Help Students Connect Learning to Their Future
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Join the fourth Career Competencies Faculty Learning Community and help students connect coursework to career success. Faculty teaching 100- and 200-level courses receive peer support, practical resources, and a stipend. Applications open Thursday, October 1 and close Sunday, October 25.
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Interactive Activities in Canvas Content with Top Hat—Tomorrow, October 1
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Do you have instructional materials in Canvas Pages? Learn how to add your content to Top Hat and integrate it with your Canvas course for anytime, anywhere interaction—no clickers or apps needed.
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From Prompt to Practice: A Framework for Transparent GenAI Use in Higher Education
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As generative AI becomes increasingly woven into teaching and course development, you may be asking: How transparent should I be about its use? This article offers actionable guidance for documenting AI-assisted work while fostering trust, accountability, and academic integrity. Explore strategies you can apply to your own teaching, course design, and scholarly work.
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Don't Wait: Order Winter and Spring 2027 eTexts and Tools Today
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Discover if your favorite materials are available through IU eTexts. The ordering window has been extended to better accommodate planning needs.
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Observe. Reflect. Grow—Join the Peer Observation of Teaching Faculty Leaning Community
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The Center for Teaching and Learning, Faculty Academy on Excellence in Teaching, and the Institute for Engaged Learning invite you to join this two-semester faculty learning community where you will learn effective peer observation practices, exchange meaningful feedback with a colleague, and gain new insights into your own teaching through reciprocal observation and reflections. Applications now open!
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AI Innovation Hub Open Office Hours—Upcoming Webinars Starting Friday, October 2
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Have an AI idea, project, or challenge at IU? Drop by the Academic & AI Innovation office hours to chat with AI experts—all in one room! Know a faculty member with an AI question you can’t answer? Feel free to pass along the link!
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Program Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Mapping—Wednesday, October 21 and Thursday, October 22
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Join nationally recognized assessment expert Kate McConnell for a hands-on 1.5-day workshop focused on curriculum mapping and program improvement. Bring your program goals and leave with concrete progress on aligning learning outcomes, curriculum, and assessment. Register now to reserve an individual consultation on day two. Lunch included on day one.
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Navigating Faculty Life: Lunch Conversations
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Navigating Faculty Life: Lunch Conversations is a three-part online series for faculty interested in candid, practical conversations about the less visible dimensions of academic life. Through faculty perspectives, reflection, and peer discussion, the series explores professional visibility and reputation, shaping the next chapter of a faculty career, and navigating feedback, expectations, and career decisions. Faculty across career stages are welcome to attend one session or join the full series.
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Open Educational Resource Development Grants—Applications Due Monday, November 2
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Have an idea for making your course materials more affordable and accessible for your students? Open Educational Resource (OER) Development Grants are available. Instructors can receive up to $6,000 in OER grant funds to create or adapt an open educational resource.
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Thursday, October 8 • 1–2:30 p.m. • Online - Zoom
Organizer: Thomas Longshore and Presenters: Terence Govender and Thomas Longshore |
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New to Generative AI (GenAI) or looking to strengthen your understanding of responsible GenAI use? This interactive session will introduce key GenAI concepts, including IU policy, hallucinations, bias, and accountability.
You’ll also gain hands-on experience with prompting strategies through guided examples and dedicated work time using IU-approved GenAI tools. Whether you're just getting started or looking to build a stronger foundation, this session will provide practical skills you can immediately apply to teaching and learning.
Part 1 serves as the foundation for Part 2 of the series, where we'll explore creating custom GenAI assistants.
Register today to build your GenAI literacy, strengthen your prompting skills, and prepare for more advanced AI applications in your teaching.
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Monday, October 12 • 12:30–1 p.m. • Online - Zoom
Organizer: Kelly Scholl and Presenter: Justin Hodgson |
| What should assignments look like when students have access to generative AI? Explore practical ways to clarify and strengthen existing assignments, design assessments that preserve essential learning without AI, and create new approaches that intentionally incorporate AI while keeping the focus on student learning. |
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Tuesday, October 13 • 1–2 p.m. • Online - Zoom
Organizer: Lesli Amaya and Presenters: Lesli Amaya and Boyun Kim |
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This is a webinar designed to help TAs reflect on their first semester in the role and connect with peers across different TA roles. We will cover common challenges from the first weeks of teaching, how orientation strategies have played out in practice, and ways to keep applying what you learned going forward.
At the end of this webinar, you will be able to…
- Reflect on early teaching or grading experiences from your first semester as a TA.
- Identify strategies from orientation that you have applied, and where you've run into challenges.
- Connect with TAs in other roles to exchange approaches and support.
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Wednesday, October 14 • 12:30–1:30 p.m. • Online - Zoom
Organizer: IT Training and Presenter: Tom Mason |
| The default Copilot experience is the tip of the iceberg. With an upgrade license, you can pick which model handles your task, deploy agents inside specific apps, and connect Copilot to your own document libraries for grounded, accurate responses. Requires Copilot upgrade license. |
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Monday, October 19 • 12:30–1 p.m. • Online - Zoom
Organizer: Kelly Scholl and Presenter: Justin Hodgson |
| Make assessment criteria work harder for you and your students. See how AI can help you build a rubric aligned with your assignments and learning outcomes, evaluate and improve an existing rubric, and help students use your criteria to get meaningful feedback on their work before they submit it. |
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