2021 Spring Symposinar

F E B R UA RY 2 6, 2 0 2 1 9:00 am–4:00 pm

SYMPOSINAR

[sim-poh-zuh-nahr] 1. A virtual presentation that allows a speaker to present material to participants in different locations via the internet.

2. A conference or meeting at which several speakers discuss related topics before an audience.

3. A zero-cost, zero-commute gathering of creative educators trying to inspire students, stay highly caffeinated, and just remain afloat until tomorrow.

F EB R UA RY 2 6, 2 0 2 1 9:00 am–4:00 pm

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2021 SY M P OSI NARSymposinar P RES E N TAT I O N S A Nand D WO RK S H O P S 2021 AGDA_NC Spring Presentations Workshops Presentation

Speaker

Workshop

Speaker

Session One 9:00-9:50 Your Place in the Student Pipeline

Tyler Dockery Wake Technical CC

9:00-9:50 Student Recruitment Hope Carroll Lenoir CC

Session Two 10:00-10:50 8-Week Course Scheduling

Jennifer Fisher Fayetteville Technical CC

10:00-10:50 Portfolio in the

Julie Evans Wake Technical CC

Hope Carroll Lenoir CC

11:00-11:50 Staying Afloat

Jennifer Cobb, Catawba Valley CC Julie Evans, Wake Technical CC

Virtual Environment

Session Three 11:00-11:50 Get Started in UX: A Teacher's Guide

With Grading

Session Four 12:00-12:50 Lunch Bunch

Michael Lawson, Guilford Technical CC Carla Osborne, Wake Technical CC

Session Five 1:00-1:50 Presenting in the Age of Danielle Hennis COVID-19

1:00-1:50 Leading A Critical

Brittany Holleran Central Piedmont CC

Lindy Hues Central Piedmont CC

2:00-2:50 The Everything

Stacy Jarrell Pitt CC

Carla Osborne, Wake Technical CC

3:00-3:50 Helping Students

Tyler Dockery Wake Technical CC

Wake Technical CC

Thinking Exercise

Session Six 2:00-2:50 How to Train Your

Dragon Unicorn: The Rise of the Design Generalist

Bagel

Session Seven 3:00-3:50 Students Design for

Small Business Clients

Establish End Goals

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PRESENTATION

YOUR PLACE IN THE STUDENT PIPELINE Similar to looking at your student’s end goal, our students need connection with individuals for success, and knowing more about how we fit into their lives can allow us to help them on their way.

In this presentation, we’ll focus on where our students are coming from and how to help them get started, how to encourage them along the way, and increase your role in that system.

S E S S I O N

ONE

9:00 am–9:50 am

(Choose one of the following:)

Tyler Dockery Wake Technical Community College twdockery@waketech.edu

WORKSHOP STUDENT RECRUITMENT Lost for ideas on how to recruit students to your program, especially in the middle of a pandemic? You have come to the right Zoom room!

In this workshop we’ll cover how to market your program using social media, mailers, career fairs (virtual or F2F), how to connect with high schools and community, and much more. Bring your ideas to share with others and definitely bring something to take notes.

Hope Carroll Lenoir Community College mhcarroll05@lenoircc.edu

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PRESENTATION

8-WEEK COURSE SCHEDULING During this presentation, we will discuss the experience from Fayetteville Technical Community College in converting Advertising and Graphic Design courses to an 8-week scheduling format.

In this session, we will examine impact on student performance, faculty satisfaction, and ability for students to complete prerequisite courses more quickly.

S E S S I O N

TWO

10:00 am–10:50 am (Choose one of the following:)

Jennifer Fisher Fayetteville Technical Community College fisherjl@faytechcc.edu

WORKSHOP PORTFOLIO IN THE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT This session reflects on how Wake Tech has pivoted in response to COVID-19 in regards to their GRD 280 Portfolio Design course.

During this workshop, attendees are encouraged to bring student examples from their schools and share their own program’s successes (and challenges) as they’ve adapted their portfolio courses to the virtual environment.

Julie Evans Wake Technical Community College jcevans4@waketech.edu

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PRESENTATION

GET STARTED IN UX: A TEACHER’S GUIDE There is an increased demand for students to have User Experience (UX) skills especially as more companies expand their online capabilities. This presentation will provide an overview of what UX covers and how to get started teaching UX in any class from graphic design to multimedia. Attendees will leave with project examples to integrate into their classrooms.

S E S S I O N

THREE 11:00 am–11:50 am

(Choose one of the following:)

Hope Carroll Lenoir Community College mhcarroll05@lenoircc.edu

WORKSHOP STAYING AFLOAT WITH GRADING In this workshop, we will share tips and tricks to stay afloat when it comes to grading. From a Google doc with daily notes to program-wide rubrics to video feedback, there are small changes that you can make to help you provide feedback to your students while reclaiming your weekend! Attendees are encouraged to bring their own grading tips and tricks to share with the rest of the group.

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Julie Evans Wake Tech CC

Jennifer Cobb Catawba Valley CC

jcevans4@waketech.edu

jcobb@cvcc.edu

PRESENTATION THE LUNCH BUNCH

The best conversations always happen at lunch, right? During this session, grab your lunch and join us by Zoom.

No agenda… just catching up and sharing semester stories.

S E S S I O N

FOUR

Michael Lawson Guilford Tech CC

Carla Osborne Wake Tech CC

mrlawson@gtcc.edu

crosborne@waketech.edu

12 noon–12:50 pm (Only one session)

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PRESENTATION

PRESENTING IN THE AGE OF COVID-19 The COVID-19 virtual world is here to stay for a while. Let’s make sure we’re planning our classes, meetings, and presentations so that they cater to our audiences and our message is heard.

Come with questions, photos of your workspace (if you want feedback), and leave with tips to make your next virtual presentation a success.

S E S S I O N

FIVE 1:00 pm–1:50 pm

(Choose one of the following:)

Danielle Hennis Wake Technical Community College drhennis@waketech.edu

WORKSHOP LEADING A CRITICAL THINKING EXERCISE How can we as instructors lead students through exercises that tap into critical thinking? Problem-solving and creativity are at the core of our discipline, but how can we teach students to put these key skills into practice on real-world projects? We will learn more about these opportunities, talk with students about the outcomes, create exercises for practicing these skills, and open the floor for dialogue.

Brittany Holleran Central Piedmont Community College brittany.holleran@cpcc.edu

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PRESENTATION

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON UNICORN: THE RISE OF THE DESIGN GENERALIST This presentation will discuss the skills designers of today AND tomorrow will need to remain competitive in the marketplace. We will also discuss the importance of learning to code and how it will prepare you and your students to acquire skills we don’t even know we need yet.

S E S S I O N

SIX

2:00 pm–2:50 pm (Choose one of the following:)

Lindy Hues Central Piedmont Community College lindy.hues@cpcc.edu

WORKSHOP THE EVERYTHING BAGEL Looking for a round table to discuss a topic not found in our other Symposinar workshops? Maybe you want to bounce an idea off of your peers, or share how you’re handling student retention during these unusual times. We’ve created this round table; to facilitate your questions, cover the unanticipated, and chat in this virtual coffee house with other like-minded educators.

Stacy Jarrell Pitt Community College sjarrell@email.pittcc.edu

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PRESENTATION

STUDENTS DESIGN FOR SMALL BUSINESS CLIENTS For three years, AGD students have partnered with Small Business Clients from the Entrepreneurship Initiatives programs at Wake Tech.

Join Carla Osborne from Wake Tech to hear about how the process has evolved, lessons learned the hard way, and how the process has streamlined from introducing the students to groups to end-of-thesemester presentations.

S E S S I O N

SEVEN 3:00 pm–3:50 pm

(Choose one of the following:)

Carla Osborne Wake Technical Community College crosborne@waketech.edu

WORKSHOP HELPING STUDENTS ESTABLISH END GOALS We know where our students come from, but where are they going? What are their goals, and how can we help them achieve them? In this workshop, we will discuss discovering these items through dialogue and body language, as well as taking a critical look at our programs. Are we helping students as much as we can? What can we do TODAY to help them achieve their final goals?

Tyler Dockery Wake Technical Community College twdockery@waketech.edu

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