OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This workshop will cover creating course-level assessments, feedback strategies, and using Canvas to make it all easier! Topics in this session will include: assignment creation, rubrics, the Canvas SpeedGrader, and Canvas Gradebook. We'll have additional time for questions and a chance to set up one-on-one meetings with OTL staff for assistance on any remaining advanced scenarios.
Bring your own device!
Online
This online workshop will cover creating course-level assessments, feedback strategies, and using Canvas to make it all easier! Topics in this session will include: assignment creation, rubrics, the Canvas SpeedGrader, and Canvas Gradebook. We'll have additional time for questions and a chance to set up one-on-one meetings with OTL staff for assistance on any remaining advanced scenarios.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Do you use discussions in your classroom? Would you like to expand your repertoire and refine your practice?
Stephen Brookfield and Stephen Preskill have written two books on the theory, purpose and practice of multiple discussion models. We will be drawing on these two books to inform our thinking about in-class and online discussions.
- Discussion as a Way of Teaching. Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms
- The Discussion Book. 50 Great Ways to Get People Talking
- Available through DU’s library as an eBook
Their 50 discussion models are categorized into 11 purposes which enables faculty to quickly choose which pedagogical mode is most appropriate to their instructional goal. Each model/chapter is broken into the following sections:
- purposes,
- how it works,
- where and when it works well,
- what users appreciate,
- what to watch for, and
- questions suited to this technique.
Faculty will participate in two discussion models during this workshop and walk away ready to implement them in their classes. If you did not attend the first discussion workshop, please feel free to join us for this session.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us for a conversation about the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.
- We will discuss what SoTL is and why it supports faculty development.
- We will discuss how to design a research project that is organic from your role as faculty.
- We will also provide practical ways to begin and sustain your project over time.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Join us for this open lab where DU Portfolio users will be provided tutorials on the newest features of the application, and the opportunity to work through design challenges with peers and experts.
Try Before You Buy In: Testing in Canvas with Respondus LockDown Browser
02/28/2019(10:00 AM-11:30 AM)
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Try it out before you buy in!
The Try Before You Buy In training series lets instructors experience instructional technologies from the student perspective before implementing them in the classroom. Then, if you decide you’re ready to buy in, stay for personalized setup help to make sure you’re prepared for your students.
What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
Respondus LockDown Browser is a Canvas integration that locks down the online testing environment to prevent cheating. Students are unable to visit other websites, access other applications, copy, print, or take a screen capture while taking an exam through LockDown Browser.
How Does the Training Work?
Part 1: Try it Out
In this session, you’ll see what it’s like to take a quiz or exam in Canvas using LockDown Browser. You’ll go through downloading and installing the software, using the browser, and navigating an online exam just as students do. We’ll talk about common issues and recommended settings for online testing.
Part 2: Set it Up (optional)
If you decide to use it in your course, the last hour of the session will be dedicated to getting your quiz or exam set up in Canvas with LockDown Browser. We’ll make sure you have enabled all the right settings to facilitate a secure Canvas quiz, either in class or online. If you don’t currently have any quizzes or exams set up in your Canvas course, come prepared with a quiz and answer key you would like to move into Canvas.
This session is limited to the first 10 participants to allow for meaningful conversations and personalized attention.
Bring your own device!
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Heart of Higher Education Conversations (formerly known as Soul and Role) are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and Morgridge College of Education professor Paul Michalec. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional, and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time.
Prior to each meeting an agenda and short reflective reading will be sent out. We hope that you will read the poem as well as the prompts before the meeting and if possible to begin formulating understandings to the poem or prompts. This is an opportunity not an obligation, which means you are welcome to attend whether you read the poem or not. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Try Before You Buy In: Testing in Canvas with Respondus LockDown Browser
03/04/2019(2:00 PM-3:30 PM)
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Try it out before you buy in!
The Try Before You Buy In training series lets instructors experience instructional technologies from the student perspective before implementing them in the classroom. Then, if you decide you’re ready to buy in, stay for personalized setup help to make sure you’re prepared for your students.
What is Respondus LockDown Browser?
Respondus LockDown Browser is a Canvas integration that locks down the online testing environment to prevent cheating. Students are unable to visit other websites, access other applications, copy, print, or take a screen capture while taking an exam through LockDown Browser.
How Does the Training Work?
Part 1: Try it Out
In this session, you’ll see what it’s like to take a quiz or exam in Canvas using LockDown Browser. You’ll go through downloading and installing the software, using the browser, and navigating an online exam just as students do. We’ll talk about common issues and recommended settings for online testing.
Part 2: Set it Up (optional)
If you decide to use it in your course, the last hour of the session will be dedicated to getting your quiz or exam set up in Canvas with LockDown Browser. We’ll make sure you have enabled all the right settings to facilitate a secure Canvas quiz, either in class or online. If you don’t currently have any quizzes or exams set up in your Canvas course, come prepared with a quiz and answer key you would like to move into Canvas.
This session is limited to the first 10 participants to allow for meaningful conversations and personalized attention.
Bring your own device!
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us by dropping-in during this open lab where you will have access to peers and experts who can help you work through design challenges and strategies for using the DU Portfolio application to create a well-designed ePortfolio site.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us by dropping-in during this open lab where you will have access to peers and experts who can help you work through design challenges and strategies for using the DU Portfolio application to create a well-designed ePortfolio site.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us by dropping-in during this open lab where you will have access to peers and experts who can help you work through design challenges and strategies for using the DU Portfolio application to create a well-designed ePortfolio site.
Online
Title: Video Captioning - Improving accessibility for all your students
Description: Do you produce course videos for your students? Adding closed captions to your videos is now easier within Canvas. In this webinar, we will cover the following:
- Demonstrate new technologies for video captioning.
- Demonstrate how to activate and edit captions in Canvas.
- Discuss how universal design benefits all students.
Hosted by Rufina Hernández, Brian Belcher and Alex Martinez
Date and Time: Thursday March 7th from 1:00-2:00
Where: https://udenver.zoom.us/j/571764278
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us by dropping-in during this open lab where you will have access to peers and experts who can help you work through design challenges and strategies for using the DU Portfolio application to create a well-designed ePortfolio site.
The Loft (Anderson Academic Commons 340)
This quarterly meeting brings together Assessment Fellows/Divas/Friends to discuss the following: (a) assessment updates, (b) accreditation updates, and (c) "problems of practice" so we can draw on our collective wisdom and co-construct solutions to assessment challenges.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us by dropping-in during this open lab where you will have access to peers and experts who can help you work through design challenges and strategies for using the DU Portfolio application to create a well-designed ePortfolio site.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This workshop is for faculty who are interested in a refresher course on SoTL and want to begin to design a project.
If you are interested in researching a teaching idea or in solving a teaching dilemma, SoTL is a vehicle that can frame those questions.
We will discuss and plan a future research project.
NCFDD Webinar Watch Party: How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice
03/14/2019(12:00 PM-1:30 PM)
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Join the OTL for a webinar watch party for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity webinar How to Develop a Daily Writing Practice. These webinars are part of an ongoing curriculum designed to build skills toward the goal of continued faculty success.
Bring your lunch, and we will provide dessert!
Are you sick of working all the time without making progress on your writing projects?
Are you tired of your deadline-driven, binge-and-bust writing routine?
Do you wish you could develop a healthy, consistent, daily writing routine that would allow you to meet your department’s expectations for tenure and promotion?
In this webinar you'll learn:
- The three biggest myths about writing that hobble new faculty productivity
- The surprising difference between struggling new faculty members and those who are designated as "rising stars"
- The 30-minute strategy that will increase your writing productivity AND decrease your stress, anxiety and guilt
The Loft (Anderson Academic Commons 340)
Do you struggle with program assessment? Are you interested in making assessment sparkle with relevance, feasibility, and fun? If your answer is yes, please join us for an interdisciplinary panel of fabulous colleagues!
Dr. Breigh Roszelle (Engineering), Dr. Laura Sponsler (College of Education), and Dr. Randy Wagner, JD (Law) will share how their programs approach assessment and offer advice about making assessment meaningful and manageable. The panel will include delicious snacks, Q&A, and a ***glitter bomb*** of robust dialogue.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Heart of Higher Education Conversations (formerly known as Soul and Role) are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and Morgridge College of Education professor Paul Michalec. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional, and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time.
Prior to each meeting an agenda and short reflective reading will be sent out. We hope that you will read the poem as well as the prompts before the meeting and if possible to begin formulating understandings to the poem or prompts. This is an opportunity not an obligation, which means you are welcome to attend whether you read the poem or not. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This quarterly meeting brings together Assessment Fellows/Divas/Friends to discuss the following: (a) assessment updates, (b) accreditation updates, and (c) "problems of practice" so we can draw on our collective wisdom and co-construct solutions to assessment challenges.
Online
This online workshop is an introduction to Canvas for new users. Topics in this session will include general navigation of the Canvas interface, content creation and organization, notifications and communication, and a brief overview of assignments (including quizzes, graded discussions, papers). The last 30 minutes will be dedicated to Q&A.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This workshop is an introduction to Canvas for new users. Topics in this session will include general navigation of the Canvas interface, content creation and organization, notifications and communication, and a brief overview of assignments (including quizzes, graded discussions, papers). The last 30 minutes will be dedicated to Q&A.
Bring your own device!
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us for this introductory session highlighting the benefits of, and initial steps for, incorporating ePortfolios as a High Impact Practice in the classroom. During this workshop you will also be provided with a demonstration of how the DU Portfolio application works, and guided through the initial steps for creating DU Portfolio sites.
Online
This online workshop will cover creating course-level assessments, feedback strategies, and using Canvas to make it all easier! Topics in this session will include: assignment creation, rubrics, the Canvas SpeedGrader, and Canvas Gradebook. We'll have additional time for questions and a chance to set up one-on-one meetings with OTL staff for assistance on any remaining advanced scenarios.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Please join us for a workshop where we will take a deeper dive into the research that links reflective ePortfolios to increases in student retention, completion, and satisfaction rates when done well (and what "doing it well" means!). During the workshop we will explore resources for incorporating ePortfolios and the DU Portfolio applicaiton in your classroom. You will also have the opportunity to begin developing strategies and processes that taylor the use of DU Portfolio to one of your courses.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This SoTL workshop will provide the practical elements to begin to design a research project for the Fall of 2019. These are all important elements that need to be done over the summer to prepared for data collection in the Fall.
We will cover topics such as:
- the ethical issues of SoTL,
- getting IRB approval,
- CITI training
- project design and
- the use of Canvas to collect evidence of student learning.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Join the OTL for a webinar watch party for the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity webinar Mastering Academic Time Management. These webinars are part of an ongoing curriculum designed to build skills toward the goal of continued faculty success.
Bring your lunch, and we will provide dessert!
New faculty members commonly describe:
- Working long hours but making little progress on their research and writing
- A sense of loneliness that stems from limited mentoring and community
- Feeling unsupported in their desire for work-family balance and without the skills to achieve it
- Wondering whether the academic path is the right career choice
This webinar is specifically designed to address these issues and provide participants with concrete skills to successfully transition from graduate student to professor. Specifically, participants will learn:
- The three biggest mistakes that new faculty make in managing their time
- Why and how to align work time with institutional and personal priorities
- How to create time for academic writing and research
- How to organize a network of support and accountability for writing productivity and balance
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Heart of Higher Education Conversations (formerly known as Soul and Role) are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and Morgridge College of Education professor Paul Michalec. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional, and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time.
Prior to each meeting an agenda and short reflective reading will be sent out. We hope that you will read the poem as well as the prompts before the meeting and if possible to begin formulating understandings to the poem or prompts. This is an opportunity not an obligation, which means you are welcome to attend whether you read the poem or not. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Join us at this informal open lab where DU Portfolio faculty adopters will be provided with tutorials for leveraging various tools and features of the application to enhance reflective practices. You will also have the opportunity to work through implementation and design challenges with colleagues, peers, and experts.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
This is a drop-in work session with Karen Swanson to provide consultation on any part of your current or future SoTL projects.
This includes:
- support for IRB applications
- CITI training
- setting up Canvas to gather evidence of student learning
- data analysis
- submitting a SoTL article for publication.
Solo Success: How to Thrive in the Academy When You're the Only __ in Your Department
05/10/2019(9:00 AM-4:00 PM)
Garden Room (Chambers Center Colorado Women's College)
Under-represented faculty commonly describe:
- Feeling over-whelmed by service requests related to diversity
- Pressure to serve as role models, advisors, and mentors to all _______ students
- Struggling to respond effectively to classroom dynamics that are shaped by race, class, and gender
- Lack of support network, community, mentors, and sponsors
- Mixed messages about the best use of their time on campus
The Solo Success Workshop is specifically designed to address the unique concerns of under-represented faculty members. Specifically, participants learn to:
- Identify the common challenges under-represented faculty face on the tenure-track
- Identify the three biggest mistakes under-represented faculty make
- Specific strategies for increasing productivity, serving strategically, teaching efficiently, and building strong and healthy professional relationships
- Identify why and how to connect with communities of support and accountability
Facilitated by Dr. Anthony Ocampo.
Anthony Ocampo, PhD, is a professor at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Public Policy at University of California, Riverside. Dr. Ocampo participated in the Faculty Success Program in his first quarter as a tenure-track faculty member in 2011 and has been an FSP coach since 2013.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Heart of Higher Education Conversations (formerly known as Soul and Role) are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and Morgridge College of Education professor Paul Michalec. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional, and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time.
Prior to each meeting an agenda and short reflective reading will be sent out. We hope that you will read the poem as well as the prompts before the meeting and if possible to begin formulating understandings to the poem or prompts. This is an opportunity not an obligation, which means you are welcome to attend whether you read the poem or not. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
OTL Conference Room (Anderson Academic Commons 345)
Heart of Higher Education Conversations (formerly known as Soul and Role) are hosted by the Office of Teaching and Learning and Morgridge College of Education professor Paul Michalec. The meetings are open to all faculty (of any rank) and staff (of any title). The Heart of Higher Education is an opportunity to gather as a DU community to share the challenges and opportunities of transcending the institutional, professional, and personal choices that tend to separate core identity/integrity from day to day actions. The Heart of Higher Education Conversations create a space where staff and faculty can explore ways of re-connecting calling with professional responsibilities. Our time together is bounded by norms designed to create an open invitation to share while respecting individual choices to not share at a particular time.
Prior to each meeting an agenda and short reflective reading will be sent out. We hope that you will read the poem as well as the prompts before the meeting and if possible to begin formulating understandings to the poem or prompts. This is an opportunity not an obligation, which means you are welcome to attend whether you read the poem or not. Please feel free to bring your lunch.