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In this CTL Faculty Liaison's newsletter, you'll find information about August, 2020, CTL events and programs.
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Feeling anxious about preparing your fall courses in a new format? The Just-in-Time Course Design: A Faculty Learning Experience is a badged professional development opportunity for faculty interested in learning more about teaching online, in-person with physical distancing, or a mix of online and in-person as they prepare for Fall 2020. Participants will select from a variety of learning experiences which will be completed independently and include activities such as live and recorded webinars, online resources, readings, and application assignments in a Canvas site. Application assignments will require creating materials for their own courses and completing a reflection on their work.
IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne instructors interested in earning the Just-in-Time Course Design Badge and the associated $500 professional development funds are eligible to register for the experience. Participants may work through the learning experience at their own pace, but they must submit all materials by August 31, 2020. Click here to learn more and register for the experience.
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Wednesday, August 5 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jerry Daday and Presenters: Tyrone Freeman, Elizabeth Goering, David Pierce, and Zebulun Wood
Join a panel discussion exploring ways of structuring capstone experiences in virtual and hybrid formats. Four faculty members (Tyrone Freeman, David Pierce, Beth Goering, and Zeb Wood) from four different Schools at IUPUI will share what they learned last semester transitioning their capstone experiences to virtual/online formats. They will share what worked, and what didn’t, for themselves as instructors and for their students – and offer advice for faculty considering implementing a virtual or hybrid capstone experience for students this fall.
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Wednesday, August 5 | 10 - 10:45 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Matthew Callison, Carrie Hansel, and Christy Sparks
Looking for a way to build your Canvas course without starting from scratch? The IU Course Template for Canvas is now available to use in all Fall 2020 courses.
This optional template includes suggestions for how to use Modules, Syllabus, and other frequently-used Canvas tools to build your course in Canvas. During this workshop, plan to learn more about what the template offers you, how to apply the template to your course, and receive answers to your questions about how to individualize the template to your personal teaching style.
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Thursday, August 6 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jerry Daday and Presenters: Mercedes Cannon, Carolyn Gentle-Genitty, Suzann Lupton, Mary Price, and Wanda Thruston
Join a panel of faculty, staff and administrators as we overview policy considerations for experiential and community-based learning experiences this fall. Beyond the policies, we will explore situations and ways to respond that that align with university policy as well as how to integrate risk and safety considerations into the classroom as teachable moments.
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Thursday, August 6 | 2 - 2:45 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenter: Alice Zhao - IUPUI CyberLab Associate Director of R&D
Join this webinar to learn how to use CourseNetworking (CN Post) to add social discussion to your online class. The CN Post provides a very easy to use, Facebook like, student-driven discussion space for you and your students. Using the tool, students can freely talk to each other, share learning resources, and answer each other’s questions. CN Post can be a replacement or complement to the Canvas Discussions tool.
This webinar will show you how to set up CN Post in your Canvas course, facilitate student discussion, and easily track participation from both desktop and mobile devices.
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Thursday, August 6 | 2 - 2:45 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Matthew Callison, Carrie Hansel, and Christy Sparks
Looking for a way to build your Canvas course without starting from scratch? The IU Course Template for Canvas is now available to use in all Fall 2020 courses.
This optional template includes suggestions for how to use Modules, Syllabus, and other frequently-used Canvas tools to build your course in Canvas. During this workshop, plan to learn more about what the template offers you, how to apply the template to your course, and receive answers to your questions about how to individualize the template to your personal teaching style.
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Thursday, August 6 | 2 - 3 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jessica Alexander and Presenters: Jessica Alexander and Kimmaree Murday
Creating accessible course materials is critical to support all students, particularly those with visual or audio impairments. In this webinar, participants will be introduced to tools, resources, and best practices for developing accessible course materials.
This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching Foundations. Designed for new faculty, adjunct faculty, graduate students, and those looking for a refresher on good teaching practices, the webinars are short, with a brief presentation interspersed with opportunities for interaction and questions. Grounded in current research, the workshops address various teaching topics and provide participants with strategies and resources to make instruction more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Sessions are scheduled with the time of semester in mind, to keep topics relevant for faculty needs at that time.
This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Inclusive Teaching (I), Curriculum and Course Design (C)
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Tuesday, August 11 | 10 - 11:30 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Jerry Daday and Presenters: Tom Hahn and Morgan Studer
Critical Reflection is a key tenet of all High Impact Practices that, when designed well, allows students to make meaning of their experiences in light of particular frames of reference (e.g., a course concept, disciplinary knowledge, skill, or value). This process not only helps students deepen their knowledge but also provides an opportunity to document their learning. In our time together, we will discuss key design principles and a helpful reflective framework, offer tips on designing reflection for distance-learning, and provide you with a helpful way to utilize reflection products as a means of learning assessment.
This session is part of the Tips and Strategies to Promote Student Learning and Engagement During COVID-19 Professional Development Series sponsored by the Institute for Engaged Learning, IUPUI.
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Wednesday, August 12 | 10 - 11 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Anusha S. Rao and Presenters: Jessica Alexander and Anusha S Rao
A syllabus is often the first impression that students form of a course, and it serves both faculty and student as a guide to and contract for the semester. A well-designed and personalized syllabus can help faculty set the proper tone while simultaneously helping them avoid having to repeatedly answer basic student questions about expectations, policies, and deadlines. This webinar will offer tips and considerations for effective syllabus design and show examples of syllabi from various disciplines in face-to-face and online classes.
This webinar is part of the Center for Teaching and Learning’s online mini-workshop series focused on foundational teaching skills, Teaching@IUPUI. Designed for new faculty, adjunct faculty, graduate students, and those looking for a refresher on good teaching practices, the webinars are short, with a brief presentation interspersed with opportunities for interaction and questions. Grounded in current research, the workshops address various teaching topics and provide participants with strategies and resources to make instruction more effective, efficient, and enjoyable. Sessions are scheduled with the time of semester in mind, to keep topics relevant for faculty needs at that time.
This event aligns with the following IUSM Academy of Teaching Scholars program competencies: Curriculum and Course Design (C).
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Wednesday, August 12 | 2 - 3 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Amy Powell - IUPUI Executive Director of ePortfolio and Alice Zhao - IUPUI CyberLab Associate Director of R&D
This webinar will introduce the newly created “ePortfolio at IUPUI” Canvas Expand site full of ready-to-use ePortfolio activities, guides, and assignment templates. Designed to be user-friendly, flexible, and available to all IUPUI instructors, each resource can be used as-is or modified to support the learning goals of your program, course, and curriculum.
The IUPUI CyberLab team will give you an in-depth look into the CourseNetworking (CN) ePortfolio platform. Whether you are teaching with ePortfolio in a single course or are incorporating ePortfolio into your degree program or co-curricular program, you will find helpful information and resources through this session to implement ePortfolio, and there will be plenty of time to ask questions.
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Friday, August 14 | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Douglas Jerolimov and Presenters: Douglas Jerolimov and Jeani Young
This workshop introduces faculty and staff to the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and to the QM Process. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized quality assurance organization for online course design, and the QM Process is a faculty-led peer review process that uses the research-based standards (criteria) of the QM Rubric to certify online courses. Eventually, many online courses within the IU system will undergo the QM Process with the goal of achieving national QM recognition. Faculty may also use the QM Rubric as a guide to design online courses. And, for faculty who are interested, this course serves as a pre-requisite for QM's Peer Reviewer Course, which is a required course for faculty who seek certification as a QM Peer Reviewer, allowing them to participate in QM course reviews for courses created here at IU and at other universities.
The workshop is offered at IUPUI as a one-day synchronous Zoom workshop from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.with a one hour break for lunch. To receive the QM certificate of completion for this workshop, participants must be present for and participate in the entire workshop.
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Friday, August 14 | 11 - 11:45 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenter: Alice Zhao - IUPUI CyberLab Associate Director of R&D
Join this webinar to learn how to use CourseNetworking (CN Post) to add social discussion to your online class. The CN Post provides a very easy to use, Facebook like, student-driven discussion space for you and your students. Using the tool, students can freely talk to each other, share learning resources, and answer each other’s questions. CN Post can be a replacement or complement to the Canvas Discussions tool.
This webinar will show you how to set up CN Post in your Canvas course, facilitate student discussion, and easily track participation from both desktop and mobile devices.
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Thursday, August 20 | 10 - 11 a.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizer: Randy Newbrough and Presenters: Amy Powell, Amy Powell - IUPUI Executive Director of ePortfolio, and Alice Zhao - IUPUI CyberLab Associate Director of R&D
This webinar will introduce the newly created “ePortfolio at IUPUI” Canvas Expand site full of ready-to-use ePortfolio activities, guides, and assignment templates. Designed to be user-friendly, flexible, and available to all IUPUI instructors, each resource can be used as-is or modified to support the learning goals of your program, course, and curriculum.
The IUPUI CyberLab team will give you an in-depth look into the CourseNetworking (CN) ePortfolio platform. Whether you are teaching with ePortfolio in a single course or are incorporating ePortfolio into your degree program or co-curricular program, you will find helpful information and resources through this session to implement ePortfolio, and there will be plenty of time to ask questions.
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Thursday, August 20 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. | Online - Zoom
Register » Organizers: Anusha S. Rao and Jessica Alexander and Presenters: Faculty and Graduate Students
New graduate student teaching assistants (TA) for the 2020 - 2021 academic year are invited to participate in the 2020 IUPUI TA Orientation to learn more about their new position and develop strategies to confidently and effectively interact with faculty and undergraduate students. The virtual Zoom sessions is scheduled for Thursday, August 20, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and the online Canvas course will be available from Monday, August 3. Successful participation includes attending the virtual Zoom sessions and completing the online Canvas course.
For more information about the orientation, please visit the 2020 TA Orientation website.
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