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Engaging Your Students on the First Day of Class
What we do on the first day of class matters for how the rest of the semester unfolds. It is an opportunity to introduce yourself and your course design, provide students with a glimpse of your teaching style, and communicate your expectations. This session will explore ways to make you and your students feel at […]
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Using Perusall to Encourage Deeper Engagement with Course Materials
Perusall is a social annotation tool that works within Canvas to enable students to comment on and discuss class readings, images, videos, and podcasts. In this session, we’ll consider different strategies for using Perusall to get students to come to class prepared, to discuss course material with one another, and to share their ideas and […]
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Keeping Students On Track With Canvas
This session will explore using Canvas to help students understand what they should be doing (and when they should be doing it) so they can stay on track in your class. We’ll share strategies for making your Canvas site easy for students to navigate, different methods for using Canvas to communicate with students, and how […]
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Encouraging Students to Attend Class
Being in class together is valuable for student learning, but after the pandemic instructors have reported that students are coming to class less and that by mid-semester as many as half the students in lectures are not coming. This session will explore ways to help students see the value of class, set expectations for why […]
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Using Canvas to Support Group Work and Projects
In this session, we’ll explore different strategies for helping students connect, communicate and collaborate as they work on projects in groups – making use of tools like Canvas Groups, Canvas Collaborations, group assignments, and group discussions. We will also review methods to track the progress of groups and individuals in those groups so you know who […]
Teaching at Liberal Arts Colleges
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Computer & Information Science department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. After you register the Zoom link will be sent to you. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Teaching Your First Course After Graduate School
Although many students have the opportunity to be a teaching assistant (TA) during their graduate school careers, their responsibilities as TAs may significantly differ from those as an instructor record. Teaching a course for the first time can come with new challenges including designing a syllabus, picking a textbook and determining how it should be […]
Using Turnitin to Promote Academic Integrity and Better Use of Sources
In this session, CETLI staff will explore ways to make use of Turnitin, a tool designed to reduce student plagiarism. Turnitin might be able to detect the use of AI-assisted writing such as ChatGPT, but that is not established. The discussion will focus on ways instructors can use Turnitin to help in identifying possible instances […]
Introduction to Ed Discussion: A Tool for Online Communication and Peer Support
This academic year, Ed Discussion has replaced Piazza as a University-supported tool for online Q&A and threaded discussion among students, instructors, and TAs. Ed Discussion can be added to Canvas or used as a standalone tool to promote communication, collaboration, and problem-solving in order to help students better understand course materials. In this session, CETLI […]
Effective Grading and Feedback in Canvas
In this workshop, we will explore ways to use Canvas to efficiently grade students’ work and give feedback. We’ll look at ways to set up Canvas assignments, grading tools, and the gradebook to fit your needs, including ways to provide students with immediate feedback on low-stakes assignments, to automatically weight and drop grades, and to […]
Building a Welcoming and Accessible Canvas Site
The organization of your Canvas site can set a welcoming tone for your students and help students to find the information and resources they need to stay on track in your course. In this session we will discuss ways to set up your Canvas site to promote positive interactions with students and guide them through […]
Building a Welcoming and Accessible Canvas Site
The organization of your Canvas site can set a welcoming tone for your students and help students to find the information and resources they need to stay on track in your course. In this session we will discuss ways to set up your Canvas site to promote positive interactions with students and guide them through […]
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Integrating Creative Play as a Multimodal Learning Strategy: Building Equitable Assessments
This workshop frames assessment as a collaborative space for students to establish writing goals and receive individual feedback and accountability by staggering strategic check-ins throughout the semester. It asks instructors to consider how assessment operates as a creative tool for revealing observations, conflicts, surprises, and what delights us. It asks students to claim a stake […]
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Setting Expectations to Encourage Student Attendance and Engagement
Over the past year, faculty have reported many students disengaging and not coming to class. This conversation will give faculty a chance to discuss how to address this issue from the start of the semester by helping students to understand what is expected of them as students in the course and to know that coming […]
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Using Poll Everywhere for Active and Engaged Learning
Instructors can use Poll Everywhere in class to encourage student participation, to provide students live feedback, and to gauge student understanding in real time. Instructors can choose from a variety of activities, such as multiple choice polls, Q&A, and open-ended responses, with students participating from mobile devices or laptops. In this session, CETLI staff will […]
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Using Gradescope to Increase Grading Efficiency and Feedback Effectivenes
Gradescope is a tool that helps instructors and their TAs to more efficiently grade and provide feedback on assessments and homework, for both in-class and online assessments. Gradescope can be used within Canvas so students can easily access their grades and feedback. In this session, CETLI staff will provide an overview of how instructors can […]
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Introduction to Ed Discussion: A Tool for Online Communication and Peer Support
In the 2022-2023 academic year, Ed Discussion will replace Piazza as a University-supported tool for online Q&A and threaded discussion among students, instructors, and TAs. Ed Discussion can be added to Canvas or used as a standalone tool to promote communication, collaboration and problem-solving in order to help students better understand course materials. In this […]
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Organizing Your Class on Canvas
Creating a Canvas site that is organized in intuitive ways can save instructors’ time and help students know what is expected so they can focus on learning. This session will outline different ways of organizing your materials, including pages, modules, the calendar, and the syllabus tool. Through this session, instructors will consider ways to create […]
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How to Prepare for a Career Teaching Science
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the CAMB and Neursocience departments and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
From Literature to Culture: How to Incorporate Your Dissertation Research in Undergraduate Classes
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Romance Languages department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Preparing Your Teaching Packet for the Job Market
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Communication department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Sound Teaching: Music and Audio in the Classroom
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Religious Studies department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Bringing Context into the Classroom: Teaching with News & in a Different Cultural Context
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Communication department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Teaching Careers in Science
The workshop will feature the following panelists: Dr. Shantau Bhatt, Associate Professor of Biology at St. Joseph's University Ph.D. in Microbiology & Molecular Genetics from Emory University Dr. Jennifer Tudor, Assistant Professor of Biology at St. Joseph's University Ph.D. in Physiology and Neuroscience from New York University Dr. Linda Robinson, Instructional Laboratory Coordinator and Adjunct […]
How to Give Your Students More Autonomy in the Classroom
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the History & Sociology of Science department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Inclusive Teaching Strategies: Supporting Students with Disabilities
Introduction: National surveys estimate that nearly 20% of college students identify as a person with a disability. Instructors preparing to teach college courses want to better understand this population and to develop effective instructional methods that are inclusive of students with disabilities. This workshop will explore the role of Disability Services as a resource for […]
Designing a Syllabus
This workshop will discuss the following components 1.) readings--canonical or contemporary; 2.) integrating primary sources; 3.) inclusiveness; 4.) designing assignments. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the History department and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Designing Your First Syllabus
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the History & Sociology of Science department and so may be most useful to students in related fields.Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
Developing Your Teaching Philosophy
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Communication department and so may be most useful to students in related fields.Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.
The Role of Examples and Illustrations in Teaching
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Statistics and Data Science department and so may be most useful to students in related fields.Counts toward the CETLI Teaching Certificate.