Faculty are welcome to self-enroll in these CTL courses:
Modules for Teaching Online and Learning Brightspace from the Student Perspective.
Events Calendar
But I’m Not a Writing Teacher! – Teaching Writing in Your Discipline
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop explores principles for infusing writing in disciplinary courses. Starting with some basic principles for understanding the role of writing in participants’ disciplines, we’ll look at how disciplinary courses can support student writers by creating opportunities for connections and practice—all with an eye on sustainable workloads for students and teachers alike. The workshop will allow participants to apply core principles to their own teaching situation.
Blackboard: Introduction (Canceled)
Microsoft TeamsIn this Blackboard workshop, we'll introduce its basic functions and show how to post materials in an organized manner, modify the Course Menu, use some of the communication tools, view the course as a student, set up student small groups, and find help and resources.
Mental Health First Aid for Higher Education—Sept 23rd and Oct 1st (Registration Closed)
RemoteFaculty are often the first to recognize indicators of students’ mental distress and want to support their students, but they do not feel prepared to do so. Faculty are not mental health providers, but they can be better equipped to support struggling students.
The Center for Health & Wellbeing is partnering with the Center for Teaching and Learning to
present this training, Mental Health First Aid for Higher Education, specifically to faculty and graduate students.
Audio Commenting: A Faster and More Engaging Way to Respond to Student Work
Microsoft TeamsJoin colleagues to learn how audio comments can increase clarity of instructor responses, reduce student stress, and improve grading and responding in remote environments. Our conversation will help you to fine-tune your approach to feedback and commenting so that you get the results you want. We will demonstrate creating audio comments in Blackboard and other software.
Demystifying Microsoft OneDrive
In this workshop we'll clarify what Microsoft OneDrive is, the benefits of using it, and the differences between it and Sharepoint or Teams. We'll give some tips about how you can use it to efficiently share files, including with students in Blackboard, and how it can free up space on your computer.
Teaching in Higher Education
Microsoft TeamsIn this workshop we will help you reflect on your teaching and share current research on teaching practices such as Kuh's High Impact Practices and Universal Design for Learning.
Inclusive Teaching: Helping Students Reach your Course Goals
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop is designed to help participants think about how to reduce barriers to student learning by using inclusive teaching. Participants will leave the workshop with ideas that will help increase reflection, engagement, and participation from all students in a course.
Time-Saving Tips for Responding to Writing
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop explores ways you can tweak your approaches to grading and responding to written student work. With an eye to reducing your stress and workload while increasing clarity and effectiveness, we'll explore a variety of practical grading tips.
Time-Saving Tips for Responding to Writing
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop explores ways you can tweak your approaches to grading and responding to written student work. With an eye to reducing your stress and workload while increasing clarity and effectiveness, we'll explore a variety of practical grading tips.
iClickers
Microsoft TeamsIn this workshop, we discuss how teaching with iClicker (Student Response System) can enhance student engagement and understanding, especially in large enrollment courses. Faculty can now use the iClicker app to poll students and get instant feedback on whether students understand concepts presented during lecture and in pre-class readings.
How Are You Doing? – Connecting with Colleagues
Microsoft TeamsAn important constant during 20 months of pandemic turmoil has been the critical role of connecting with colleagues when navigating stress, burnout, grief, unanswerable questions, and increased workloads. We invite you to check-in with us and each other, in an informal, supportive conversation about the unique challenges of managing another pandemic semester.
How Are You Doing? – Connecting with Colleagues
Microsoft TeamsAn important constant during 20 months of pandemic turmoil has been the critical role of connecting with colleagues when navigating stress, burnout, grief, unanswerable questions, and increased workloads. We invite you to check-in with us and each other, in an informal, supportive conversation about the unique challenges of managing another pandemic semester.
Rubrics 101 with a Blackboard Tool Demo
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop explores principles for making rubrics that work and will guide participants in determining whether rubrics are the right solution to the grading or responding challenges they want to address. We will also demonstrate integrating your rubrics into the Blackboard Rubric Tool.
Grad Student Edition: How Are You Doing? – Connecting with Colleagues
Microsoft TeamsAn important constant during 20 months of pandemic turmoil has been the critical role of connecting with colleagues when navigating stress, burnout, grief, unanswerable questions, and increased workloads. We invite grad students to check-in with us and each other, in an informal, supportive conversation about the unique challenges of managing another pandemic semester. We'll attend holistically to each others’ diverse needs by sharing strategies, listening empathetically, and more.
Rubrics 101 with a Blackboard Tool Demo
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop explores principles for making rubrics that work and will guide participants in determining whether rubrics are the right solution to the grading or responding challenges they want to address. We will also demonstrate integrating your rubrics into the Blackboard Rubric Tool.
iClickers
Microsoft TeamsIn this workshop, we discuss how teaching with iClicker (Student Response System) can enhance student engagement and understanding, especially in large enrollment courses. Faculty can now use the iClicker app to poll students and get instant feedback on whether students understand concepts presented during lecture and in pre-class readings.
Responding to Final Writing Projects
Microsoft TeamsWhen students no longer have a next assignment to complete, and when their work will no longer be revised, how can you use your responding time effectively to the benefit of both you and your students? Join colleagues to talk about adjusting your response strategies for the particular context of the semester’s end.
Blackboard Grade Center
Microsoft TeamsThis workshop will show you how to set up the Blackboard Grade Center to make it work for you and keep students informed about their current grades. We’ll also show you how to verify its weighted grade calculations and how to troubleshoot problems. The Grade Center is essentially a spreadsheet that can be customized to […]
Faculty Roundtable: Considering Tests and Exams
RemoteHow has the experience of moving all or most instruction online—and then back in person—affected the ways you think about testing and exams?
In this session, we’ll explore ways that online testing can play a role in in-person classes—and the ways that pandemic experiences have led some instructors to re-conceive their approaches to testing.
iClicker Student Response System: Engaging Your Students in Their Own Learning
Microsoft TeamsIn this workshop, we discuss how teaching with iClicker (Student Response System) can enhance student engagement and understanding, especially in large enrollment courses. Faculty can now use the iClicker app to poll students and get instant feedback on whether students understand concepts presented during lecture and in pre-class readings.