Time

Session

9:00 - 9:40

Excelling in Accelerated Formats: Strategies and Best Practices for Winter Session Faculty

Adapting your course to an accelerated format requires special attention to pacing, workload, and other considerations to facilitate student success in just four weeks. This session describes strategies and best practices to consider while adapting your course.

9:45 - 10:25

Keeping Up with What's New in Canvas

Join us for a practical session where we’ll share a curated set of Canvas Tips & Tricks to help you prepare your Winter courses. Whether you're experienced with Canvas or just getting started, you’ll discover helpful features and strategies to streamline your teaching workflow. We’ll also cover the latest Canvas updates to keep you current with new tools and enhancements.

10:30 - 11:10

Designing Courses in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence tools continue to offer opportunities to reimagine teaching and learning while posing questions related to academic integrity and authenticity of work produced by our students. This session empowers faculty with an overview of AI text generators, approaches for mitigating misuse through assessment design and course policy creation, and considerations on leveraging these tools to enhance learning activities.

11:15 – 12:00

Promoting Student Engagement with Padlet, Lucid, and Hypothesis

Are you looking to increase student engagement in your course this coming semester? Join us for a look at some of the ways you can engage students during class and build in opportunities for students to work together in Canvas, with a look at some of the tools and strategies that promote active learning, teamwork, and collaboration.