1. A brief tour of the NSSE Psychometric Portfolio (09:56)

Date:
2012-10-11
Summary:
This short pre-recorded webinar addresses the organization and contents of the NSSE Psychometric Portfolio. Examples of content areas, types of reports, and report templates are presented. Potential changes for the portfolio, to correspond with the NSSE 2013 survey updates, are also discussed.

2. A message from Garcia (20:56)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of 'The Cavalcade of America' television series episode, "A Message From Garcia", which originally aired January 18th, 1955 on ABC-TV. This film dramatizes the exploits and heroism of US Military 1st Lt. Andrew Rowan in Cuba, on the eve of the Spanish-American War. Braving a journey with rebels through the Cuban jungles, risking capture and execution by Spanish troops, Lt. Rowan joined General Calixto García, commander of the rebel forces in eastern Cuba, to assess the strength, efficiency, movements and general military situation. This information, reported by Lt. Rowan, enabled an American troops landing almost entirely without casualties, to join in the liberation of their Cuban allies. Lt. Rowan returns home with a strange message from Garcia.

3. A time to grow : the Louisiana Territory (20:31)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of an episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 2, episode 6), "A Time to Grow", which aired November 3, 1953 on ABC-TV. This historical drama recreates the circumstances leading up to the 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory by Robert Livingston and James Monroe, American Commissioners to Paris, for 15 million dollars. An offer to purchase the Port of New Orleans from France is opposed by Joseph Bonaparte and Maurice Talleyrand. Napoleon later orders Talleyrand to sell the entire Louisiana Territory. But Talleyrand, in an attempt to prevent the transfer of the territory from French control, sets a price he believed the American Commissioners could not possibly accept.

18. Crisis in Paris : Franklin's diplomatic mission (18:41)

Date:
1967
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Crisis in Paris" (season 4, episode 8), which first aired November 29th, 1955 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the strategy used by Benjamin Franklin, head of the American Congressional Commission, sent to France to enlist French support for the American cause during the American Revolution. Although French aid is at first denied, Franklin maintains cordial, diplomatic relations. Illustrates Franklin concealing an unacceptable British proposal for ending the Revolution from French Prime Minister Compte Charles de Vergennes and records Vergennes reopening negotiations with Franklin's commission and granting the much-needed French aid.

19. Dad explains about people (07:20)

Date:
1947
Summary:
An excerpt from "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947) produced and copyrighted by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. A widowed father tries to explain anti-Jewish prejudice to his young, precocious son.

20. David Copperfield : the boy (42:01)

Date:
1935
Summary:
Abridged from the first half of the feature film based on Dickens' novel. Includes his infancy, his visit to the seaside with Peggotty, his difficulties in his stepfather's home, his experiences in London, the trip to Dover, and the pleasant relationships at his aunt's home. Closes with his leaving for school.

21. G for Goldberger (22:15)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "G for Goldberger" (season 2, episode 14), which first aired January 12, 1954 on ABC-TV. Dramatizes the scientific method employed by Dr. Joseph Goldberger of the United States Health Service to discover a cure for pellagra. After a tour of stricken areas of the South in 1915, Dr. Goldberger conceives and proves his hypothesis that pellagra is the result of a dietary deficiency.

35. Man of glass (26:27)

Date:
1954
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a "Cavalcade of America" television series episode, "Man of Glass" (season 2, episode 16), which originally aired January 26th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Traces the history of German-born immigrant Henry William Stiegel from his immigration to Pennsylvania, rising from an industrious worker in an iron foundry, to success as the head of a large glass factory. Describes Stiegel's realization, following his financial ruin, that material success did not make him superior to other men, but that his greatness lay in the beauty of the glassware which he created.

36. Mightier than the sword : Zenger and freedom of the press (21:29)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Mightier Than The Sword" (season 1, episode 13) which originally aired on March 18th, 1953 on NBC-TV. This pre-Revolutionary War drama focuses on the 1734 court case in which Royal Governor William Cosby of New York charged John Peter Zenger with libel because he printed the truth about corruption in Cosby's administration. The outcome of this trial established the principle of freedom of the press. The film shows Cosby arresting Zenger and disbarring James Alexander, Zenger's lawyer, on trumped-up charges. Travelling to Philadelphia, Alexander persuades Alexander Hamilton, one of the oldest and most respected attorneys in all the provinces, to take Zenger's case. Hamilton convinces the jury that publishing the truth is not libelous, resulting in Zenger's acquittal and establishing a precedent in American jurisprudence which would be adopted as a principle of law in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution 57 years later when the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791.

42. One nation indivisible : Horace Greeley, editor (19:04)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "One Nation Indivisible" (season 2, episode 12), which aired on December 22, 1953 on ABC-TV. In the latter half of nineteenth century, the editor of the Tribune newspaper, Horace Greeley, influenced by a conversation with President Lincoln, changes his views regarding Jefferson Davis and proceeds, with some risk to his career, to conduct a successful crusade to free the ex-Confederate president from prison.

43. Ordeal in Burma (26:11)

Date:
1954
Summary:
An episode of the DuPont sponsored Cavalcade of America television series (season 3, episode 7), which first aired November 30th, 1954 on ABC-TV. The story of Ann and Adoniram Judson, American missionaries, whose determination to return love and understanding for hatred enables them to spare their persecutors the ravages of a smallpox epidemic and to serve as mediators who restore peace between Great Britain and Burma in 1824.

44. Osmosis (19:47)

Date:
1948
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a Motion Picture Association of America short film. A high school student, who is having difficulty understanding the textbook explanation of osmosis, discusses the problem with his detective friend. They go to a police laboratory. There a technician demonstrates osmotic pressure and clarifies the student's questions. This film addresses the following concepts: 1) Cells receive air and liquid through cell walls and tissues; 2) cells release waste products as liquids and gasses through the tissues; 3) diffusion of molecules of salt with molecules of water; diffusion through a membrane, or osmosis.

45. Riddle of the seas : Matthew Fontaine Maury, oceanographer (21:17)

Date:
1973
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Riddle of the Seas" (season 2, episode 24), which originally aired April 6, 1954 on ABC-TV. Relates the mid-nineteenth century story of the life work of Matthew Fontaine Maury, founder of the United States Weather Bureau, who advanced and proved his revolutionary theory that the paths of the sea--winds, currents, and temperature--could be accurately predicted and charted. The teaching objectives included are: to introduce the study of weather and related field of oceanography and meteorology; to illustrate scientific methods of research; to demonstrate the practical applications of reflective thinking; to inspire interest in the work and the character of a significant American scientist.

48. Skipper's lady : duty first (21:20)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Skipper's Lady" (season 2, episode 31), which originally aired on June 8th, 1954 on ABC-TV. Based on an historical incident, the film dramatizes the courage and skill of a captain's wife who was forced to assume command of a clipper ship sailing from New York to San Francisco in 1840 with the annual government allotment of supplies for the Native Americans of California and Oregon.

49. Slater's dream : Slater's cotton spinner (21:25)

Date:
unknown/unknown
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "Slater's Dream" (season 1, episode 17), which originally aired May 13th, 1953 on NBC-TV. Samuel Slater, a young Englishman, came to America in 1790, struggling to reconstruct from memory the cotton spinner, the plan of which England guarded to insure a monopoly on cotton manufacture. Unable to reconstruct the English machine, Slater perfects his own spinner and introduces a new industry to the United States.

53. Star and shield (26:32)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians release of a DuPont Cavalcade Theatre television series episode, "Star and Shield" (season 4, episode 14), which first aired January 24, 1956 on ABC-TV. The film demonstrates the social responsibilities of police officers in a story about a warmhearted patrolman in Union City, New Jersey, who attempts to secure an apartment in a low-cost housing project for an embittered old lady and her five-year-old granddaughter.

56. The indomitable blacksmith : Thomas Davenport (20:54)

Date:
1953
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Indomitable Blacksmith: Thomas Davenport" (season 1, episode 14), which originally aired April 1st, 1953 on NBC-TV. Dramatizes blacksmith Thomas Davenport's discovery in the 1830's of the principal behind the electric motor, and his efforts to develop a practical, working model. Professor William Henry, a leading scientist of Harvard University and first director of the Smithsonian, recognizes the genius of Davenport's invention and assists him in obtaining financial backing to perfect it. Industrialists of the period, committed to steam power, remained unconvinced of the potential of Davenport's invention.

58. The rescue of Dr. Beanes : Francis Scott Key and Star Spangled Banner (21:16)

Date:
1955
Summary:
Teaching Film Custodians abridged classroom version of a Cavalcade of America television series episode, "The Rescue of Dr. Beanes" (season 3, episode 26), which first aired June 21, 1955 on ABC-TV. Francis Scott Key seeks out the British flagship on Chesapeake bay and argues successfully for the release of Dr. William Beanes, a civilian who had been taken prisoner following the burning of Washington (August 24, 1814). Obliged by Admiral Cochran to remain with the fleet until the British have attached Fort McHenry, Key's experience in witnessing from shipboard the American resistance to the bombardment inspires him to write the verses that have become our National Anthem.

74. Indexing repositories: pitfalls and best practices (1:06:15)

Date:
2015-06-10
Main contributors:
Acharya, Anurag
Summary:
Featured talk by Anurag Acharya, Distinguished Engineer, Google, at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana.

75. A conversation with the director: If it isn't broken, make it better! (1:02:42)

Date:
2014-09-26
Main contributors:
Alexander C. McCormick
Summary:
Join NSSE Director Alex McCormick in this conversational webinar to discuss the recent update to the survey and questions from participating campuses including: 1. Why did you change the survey? Are more changes planned? 2. Why did you replace the NSSE benchmarks and how do I make comparisons between past NSSE and updated NSSE results? 3. How can I use NSSE results at the school or department/program level? 4. How can smaller schools get the most out of NSSE? Alex will also share his views about emerging accountability demands and current issues in assessing educational quality. He is especially interested in hearing and responding to user questions and concerns. Please tell us what's on your mind and submit your questions via the webinar registration form. Questions can also be raised during the webinar via the chat feature, but we encourage advance submissions.

76. The transparency-accountability puzzle: Where does NSSE fit? (1:03:59)

Date:
2008-11-18
Main contributors:
Alexander C. McCormick
Summary:
This webinar overviews the National Survey of Student Engagement's (NSSE) role in helping institutions be accountable and transparent to their stakeholders. It also discusses how NSSE data can be used for institutional improvement.

78. Student engagement in the professions (56:11)

Date:
2011-06-21
Main contributors:
Alexander C. McCormick, Allison BrckaLorenz
Summary:
This webinar explores patterns of student engagement in business, education, engineering, and health professions, using data from NSSE 2010. The analyses focus on NSSE's benchmarks of effective educational practice and selected high-impact practices. The presentation also illustrates how NSSE's new Major Field Report can be used for similar comparative analyses at the institutional level.

79. Taking Action: Using NSSE for Institutional Improvement (57:00)

Date:
2018-05-15
Main contributors:
Alexander C. McCormick, Jillian Kinzie
Summary:
More than 1,600 institutions have used NSSE to collect important information about the quality of the undergraduate experience. NSSE provides actionable data through refined measures, easy to use reports, and online reporting. But NSSE was never just about data-gathering-it was created to stimulate improvement. Yet institutional action in response to NSSE results remains an ongoing challenge. This session highlights the most recent report of field-tested lessons from about two dozen institutions that have taken advantage of updated NSSE results to catalyze change on campus to address the question: What facilitates institutional action?

80. Strategies for More Inclusive Data Sharing and Analysis (47:15)

Date:
2018-10-30
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz
Summary:
Using evidence to inform institutional improvement efforts is essential for our work, but the ways that we analyze and interpret that evidence is key. This webinar will provide tips to consider for more inclusive data sharing and analysis as it is important to be conscious of the ways our work may perpetuate problematic and limited understandings of already marginalized groups. Whether you are preparing reports for internal stakeholders or conducting research to share externally, we hope these strategies allow us all to be more attentive to the ways we engage in this work.

81. Tableau, Psychometrics, and Content Summaries, Oh My! FSSE Tools and Resources (22:22)

Date:
2018-02-15
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz
Summary:
FSSE recently released a variety of new resources for using FSSE data and learning more about how faculty contribute to the undergraduate experience. This webinar will give an overview of these resources, and provide examples on how these tools can be used to learn more about faculty who teach undergraduates. Included in the new resources are a new interactive data visualization tool using Tableau, studies of FSSE's validity and reliability, and documents designed to give an informational overview of the content areas covered on FSSE.

82. Beginning to look within: NSSE reports by major field (31:42)

Date:
2010-10-05
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz, Amber Dumford
Summary:
In 2009, NSSE introduced new reports based on students' academic major. This webinar contains an overview of the four different types of NSSE reports by major field category including information about the creation of the reports as well as advice on using and interpreting the reports. Information will also be presented about how you can further customize your own reports such as with CIP codes or academic major grouping on your campus.

83. Adding Context to NSSE with FSSE (47:38)

Date:
2016-01-12
Main contributors:
Allison Brckalorenz, Bridget Yuhas
Summary:
This webinar will review how to use FSSE with NSSE results to compare student and faculty perspectives, to search for reasons for high or low student results, and to develop strategies to increase student engagement.

84. FSSE Overview: Basics, Administration, Reporting, and Resources (28:46)

Date:
2015-08-07
Main contributors:
Allison Brckalorenz, Bridget Yuhas
Summary:
This webinar provides past, current, and future Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (FSSE) participating institutions information about the FSSE project, administration processes, data files and reporting, and online FSSE resources. Webinar participants will learn about what to expect from a FSSE administration and how FSSE can be used to add context to a NSSE administration.

85. Digging deeper: Advanced use - Multi-year analysis (57:25)

Date:
2009-04-28
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz, Robert M. Gonyea
Summary:
Session focuses on the importance of identifying specific questions for analysis, methods using in analysis of multiple years of data, data quality, changes in NSSE items over time, and merging multi-year data.

86. Examining Engagement for Small Populations (39:51)

Date:
2017-03-09
Main contributors:
Allison BrckaLorenz, Sarah Hurtado
Summary:
Quantitative and survey research depends heavily on large sample sizes, but there are a variety of reasons why larger sample sizes may not be possible. In this webinar, FSSE and NSSE staff will discuss common challenges associated with assessing the experiences of small populations and explore possible solutions for those working toward improving the experiences of small populations. Participants will also learn about methods for communicating the validity and data quality from small sample sizes. The approaches presented in this webinar are applicable to NSSE, FSSE, and BCSSE data, and we encourage participants to submit any specific questions or topics you have when you register.

87. An explanation of NSSE weights (40:20)

Date:
2012-11-01
Main contributors:
Amber Dumford
Summary:
This webinar covers the broad topics of what weights are and how to calculate them. In addition, it explores the NSSE weighting process, when and how to use NSSE weights, and the process for creating your own weights for subgroups (such as a particular major) when needed.

88. Digging deeper: Core concepts (46:46)

Date:
2009-04-07
Main contributors:
Amber Dumford, Julie Williams
Summary:
This introduction to NSSE data includes topics such as how to dissect your NSSE data file in SPSS, assess data quality, identify student sub-groups, and highlights useful NSSE resources.

89. In Studio With Ralph Gilbert (07:33)

Date:
2021
Main contributors:
American Muralist Ralph Gilbert
Summary:
A short interview with American Muralist Ralph Gilbert is captured in his studio. Gilbert describes his work to complete his commission by Indiana University to create an inspirational cycle of murals as a visual highlight of the Lilly Library 2020-2021 full-scale renovation. Gilbert is a figurative, narrative painter, draughtsman and muralist with a studio in Atlanta, Georgia. He studied at the Chouinard Art Institute (now the California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles and received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. In 2005 Gilbert was awarded the Edwin Austin Abbey Memorial Fund Fellowship in mural painting at the National Academy of Design in New York. This video was produced by Ben Bowden Lee of Kennesaw, GA

90. Celebrating the Lilly Library Murals (10:15)

Date:
2021-08
Main contributors:
American Muralist Ralph Gilbert and Joel Silver, Director of the Lilly Library
Summary:
In this video created by IU Studios, the Director of the Lilly LIbrary, Joel Silver, sits in the Reading Room with muralist Ralph Gilbert to discuss the recently installed cycle of murals. The murals in the Reading Room were the visual highlight of the 2020-2021 full-scale renovation of the Lilly Library. The video uses footage and remarks from the Lilly Library Rededication Ceremony, which was held on June 18, 2021. It features comments made at this event by Michael A. McRobbie, President of Indiana University at the time of the Rededication. Footage is also included from the studio of Ralph Gilbert in Atlanta Georgia.

92. Overview of NSSE's Academic Advising Topical Module (31:12)

Date:
2016-05-23
Main contributors:
Amy Ribera
Summary:
This pre-recorded webinar provides an overview of NSSE's most popular topical module-Academic Advising module. Learn about the item set and ways you can explore the data by relating it to student engagement and your own institutional data. The webinar will also highlight reports provided back to participants and helpful online resources for dissemination.

93. Using NSSE and FSSE to explore deep approaches to learning (15:51)

Date:
2012-11-14
Main contributors:
Amy Ribera
Summary:
This prerecorded webinar helps users construct the DAL scale and subscales using NSSE and FSSE data. It also provides a general overview of the concept as well as identifies areas where assessing DAL may be helpful for institutional improvement.

94. Increase dissemination and discussion of results: Introducing the NSSE Data User's Guide (57:25)

Date:
2014-12-18
Main contributors:
Amy Ribera, Cindy Cogswell
Summary:
Join NSSE staff members, Amy and Cindy, in this interactive webinar to discuss strategies for increasing dissemination and discussion of survey results. This webinar will present the updated NSSE Data User's Guide as a tool that can be adapted and customized for different audiences and campus groups. The webinar will include interactive activities, so make sure to have a printed copy of the User's Guide nearby! During this one-hour session, attendees will practice using the User's Guide with their campus data. In the box below, please list questions or topics you would like to have addressed in the webinar or barriers you have encountered when sharing NSSE data with different audiences. Additional questions can be raised via the chat feature during the webinar.

96. Metadata enrichment (24x7) (16:59)

Date:
2015-06-10
Main contributors:
Anderson, Steven Carl, English, Eben
Summary:
Short 24x7 presentation at Open Repositories 2015 (OR2015), the 10th International Conference on Open Repositories, Indianapolis, Indiana, in session P5A: Building the Perfect Repository.

97. An Overview of the NSSE Summary Tables (10:25)

Date:
2019-02-21
Main contributors:
Angie L. Miller
Summary:
This short webinar provides an overview of the Summary Tables page of the NSSE website. The various types of tables (frequencies, means, Engagement Indicator, and HIP) are explained, as well as the selected subgroups (sex, related-major category, and Carnegie classification). Additional information on Topical Modules, profiles, Canadian results, and archived information is also presented.

98. Senior Transitions Topical Module: Findings from 3 Years of Research (19:17)

Date:
2018-02-02
Main contributors:
Angie L. Miller
Summary:
This webinar provides a summary of recent research findings from the Senior Transitions Topical Module data, ranging from high-impact practices and career plans to disciplinary differences and exposure to creative coursework. Resources for new users to the module, as well as descriptions of some Institutional Report features are also included.

99. Tips for NSSE System Participation (23:36)

Date:
2016-08-26
Main contributors:
Angie L. Miller
Summary:
This webinar provides information on some basics of NSSE system participation. There are also tips for system coordinators to consider before survey administration, as well as utilizing their reports and data file, which can optimize their NSSE results.

100. New Senior Transitions Topical Module (28:18)

Date:
2015-10-29
Main contributors:
Angie L. Miller, Amber Dumford
Summary:
Do you have data from the new Senior Transitions Topical Module? Interested in administering these items in the future? NSSE Analysts Angie Miller and Amber Dumford offer some insights on this popular 2015 module during this pre-recorded webinar. They provide a background on the rationale and development of the module, an in-depth look at the content, and highlight some intriguing findings from the aggregate data. Several suggestions for looking at data on your own campus are included as well, to help you get the most from customizing your NSSE participation with this valuable Topical Module.