CTL Happenings - Message #499

This annual half-day symposium fosters a culture of scholarly teaching and supports the scholarship of teaching and learning. It provides faculty with a venue to share their promising teaching practices and for disseminating results of scholarly teaching interventions. This year’s symposium will introduce the IUPUI Scholarly Teaching Taxonomy and feature ten-minute virtual presentations by faculty on what they learned about teaching and learning since the pandemic began and 15-minute virtual poster presentations by 2019 Curriculum Enhancement Grant Scholars. Learn more and register for the symposium

Hybrid attendance feature in Top Hat: Assist IU with contact tracing
The Top Hat attendance tool now features a simple new tool that can help with contact tracing. When students enter their attendance code in Top Hat, they are also asked if they are attending in person or not. This information is visible to instructors in the Top Hat gradebook, but more importantly, it can be provided to contact tracers at IU in the event that someone tests positive for COVID-19 and was present in a classroom. This feature is now available on the iOS and Android apps. Students will need to update to the latest version of the Top Hat app to record their attendance method. To enable this feature in your Top Hat course, see Take attendance in hybrid courses with Top Hat at IU.

Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor available on Chromebooks at IU
IU is participating in a beta version of Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor that supports Chromebooks. Students will need to install a Chrome extension in order to access and use the beta version, which has been successfully tested by UITS. Note that to enable Chromebook support, instructors must edit the settings for each individual test. For more information, see Administer tests and quizzes using Respondus Monitor with LockDown Browser.

Promoting academic integrity has been challenging during the pandemic, particularly for courses that have online assessments. Although online proctoring and lockdown browsers are able to mitigate cases of academic misconduct, the use of these technologies promote inequity and are not foolproof. Websites such as Chegg, Course Hero, and Courserank, which were developed to support student learning, have become widely known for facilitating academic misconduct by providing exam and homework solutions and writing support for students. It can be difficult, time consuming, and expensive to monitor these websites and track students’ usage of tutoring resources and solutions. Therefore, it is critical that we design courses to minimize incidents of academic misconduct and know how to identify and report suspected cases of academic misconduct. We recommend the following practices and resources that can help you promote academic integrity in your online assessments:

• Discuss the importance of academic integrity with your students. You can have your students enroll in the Learning with Integrity Canvas course to help facilitate this discussion. Be transparent and provide a rationale about your course policies, particularly for collaboration, use of notes and online websites for exams, etc. Build reasonable flexibility into late and make-up assignment policies.
• Use best practices for designing quizzes and exams in Canvas, writing multiple-choice questions, and developing assessments using the Transparency in Learning and Teaching framework.
• Be familiar with resources and policies provided by online websites such as Chegg to identify and remove any course materials that have been posted and investigate suspected cases of academic misconduct.

Faculty who seek to refine and promote their teaching efforts may document their work through the development of a teaching portfolio, a site where faculty engage in reflective practice to measure the effectiveness of, and to refine, their teaching practices. This webinar introduces faculty to the teaching portfolio and to the several interrelated tasks that yield the teaching portfolio's elements: developing a teaching philosophy, identifying specific teaching practices to explore, document, and to improve, situating an identified teaching practices in an appropriate context, and collecting and evaluating evidence of teaching and learning.

Teaching and learning during the pandemic poses unprecedented challenges, including the possibility for disruptions—whether you are teaching in-person, synchronously on Zoom, or completely asynchronously online. This webinar will present various scenarios of disruptions and recommendations to prevent and manage them in different teaching modes.

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 address the 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.

Good assessment practices include checking students’ learning on a regular basis during the learning experience. They provide faculty with feedback on what, how much, and how well their students are learning. Instructors can use this feedback to modify their teaching to improve student learning. It helps students reflect on their learning and identify gaps in their knowledge. In this webinar, participants will learn the difference between formative and summative assessment as well as how to implement formative assessment techniques in different teaching contexts and disciplines. Questions and discussion will be encouraged.

Join colleagues for Digital Coffee Hours on the Fourth Monday Series sponsored by LEAP Indiana and hosted by colleagues from around the state who will share a brief presentation on a particular topic and then facilitate a discussion about that topic. 

Interested in a way to build your Canvas course without starting from scratch? The IU Course Template for Canvas is now available to use in all Spring 2021 courses. During this webinar, offered by eLearning Design and Services in collaboration with the IU campus teaching and learning centers, you will 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 and class format.

The Spring 2021 template provides structure and guidance for well-designed Modules, Syllabus, Homepage, and other frequently-used Canvas tools. The template even allows you to give previous Canvas course content a make-over. 

Continue to build your Canvas expertise; register for a follow-up webinar to learn more about Streamlining your Canvas Course with Modules. 

Join CIRTL at IUPUI to Build Your Resume and More... 

Presenters from across the country share their expertise on teaching and learning topics to prepare graduate students and postdocs for future faculty careers. Sign up for a free CIRTL network account to participate in CIRTL cross-network Fall 2020 workshops, courses, and events. CIRTL events and programs provide you the opportunity to network and build connections with graduate students, postdocs, and faculty across the CIRTL network, which currently has over 41 member institutions from the US and Canada, including IUPUI.

IUPUI’s CIRTLCast series on High-Impact Practices: Register now!

As a CIRTL member, IUPUI is offering a four-part webinar series on engaging students through high-impact practices. This CIRTLCast series will showcase several ways in which future faculty in all disciplines, levels and roles can embed and assess high-impact educational practices into curricular experiences. Participants will explore the features and benefits of a high-impact practice curricular experience, including global learning and engagement, undergraduate research, and ePortfolios. Learn more and register.

Sign Up for Writing Groups is Now Open

Each semester, the Faculty Forum offers writing groups that provide encouragement, accountability, and a sense of community for faculty and staff. This fall, there are three ways to participate: 

Hybrid Writing Group  Participants will meet in person or on Zoom for two hours each week. In the first 30 minutes of the meeting, participants will discuss a writing-related topic. In the remaining 90 minutes, they will sit quietly and write. 

Online Writing Group Participants will meet on Zoom for two hours each week.  In the first 30 minutes of the meeting, participants will discuss a writing - related topic.  In the remaining 90 minutes, they will sit quietly and write.

At Your Pace  Participants in the at-your-pace writing groups will record their time spend writing in an online spreadsheet that is shared with the other writers. In addition, participants will receive a weekly email sharing a concise reading on a writerly topic. 

The online writing group session will start on Tuesday, September 29 and the hybrid group session will start on Friday, October 2. Membership is open to IUPUI, IUPUC, and IU Fort Wayne faculty and staff of all ranks, appointments, and disciplines. For more information and registration: https://facultycrossing.iupui.edu/WritingGroups, or contact faccross@iupui.edu. 

Join the Forum Fellows at the Crossing for a Virtual Happy Hour 
Please join Forum Fellows Aimee Zoeller and Darrell Nickolson on Friday, October 9 from 3:00 - 4:00 for a Virtual Happy Hour. Escape from day - to- day obligations and connect with your colleagues with the beverage of your choice and from the comfort of your home. We will chat all things non-work; our favorite activities for staying well mentally, physically, and socially, during the pandemic and challenges, too. Please reserve your spot and receive the Zoom link by emailing faccross@iupui.edu 

As we head into the election season, a number of resources are available to promote voter registration and voting across the campus. These include a Canvas module, a voting guide and the opportunity to have Civic Engagement Assistants present to your class. Read more about these resources here. 

An extravaganza of Affordable Content Options for Faculty hosted by UITS Learning Technologies and the libraries at IU!

Remember the excitement of the school book fair? Circling your favorites in the flyer, counting out your change for shopping, coming home with books and cool erasers…those were the days.

Now faculty can relive the fun at the virtual Scholars Book Fair coming to IU on Wednesday, October 7, 2020.

During this virtual, drop-in "fair," you'll have the opportunity to meet with your choice of experts representing 10 different affordable content options that can make your course materials more accessible and affordable to all your students, including: 
• Digital teaching repositories 
• IU eTexts and digital learning tools 
• IU Press resources 
• Library resources: reading lists, research guides, archives and collections 
• Open Educational Resources (OERs) 
• Pressbooks and their interactive content 
• Video streaming services 
• Virtual reality and 3D printing

When: Wednesday, October 7, 11 am-2 pm ET, Drop in anytime!
Where: Zoom 
Register here. Details will be sent via email with your RSVP confirmation.

(1) The 2020 FALCON  will be hosted online on October 24. The 25^th annual conference will feature sessions that address how student success is impacted by our ability as faculty to establish an understanding of campus culture, develop corresponding curriculum and establish a strong sense of community (belonging). Further information on registration and schedule will be announced soon. 

(2) The Mack Center Fellowship Application deadline for completed proposals is November 30. This year, we are particularly interested in proposals focused on teaching in virtual environments, including the full range of synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid virtual/ face-to-face formats. Projects investigating traditional classes will also be considered. More information or become a fellow.  

(3) The deadline for FACET/Mack Center SoTL Travel Grants for travel to present SoTL research in the Spring 2021 is December 1. Grants are for allowable costs as delineated by IU Travel Management up to $750, faculty are encouraged to combine this funding with other sources. Due to COVID-19, funds can be used towards virtual event registration. More information and application.

Program Review and Assessment Committee is now accepting proposals for PRAC Grants. Projects which address the IUPUI's Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success or investigate teaching, learning, assessment and/or adaptations associated with the COVID19 learning environment are of special interests.  

• Up to $5,000 awarded for each grant
• Easy Application: Submit grant proposals by e-mail (attach a Microsoft Word file only)
• A New Competition Each Semester

Some Proposal Details:
• Support Letter – Please ask your Chair or Dean to submit by the deadline a letter of support, separate from the proposal, to Linda Houser (lhouser@iupui.edu).
• Simple Budget - A detailed budget is not necessary. Nevertheless, please include a brief paragraph/details indicating how you intend to spend the grant money.
• No timeline required. Work should be finished in one (1) year after the award and a final report submitted within 30 days after completion of the work proposed.

All proposals should be submitted to Linda Houser (lhouser@iupui.edu) and Stephen Hundley (shundley@iupui.edu) by the fall 2020 deadline of Monday, October 26, at 5:00 p.m. or by the spring 2021 deadline of Monday February 15 at 5:00 p.m. To learn more information on the proposal details and examples of past funded grants

Marion County Evictions May Reach 34,000 or More in 2020

Indiana lost 436,000 jobs between February and April, driving the unemployment rate from 3.1% to 17.5%. While the state gained back 217,000 jobs by June, unemployment remained extremely high at 11.2%. Additional unemployment insurance payments and moratoriums on evictions have softened the impact of this economic crisis, but those supports and protections have since expired. An increase in unemployment claims could drive the eviction rate from seven percent in 2016 to 20 percent in 2020, and informal evictions may be twice that. Learn more

Upcoming SAVI Data Literacy Skills Training: SAVI data literacy training empowers you to find, use, and understand data. Classes are as follows:

• Tell Stories with Data | Oct. 1, 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon  Register 
• Create and Use Survey Data | Oct. 15, 10:00 a.m. - 12 noon  Register
• Create and Use Focus Group Data | Oct. 28, 10:00 a.m.- 12 noon Register

The SEA Change Institute will be hosting it's fifth, short online learning events with the authors of Talking about Leaving Revisited. Each event will focus on specific implications of TALR, and the authors of will provide an overview of their findings and answer questions from participants. Registration for the TALR events is open to all who are interested – SEA Change Membership is not required to participate in this SEA Change Institute offering.
Please follow the link below for to register for this event.  

Webinar 5: Dimensions of STEM persistence
Tuesday, October 27, 2020, 11:00 a.m. -12:15 p.m. EST

The 2020 STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute Seed Grants Request for Proposals submission deadline is October 1, 2020.

https://seiri.iupui.edu/doc/ssg/2020_SSG_RFP_July2020.pdf

The STEM Education Innovation and Research Institute (SEIRI) at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) is pleased to announce the 2020 SEIRI Seed Grant (SSG) competition. The goal of this competition is to facilitate and support STEM education innovation and research at IUPUI. Specifically, this opportunity provides faculty members in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) departments with funding to develop, implement, and evaluate the impact of pedagogical innovations across multiple IUPUI STEM courses.

As a long-term goal, this grant is intended to enable faculty competitiveness for external funding with agencies such as the National Science Foundation (NSF), Spencer Foundation, and the National Institute for Health (NIH), or other internal funding such as the IUCRG. As such, we strongly encourage that interested STEM faculty partner with an educational research or design expert within fields related to the learning sciences, such as (but not limited to) IUPUI's Department of Psychology or School of Education.

How do we change undergraduate STEM education to meet the needs of students, science, and society in 2040 and beyond?  Join a diverse group of innovators on November 12, 13, and 19, 2020 at the Symposium on Imagining the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education, hosted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and funded by the National Science Foundation. For more information and to register. 

Wright, M. (2020, September 7). Effective teaching is anti-racist teaching. Tomorrow’s Professor, 1812. Can classrooms be sites for social transformation? This article poses this question and answers it affirmatively with five key starting points of anti-racist classrooms.