CTL Happenings - Message #486

Keep Teaching Online!

Moving from teaching face-to-face to teaching remotely in a short period of time can be challenging. Here are some resources to help.

Keep Teaching Website

The Center for Teaching and Learning recommends that you begin by going to the keepteaching.iu.edu website. The website includes suggestions of what to think about first, strategies for accomplishing various instructional tasks online, guides for using instructional technology tools, and other resources.

Keep Teaching Webinars

Keep Teaching webinars designed to help you quickly move online may also be helpful. The webinars include topics such as Zoom for Instructors, Recording and Sharing Video using Kaltura, and Canvas Modules and Assignments. The complete list of webinars can be found here.

Faculty-to-Faculty Support

Our friends in FACET have provided a list of your faculty colleagues who are experienced in teaching online and willing to lend you a hand. If you or a group of colleagues want to get in touch with one of these volunteers, contact us in the CTL and we can arrange a meeting

Individual Consultations

If you would rather work individually with a consultant, the Center for Teaching and Learning will remain open virtually, but not physically. Submit a consultation request to schedule a phone or Zoom appointment.

Contact CTL

Please feel free to contact the CTL at (317) 274-1300 or thectl@iupui.edu for any other questions you may have.

Continuing Community Engaged Teaching During COVID-19 

While you, our community, and our campus continue to work through the evolving nature of the impacts of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), we in the Center for Service and Learning (CSL) want to provide  guidance for how to plan for community engaged work and teaching for the rest of this semester. Please see Resources for Supporting Community Engaged Teaching During COVID-19 for more information or reach out to the CSL faculty development team with any questions you may have or to set up a virtual consultation. Contact Mary Price at price6@iupui.edu or Morgan Studer at mohughes@iupui.edu.  

As we transition to online teaching for the rest of the semester, our students may also be finding themselves in a new learning environment. When you contact your students to provide updates and generally check in during this time, please share this informational resource that will help them get familiar with various online tools that could help them complete course requirements successfully.

Keep Learning is a self-enrolling online course on IU Expand that features information for students about the most commonly used technological tools in online courses, including options for attending lectures, completing assignments, taking tests and quizzes, and collaborating in groups. Encourage students to ask questions about the changes you will make to your course and consider their feedback as you pivot to effective online instruction.

Join this webinar to learn how to use Zoom to provide your students with short recordings, hold online office hours, and record meetings. IU faculty, staff, and students can use Zoom, a video conferencing and online collaboration tool to host meetings that anyone can join. In this webinar, you will learn how to access your account, schedule, manage and record meetings. 

Are you wondering how to give your exams and major assessments? We will discuss strategies and options for assessing student learning online for different disciplines, including STEM, foreign language, and others.

In this webinar you will learn:

• Strategies and options for handling exams and assessments online
• Tools for managing media submissions including images, presentations, problem-solving demos, and audio/video recordings
• Canvas Quiz strategies for meaningful, automatically graded exams
• Strategies and tool settings to promote ethical online test-taking

If you have been using CN (Course Networking) Post for social discussions but have experienced issues or have questions, this session is a time to get help.  The CN team is also looking forward to any feedback you want to share.  If you are interested in knowing more about CN Post, you are also welcome to join this session.  You may stop by the Zoom room any time during the time period.

This session is also given on the following date and time: April 10, 2:00 - 2:45 p.m.

As IUPUI continues the process of reviewing general education courses, course coordinators or faculty responsible for preparing course dossiers for review may have questions about the information and materials that need to go into the dossiers. This webinar will provide an overview of the course review process, course dossier requirements, and the rubric that will be used to review the course dossiers. It will also introduce a new option for preparing a simplified course dossier based on using a Mile Marker assignment. Examples from existing course dossiers will be incorporated into the webinar. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

While it's always good to have a well-organized course, it is even more important when you are not meeting with your students each week to remind them where things are and what they are to do in what order. Setting up your Canvas site in a clear and easily usable manner can go a long way toward guiding students to what they are looking for and reducing student frustration and confusion.

In this webinar, we will be looking at some basic web usability principles and how you can easily apply them to your Canvas course site in your navigation, home page, and modules.

Want to improve your online or hybrid course? Join us at one of the workshops below to learn how to evaluate your course using the Quality Matters (QM) rubric—get some quick ideas to improve your course and also learn the QM process of continuous improvement! To register for an event or for more information, click on one of the dates listed below. 

August 14, Friday 
December 18, Friday

The workshops listed above are held at UL 1130 (University Library), 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Are you a graduate student or a postdoc looking for new teaching strategies or getting ready to apply for faculty positions? The Center for Teaching and Learning is offering a series of webinars for graduate students and postdocs on various topics of teaching and learning and the academic job search. Click here to learn more about the topics and register.

Drafting your diversity statements: Workshop for graduate students and postdocs
Tuesday, April 7, Online - Zoom
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register here

Teaching Portfolio Guide for Graduate Students and Postdocs
Tuesday, April 14, Online - Zoom
11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Register here

Preparing and Delivering a Teaching Demonstration
Thursday, April 16, Online - Zoom
1:30 – 3 p.m.
Register here

Join nationally recognized experts in online teaching and learning for a series of virtual discussions on best practices in online teaching to ensure quality online instruction for student success. Confirmed experts include: Flower Darby, Kevin Gannon, April Mondy, Viji Sathy, Alyson Snowe, Michael Wesch and others.

Webinar topics, dates, and times: 

• Welcoming Students to your Online Environment, Thurs., April 2, 2020, 2:00 p.m. ET, (register here)
• Managing your Online Presence, Mon., April 6, 2:00 p.m. ET 
• Organizing your Online Courses,   Thurs., April 9, 2:00 p.m. ET 
• Planning & Facilitating Quality Discussions, Tues., April 14, 2:00 p.m. ET 
• Recording Effective Micro-lectures, Friday, April 17, 2:00 p.m. ET 
• Engaging Students in Readings and Micro-lectures, Mon. April 20, 2:00 p.m. ET.

These one-hour, live webinars will include Q&A with participants and will be recorded and hosted by ACUE. Additional open educational resources to support effective online teaching are being offered in conjunction with OpenStax. Implementation resources related to each topic are available from ACUE's Online Teaching Toolkit.

Webinar Registration and Resources (add this hyperlink: https://acue.org/webinars/?utm_source=ACUE+Community&utm_campaign=7ceb0a49f5-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_27_04_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b39ffec948-7ceb0a49f5-63416269

Curious about teaching online? Looking for tips to make your online classes more engaging? Join us for “Continuing the Conversation”, a webinar series that continues conversations begun during the IU Online Conference. The series features faculty across IU campuses and disciplines who share their experiences as online instructors.

The next in the webinar series, Student - Student Interaction  is Friday, April 17, 2020 from 12 – 1:00 p.m., EST.  The series features Lynn Jettpace, MA.

Click here to learn more and to register for this webinar or others in the series.

Save the Date: Tuesday May 19, 2020, there will be a day-long (9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) training workshop at IU Bloomington (open to faculty and graduate students) on using Reacting to the Past role-playing games in the classroom. Cost is $40/faculty and $20/graduate students (includes breakfast, lunch, and parking).

Registration will open soon. Sponsored by the PACE Institute for Role-Immersive Teaching and Learning and IU Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning. For more information, contact Carl Weinberg at crweinbe@indiana.edu. Visit here for more information and tentative schedule. 

Teaching for Student Success: An Evidence-Based Approach is a new module series developed in response to President McRobbie’s call for supporting excellence in teaching and learning at IU. 

Created expressly for IU faculty, by members of the IU faculty, this professional development series provides a framework for education grounded in empirical research, combined with opportunities to document evidence-based practices
Module topics include:

1. Course Design
2. Assessment
3. Science of learning
4. Active and interactive learning
5. High-impact practices
6. Creating positive first impressions 

To learn more about the module series click here.

Greene, J. (2020, March 17). Keep calm and keep teaching. Inside Higher Ed. 

This article highlights many human and technology solutions to the challenges instructors and students are facing as we shift suddenly to remote instruction. Consider these strategies to make a smooth transition that is supportive and productive for all involved.