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DELTA’s Planning and Assessment Team Positively Impacts Student Success

Annual Report 2017-2018

2018 Pride of the Wolfpack Recipients pictured with Senior Vice Provost Tom Miller. Back row left to right: Shawn Colvin, Jonathan Champ, Tremayne Grimes and Tom Miller. Front row left to right: Leisa Bolles, Charlene Pettiway, Allie Giro, Angela Hallman and Yan Shen.

Nov 2, 2018

2018 Pride of the Wolfpack Award Recipients

Eight DELTA staff members were honored with the Pride of the Wolfpack Award at a staff meeting Oct. 4, 2018. The award recognizes staff members who go above and beyond and make a special or unique contribution to their unit or university as a whole.

Jen Pettit reviews WolfWare wireframes as part of the WolfWare redesign and usability project. Printouts of wireframes are seen on the walls of DELTA offices.

Sep 10, 2018

DELTA Prepares to Redesign WolfWare for Usability

As part of DELTA’s strategic goals, we strive to leverage learning technologies to increase student success as well as to increase collaboration and transparency with our services. In the 2017-2018 fiscal year, DELTA worked on a usability and redesign project for WolfWare to enhance the learning management system used campus-wide.

Jerry Miksch, David Tredwell, Dan Deter and Daniel Davis discuss a conflict situation at the Agile sessions at DELTA.

Aug 16, 2018

Agile at DELTA: Communication is Key

For the second year, a team of DELTA staff attended the Agile2017 conference in Orlando, Florida, where they experienced a variety of sessions on the Agile philosophy, communication, collaboration, leadership and more. The group returned to DELTA and led a series of workshops for all staff to attend.

Screenshot of the H5P documentation.

Aug 10, 2018

DELTA Adds Documentation Resources

This year, the DELTA communications team made a concerted effort to create documentation for a variety of technologies and processes. Check out this first-person account from Kane Martin, who served as a technical writing intern and contributed to a variety of documentation projects.

An instructor using Top Hat in his course. He is standing at front of large classroom using a Tablet. Students have cellphones in hand.

Aug 3, 2018

Top Hat Gains Traction at NC State

It’s been one year since NC State acquired a campus license for Top Hat, allowing faculty and students to use it at no cost. We caught up with a few instructors to hear their stories of successfully implementing Top Hat and how the use of this interactive classroom tool is benefiting their teaching as well as student learning.
Mike Cuales (left) and Arthur Earnest (right) examine the Matterport virtual scans.

Aug 2, 2018

A Work in Progress: Streamlining Feed Mill Studies

A team of DELTA staff members are working with Adam Fahrenholz and Marissa Herchler on a blended learning grant to enhance the student learning experience in Feed Manufacturing Technology. The team is exploring Matterport to create a virtual tour of NC State’s teaching mill and updating a main assignment.

A screenshot of the low-poly environment with realistic textures.

Jun 8, 2018

A Work in Progress: Immersive VR Environment for LAR 457

As part of an exploratory grant project for a landscape architecture course, Postdoctoral Research Scholar Muntazar Monsur and Teaching Assistant Professor Carla Delcambre are working with a team of dedicated DELTA staff members to create an immersive, 3D environment that students can explore using virtual reality headsets.
Photo of a student checking in on a computer to the Centennial Campus Test Center for an exam.

May 31, 2018

DELTA Testing Services Administers Record Number of Exams

During spring 2018 final exams, DELTA Testing Services proctored 8,865 exams in just eight days. For the entire 2017-2018 year, a record 84,578 exams were administered. As a National College Testing Association Certified Test Center, DELTA Testing Services operates under the highest standards and procedures.

Students in classroom.

May 1, 2018

WolfWare Outreach Offers a Variety of Non-Credit Opportunities

Wondering just how programs, organizations, departments and instructors from across the university are using WolfWare Outreach? We explore three types of WolfWare Outreach offerings from the Department of Horticultural Sciences, the Intensive English Program, and Industry Expansion Solutions.

Apr 30, 2018

DELTA’s Planning and Assessment Team Positively Impacts Student Success

DELTA's Planning and Assessment team makes a broad impact across DELTA and the university. With a focus on Online and Distance Education programs, student and faculty support, DELTA Grants projects and research, the planning and assessment team works to make data-driven decisions for promoting student success.