you as a student in community with others. - 5:00 PM1h 30mInvolvement Tour (Brown and MDCC)Today's Events | Various Locations
Your Link will guide you around Colgate’s campus on the hill, helping you get to know key academic buildings, programs, and resources. Along the way, they’ll share which resources have been most helpful to them and how they’ve found their own path to success at Colgate. Be sure to bring your class schedule so you can locate your classrooms and get comfortable with your routine. - 6:00 PM45mFrom Policy to Practice (Ciccone)Today's Events | Olin Hall, Love Auditorium
A fundamental part of the Colgate community is the assurance that all members can study, live, and work together in a community characterized by equal opportunity, inclusiveness, safety, and mutual respect. In this presentation, students will learn from the Office of Equity and Diversity about the University's policies and procedures which ensure accountability to address acts of discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment. - 6:00 PM45mFrom Policy to Practice (Hancock)Today's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Hall of Presidents
A fundamental part of the Colgate community is the assurance that all members can study, live, and work together in a community characterized by equal opportunity, inclusiveness, safety, and mutual respect. In this presentation, students will learn from the Office of Equity and Diversity about the University's policies and procedures which ensure accountability to address acts of discrimination and harassment, including sexual harassment. - 6:30 PM1hDinner (Brown)Today's Events | The Coop – O'Connor Campus Center
Enjoy dinner with your Link group. - 6:30 PM1hDinner (MDCC)Today's Events | Frank Dining Hall
Enjoy dinner with your Link group. - 7:30 PM1hDinner (Ciccone)Today's Events | The Coop – O'Connor Campus Center
Enjoy dinner with your Link group. - 7:30 PM1hDinner (Hancock)Today's Events | Frank Dining Hall
Enjoy dinner with your Link group. - 8:00 PM2hChoose Your 'GateToday's Events | James C. Colgate Hall, Various Locations
Which 'Gate will you choose? With a variety of live performances happening on Lower campus, options include a Hypnotist, Trivia Night, Movie on the Lawn, and a DJ Dance party with Throwback Time Machine.