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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February 2024
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This workshop, for faculty and teaching assistants, focused on improving a core component of effective teaching and learning. The session provided evidence regarding the importance of giving meaningful feedback before guiding attendees on techniques to provide clear, substantive, and constructive communications that encourage and guide students. A hands-on activity was demonstrated (see worksheet) incorporating an Effective Feedback Checklist, which participants used as they applied what they learned. Dive Deeper: The Rubrics: Benefits and Grading Strategies (September 2023) workshop, listed below, is a great accompaniment to this workshop.
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.
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.
The Engaging Lecture (43 min) | Slides | Transcript (.docx)
December 2023
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This CTL workshop, a hybrid offering, demonstrated that building inclusive practices into lectures and presentations makes for a more engaging experience. Participants learned that putting your learners (or attendees) at the center of design transforms a potentially passive event into an opportunity for active learning.
December 2022
Gundula Bosch, PhD, MEd' 16 (MMI); ME Hughes, PhD, MA (PFRH); Roza Selimyan, PhD (BMB); Maggie Wear, PhD, MS (MMI)
This workshop was part 2 of the interactive Teaching as Research (TAR) workshop series, was facilitated by Liz Stuart, Executive Vice Dean for Academic Affairs. Topics included:
When and whom to consult in ethics approval questions, and particularly, when in doubt
What to pay attention to when collecting educational data from students or other vulnerable populations
What a typical IRB application for a TAR project can look like
How to distinguish Teaching as Research from Course-Based Research
All Academic Years (AY)
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.
Diving Deep into Course Data (55 min) | Slides | Transcript
June 2023
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CoursePlus captures a lot of data that faculty and teaching assistants can use to manage, analyze, and develop their courses. In this workshop, we explored where to find quantitative and qualitative course data and learn how to interpret this data to make decisions about course assessments, organization, and content.
Teaching Toolkit Workshop: The Fundamentals of Multiple Choice Question Writing for Better Learning | slides | transcript
April 2023
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Multiple choice questions (MCQs) are among the most commonly used assessment instruments. However, they can only support learning goals if written well and effectively. This virtual workshop will explore the advantages and disadvantages of MCQs, how to craft questions that target critical thinking and strategies for promoting academic integrity in quizzes. The facilitators will guide attendees in identifying MCQs that support learning. This workshop is Part 1 of a three-part series.
AY24-25
January 2025
A. Pinkerton, L. Dana
You know that refining your course based on student feedback is essential for fostering a learning environment, but how do you turn qualitative feedback into actionable next steps? Watch this workshop recording to:
Explain why student feedback is crucial for course improvement and how it directly ties into the course revision cycle.
Learn a method for analyzing qualitative student evaluations to uncover trends, identify areas for improvement, and refine your teaching strategies.
Apply this method in a guided, hands-on activity designed to help you analyze real feedback from your own courses.
Whether you are looking to improve course structure, engagement, or overall learning outcomes, this workshop recording will provide you with the tools to make informed, data-driven decisions for your teaching practice.
*We experienced technical difficulties during this workshop. We cut out parts of the video recording that captured our troubleshooting during the live session. We appreciate your understanding.
Keywords: course, evaluation, review, revision, data
October 2024
A. Pinkerton, L. Dana; feat. M.L. Bedoya, A. Brochier, and A. Lilly
Implementing and maintaining grading consistency can be challenging for faculty and teaching assistants. This workshop recording first explores the benefits and process of grade norming and how it supports fair grading practices. Next, it showcases the grade norming experiences of two BSPH teaching teams, who shared how they incorporated grade norming into their courses, followed by a discussion on how to grade norm assessments and some considerations when working with teaching teams.
Keywords: assessment and grading, grade norming, teaching assistantship, teaching team
October 2024
B. Klaas, L. Chi, E. Haagenson
This session was designed for faculty, teaching assistants, and staff who are already familiar with the editing role in CoursePlus and are finalizing their course for the start of the AY24-25 Term 2. In this session recording, the speakers identified new CoursePlus tools and features, discussed recommended start-of-term tasks, explained how CoursePlus tools and features can be used to accomplish these tasks, and answered start-of-term FAQs (frequently asked questions).
Keywords: CoursePlus, tools, term, start