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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April 2017
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This session reviewed the strengths and limitations of multiple choice (MC) questions before discussing some general tips on writing MC questions, including those that challenge higher-order thinking skills (HOTS). Sample files used in the presentation can be downloaded from within the recording or here: Revised MC Questions and Which One is Better. Additional tips and examples of HOTS MC questions can be found in this article from Learning Solutions Magazine
VoiceThread: A Tale of Success (61 min) | presentation slides
November 2016
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Mary Fissell, PhD gives us her first-person experience as faculty on how VoiceThread has enhanced the course experience, lessons learned in its implementation, and when and where students most positively responded to it. In addition, the following is touched on: key features and a review VoiceThread basics; an explanation of how VoiceThread can be exported and used as part of a lecture inside of CoursePlus; best practices and options for integrating VoiceThread as a student activity.
All Academic Years (AY)
VoiceThread: A Tale of Success (61 min) | presentation slides
November 2016
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Mary Fissell, PhD gives us her first-person experience as faculty on how VoiceThread has enhanced the course experience, lessons learned in its implementation, and when and where students most positively responded to it. In addition, the following is touched on: key features and a review VoiceThread basics; an explanation of how VoiceThread can be exported and used as part of a lecture inside of CoursePlus; best practices and options for integrating VoiceThread as a student activity.
October 2016
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Topics included: the pedagogical rationale for including images; the selection of images, sources, and related legal concerns (including a review of how to find sources that meet copyright law); and an introduction to best practices for incorporating images so that your materials are universally accessible.
AY19-20
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.
May 2020
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Student engagement is key for any online or classroom course, but often times faculty face challenges that disrupt learning or impede students from completing coursework on time. In this workshop, faculty and TAs learned to recognize common challenges to student engagement and how to create an evidence-based supportive learning environment (both online and in the classroom) to meet these challenges head-on.
April 2020
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This session was dedicated to moving assessment activities from the face-to-face classroom to the remote, online platform. It focused on incorporating academic integrity through clear communication and proactive design. In addition, participants learned about alternatives to traditional exams that can be considered for both formative and summative assessments; options for maintaining existing exam formats in the online platform; and CoursePlus tools and their settings that allow faculty to build new, and sometimes stronger, methods of assessment plus techniques for efficient grading and personalized feedback.