CTL and AIT Workshop Schedule (January 2021)

Below you will find the current workshop calendar. Beginning the week of January 11th, the CTL is holding a Pedagogy-in-Practice Week and AIT is launching a Blackboard Training Camp. For ongoing self-paced courses and other faculty training programs, visit this page.

Pedagogy-in-Practice Week /CTL/

Course-Development Co-Working Session /CTL/

Join colleagues in this guided co-working session with a focus on aligning assignments and activities with course learning goals.

Tuesday, January 12
10:00–12 p.m.
Pre-Register here
Zoom Link

How-To Make Videos For Teaching /CTL/

A skills-focused workshop reviewing platforms, tools, techniques, and best practices for making videos for teaching. Will be recorded.

Tuesday, January 12
2–3 p.m.
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Zoom Link

Course-Development Co-Working Session /CTL/

Join colleagues in this guided co-working session with a focus on modularizing your courses, course site design, and developing weekly communication plan.

Wednesday, January 13
10:00–12 p.m.
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Zoom Link

Using Social Media for Teaching/CTL/

Explore ideas and ways to weave social media into your teaching (TikTok, Instagram, and beyond).

POSTPONED
New Date/Time TBA
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Zoom Link

Course-Development Co-Working Session /CTL/

Join colleagues in this guided co-working session with a focus on course policies, course design for fostering engagement, and planning ahead for grading & feedback.

Thursday, January 14
10:00–12 p.m.
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Zoom Link

Brown Bag Critical Conversation on Grading /CTL/

Join colleagues to discuss critical approaches to grading. We will share approaches and readings/resources and generate strategies.

Thursday, January 14
12:00–1:30 p.m.
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Zoom Link

Intro to Visualization Tools /CTL/

Consider tools and platforms like concept mapping, timelines, ARC-GIS Story Maps and other visualization tools.

Tuesday, January 19
2–3:00 p.m.
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Zoom Link

Blackboard Training Camp (January 11-22) /AIT/

A Tour of Blackboard /AIT/

Learn the basics of creating and developing a course on Blackboard, including setting up a materials delivery structure and personalizing course navigation.

Monday, January 11
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Blackboard interactive Tools (Basic) /AIT/

Know how to use Blackboard interactive tools such as Discussion Board, Blogs, Journals, and Wikis.

Tuesday, January 12
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Introduction to Assignment, SafeAssign and Turnitin Assignment /AIT/

Become familiar with the Blackboard plagiarism detection tools. Participants will learn how to create Assignment, SafeAssign, and Turnitin assignments for student submissions and how to view, grade, and manage them.

Thursday, January 14
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Blackboard Quizzes, Online Tests, Pools and Surveys (Basic) /AIT/

Learn how to create an automatic grading test and deploy it to their students, modify test questions, and update students' scores automatically. They will become familiar with the Survey tool to Gather insightful and valuable information from your students.

Friday, January 15
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Working with the Grade Center (Basic) /AIT/

Learn how to balance the grade center, access different grade center views, and export the grade center to Excel.

Tuesday, January 19
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Blackboard Evaluation Tools (Basic)/AIT/

Instructors will become familiar with the Blackboard evaluation tools and get easy access to students who need immediate attention with their assessments and other course activities.

Wednesday, January 20
1–2 p.m.
Blackboard Collaborate Guest Link

Blackboard Collaborate Basic /AIT/

During this session, instructors will explore the Blackboard web conferencing tool, learn how to conduct a live online session, and recording a session.