Grade Smarter Not Harder: Summer 2022

August 1 – August 21 Short Course Not only can improving online assessments more accurately capture what students know, but it can also increase learning, deter student cheating, and save you time over the long term. In this short course, you’ll examine and apply principles of validity & reliability and writing effective quiz and test questions. You will then have the […]

D2L Improving Student to Content interaction: Summer 2022

August 1 – August 21 Short Course By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML Editor, and Release Conditions) to improve the student-to-content interaction. You will be provided with efficient ways to create and add existing content materials in the Content tool, tips and tricks to using […]

Learn about common Zoom issues and how to avoid them

Logins and Captions and Breakouts, Oh My! A look at common issues in Zoom and how to avoid them. 10-11 a.m. July 26  Has anyone ever entered your room without your permission when you thought you had the waiting room enabled? Want to know why some students can choose their own Breakout rooms and others can’t? Do you want to […]

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Short Course

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Short Course. July 25 – August 14 Our chancellor has given us the challenge of eliminating our equity gaps by 2030. How can we, as instructors, shift our teaching practices to meet this goal? One promising path is to ground those practices in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy. In this introductory course, we’ll have the opportunity to examine how […]