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Monday, June 15th
8:00am - 4:00pm Registration Cheryl Darcy Foyer, 2nd Floor
8:00am - 9:30am Coffee & Pastries Coffee and Breakfast Pastries for Workshop Attendees Foyer, 2nd Floor
9:00am - 11:30am Workshop I: "Does This Plan Make My Assessment Look Big? Using TracDat to Move From Planning to Action" Dr. Katharine Cummings Associate Dean, College of Education Western Michigan University Symphony B
Workshop II: "Getting Administrative and Educational Support Units on Board with Institutional Effectiveness" Mary Harrington, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, The University of Mississippi Symphony C
12:00pm - 12:45pm Lunch   Jimmy Stewart
12:45pm - 1:00pm Welcome: "Improvement in Action" David Raney, MD
CEO Nuventive
Jimmy Stewart
1:00pm - 1:45pm Keynote Presentation: "Fostering a Culture of Assessment" Linda Suskie, Vice President of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education Jimmy Stewart
2:00pm - 2:50pm Concurrent Session I: "Supporting iWebfolio: Tips for Template Development, Training and On-going Support" Fiona Seels, Instruction and Learning, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh Symphony C
Concurrent Session I: "Encouraging Institutional Dialogue about Assessment at Texas Tech: Here Comes TracDat!" Jennifer Hughes, Planning and Assessment Analyst, Texas Tech University Symphony B
3:00pm - 3:50pm Concurrent Session II: "Strategies for Successful Assessment of Non-Academic Units" Mary Harrington, Director of Institutional Research and Assessment, The University of Mississippi Symphony C
Concurrent Session II: "iWebfolio and TracDat as Catalysts for Improvement in Action" Karen Stokes, Assessment Programs Specialist, and Sue Brodasky, Executive Assistant, Western Michigan University Symphony B
3:50pm - 4:10pm Refreshment Break   Foyer, 2nd Floor
4:10pm - 5:40pm Hands-On Session I: "Templates, Measures, Reports: Tracking Student Performance with iWebfolio" Royce Robertson, Former Assistant Professor of Education & Technology, Plymouth State University Symphony C
Hands-On Session I: "Data Tools: How Can I Use Data Tools to Collect Information for Assessment in TracDat?" Dave Choban, Director of Professional Services, Nuventive Symphony B
6:00pm -   Dinner (on your own)   Meet in hotel lobby to join a dinner group

Tuesday, June 16th -- Nuventive Users Conference
7:30am - 12:00pm Registration Cheryl Darcy Foyer, 2nd Floor
8:00am - 8:45am Breakfast   Jimmy Stewart
8:45am - 9:30am Plenary Session: "Can Technology Drive Institutional Effectiveness?" Richard M. Seidner, Executive Director, Microsoft U.S. Public Sector Education Jimmy Stewart
9:40am - 10:25am Birds-of-A-Feather Session: "iWebfolio Implementation: Sharing Successes" A user-driven conversation about success strategies related to iWebfolio implementation. Royce Robertson, Former Assistant Professor of Education & Technology, Plymouth State University Symphony C
Birds-of-a-Feather Session: "TracDat Implementation: Sharing Successes" A user-driven conversation about success strategies related to TracDat Dave Choban, Professional Services Director, Nuventive Symphony B
10:45am - 11:35am Concurrent Session III: "iWebfolio for Administrative Productivity: Improving our Actions" Sue Brodasky, Executive Assistant, Office of Information Technology, Western Michigan University Symphony C
Concurrent Session III: "Building Bridges with Web-Based Rubrics (and cutting your workload too!") Mary Hennesey, Director of Institutional Effectiveness, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh Symphony B
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch:   Jimmy Stewart
12:30pm - 1:15pm General Session: Nuventive Product Direction Gary Choban, Chief Technology Officer, Nuventive Jimmy Stewart
1:25pm - 2:10pm Concurrent Session IV: "Introducing iWebfolio at West Virginia University" Chrys Dean, Academic Professional Instructional Designer, West Virginia University Symphony C
Concurrent Session IV: Preview of TracDat Ad Hoc Reporting Enhancements and their Application on Campus" Jason McElravy, Lead Software Architect and Dave Choban, Professional Services Director, Nuventive Symphony B
2:20pm - 3:50pm Hands-On Session II: "Maximizing White Space: Creating Attractive Content in iWebfolio" Royce Robertson, Former Assistant Professor of Education & Technology, Plymouth State University Symphony C
Hands-On Session II: "Open Topics: Curriculum Mapping, Reporting, Lessons Learned" Dave Choban, Professional Services Director Symphony B