CTL Happenings - Message #357

If so, we’d like to hear from you!  One of the most frequently requested enhancements for Canvas is a better tool for tracking and grading class attendance. UITS is currently investigating options for building a new attendance tool or licensing a vended product that integrates with Canvas. Your input will help to shape the direction of this project. START SURVEY

The Center for Teaching and Learning and the Graduate Office will conduct the 2017 IUPUI TA Orientation on Thursday, August 17 from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. at the IT Building. Graduate students anticipating to be first-time teaching assistants in Fall 2017 or Spring 2018 are encouraged to register for and attend the TA Orientation. Attendees will learn more about IUPUI policies and procedures and be equipped with basic tools and strategies to successfully start their teaching responsibilities at IUPUI. Click here to view the schedule and register for the 2017 IUPUI TA Orientation.

The QM 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.

In-person QM workshops will be offered on the following dates.  Each workshop will be from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  To register for an event or for more information, click on the dates listed below.

Note:  Participants must be present for and participate in the entire workshop to receive QM certificate.

This webinar is provided by IU Top Hat representative, Sarah Hammond, in partnership with IT Training.

After a university-wide pilot, Top Hat has been selected as Indiana University’s new student response system. TurningPoint Cloud will continue to be available for Spring and Summer 2017 terms, but will no longer be supported in Fall 2017.

Top Hat is an interactive, cloud-based teaching platform that enables instructors to engage students both inside and outside the classroom with compelling content and activities.

Note to Instructors: Prior to this session, please prepare by taking the steps below:

1. Review this provided Top Hat Overview page
2. Create your account by following the steps on this provided Indiana University - Single Sign-On Account Setup page

If questions, please contact Sarah Hammond (sarah.hammond@tophatmonocle.com)

What you'll learn:

• Use Top Hat to take attendance
• Use Top Hat to ask interactive questions with automated grading
• Use Top Hat to facilitate open-ended discussions and activities
• Use Top Hat's seamless integration with Canvas to update Top Hat rosters and send Top Hat grades to the Canvas gradebook

Note:  This workshop is also scheduled for the following dates:

•Thursday, July 6, 2017, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

• Monday, July 10, 2017, 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

•Sign up for a CIRTL network account to enroll in upcoming CIRTL cross-network courses, workshops, and events.

• Level Up: Designing a Game-Based Learning Environment will be offered on Tuesday, June 27, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. In this online workshop, attendees will learn about various elements of game design that can help engage and motivate students such as collaboration, autonomy, purpose, competition, feedback, and scaffolding. Click here to register for this workshop.

Making Academic Change Happen is an interactive, participant-focused workshop to explore the processes and approaches necessary to introduce, promote and implement innovative programs.

This COLLABORATIVE retreat will help you communicate your good work, garner support for your academic ideas, and provide tools to make an impact on your program, school, and campus!

Bring a team! Build solutions!  Workshop facilitators are from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.  

For more information, contact Kate Thedwall, kthedwal@iupui.edu 

Several members of the Unizin consortium, including Indiana University, conducted a faculty needs assessment study in order to identify the perceptions, needs, and desires of faculty for teaching, research, and collaboration in a Unizin consortium. The survey was administered online and stayed open between March 27 and April 18 of 2017. Eighty-six faculty across all IU campuses completed the survey. An IU-specific report for the Unizin Needs Assessment study is now available.

Blumenstyk, G. (2017, June 20). Students’ rising expectations pose challenge to online programs. Chronicle of Higher Education. http://tinyurl.com/ycwzkhws