On-Demand Workshop Videos
While many opportunities for training and professional development are synchronous, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers this collection of videos for those who cannot attend our workshops or want an on-demand overview. Additionally, our collection of brief video tutorials can be found on the Toolkit Shelf. And the CTL Blog also offers some videos in its Quick Look series.
Workshop videos listed below are arranged chronologically. Use the drop-down menu to navigate to videos for a specific academic year. Optionally, you can search our entire collection by title and/or key words.
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November 2020
Brian Klaas
Brian Klaas, Instructor (MMI) and CTL's Senior Technology Officer, led this presentation that highlighted several new enhancements and improvements to the CoursePlus Quiz Generator (QG) tool. He focused on features built into the QG over the past six months including the combo question, "tag rule" quizzes, quiz sets, and multiple choice question improvements: randomization and rich text formatting. Other call-outs included essay questions' word counts and templates; new options in the matching lists question type; and administrative enhancements including copying quizzes from other offerings, grading guidance and more.
April 2021
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The CoursePlus PathFinder tool is a powerful option for faculty to actively engage their students with the curriculum while promoting critical thinking in a student-centric approach. This workshop included an overview of the tool, highlighting the steps faculty should take in creating a viable path structure such that students receive meaningful feedback as they interact with the activity; the pedagogical rationale of implementing the option; and a first-hand faculty perspective from Brittany Feijoo (International Health). [Please note that the first few minutes of this session were not included in the recording.]
Using Zoom Tools and Features to Promote Active Learning (54 min) | transcript | presentation slides
September 2020
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LiveTalks and virtual class sessions have the option to use many Zoom tools and features, but it is sometimes difficult to determine when to actually use these tools. This CTL Teaching Toolkit Workshop will focus on the pedagogical aspects of live sessions and how to use Zoom to enhance your teaching strategy and promote active learning. The session's presentation is available as a PDF.
What's New in CoursePlus (56 min)
August 2020
Brian Klaas
Brian Klaas facilitated this fast-paced, very full session that covered several CoursePlus enhancements that have gone into production over the past several months. Highlights include the robust Quiz Generator, Class email, and Peer Assessment tools.
December 2019
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In this workshop, we discussed options for keeping the classroom conversation and learning going regardless of weather, unexpected travel, or other interruption to our routines. This included an overview of how best to implement these contingency plans, beginning with a clear communication of expectations to students. Several options for making an asynchronous, impromptu recorded lecture were provided. Plus we discussed how to use Zoom for a synchronous, “live streaming" option.
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Dean's Office Faculty Workshops: Designing Effective Online Assessments (60 min) | transcript | presentation slides
July 2020
Brian Klaas, Senior Technology Officer, CTL and Instructor, Molecular Microbiology and Immunology; Jennifer Deal, PhD '13, MHS '07, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology; Jon Vernick, MPH '94, JD, Director, Office of Academic Integrity, Associate Chair for Academic Programs, Department of Health Policy and Management
Another in the series of Dean's Office Faculty Workshops, this session discussed what makes an assessment "effective" and offered different ways to think about the assessment, including unique opportunities offered in the online platform. Experiences were shared, including academic integrity as a central theme in considering redesign.
Dean's Office Faculty Workshops: Lessons Learned from Moving Courses Online During 4th Term (56 min) | transcript
Keywords: BSPH virtual classroom, pandemic
July 2020
Elizabeth Colantuoni, PhD ’07, ScM, Senior Scientist, Department of Biostatistics; Adam Koon, PhD, MPH, Assistant Scientist, Department of International Health; Daniel J. Barnett, MD, MPH ’01, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.
Continuing the Dean’s Office Faculty Workshops summer series on Strategies for Moving to a Virtual Classroom, this session shared the personal experiences - both positive and sometimes frustrating - of three faculty whose efforts in adapting their courses from on-campus to online were successful and received positively, as evidenced by their students' course evaluations. Their sharing led to a larger discussion with several takeaways including potential opportunities and solutions to hurdles encountered in our shift to remote instruction in time of the pandemic.
Dean's Office Faculty Workshops: Organizing Your Course to Promote Online Student Engagement (55 min) | transcript
June 2020
Ryan Kennedy, PhD, Assistant Professor, HBS; Meghan Davis, PhD ’12, MPH ’08, DVM, Associate Professor, EHE; Amy Pinkerton, MIDT, Instructional Designer, CTL.
Continuing the Dean’s Office Faculty Workshops summer series on Strategies for Moving to a Virtual Classroom, this session provided an overview of some best practices for behavioral and cognitive student engagement as well as first-hand experiences, including challenges and success stories, from the perspective of BSPH faculty. A lively Q & A session concluded the workshop with many helpful suggestions and opportunities for continued discussion.
June 2020
Chip Hickey, Multimedia Services Manager, BSPH IT Client Services/Multimedia; Joseph O’Hagan, Multimedia Supervisor, BSPH IT Client Services/Multimedia
This was the first of the Dean’s Office Faculty Workshops: Strategies for Moving to a Virtual Classroom, a summer series providing strategies and tips to assist faculty who need to move physical, onsite classes to virtual classroom experiences. This session will focus on technical aspects of ensuring high-quality audio and video at home, with time for discussion, and Q & A. The links shared in the session's chat include Virtual Meeting Tips (Camera, Lighting, Sound); Amazon Wishlist of Recommended Hardware; BSPH Branded Virtual Backgrounds; BSPH Virtual Conferencing Hardware Purchase Requests.
May 2020
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As faculty at the school move to a remote teaching model, knowing how to use CoursePlus — the school's learning management system — is more important than ever. Many tools in CoursePlus can save you time and minimize the hassles of course administration. Whether or not you're familiar with CoursePlus, this session introduces time-saving tips for making the system work for you and your students. This includes information on: a digital syllabus for keeping your students on track with your course goals; Drop Boxes for collecting student work; an Online Library for document organization (and posting your Zoom recordings); delivering online exams; and a Gradebook for keeping students apprised of their performance in your class.
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October 2023
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This workshop introduced some simple, basic skills that, when turned into good habits, can go a long way toward creating and editing materials that are accessible, sustainable, and better for everyone. Focusing on Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, this session provided concrete steps that don't just meet, but go beyond, the built-in accessibility checkers. By the end of the workshop participants should be able to: meet the minimum digital accessibility expectations of Johns Hopkins faculty; know what tools are available in Microsoft products to help get there; understand why we can’t rely on automated checkers alone; and know the value in employing these skills all the time, with every document, and not just “when you have time” or “when it really matters”.
Rubrics: Benefits and Grading Strategies (52 min) | Slides (.pdf) | transcript (.txt)
September 2023
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Rubrics are grading tools that save time, increase grading consistency, and help deliver effective feedback to students. In this virtual workshop, attendees learned about rubrics' benefits and how to design rubrics based on their assessment needs.
July 2023
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This session will equip participants with practical strategies to promote academic integrity and quizzing best practices using the CoursePlus Quiz Generator. Participants will explore the benefits of incorporating low-stakes and formative assessments into their teaching practices and understand how to deploy multiple randomization strategies to enhance academic integrity for quiz questions. Additionally, participants will learn how to leverage quiz statistics to analyze student performance and make informed improvements to their quiz questions. This workshop is Part 2 of a three-part series.