Center for Teaching & Learning

Ally assists instructors in building a more inclusive learning environment and improving the overall student experience by assessing the level of accessibility of all instructor-uploaded content in Brightspace. Ally also provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to content accessibility. In addition, Ally generates alternate formats to Brightspace course documents to meet different learner needs, abilities, and preferences.

Many disciplines use literature reviews, but this can be a challenging genre to master. In this workshop, we will discuss the purposes and uses of literature reviews, as well as tips for making the most out of them in your own projects.

Metacognition, or learning how to learn, is critical for students to develop to be successful in their academic lives. However, not all students enter college with an awareness of how to learn effectively. And strategies that once worked in high school could lead to frustration and surface-level learning now that the demands of the curriculum are greater. During this session, we'll share strategies that you can use in your teaching to support metacognitive development for all your students, thereby creating equitable learning environments. Many interventions are small (they may take 5 minutes of class time); other strategies may inspire you to rethink aspects of your curriculum design.

Unlock the doors to inclusive learning with this insightful gathering, dedicated to exploring the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guideline “Comprehension” and its versatile application across different teaching methods. Join us at the CTL (303 Howe Library)  to watch a webinar together and have a 30- minute discussion following the webinar. We hope to share and […]

Metacognition, or learning how to learn, is critical for students to develop to be successful in their academic lives. However, not all students enter college with an awareness of how to learn effectively. And strategies that once worked in high school could lead to frustration and surface-level learning now that the demands of the curriculum are greater. During this session, we'll share strategies that you can use in your teaching to support metacognitive development for all your students, thereby creating equitable learning environments. Many interventions are small (they may take 5 minutes of class time); other strategies may inspire you to rethink aspects of your curriculum design.

In this 5-session book group, we'll read “The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness” (Rhonda McGee, 2019), exploring mindfulness practices that encourage us "to pay attention to our thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations in an open, nonjudgmental way ... (in order to) increase our emotional resilience, recognize our own biases, and become less reactive when triggered".  

During this workshop, we’ll explore how you can use Release Conditions to create a custom learning path for your course materials in Brightspace. We’ll introduce Intelligent Agents, which can automatically send emails to students who meet course criteria you specify. Finally, we’ll share examples of how you can use Release Conditions and Intelligent Agents together to further customize learning paths and enable timely student communication.    

This workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics),  different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace's automated feedback tool - Intelligent Agents. We'll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if you are interested in learning how to set up your Grade Book, please view "Brightspace Grades."

What does good scientific writing look like? What are some best practices for scientific writing across different disciplines? This workshop will cover general best practices for scientific writing. We will discuss strategies for situating your work within larger scientific conversations and achieving clarity within your specialized fields.

Ally assists instructors in building a more inclusive learning environment and improving the overall student experience by assessing the level of accessibility of all instructor-uploaded content in Brightspace. Ally also provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to content accessibility. In addition, Ally generates alternate formats to Brightspace course documents to meet different learner needs, abilities, and preferences.

Autism Goes to College is a podcast series featuring the voices of neurodiverse students, sharing insights about how they experience college.  We will be listening to episode 9, “When Professors are Helpful, It Really Helps.” It's about how one student’s visits to office hours helped both her and her professor figure out strategies to address her initial struggles in a research and methods class. Cal State Fullerton student, Caroline, and childhood and adolescent development professor, JudelMay Enriquez, discuss their experience and ways that instructors can reach out to students on the spectrum.

This workshop provides an overview of strategies for grading student work and providing feedback. We’ll demonstrate tools to provide students feedback (inline grading, audio/video, rubrics),  different grading workflows, including Quick Eval, and a snapshot of Brightspace's automated feedback tool - Intelligent Agents. We'll also show how students can find their grades and feedback. Please note, if you are interested in learning how to set up your Grade Book, please view "Brightspace Grades."

Brightspace offers a flexible, intuitive interface for organizing and delivering course content. Thus, the move to Brightspace presents an opportunity to shift how we think about course design. During this workshop, we will highlight different approaches to structuring course materials in the Content area. We will cover some Content fundamentals as well as provide tips to guide you as you think about optimal ways to structure your course materials to create a cohesive experience for your students. 

This workshop covers a number of Brightspace basics for beginners, including creating announcements, adding a syllabus and a module, and setting up and grading assignments. We’ll demonstrate the useful student view account and how to make your course available to students.