Facilitate learning using Zoom, the University’s online conferencing platform. Learn how to set up virtual meetings, and explore useful tools like polls, break-out rooms, and new features like whiteboards and apps. You’ll learn about recommended practices to ensure a safe and productive synchronous learning environment and discuss ways to mitigate equity issues for students with […]
Illinois State instructors can currently choose between two different quiz tools in Canvas: Classic Quizzes and its future replacement, New Quizzes. While you’ll compare the features of both tools, this workshop will focus on Classic Quizzes. Learn how to create a quiz with different question types, create question banks, moderate a quiz, and grade using […]
While there are several ways to both mitigate and incorporate GenAI into assignments, they can be time-consuming for instructors and aren’t always scalable to large courses. This session will feature a discussion about how to deal with GenAI in effective and ethical ways for classes of over thirty students. Registration is required. Thriving with Artificial […]
Explore ways to increase interactivity and engagement within your online courses, while also meeting federal regulations for distance education. Regular and substantive interaction (RSI) is a federal requirement for all online courses that distinguishes “distance education” from “correspondence education”—the latter is ineligible to be paid for by federal financial funding (i.e., the University must return […]
Have you been struggling to find time to look for grant funding, or have your searches been missing the mark? Take advantage of this dedicated time to search in the Pivot-RP platform, with staff available to assist you as needed. Practice searching for funding opportunities, ask questions, and learn the next steps to take with […]
LGBTQIA2S+ youth, including college students, are among the most at-risk groups for mental health challenges, housing and food insecurity, and domestic violence, because of the ways in which society’s support systems fail to see and value them. Formerly referred called Safe Zone, Intro to Queer Allyship is a knowledge-level workshop focusing on using terminology appropriately, […]
Generative AI services such as Chat GPT have disrupted writing across the landscape of Higher Education. This session is an opportunity for faculty members to work in small groups with facilitators to pull apart one of their existing writing assignments to redevelop it in one of two ways: to make it more resistant to students […]
When teaching online or in-person, using inclusive methods for communication and inclusive language is critical for helping all students be successful. First, you will explore ways that you can use tools such as New Analytics, “Message Students Who,” and Inbox in Canvas to better connect with your students and support them. Then, you will learn […]
Join us for a panel discussion with senior faculty to learn more about strategies and recommendations they have for navigating tenure and promotion and building a strong network of support. During this informal discussion, you will learn from those who have gone before about the routines and partnerships they established in their early career years. […]
Online courses can appear to be an obstacle to student engagement and motivation when compared to face-to-face courses. There are challenges in online courses that instructors face, such as the absence of non-verbal cues seen in student faces, the ability to show enthusiasm for the content being taught, and the apparent absence of a community […]
Got a course plan you want to develop for online delivery? This internationally recognized, 2-part workshop includes an overview of the Quality Matters Rubric and provides a framework for participants to design an online course plan. An integral element of the workshop is an exploration of the eight General Standards of the QM Rubric, focusing […]
Just as the internet and Wikipedia have before, GenAI is changing the way that we interact with information as humans, and so the way we teach researched writing assignments will also need to change. This session will discuss the affordances and limitations of GenAI with regards to typical research assignments across the curriculum. Registration is […]