Annual Report

Photo of OCIP group l-r Tracy Appling, Paul Mulvey, Amanda Edwards and Cheryl Block.

Mar 2, 2018

OCIP Creates Culture of Quality Assurance

The Online Course Improvement Program (OCIP) pilot began in January 2018 to help a group of dedicated faculty members restructure their online courses to meet the nationally recognized standards of Quality Matters. The group will have the first online courses certified for quality at NC State.

The Wolfpack Wellness Navigation Map features six locations around campus with Talley Student Union being the home for Wolfpack Wellness. The progress bar (right) shows personal progress toward reaching recommended wellness goals.

Jan 31, 2018

Wolfpack Wellness 101: Creating a Thriving Pack

DELTA teamed up with staff from NC State Dining and University Recreation to create the Wolfpack Wellness 101 module, an interactive resource for incoming students to learn about health and wellness. The project will add to NC State’s focus of student’s overall well-being.

The locate a proctor map shows proctor locations across the world.

Jan 29, 2018

A Work in Progress: Locate a Proctor Map

DELTA Testing Services recently updated their pre-approved remote proctor map to now include 662 different proctor locations. This helps students locate nearby proctors with ease, speeding up the approval process.

Screenshot of DELTA Annual Report front page

Jan 5, 2018

2016–2017 DELTA Annual Report Now Available Online

This year’s Annual Report provides examples of how the units in DELTA work together to improve the user experience for both students and faculty.

Dec 18, 2017

The UNC CAUSE Conference: Connecting People and Technology Across the UNC System

The annual UNC CAUSE conference features a variety of tracks and sessions to encourage technology leverage and information exchange among participants from the UNC system.

Oct 31, 2017

Online and Distance Education Focuses on Quality, Student Success

With 95 programs and just under 20,000 students, NC State’s Online and Distance Education unit is continuing to grow and expand. Since its beginning under the leadership of Associate Vice Provost Rebecca Swanson, the unit has grown its services and offerings with a continued focus on quality and student success.

Photo of Arthur Earnest, Betty Black and Hal Heatwole at Merchants Millpond for BIO 181.

Oct 27, 2017

Exploring Immersive Experiences in Biodiversity

After wrapping up three video shoots at different locations across North Carolina, DELTA’s project team shared their experiences as well as the future vision of immersive experience and story-based learning in 360° environments.

Sep 29, 2017

Finance and Business Office Supports DELTA and More

While housed in DELTA, the Finance and Business office has a hand in each unit of Academic Outreach and Entrepreneurship. This past year, the Finance and Business office modified staff job functions to better align duties within the team which included internal training to distribute responsibilities.

Sep 26, 2017

Five Tips from Quality Matters

The Instructional Technology Training Team in DELTA participated in an online training course delivered by Quality Matters (QM) on Applying the Quality Matters Rubric. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized program that assists in guiding faculty through the process of creating a high-quality online course.

Screenshot of the Canine GI tract overview from the web tool created for ANS 590

Sep 20, 2017

A Work in Progress: Animal Nutrition for Companion Pets

DELTA worked with Teaching Assistant Professor Kimberly Ange-van Heugten on a Distance Education Course Grant to create a new course focused on animal nutrition for canines and felines. Students will use the various deliverables from DELTA to create a simulation of a specialized cat or dog food for their final project.