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Creating Equity Through Connection: Connecting with your institution
OnlineFaculty Developer's Series Creating Equity Through Connection: Connecting with your institution February 1 @ 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Virtual Register for the other events in the series: October... Continue Reading →
Manage Dates in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Start, End, and Due dates from most tools in D2L Brightspace can be managed on a single screen in the Manage Dates tool. Instead of going to each individual... Continue Reading →
OER FAQ: February
OnlineDescription In this webinar, host Karen Pikula and a panel from the system office will answer questions about open educational resources, intellectual property, Creative Commons licenses, Z-degrees, and more! Submit... Continue Reading →
OER Librarians Community of Practice: February 2023
OnlineDiscuss with librarian colleagues how to support instructional design principles and diversity through open and affordable resources. We will start with a brief introduction to the topic by Carrie Miller,... Continue Reading →
The D2L Announcement Tool: Tips for Improving Instructor Communication
OnlineThis webinar explores how to maximize the D2L Announcement tool for increased instructor-to-student interaction. Scheduling and personalizing announcements, as well as embedding images and linking course content within the message... Continue Reading →
Introduction to Antiracist Pedagogy
OnlineFebruary 6 - February 26, 2023 Short Course Course Learning Objectives Through engaging in the work of the training, faculty will be able to: Define antiracist pedagogy as an individual... Continue Reading →
Create quizzes in D2L Brightspace
OnlineThe Quizzes tool in D2L Brightspace provides a way for you to assess students with an online exam. Learn how you can utilize question layout, dates and time restrictions, and... Continue Reading →
SoTL Toolkit: Primer on Institutional Review Boards
OnlineThe Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) guides us as instructors to engage in continuous review, revision, and renewal of our teaching practices to support student learning. With SoTL, we... Continue Reading →
D2L Brightspace: Evaluate Students with Quizzes tool
OnlineThe Quizzes tool in D2L Brightspace provides different methods of feedback when assessing students for an online exam. You can choose how to score quiz questions: automatically, manually, and/or with... Continue Reading →
Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning
OnlineWhat is humanizing? How can we infuse our courses with empathy through humanizing strategies? During this webinar, we'll have an opportunity to explore practical ideas for humanizing your course, with... Continue Reading →
D2L: Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction
OnlineFebruary 13 - March 5, 2023 Short Course Description By the end of this three week short course, you will be able to use D2L Brightspace tools (including Content, HTML... Continue Reading →
Classroom Inquiry and IRB
OnlineFebruary 13 – March 5, 2023 Short Course Description Participants will review Scholarship of Teaching (SoTL) premises to generate an inquiry question and a study outline grounded by consideration of... Continue Reading →