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August 29 - September 18, 2022 Short Course Description  This three week short course provides faculty and staff and opportunity to practice making digital materials accessible to those who use a screen reader. The course will introduce participants to basic techniques for using tools available in the Microsoft Office suite including Word and PowerPoint.  Additionally,... Continue Reading →

September 6 - September 25, 2022 Short Course Description 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... Continue Reading →

September 12 - October 23, 2022 Short Course Description This six week short course is sequentially designed to encourage reflection about the structural conditions that inform who we are and how we relate to others. Module 1 explores our individual position within the historical and systemic structures of privilege and oppression, and how those affect... Continue Reading →

September 19 - October 9, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to retrieval practice teaching methods. Retrieval practice focuses on improving long-term learning. We help students retrieve... Continue Reading →

September 26 - October 16, 2022 Short Course Description This course is an introduction to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) that will help participants establish a basis for... Continue Reading →

October 17 - November 6, 2022 Short Course (This course was previously titled Assessment of Student Learning) Description How do you really know that your students are learning what you had intended?  In this course, you’ll get an opportunity examine the learning objectives in your course (something your students should know or be able to do)... Continue Reading →

October 24 - November 14, 2022 Short Course Description  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... Continue Reading →

October 24 - November 13, 2022 Short Course Description  By the end of this three-week course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including the Import/Export/Copy Components, Manage Dates, and Brightspace Pulse) to effectively course facilitation for student motivation.  You will be provided with efficient ways to offset dates from previously offered courses,... Continue Reading →

November 7 - November 27, 2022 Short Course Description Learn to apply an equity lens to your teaching with technology. This course is an introduction to the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) as an equity framework. Explore ways to design courses that address access, accessibility, as well as equitable learning outcomes. In this... Continue Reading →