Kurt: It was a lot of paper, a lot of organization, and a lot of writing.

But since all the juries are at the end of the quarter there was at least two to three weeks that would go between when they sang their jury and actually got their comments.ĭonna: Sometimes you would perform which you wouldn't see the feedback until a month after you performed. Then when we did the juries themselves every faculty member had to find that piece of paper for the student that was singing, and then write while they were singing and then at the end of the juries all those papers were collected and collated by the graduate assistants and then given back to the teachers who then at the next lesson, talked to the student about the comments. And we heard roughly 60 to 70 juries per quarter. Then when the juries actually happened the graduate assistants then made copies of the jury sheets and there needed to be seven copies for every single student. Kurt: You filled out the jury forms with the selections that you were going to sing. Kurt: Where you signed up for the time that you wanted, and you also signed up for your accompanist.ĭonna: You submitted your sheet of what you were going to perform and they would have to make copies for nine different faculty members that are going to be grading your jury, so they have nine different copies. The old process was you did a physical sign up on a door. Kelly: Donna, Kurt and Joseph told me how they used to manage juries in the School of Music.ĭonna: In any given year you have roughly 50 students that need to give a performance - kind of like a final exam - a jury.

I'm a second year Master's student and I've been here for six of the last seven years as both an undergraduate student and a graduate student.

Kelly: And we also talked with a grad student. Kurt: I'm the coordinator for voice and opera in the School of Music. Kelly: As well as Kurt Hansen, a senior lecturer and coordinator. I am the coordinator for graduate services and financial aid and I kind of am the one-stop-shop. I talked with Donna Su, an administrator at Bienen who has been embracing technology throughout her career.ĭonna: My name is Donna Wang Su and I work here at the Bienen School of Music here at Northwestern. Kelly: In this episode, we’ll talk about an innovative use of Canvas at the Bienen School of Music to manage what they call “voice juries”. I'm Kelly Roark, a Faculty Support Specialist with Teaching & Learning Technologies at Northwestern University, and your guest host. Welcome to another episode of the Northwestern Digital Learning Podcast where each month we highlight an example of innovative teaching and learning across campus.

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