Save Time with Canvas Gradebook
Learn how to set up and use the built-in Canvas Gradebook to streamline tasks such as calculating assignment grades, communicating with students, and submitting final course grades.
CANCELED: Engaging Students on the First Day of Class
What you do on the first day of class shapes the rest of the semester, allowing you to give students a glimpse of your teaching style and communicate your expectations. […]
Getting Students to Interact with Course Materials Using Perusall
Perusall is an annotation tool that integrates with Canvas and allows students to collaboratively comment on and discuss class materials. In this session, participants will learn how to use features […]
Reading in the Age of AI
Students are using AI as a way to complete assigned reading by creating summaries and analyses using the tools. This session will be an opportunity to discuss how to motivate […]
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Teaching as a Pathway: Navigating the Application and Transition to an Academic Professor Role
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Nursing department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. This will be a […]
Teaching in the Aftermath of THIS Election
This extraordinarily contentious election has left many of our students – and many of us – struggling. In this discussion we will consider what this election may mean for us […]
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Supporting Student Writing in Non-Writing Courses
All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Nursing department, and so may be most useful to students in related fields. Please note that there […]
Teaching At…
What is it like to teach English literature at a small liberal arts college? A public research university? A state school? A college in Canada? This roundtable convenes recent PhDs from the Department of English who have taken tenure-track lines at such schools, and uses the opportunity to discuss what they’ve learned—and what they wish […]
Is Your Canvas Course Accessible?
The files you uploaded to Canvas are accessible, but what about the Canvas course itself? Learn to identify and repair common accessibility issues in your Canvas course. Please register for Zoom link.
Accessible PDFs in Minutes
Learn how to easily evaluate PDF accessibility and practice simple steps for turning PDFs into interactive and accessible documents. Please register for Zoom link. You may have arrived at this page in error due to a link mixup in an email. If you intended to sign up for the "Is Your Canvas Course Accessible?" event, […]
Accessible PowerPoints to Present and Share
Learn strategies for creating accessible PowerPoints, and use Microsoft’s built-in accessibility checker to easily review and remediate existing slide decks. Please register for Zoom link.
“I got an accommodation letter, now what?”
Review the logistics of receiving and acknowledging a letter, providing common accommodations, and discuss accommodations that are unfamiliar or challenging to manage. Come with questions and be ready to discuss scenarios! Please register for Zoom link.
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Effective Use of Virtual and Asynchronous Methods for Delivering Course Content
In this workshop, a panel of faculty from Penn’s School of Nursing will discuss the use, benefits, and challenges of various teaching strategies, including delivering synchronous and asynchronous virtual content and flipped classroom approaches. All graduate students are welcome. This event grows out of concerns in the Nursing department, and so may be most useful […]
Working With Weingarten
Review the services that the Weingarten Center provides and discuss how they can support you in your teaching. Come with questions and be ready to discuss various student scenarios! Please register for Zoom link.
Setting Expectations for Student Use of AI
Participants will be guided through the process for creating an AI policy that aligns with their course goals and developing a plan for communicating expectations to students. Please register for Zoom link.
Making Canvas Sites Organized and Useful
This 30-minute workshop is for those who already use Canvas and would like to leverage Modules and Pages to keep students on track with their courses. Please register for Zoom link.
Setting Expectations to Encourage Student Attendance and Engagement
Participants in this interactive workshop will share ideas around how to set expectations so that students see the value of attending class and know what they should do in class to learn. Please register for Zoom link.
Interactive Lectures
In this workshop, participants will discuss strategies for making lectures of any size more interactive and explore activities that increase attention, encourage interaction, and promote deeper learning. Please register for Zoom link.
Using Online Discussion Boards Effectively in the Age of AI
This workshop will focus on creating discussion board activities for in-person classes to deter use of generative AI. Participants will consider tools and prompts to help students engage and learn. Please register for Zoom link.
Designing a Flexible and Equitable Course
This interactive workshop will focus on how to use course design elements like policies and assignments to provide flexibility and keep students on track. Please register for Zoom link.
Positions at Liberal Arts Colleges
What are liberal arts colleges and how do they differ from other academic institutions? What's the balance of research versus teaching commitments for professors at liberal arts colleges? What do hiring committees at these institutions look for in applicants? Join recent Penn Econ alumni Alice Gindin (Assistant Professor, Middlebury College) and Ashwin Kambhampati (Assistant Professor, […]
Teaching at Penn and After: Alumni Reflect on Their Time at Penn
What resources on Penn helped most in a future career? How does that differ in academia and careers outside of academia? What words of advice would current professors give their grad student former selves? Join recent alumni from the Penn Political Science Department, including Gino Pauselli (Princeton), Katie Rader, (Christopher Newport University), and Gabe Salgado […]
Leveraging Generative AI to Develop Practice Questions
In this session, we’ll explore prompts and strategies to optimize the use of generative AI tools like Bing, ChatGPT, and Gemini to develop and refine practice questions for students. Participants will have an opportunity to experiment with prompting AI tools during the session and will discuss their experiences in generating questions that align with their […]
Leveraging Generative AI to Develop Quiz and Exam Questions
In this session we’ll explore prompts and strategies to optimize the use of generative AI tools like Bing, Chat, and Bard to expand your pool of quiz and exam questions while still providing equally difficult versions of your assessments. We’ll also explore ways to deliver different versions of your exams including using tools like Gradescope […]
Canvas Can Do That?! Canvas Features That Can Save You Time
In this quick session, we’ll explore some hidden, timesaving features in Canvas, including creating a reusable bank of comments for students, messaging students in bulk according to their submission status or grades, and having Canvas drop students’ lowest grades automatically. There will also be time to troubleshoot ways you want to make Canvas work better […]
Polling for Active Learning and Lecturing
Live polling is a great way to make lectures more interactive. In this session, we’ll explore best practices in polling activity design and offer practical tips for running live polls and tracking student participation. We’ll consider the benefits and drawbacks of PollEverywhere in particular and answer questions about its integration capabilities with Canvas and presentation […]
Engaging Your Students on the First Day
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 […]
Creating a Class Atmosphere that Encourages Discussion Across Difference
Conversations about and across differences are crucial to learning in many classes, yet many instructors feel anxious about engaging topics that seem too controversial. In this session, you’ll share ideas about strategies to create a trusting classroom where students can speak with and listen to each other in productive ways.
Supporting Students with Disabilities by Making Course Materials Accessible
Creating accessible course materials – from documents, to instructional videos, to Canvas sites – can ensure that students are able to fully engage with your course. In this session, you will learn how to efficiently create and remediate frequently-used course materials to be usable by all students, particularly those who receive disability-related accommodations.
Thinking Proactively About Accommodations & Accessibility
What can you do to prepare for disability accommodations before you even get them? This session will explore ways you can focus on what’s most important about your course and plan for flexibility in your course design so that students with accommodations (and others) feel supported as they learn.