May 8th at 11AM : What's New in '23? 

What's New in Bridges (Sakai 23)? (Registration required)

Bridges will be updated on June 25th to Sakai 23

Would you like to learn more about the features that are coming with the upgrade?
Did you know courses will now be listed along the left menu? Learn about this and more in our quick Zoom workshop! 

May 20 and 21: Bridges Virtual Help! 

Need help with anything grades-related in Bridges? Pop in for help!

Zoom  (first-come, first-served)

10 AM -12 PM 

1 PM - 3 PM 

April 9 @ 11AM Bridges Basics:  Assignments & Rubrics
Assignments are one of the most popular tools in Bridges. Students can submit assignments digitally and keep track of valuable instructor feedback, right in Bridges. The assignments tool also has integrated Plagiarism detection software for instructors to check student work. Also, did you know that you could set up customizable rubrics in Bridges? Rubrics are valuable teaching tools that provide a set of goals for students in an assignment. You can create rubrics and apply them to your assignments and assessments, according to your teaching strategy.

In this workshop you will learn how to:

set up assignments

create submission options

apply our plagiarism checker

grade and give feedback for assignments

Create and apply rubrics

April 26th @ 12PM Bridges Basics:  Don't Be Afraid of Gradebook

The #1 tool that students have consistently asked instructors to use in Bridges is the Gradebook. It gives students a comprehensive view of their progress, enables them to course correct if they fall behind, and is an essential part of Universal Design for Learning as consistent feedback.  

If you have not used the Gradebook yet, this workshop will go over:  

manually creating columns in the gradebook and enter grades  

how to send grades from tools (assignments and quizzes)   

how to setup with gradebook with categories and (if time permit, weighted averages)  

March 8 @ 12PM Bridges Basics:  Working in Groups

(Zoom: Registration required):

Click here to register

This workshop covers how to create groups from a course roster and how to apply them to various tools within Bridges. Examples include group assignments, group discussion boards, and group presentations.  Learn how to create groups, a joinable set, automated groups, and how to use the bulk creation tool if you have a large roster.   

March 26 @ 11AM Syncing Forces: Elevate Learning with JSTOR & Hypothes.is Integration 

(Zoom: Registration required):

Click here to register

This workshop covers how to create groups from a course roster and how to apply them to various tools within Bridges. Examples include group assignments, group discussion boards, and group presentations.  Learn how to create groups, a joinable set, automated groups, and how to use the bulk creation tool if you have a large roster.   

March 26 @ 2PM What Now?: Redesigning Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI's 

REGISTER

Mary Tefft White

What Now?: Redesigning Higher Education in the Era of Generative AI
Dr. Inara Scott from the College of Business at Oregon State University

Given what we know about what ChatGPT and other generative AI tools can—and cannot—do, as educators we must confront two very different issues: First, what should we be teaching our students to prepare them for a world in which they are likely to be using generative AI? Second, how do we assess what students have learned when ChatGPT provides an exceptionally helpful resource for completing assignments? In this session you will learn practical strategies for designing a course that responds to the demands of an AI-rich environment and modify syllabi and assignments to anticipate the use and integration of AI in the classroom and the workplace. In addition, we will address concerns about bias and AI, and how we can make our students and classrooms more resilient to the challenges AI poses.

You can find a full-length article on the process of course redesign here: Scott, I. (2024) Rising to Meet the Challenge of Generative AI, 41(1) J. Legal Studies Educ. 29-37.

Teaching with AI  (asynchronous online course)

We are pleased to offer an opportunity to enroll in an asynchronous online course, Teaching with AI, offered through Auburn University and cited by the Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed. 

The course consists of 8 asynchronous modules for a total of 10-15 hours. Specifically designed for higher education faculty and staff, it includes interactive units through which participants try various AI tools, engage in conversations with colleagues, and practice and redesign assignments with feedback. We have purchased a limited number of licenses for the course for this academic year. 

Please reserve your spot by registering HERE. 

Feb 16 @ 12PM Bridges Basics: Creating Lessons Pages
Join us for a workshop that will cover how to create cohesive and attractive lessons pages.  We’ll be showing off some of the new template tool in Bridges as well as covering the basics: 

• Creating menu pages and subpages 

• Embedding media and documents 

• Creating attractive headings and graphics 

• Directing assessments and discussions to be inline items within your lesson. 

• Creating date restrictions and release rules on your lessons

Feb 27 @ 11AM Designing for All: Accessibility in Bridges 

Join ID & SAS for an interactive workshop designed to help faculty create inclusive and accessible learning experiences in their courses. This session will cover the fundamentals of accessibility, including considerations for fonts, designing for color blindness, and other key elements.  Participants will explore practical strategies for ensuring accessibility in course documents, multimedia, navigation and materials in Bridges.  This workshop will provide valuable tools and techniques to enhance the accessibility of your courses and contribute to a more equitable learning experience for all.  

For returning instructors!

This quick workshop will go over the basic steps to get your course ready for the new semester following our new semester checklist!

We will cover the following

• Organizing your favorites

• Importing content from a previous course

• Adding a syllabus

• Clean up your course menu

• Creating a lesson to add your content

• Publishing your course!

Accelerated Teaching Online & Web-Enhanced Course
December 18th - January 26th

Course Description  

This course will cover the basics of teaching online, with course design as its core, and is geared towards RWU faculty who have had limited experience with this type of course delivery, or who need to revamp/improve an already developed course.  

Teaching fully online requires a change in pedagogy and a different set of skills. This course has been designed from established best practices refined over time by organizations such as Quality Matters™, the Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C), and the International Society for Technology in Education as well as research done by other institutions. The best practices described below include attributes of course design and delivery.  

Instructors will have two specific roles in this course. First and foremost, they will be online learners and will experience issues and expectations that are specific to students in an online environment. Experiencing this mode of instruction through the eyes of a student will help in the second role as an online instructor and designer, as they will be able to better understand how students see and navigate a course site and what issues can arise during the learning process. 

Upon completion of the course, instructors will have developed one module of learning instruction that complies with best practices. The 5-week course will have a module to complete each week that students can work on independently using their own discipline-specific course materials (approximately 6-8 hours weekly depending on complexity).  Students will have two weeks over the holidays to develop learning outcomes - they also have the option of working in a shell course or a Spring course they are developing. 

Syllabus

Reviews from the previous session

"The timing was excellent, coinciding with the usual gathering of myself before a new semester. The delivery was very convenient, I enjoyed the self-paced format. Experiencing a course as an online student was incredibly helpful and has reframed asynchronous time for me in a positive way. It also was a good reminder to make full use of the tools we're given, there's so much you can do to make a Bridges page feel lively."

"Having taught my other course online last semester I had developed an intuitive sense of what to do to keep the students engaged in an online setting, however I knew I could do better. This course helped me develop a much deeper appreciation for theories of online teaching. This course also provided practical exercises that helped me get my course organized in a way that is much better than I would have been able to manage on my own."

Nov 7 @noon:  Bridges Basics: User & Course Analytics 

Join us for an overview of the statistics tool in Bridges.  Statistics allows instructors to collect, analyze, and visualize data related to student interactions within Bridges.  Gain insights into student engagement patterns, enabling you to identify at-risk students early in their academic journey. Discover how to refine course materials and teaching approaches based on data, ultimately improving the overall learning experience.  Learn how to generate reports using the reporting features.  You can also extract generalized data like, “most active participant”,  and  “most active tool”.  

Nov 28 @noon:  Bridges Basics:  Don't Be Afraid of Gradebook (canceled)

The #1 tool that students have consistently asked instructors to use in Bridges is the Gradebook. It gives students a comprehensive view of their progress, enables them to course correct if they fall behind, and is an essential part of Universal Design for Learning as consistent feedback. 

If you have not used the Gradebook yet, this workshop will go over: 

• manually creating columns in the gradebook and enter grades 

• how to send grades from tools (assignments and quizzes)  

• how to setup with gradebook with categories and (if time permit, weighted averages) 

October 12 @12PM:  Latte & Learn Hypothes.is:  Social Annotation in the Age of AI  

Leveraging Social Annotation in the Age of AI 

 
The emergence of cutting-edge technologies, like ChatGPT, has sparked a critical conversation throughout the education industry. In this workshop, Christie from the Hypothesis team will show you how to leverage social annotation to encourage authentic, process-oriented engagement with your course materials. She'll also share best practices for using social annotation with AI writing tools and demonstrate how to set up Hypothesis-enabled readings in Bridges. Participants can expect to leave the webinar armed with concrete assignments to implement in your courses right away. 

October 17 @noon: Bridges Basics: Test/Quizzes: Markup Text, Testbanks, and Pools  

Do you have an exam in Word, or has a publisher given you questions that you would like to put into Bridges? This session will be an overview on how you might use testbanks, pools and markup text to import questions.    We will do a basic review of the basics of creating questions and then dive into how to copy information from word docs with simple markup language, and then how to store your questions in a question pool so you can have them for future use. 

October 27 @noon:  Bridges Basics: Assignments & Rubrics  

Assignments are one of the most popular tools in Bridges.  Students can submit assignments digitally and keep track of valuable instructor feedback, right in Bridges.  The assignments tool also has integrated Plagiarism detection software for instructors to check student work.  Also, did you know that you could set up customizable rubrics in Bridges?  Rubrics are valuable teaching tools that provide a set of goals for students in an assignment.  You can create rubrics and apply them to your assignments and assessments, according to your teaching strategy.    

In this workshop you will learn how to: 

•  set up assignments. 

• create submission options.  

• apply our plagiarism checker.  

• grade and give feedback for assignments.   

• Create and apply rubrics 

September 5 @12PM:  Bridges Basics: Recording with Panopto  

Panopto is our integrated lecture capture/screen capture software.  Take this workshop to familiarize yourself will the distinctive features of Panopto.  During this overview we will cover: 

• Best practices for recording Lectures   

• The Panopto course folder structure in Bridges  

• Using the web capture function to record right in your browser. 

• If time permits:

• Student Presentations - creating student presentation folders and video assignments 

• Uploading video into Panopto for streaming 

September 21 @12PM:  Latte & Learn: PEERCEPTIV  

We will be continuing with our Latte & Learn workshop series, and exploring PEERCEPTIV, our student peer review software.  Peerceptiv is a peer assessment tool that allows students to demonstrate knowledge of a subject through peer assessment, while building desirable soft skills such as critical thinking and teamwork. Students give and receive actionable feedback on assignments from classmates, allowing them to connect with their peers in a meaningful way on or away from campus. Peerceptiv generates valid and reliable grades- improving efficiency of instruction at any scale with a variety of possible assignment types in any subject matter.   This webinar will highlight the new features that Peerceptiv has added in the past year. There are new features for reviewers, including a pin drop and time stamp comment system, and Peerceptiv Live, a new assignment type that lets students evaluate in-class presentations. We will cover assignment setup in Bridges, new features for Fall 2023, and answer any questions about using it.” 

*No prior experience necessary."

Aug 15th @ 12PM: Bridges Basics: New Semester Checklist

For returning instructors!
This quick workshop will go over the basic steps to get your course ready for the new semester following our new semester checklist!
We will cover the following

• Organizing your favorites

• Importing content from a previous course

• Adding a syllabus

• Clean up your course menu

• Creating a lesson to add your content

• Publishing your course!

August 18th @ 2PM:  Bridges Basics: The absolute basics in an hour

Are you new to Bridges? Here is a a brief introduction to the available tools and course setup, tailored for beginners.

Please note that this overview will only last an hour, so it will be a high-level introduction. For personalized assistance in implementing the tools for your course, you can schedule an appointment with ID (id@rwu.edu).

During this quick overview, we'll cover the following topics:

• Bridges login

• Navigating the Bridges homepage and finding your courses

• Posting your syllabus

• Exploring communication tools such as Email, Announcements, and Discussion Board

• Learning about content tools and organization (Lessons), including posting content

• Overview of assessment methods like Assignments and Test/Quizzez

• Overview of the Gradebook 

August 24th @ 12PM Latte & Learn: UDL - Engage students with Poll Everywhere

Join us for our second inaugural Latte and Learn workshop on using Poll Everywhere in your classes.

Giving students a way to express what they know in various ways, as well as encouraging engagement are precepts which make up one of several frameworks in UDL (Universal Design for Learning). 

In this hands-on workshop, you'll have the opportunity to bring your own laptop and start creating activities using Poll Everywhere in your courses. We will also have a RWU instructor go over how she uses it in her classroom. A representative from Poll Everywhere will be available via Zoom to answer any questions you may have and our ID team will be available to assist with account setup and provide guidance to faculty members.

We'll start with an initial walk-through of Poll Everywhere, followed by a hands-on session where you'll receive support and guidance as you incorporate these tools into your own courses. 

Plus, we'll provide coffee and cookies to fuel your learning! 

No prior experience with Poll Everywhere is required. So, grab a latte and your laptop, and join us for a fun and productive workshop! 

Did you miss any workshops this year? Now is a great time to review some of our most popular workshops. All workshops are recorded and placed on our  Workshops Recording site.  

“Refresh your Bridges Course!”  Is your Bridges course past its sell-by date?  Is it faded from being in the sun for too long?  ID is offering a course refresh opportunity this summer!   

Instructional Design is offering an opportunity to have your course site reviewed and refreshed over the summer. The refresh process will look at accessibility and course design through a UDL lens, and include some limited work done by the Instructional Designer on the course. In addition, you will get some ideas for making your course more intuitive and accessible.   As this is a lengthy process, we have limited spots available.  An initial meeting to discuss the course, as well as a follow-up appointment are required. Please email id@rwu.edu if you are interested in having your course "refreshed".   

Hypothes.is: 

Summer 2023 Professional Development - 
Social Annotation 101  -  May 30-June 6, 2023; June 27-July 11,2023; August 1-15, 2023 
Social Annotation in the Age of AI - June 13-27, 2023; July 11-25, 2023 

Summer Workshop Series
June 6, 2023: Annotation starter assignments
June 13, 2023: Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses
June 20, 2023: Using multimedia and tags in annotations
June 27, 2023: Grading and feedback for social annotation 

11th: Bridges In-Person Help Sessions

10 AM -1 PM  In-Person end of semester Bridges Help (Library Instruction Lab, 3d floor (Library)

Need help with Bridges as we close out the semester? Stop in for help!
Walk-in (first-come, first-served) Bring your own device 

11th:  What's New in Bridges (Sakai 22)?

Would you like to learn more about the features that are coming with the upgrade on May 25th?  Join us! We will review the upcoming changes and additions to Bridges.

11th at 12PM:  Bridges Basics: Working with Groups (Zoom: Registration required)
This workshop cover how to create groups from a course roster and how to apply them to various tools within Bridges. Examples include: group assignments, group discussion boards, and group presentations.  Learn how to create groups, a joinable set, automated groups, and how to use the bulk creation tool if you have a large roster.

April 20  @ 12PM  Mary Tefft White (Library)
Join us for our first inaugural Latte and Learn workshop on using Hypothesis and Bridges to create engaging and interactive reading assignments in your courses! 

In this hands-on workshop, you'll have the opportunity to bring your own laptop and a course assignment and work with ID to integrate Hypothesis, a collaborative annotation tool, with Bridges. A representative from Hypothesis will also be available via Zoom to answer any questions you may have. We'll start with an initial walk-through of Hypothesis, followed by a hands-on session where you'll receive support and guidance as you incorporate these tools into your own assignments. Plus, we'll provide coffee and cookies to fuel your learning! This workshop is suitable for instructors who are interested in exploring new ways to enhance their teaching and learning practices, as well as provide another teaching tool to contend with the effects of AI (Hypothes.is &ChatGPT) . No prior experience with Hypothesis is required. So, grab a latte and your laptop, and join us for a fun and productive workshop!

24th:  Research Blitz  , 3:45 p.m. in Mary Tefft White Cultural Center, University Library

Prof. Nancy Breen, Department of Chemistry and Physics, “RWU’s Efforts to Combat Cyanide Fishing”

• Prof. Allison Marn, Electrical Engineering, “Optical Sensing and Imaging for Biological and Environmental Applications”

• Prof. Mina Poursharifi, Department of Chemistry and Physics, “Synthesis and characterization of novel drug delivery system for cancer therapy”

Flyer

Hypothes.is (Training Calendar)

Friday, April 7, 2023, 10 am PT  First Friday: Social annotation research roundup
Thursday, April 13, 2023, 12pm PT Special topics workshop: Social annotation to foster equity and belonging in education
Tuesday, April 25, 2023, 10 am PT Spring 2023 Faculty Showcase

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, 10am PT Using multimedia & tags in annotations
Tuesday, April 4, 2023, 10am PT Spring Workshop: Using Hypothesis with small groups
Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 10am PT Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses

Poll Everywhere

April 27th at 2pm Getting started with Poll Everywhere 

10th at 12PM Bridges Basics: Don't be afraid of the Gradebook!
The #1 tool that students have consistently asked instructors to use in Bridges is the Gradebook. It gives students a comprehensive view of their progress, enables them to course correct if they fall behind, and is an essential part of Universal Design for Learning as consistent feedback.

If you have not used the Gradebook yet, this workshop will go over:

• manually creating columns in the gradebook and enter grades

• how to send grades from tools  (assignments and quizzes) 

• how to setup with gradebook with categories and (if time permit, weighted averages)

22nd at 12PM Bridges Basics: The Discussion Board (Registration required)
In this workshop we will go over one of the most popular tools in Bridges, the Discussion board.
We will go over Bridges setup:

•  how to setup a Forum and then additional Topics

Then dive into:

•  best practices

• different setup scenarios of how one could use the discussion board to engage the class (aside from the "post once, reply to 3 of your classmates).

• integrating multimedia into the discussion posts

• instructor involvement in discussion board posts … a good thing?

• a sneak peak at the new tool "Conversations" coming in Sakai 22

Your ideas and experiences with the discussion boards are very welcome! Bring your ideas!

29th at  3:45PM   Research Blitz  Mary Tefft White, University Library

• Prof. Avelina Espinosa, Department of Biology, Marine Biology, Environmental Science, “Charles Darwin’s Warm Little Pond 1871; the origin of life; and the absence of microbes in his Origin of Species 1859”

• Prof. Denielle Emans, Department of Media + Design + Communication, “Sea the Change: Reflections on Intercultural Design Collaboration & Water Sustainability”

• Prof. Karla-Sue Marriott, Forensic Science, “Interdisciplinary STEM Research in Virtual Reality (VR)”

Vendor Training:

Hypothes.is (Training Calendar)

Leveraging Social Annotation in the Age of AI   Mar 2 @ 12:00pm–1:00pm 

First Friday: Social annotation for STEM subjects Mar 3, 2023 10:00 AM PST

Using multimedia & tags in annotations  Mar 7, 2023 10:00 AM PST

Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses Mar 14, 2023 10:00 AM PST

Poll Everywhere
Mar 23, 2023 at 11AM PST Getting Started with Poll Everywhere

7th at 12PM Panopto Capture Workshop (Registration required)

Do you have a snow day and need to quickly record a lecture? Was there a concept students just didn't understand that you would like to explain again (just not in class?). Are you considering flipping your class so more time in class is spent on projects and not covering material? Use Panopto!

In this workshop we will go over best practices in video recording and how to record in Panopto using the Panopto Capture tool and then embedding the video into Bridges. If time permits some basic editing will be covered as well.

10th at 3PM AI and ChatGPT (Zoom) - Round-table talk

16th at 12PM Bridges Basics: Note-taking in Bridges (Registration required)

Have you ever wanted to give students the ability to share their notes, study flashcards or other materials they have? Shared or collaborative note-taking is an effective strategy not just for engagement but also a way to address gaps in knowledge, identify different perspectives of the presented content and also provides an opportunity to go over good note taking.  In this workshop we will cover using Bridges as a repository for those notes (Resources, Discussions) and other third party tools as well as different ideas of how this could be presented to the class.
This is an open workshop - so any ideas you are currently using in class are most welcome!

15th at 4PM AI and ChatGPT - Round-table talk - GHH 106

28th at 12PM Bridges Basics: Jazzing up your Lessons (Registration required)

Did you know that the Lessons tool has added a couple of new layouts and features to better organize content and make your lessons stand out? Join us to find out more about these new layouts (buttons! colors! collapsing sections! oh my!)

Vendor Training:

Hypothes.is (Training Calendar)
Friday, February 3, 2023, 10 am PT First Friday: Grading and feedback for social annotation
Tuesday, February 7, 2023, 10am PT Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses
Tuesday, February 14, 2023, 10am PT Show-and-tell participatory workshop (30 minutes)
Tuesday, February 21, 2023, 10am PT Using Hypothesis with small groups (30 minutes) 

9 Feb @ 12:00pm–1:00pm EST Liquid Margins 38: The rise of ChatGPT and how to work with and around it

Poll Everywhere
Feb 23, 2023 at 11AM PST Getting Started with Poll Everywhere

9-10 Faculty and Staff Writing and Instructional Design Retreat 
Are you working on a book manuscript, journal article, creative work, grant application, teaching and learning scholarship, conference paper, or other writing project, or are you planning to develop new/rework existing instructional materials? Would you like to set aside two days dedicated to starting, improving or even finishing these projects? The retreat will provide a structured opportunity for you to further your chosen project. You will participate in small group planning and goal setting sessions, have ample time and inspirational space for independent work, and have access to a variety of consultants. Altogether, participants will spend over 12 hours on their writing projects. Contact Lisa Quinn at lquinn@rwu.edu for more information. Click here to register. Space is limited!

11th at 11AM  Poll Everywhere Presenter Training

Did you ever want to know how to present with Poll Everywhere? Did you want to increase participation in your classes by having students respond with their devices? Create activities that complement your course material and know in real-time how students are doing, knowledge gaps or feedback?

Join Poll Everywhere to learn about how to to increase engagement in your classroom! New this year is our integration with Bridges so you export class rosters and import grades. For more information, or if you miss their training you can watch a previous recording.

Vendor Training

Hypothes.is
Hypothes.is training
Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 10am PT Using Hypothesis with small groups (30 minutes)
Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 10am PT Using multimedia & tags in annotations 

Accelerated Teaching Online & Web-Enhanced Course
December 19th - January 27th 

If you are interested in signing up but have missed the deadline please contact id@rwu.edu

Course Description  

This course will cover the basics of teaching online, with course design as its core, and is geared towards RWU faculty who have had limited experience with this type of course delivery.  

Teaching fully online requires a change in pedagogy and a different set of skills. This course has been designed from established best practices refined over time by organizations such as Quality Matters™, the Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C), and the International Society for Technology in Education as well as research done by other institutions. The best practices described below include attributes of course design and delivery.  

Instructors will have two specific roles in this course. First and foremost, they will be online learners and will experience issues and expectations that are specific to students in an online environment. Experiencing this mode of instruction through the eyes of a student will help in the second role as an online instructor and designer, as they will be able to better understand how students see and navigate a course site and what issues can arise during the learning process. 

Upon completion of the course, instructors will have developed one module of learning instruction that complies with best practices. The 5-week course will have a module to complete each week that students can work on independently using their own discipline-specific course materials (approximately 6-8 hours weekly depending on complexity).  Students have an option of working in a shell course or a Spring course they are developing. 

Syllabus

Reviews from the previous session

"The timing was excellent, coinciding with the usual gathering of myself before a new semester. The delivery was very convenient, I enjoyed the self-paced format. Experiencing a course as an online student was incredibly helpful and has reframed asynchronous time for me in a positive way. It also was a good reminder to make full use of the tools we're given, there's so much you can do to make a Bridges page feel lively."

"Having taught my other course online last semester I had developed an intuitive sense of what to do to keep the students engaged in an online setting, however I knew I could do better. This course helped me develop a much deeper appreciation for theories of online teaching. This course also provided practical exercises that helped me get my course organized in a way that is much better than I would have been able to manage on my own."

6th at 12PM 

Panopto Backup Workshop (Registration required)

The new retention policy for Panopto videos encourages instructors to look at their videos to see if they still need them.

This workshop will go over:
- a quick overview of the retention policy
- where the videos reside (main folder, course folders, Zoom backups)
- how to backup your Panopto videos onto your own devices
- how to delete them if you no longer need them

Vendor Trainings

Hypothes.is

Dec 9, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time  December 2022 First Friday: Annotate your syllabus  

Asking your class to annotate the syllabus allows you to introduce students to social annotation in a low-stakes way. Even better, you’re providing them with an opportunity to engage with the syllabus, to share ideas and to ask questions about the course in a way that sets the tone for engagement throughout the term. In this workshop, the Hypothesis team will review ideas and guidance for the collaborative syllabus annotation assignment.

Full listing

Dec 6, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time Show-and-tell participatory Hypothesis workshop

Peerceptiv
Upcoming Webinars

Panopto
Basic Training Webinar
Wed, Dec 14, 2022, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM EST

Basic Training Webinar
Thu, Dec 15, 2022, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM EST

Advanced Training Webinar - Settings You Might Not Know About

Tue, Dec 13, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST 

Office Hours Every Thursday at 01:00 PM EDT

7 3:45PM
Research Blitz  Multifunction Room, Richard L. Bready Mount Hope Bay Sailing & Education Center 

Selby Conrad, Asst. Prof. of Psychology
Edward Dougherty, Assoc. Prof. of Mathematics
Beck Strah, Asst. Prof. of Criminal Justice 

4:45PM  Social Hour

8 12PM
Bridges Basics: Bridges Essentials: Quizzing and Exceptions (Registration Required)
This quick interactive workshop will go over quiz creation process with an emphasis on exceptions for students who need accommodations or for those that have missed an exam. We will be giving a live quiz, so you can see what it is like as a student. 

15 12PM
Bridges Basics: Don't be afraid of the Gradebook! (Registration Required)
The #1 tool that students have consistently asked instructors to use in Bridges is the Gradebook. It gives students a comprehensive view of their progress, enables them to course correct if they fall behind, and is an essential part of Universal Design for Learning as consistent feedback.

If you have not used the gradebook yet, this workshop will go over the very basics of entering in grades manually, and if you are using assignments or quizzes how to automatically have those grades appear in the gradebook as well. If time permits, we will do a quick overview of final grade calculations.

30 3-4
Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group:  Inclusive Teaching by Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy (via ZOOM)

Vendor Trainings

Peerceptiv

RWU has partnered with Peerceptiv this semester to facilitate peer assessment and evaluation. To help instructors get started, their support team will be hosting a webinar on November 10 at 4pm.  Register for Webinar

Panopto 

Basic Training Webinar Wed, Nov 9, 2022, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM EST 

Basic Training Webinar Wed, Nov 16, 2022, 08:00 AM - 09:00 AM EST 

Advanced Training Webinar - Folder and User Management Tue, Nov 15, 2022, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST 

Panopto’s updated Office Hours run every Thursday at 1pm EST and are open to you. This is a place where you can connect with their training specialists and ask direct questions about anything Panopto related.   

Hypothes.is 

Using multimedia & tags in annotations (30 minutes) 

Tuesday, November 15, 2022, 10 am PST

Using Hypothesis with small groups (30 minutes) 

Tuesday, November 8, 2022, 10 am PST

Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses (30 minutes) 

Tuesday, November 29, 2022, 10 am PST 

Poll Everywhere 

Poll Everywhere webinars
Nov 10, 2022 11:00 AM 

4 12pm
Bridges Basics: Beyond Text - Using Audio in Bridges (Registration Required)
Did you know you can use audio in any tool that has uses the Rich Text Editor in Bridges?
Engage your students with this unique tool by including it in assignments, discussion forums, and even place it in your lessons as a way to provide another way for students to "read" the content.  In this workshop we'll go over why you may want to think about using audio and a couple of examples of how to use it in your class.

14 10-11:30 AM
OER WORKSHOP (Zoom)   
Host: Lindsey Gumb, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Associate Professor
Pedagogy is not generally described in terms of copyright …” but “…if students learn by doing, and copyright makes it illegal to engage in certain kinds of doing without a license, then copyright necessarily functions to limit the ways in which students can learn (Wiley et al, 2018). Come join your colleague, Lindsey Gumb, as she shares how Open Educational Resources (OER) can offer faculty and students far more than just access to free teaching and learning resources. You’ll leave the 1.5 hour workshop having a more thorough grasp of what OER are and how they impact student success metrics like retention, throughput, and DFW rates.

Moreover, you’ll be introduced to “Open Pedagogy” or “OER-enabled Pedagogy,” which centers students as the authority of knowledge creation that can be used by others to teach and learn from, and organically creates opportunities to encourage the diversification of the curriculum, as commercial textbooks are far less likely to be inclusive and representative of underrepresented voices and experiences. No previous knowledge of OER is necessary to join us!

17 12-12:30 
Bridges Basics: Using Bridges for Advising  (Registration Required)

Did you know you can use Bridges to setup a site for your advisees? Having a central place for your advisees has its advantages - you can easily share out information to your advisees  (links, resources etc.), have a signup sheet and even schedule meetings virtually (if you'd like). This site can be reused for future semesters. This quick 30 minute workshop will go over how to create a site, how to add your advisees, how setup a the signup sheet and how best to schedule a Zoom meeting within the site to meet with your advisees.

18 3:45PM
Research Blitz  Mary Tefft White
Annika Hagley, Assoc. Prof. of Politics and International Relations
Jonathan Gutoff, Prof. of Law
4:45PM  Social Hour

26 2-3:30 PM
OER WORKSHOP (LiL - Library Instruction Lab, 3d floor, University Library)  
Host: Lindsey Gumb, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Associate Professor
The workshop has been canceled - please view a previously recorded session

31 12PM
UDL@RWU: Social Annotation in action (Registration Required)
Increasing student engagement is one of the precepts which make up several frameworks in UDL (Universal Design for Learning). Join ID, Hypothes.is and Elaine Stiles, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation to see how she has used social annotation in her classes using Hypothes.is. Having now had several semesters and students using this unique way of engaging students, Professor Stiles has been able to seamlessly integrate the technology into her class. Join us for a very unique workshop into how she has used the tool, how its use has changed over time, what challenge she was trying to address using this tool and outcomes. Hypothes.is will also be on hand to answer any questions about functionality.  You might walk away with ideas of your own!

Additional training (offered by vendor Registration Required):

Hypothes.is

Show-and-tell participatory workshop
Oct 4, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Using Hypothesis with small groups

Oct 11, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada) 

Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses

Oct 25, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

Using multimedia & tags in annotations

Oct 18, 2022 10:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)

9    2:00PM  HSRB Etrieve Training (Registration Required)

The RWU Human Subjects Review Board (HSRB) is pleased to announce that we are transitioning RWU HSRB Initial Applications to the Etrieve platform.
Learn how to new system works!

13 12pm Bridges Basics: Attendance  (Registration Required)

Need to take attendance?  Did you know you can easily take attendance in Bridges? 
As rosters in Bridges are updated nightly in your courses, you can easily take attendance on the spot. You can also assign a grade and have it appear in the grade book for the students as well. This quick workshop will walk you through the steps of adding the Attendance tool and taking attendance.  

22  2PM   UDL@RWU Multimodal Projects: Using Peerceptiv and Panopto in CNST 200 (Registration Required)

Giving students a way to express what they know in various ways, as well as encouraging engagement though peer review are precepts which make up one of several frameworks in UDL (Universal Design for Learning).
Ann Anderson, Associate Professor of Construction Management has encompassed both in her course with a multi-modal group project that involves video (Panopto) and also peer review (Peerceptiv). Students were to film their projects, upload them to Panopto, then submit the videos as a group to Peerceptiv, and then have the videos peer reviewed. Join ID, Peerceptiv and Professor Anderson to learn how she was able to integrate both technologies in her class, and perhaps walk away with ideas of your own!

23 9:00AM HSRB Etrieve Training (Registration Required)

The RWU Human Subjects Review Board (HSRB) is pleased to announce that we are transitioning RWU HSRB Initial Applications to the Etrieve platform.
Learn how to new system works!

27 2-3:30 PM OER WORKSHOP (LiL - Library Instruction Lab, 3d floor, University Library)   
Host: Lindsey Gumb, Scholarly Communications Librarian, Associate Professor

Pedagogy is not generally described in terms of copyright …” but “…if students learn by doing, and copyright makes it illegal to engage in certain kinds of doing without a license, then copyright necessarily functions to limit the ways in which students can learn (Wiley et al, 2018). Come join your colleague, Lindsey Gumb, as she shares how Open Educational Resources (OER) can offer faculty and students far more than just access to free teaching and learning resources. You’ll leave the 1.5 hour workshop having a more thorough grasp of what OER are and how they impact student success metrics like retention, throughput, and DFW rates.

Moreover, you’ll be introduced to “Open Pedagogy” or “OER-enabled Pedagogy,” which centers students as the authority of knowledge creation that can be used by others to teach and learn from, and organically creates opportunities to encourage the diversification of the curriculum, as commercial textbooks are far less likely to be inclusive and representative of underrepresented voices and experiences. No previous knowledge of OER is necessary to join us!

28 3:45PM Research Blitz  Mary Tefft White

Ahmet Akosman, Asst. Prof. of Engineering
Xinyu (Judy) Hu, Asst. Prof of Psychology
Ruben Alcolea, Assoc. Prof. of Architecture

4:45PM Social Hour

Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group  Next book is:  Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, by Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy.

Aug 16, 2022 12:00 PM
Bridges Basics: New semester checklist (Registration required)
This quick workshop will go over the basic steps to get your course ready for the new semester following our new semester checklist!
We will cover the following:
-Organizing your favorites
- Importing content from a previous course
- Adding a syllabus
- Clean up your course menu
- Creating a lesson to add your content
- Publishing your course!

Aug 18, 12:00 PM

Bridges Basics: Assignment (new grader) (Registration required)

Did you know there is a new assignment grader available? This new grader has been around for awhile but is now the default for grading assignments. The new grader gives you the ability to see the the submissions without having to download them with an easy display on the right to add grades, rubrics and comments. This workshop will give a brief overview of how it works.

Aug 24th 11AM

Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group  

Please join the Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group this summer as they read How Humans Learn: the science and stories behind effective college teaching by Joshua Eyler. You can purchase a copy for your own personal use, or we do have access to this title as an ebook through the library.  Date for discussion will be on August 24th at 11am (virtual). Should you want to join the group and have a voice in selecting our reads for each semester, please email Heather Miceli (hmiceli@rwu.edu) to be added to the Bridges group. 

Aug 25th 12PM 

Panopto Backup Workshop (Registration required)

The new retention policy for Panopto videos encourages instructors to look at their videos to see if they still need them.

This workshop will go over:
- a quick overview of the retention policy
- where the videos reside (main folder, course folders, Zoom backups)
- how to backup your Panopto videos onto your own devices
- how to delete them if you no longer need them

Aug 29th, 9-12AM & 1-3 PM (LiL - Library Instruction Lab, 3d floor, University Library)

Walk-in ID help

1  12PM  What's New in Bridges (Sakai) 21 for Faculty?  (Host: Sonia Benevides) Registration Required  

ONGOING

New for Summer!   

“Refresh your Bridges Course!”  Is your Bridges course past its sell-by date?  Is it faded from being in the sun for too long?  ID is offering a course refresh opportunity this summer!   

Instructional Design is offering an opportunity to have your course site reviewed and refreshed over the summer. The refresh process will look at accessibility and course design through a UDL lens, and include some limited work done by the Instructional Designer on the course. In addition, you will get some ideas for making your course more intuitive and accessible.   As this is a lengthy process, we have limited spots available.  An initial meeting to discuss the course, as well as a follow-up appointment are required. Please email id@rwu.edu if you are interested in having your course "refreshed".   

Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group  

Please join the Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group this summer as they read How Humans Learn: the science and stories behind effective college teaching by Joshua Eyler. You can purchase a copy for your own personal use, or we do have access to this title as an ebook through the library.  Date for discussion will be on August 24th at 11am (virtual). Should you want to join the group and have a voice in selecting our reads for each semester, please email Heather Miceli (hmiceli@rwu.edu) to be added to the Bridges group. 

2 4-6 Sabbatical Showcase

11 12 PM What's New in Bridges (Sakai) 21 for Faculty? (Host: Sonia Benevides) Registration Required

11 In-Person end of semester Bridges and Registrar Office  Help (Library Instruction Lab, 3d floor (Library)
Need help with anything grades-related in Bridges or Roger Central? Stop in for help!

Walk-in (first-come, first-served) Bring your own device 

10 AM -12 PM 

1 PM - 3 PM 

23  In-Person end of semester Bridges and Registrar Office  Help (Mary Tefft White, Library)
Need help with anything grades-related in Bridges or Roger Central? Stop in for help!

Walk-in (first-come, first-served) Bring your own device 

10 AM -12 PM 

1 PM - 3 PM 

Ongoing
Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group 

 Pedagogy Day  (Mary Tefft White)

Wednesday, May 25 starting at 10 a.m. followed by lunch  

Transparent Instruction Increases Students’ Engagement and Success 

The new incoming majority student population in US higher education is increasingly diverse, multi-generational and non-traditional, and faculty/staff must provide equitable educational opportunities for a broad variety of learners. Transparent instruction can offer more equitable opportunities for all college students to succeed, whether online or on campus or both. Data from an AAC&U study identifies transparent instruction as an equitable teaching intervention that significantly enhances students' success, with greater gains for historically underserved students (1st generation, low-income, ethnically underrepresented) [Winkelmes et al, Peer Review, Spring 2016]. Transparent instruction has also enhanced students' persistence and retention rates [Gianoutsos and Winkelmes 2016; Winkelmes et al. 2019].  

In this highly interactive workshop, participants will review the research findings, discuss examples of transparent instruction, and practice applying the Transparency Framework to assignments and activities from their own courses or offices.  

Please register using the link below so that we can plan for lunch.  

Registration

Please bring an assignment that you’d like to review using the TILT model. 

About Dr. Winkelmes 

Dr. Winkelmes is the Founder and Director of the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education project (TILT Higher Ed), which promotes direct conversation between teachers and students about methods of teaching and learning and helps faculty to use educational practices grounded in evidence about students’ learning shared across institutions and countries. The impact of this project on students’ learning and persistence in college has been the focus of Winkelmes’s publications in the National Teaching and Learning Forum, Project Information Literacy, the National Education Association’s Higher Education Advocate, AAC&U’s Liberal Education and Peer Review. Her work to improve higher education learning and teaching, especially for historically underserved students, has been recognized nationally by the Chronicle of Higher Education and with the POD Network’s Robert J. Menges Award for Outstanding Research in Educational Development. 

She has held senior leadership roles in the campus teaching centers at Harvard University, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Brandeis University. She has offered instruction as a member of history and art history departments at most of those institutions. She has also served as a senior fellow of the Association of American Colleges & Universities, an executive board member of Nevada Humanities and as an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Professional Development Network in Higher Education (POD), and Chair of its Research Committee. She holds a PhD from Harvard University.

If you‘d like to learn more about her work, here are some sources: 

• Transparency Project publications are posted with full-text links on the Transparency in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Project website (TILTHigherEd.com). 

• Winkelmes, Mary-Ann et al. “A Teaching Intervention that Increases Underserved College Students’ Success.” Peer Review 18, 1/2 (Winter/Spring 2016). 

• Berrett, Dan.“The Unwritten Rules of College.” Chronicle of Higher Education, September 21, 2015. 

Please save the date and register today! 

4: 2:30 PM   Community Support of Student Mental Health (also Mary Tefft White  - in person)

Colleagues from CSAS, the Counseling Center, and Student Life will host a discussion about Community Support of Student Mental Health.   You may join the discussion either in person at Mary Tefft White or via Zoom Registration (register to get a confirmation email or join in progress).  Although advising is far from done, a conversation with colleagues may provide some support for this ongoing work.  

These brief articles also address aspects of the recent mental health climate for students and faculty:  

How to Give Our Students the Grace We All Need  

Cornell Lowers Credit Cap for Engineers  

Variants Fuel Decline in Student Mental Health  

12 12 PM Bridges Basics: Using Panopto for student video Projects/Assignments

Have you considered giving your students the opportunity to express what they know through video?
In this workshop we will go over:
- Benefits/Challenges to assigning student video projects
- Project/Assignment ideas
- How to set up a video assignment folder in Panopto
- Best practices for setting up a video assignment/project

13 12:00 PM  UDL@ RWU: Finding and embedding library resources into Bridges (Host: Lindsey Gumb and Stephanie Hijazi)  Registration Required 

Did you know that presenting accessible, varied documents and media is an important part of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
Have you tried offering your students accessible materials but are having a hard time finding them?
Have students complained that they cannot read your scanned articles?

Join us to go over how to start finding and integrating accessible materials, as library materials by their very nature are already accessible. You will not only be offering your students materials that fit into the precept of Universal Design for Learning (Representation) but you might also find resources for your students you had not considered.

Goal: To invite faculty into a conversation about finding and using library resources to supplement their teaching and to help them see how they can utilize existing tools in Bridges with them (i.e. Hypothesis).

Learning objectives:

After this workshop, faculty will be able to
- Locate and embed library resources (such as streaming media, journal articles, e-books, etc.) into Bridges courses
- Request and embed Libguide subject and course guides into Bridges courses
- Explain basic copyright concepts that relate to uploading resources to Bridges
- Explain how library resources support UDL concepts
-Utilize Hypothesis annotation on library resources

22 2 PM Introduction to HSRB (Human Subjects Review Board) application process  (Host: Selby Conrad, Director HSRB)

27 12:00 PM Managing your Scholarly Output  (Host: Susan McMullen)  Registration Required

Do you have a researcher identity?
How is your work found and used by others?
This workshop explores some strategies for tracking the impact of your research output. Learn how to create and utilize an ORCID ID to uniquely distinguish your name and ensure your research is correctly credited. Utilizing ORCID IDs enables the library to identify and harvest your articles for inclusion in the RWU Digital Commons. Setting up your own account for the RWU Digital Commons then gives you access to the Author Dashboard. Learn how to explore the Author Dashboard to track usage, citations, and social media mentions provided by PlumX Metrics. Also, we will demonstrate how Digital Commons operates to collect and preserve publications, journals, data, exhibits, student/faculty research projects, and community engagement projects, and more.

Goal: To invite faculty into a conversation concerning the importance of having a researcher identity for tracking their research output and inform faculty about the RWU Digital Commons, a platform that archives and helps others locate RWU faculty scholarly output.

Learning objectives:

After this workshop faculty will
- Understand the importance of a research identifier, i.e. ORCID ID
-  Learn ways to track their research output
- Utilize the RWU Digital Commons as a resource that archives and helps other researchers find their work
- Utilize the RWU Digital Commons Author Dashboard for tracking their research impact: downloads, abstract views, citation counts, social media mentions

Additional training (offered by vendor):

-Hypothesis

-Poll Everywhere

-Panopto

4:  2-3:30  Research workshop  Library Instruction Lab (LIL) 

These monthly workshops provide faculty with the opportunity to spend some dedicated time on research and meet other colleagues. Drop by when you can!

7:  3:30-4:30 Advising as a community – a discussion

This discussion session welcomes faculty to reflect on the work of advising as it aligns with student needs in our current environment. 

The plan for the session is: 

- Overview of advising interactions in our present environment (Allison Chase-Padula and Jason Jacobs)
- Advising as a community – how RogerCentral can help (Anne Proctor)
- Time for sharing experiences
- Introduction to our new Fellowships @ RWU website (Catherine Forsa Capineri) 

Linda Vieira, Associate Registrar, will also be available for RogerCentral questions.

Please register in advance for this meeting:
https://rwu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcscu2oqTstGdL9P52KcSM1VGt4uo4YTvJ_

Here are a couple of brief articles to check out ahead of time:

"4 Secrets to Effective Academic Advising" - HigherEdJobs
"How to help your students prepare for life after college" - Chronicle of Higher Ed 

9:  12 PM  Bridges Basics: Lessons  (rescheduled) (Host: Stephanie Hijazi)  Registration Required

Lessons are an essential organizational part of Bridges - they allow you to present your objectives, activities, assignments, assessments in an organized sequential fashion. This eliminates the need to constantly remind students what is expected for the week and also highlights the connection between the objectives and activities.

In this essential workshop we will be going over:
- how to create a lesson
- different ways to present lessons
- different tools that can be added to your lessons

22:  12 PM  UDL@RWU:  Game-based learning  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi, Lisa Boragine Associate Professor of Communication, Cape Cod Community College) Registration Required

As we delve into our UDL framework, the topic of student engagement is one of the precepts of Universal Design for Learning.  Providing different avenues to engage students is key and game-based learning can be one of the modes instructors can captivate student attention.

Lisa Boragine, Associate Professor of Communication at Cape Cod Community College will provide the audience with a deeper understanding of the benefits of using game-based learning in the virtual and face-to-face classroom. Game-based learning embodies interconnectedness. Games create opportunities to co-create narratives in ways that support creativity, critical thinking and problem solving. When students can see and imagine an issue played out, it can reveal new connections. Whereas experiential training games have been used in many fields for decades (e.g., medicine, business, outdoor adventures, and military operations), educational gaming is relatively new to the higher education landscape. Games present a unique opportunity to teach about complex systems. Audience members will learn the difference between educational games and gamification and learn about simulations and escape rooms. They will be introduced to principles of good game design, including the importance of including debriefing when using educational games. By providing multisensory immersive experiences, games serve as transformative pedagogical tools that serve as a powerful mechanism for educating on complex systems and enormous world problems.

22:  3-4PM  Sabbatical Planning Workshop   

Considering applying this fall for a sabbatical?  Colleagues from a variety of disciplines who have successfully completed the application process and those who have served on the review committee are ready to share their experience with you.

24:  12-1PM  Doing research with students – part 2 (Hosts: Yajni Warnapala and Avelina Espinosa)  Mary Tefft White
At this meeting, we will build upon the discussion from our first session in February and will be joined by Peter Wong and SarahReusche who can discuss funding ideas

25:  12PM  Exploring Pedagogy Reading group meeting (Host: Heather Micelli)

Discussion on An Urgency of Teachers: the work of Critical Digital Pedagogy by Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel  
Exploring Pedagaoy Reading group site

28:  Research Blitz   Mary Tefft White and Zoom

1-3 PM    Drop-in Consultations
3-4 PM    Faculty Presentations · Peter Wong and Sarah Reusche - Melissa Russano (SJS) · Gail Fenske (SAAHP), and · Lauren Rossi (SSNS)

30:  12 PM Bridges Basics: How are your students doing?  Creating and using Feedback Surveys (Host: Stephanie Hijazi)  Registration Required 

Feedback surveys, whether you have a one-minute paper or a quick ungraded survey at the end of class, are a very good way to keep track of how your students are faring. It gives students an opportunity to express any sticking points, allows them to metacognitively reflect on their progress and where they are in the course, and also allows the instructor to address any issues before they become bigger. In this quick workshop, we will cover a couple of ways that one might create these surveys using Test&Quizzes and Assignments tools in Bridges and different ways one might integrate it into a class.

Additional training (offered by vendor):

-Hypothesis

-Poll Everywhere

-Panopto

8:   3-4 PM   UDL@RWU: Social Annotation, Hypothesis and UDL  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi and Eryn Barker, Hypothes.is) Registration Required

As our conversation continues around Universal Design for Learning, we will highlight a tool within Bridges through the UDL framework that has now been used at RWU over the last year - Hypothes.is. Hypothes.is engages students in their reading, gives them different modes of expression on what they are reading, and also provides them with different representations of the content - a complete package that touches on all of the aspects of the UDL framework (Action&Expression, Representation, and Expression).

Join us in a discussion of how Hypothes.is can work in this context, how to create a Hypothes.is assignment in Bridges and how you might use this in one of your classes. Once registered for the class you will also be enrolled in a class in Bridges with Hypothes.is assignments so you can get a hands-on student experience of what it is like to annotate socially.

11:  2 PM Research  Workshop  (Host: Susan Bosco) Library Instruction Lab (LIL)

17: 10 AM  Doing research with Students (Host: Susan Bosco, Yajni Warnapala and Avelina Espinosa) Law School  276

Would you like to create an undergraduate research program within or across disciplines? Do you like working hands-on with talented students? Undergraduate research can take many paths and rewards participants (faculty and students) beyond expectations. If you have questions or want to explore how to build or expand sustainable projects with students, join this workshop to begin your own trajectory. 

23: 1 PM Rubric Development (Host:  Peerceptive) Registration  Required

Join Peerceptive to go over how to create Rubrics that students will use to assess each other's work.

24: 12 PM Bridges Basics: Communications Tools - Email, Messages, Announcements (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required

Keeping in touch with your students is so important! This quick workshop will go over several tools that you can use within Bridges that can help you stay in touch and the differences between them.

28:  Research Blitz  - Mary Tefft White and Zoom 

1-3  PM Drop-in Consultations 
3-4 PM Faculty Presentations   Peter Wong and Sarah Reusche · Jay Oliver (GSB) · Chris Burton (SSNS), and · Ellen Stiles (Co-Lab/SAAHP)

Thursday 13:  Designing an Equity-Minded Syllabus (Host: Sue Bosco and Stephanie Akunvabey ) (Registration Required) RECORDING

This workshop, will provide a hands-on opportunity to adjust a syllabus to engage all students through a lens of diverse perspectives and opportunities for success. If you’d like to read more about this topic, attached is an article “Syllabus Review Guide for Equity-Minded Practice”.  Faculty colleagues who have been involved with the University’s membership in the Racial Equity and Justice Institute will serve as resources to work with you on your syllabus. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Please bring the syllabus you would like to work on during this session.

Accelerated Teaching Online & Web-Enhanced Course
December 27th - January 24th 

Course Description  

This course will cover the basics of teaching online, with course design as its core, and is geared towards RWU faculty who have had limited experience with this type of course delivery.  

Teaching fully online requires a change in pedagogy and a different set of skills. This course has been designed from established best practices refined over time by organizations such as Quality Matters™, the Online Learning Consortium (formerly Sloan-C), and the International Society for Technology in Education as well as research done by other institutions. The best practices described below include attributes of course design and delivery.  

Instructors will have two specific roles in this course. First and foremost, they will be online learners and will experience issues and expectations that are specific to students in an online environment. Experiencing this mode of instruction through the eyes of a student will help in the second role as an online instructor and designer, as they will be able to better understand how students see and navigate a course site and what issues can arise during the learning process. 

Upon completion of the course, instructors will have developed one module of learning instruction that complies with best practices. The 4-week course will have a module to complete each week that students can work on independently using their own discipline-specific course materials (approximately 6-8 hours weekly depending on complexity).  Students have an option of working in a shell course or a Spring course they are developing. 

Syllabus

Reviews from the previous session

"The timing was excellent, coinciding with the usual gathering of myself before a new semester. The delivery was very convenient, I enjoyed the self-paced format. Experiencing a course as an online student was incredibly helpful and has reframed asynchronous time for me in a positive way. It also was a good reminder to make full use of the tools we're given, there's so much you can do to make a Bridges page feel lively."

"Having taught my other course online last semester I had developed an intuitive sense of what to do to keep the students engaged in an online setting, however I knew I could do better. This course helped me develop a much deeper appreciation for theories of online teaching. This course also provided practical exercises that helped me get my course organized in a way that is much better than I would have been able to manage on my own."

If you are interested in signing up please email id@rwu.edu

1   Teaching Roundtable (Host: Sue Bosco) Open Discussion –– successes and challenges in teaching this semester Registration Required

7  Let's Reflect: UDL@RWU (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Open Discussion Registration Required

Ongoing Exploring Pedagogy Reading Group (Host: Heather Miceli)  Registration Required

9   9-10  RWU Research Blitz (Agenda)  University Library’s Mary Tefft White Cultural Center (1st floor) or Zoom

10 12-1PM Bridges Basics: Quizzes and Tests (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required

16 12-1PM  UDL@RWU: Increase executive function with a Bridges Gradebook  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required

19 2-3:30 Research Roundtable (Hosts: Sue Bosco) -  Library Instructional Lab (3d Floor - Library)

19 3-4:30 Community Engagement and Human Subjects Research (Hosts: Becky Spritz and Allen Hance)

1: 3-4:30 Overview of HSRB Policy and Procedures (Host Becky Spritz) 

12: 12-12:30 Bridges Basics: Using Bridges for Advising (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required

18 3-4:30 PM Getting and Using Mid-term Feedback  (Host: Sue Bosco)

20 12-1 PM UDL@RWU: Making your Bridges course accessible  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi and Kathryn Zimmerman) -Registration Required

26 12-12:30 Bridges Basics: Journals in Bridges (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required

29 - 3-4:30 p.m Research Roundtable (Host: Sue Bosco)  IN PERSON – Library Instruction Lab (LIL) – 3rd floor

7  12-12:30pm  Bridges Basics: Taking Attendance   (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required 

8 :  2PM  Using Simcheck/Turnitin for Formative Feedback :  Introduction to the plagiarism checker and its use as a formative tool. (Host: Turnitin) Registration Required 

20: 3-4 PM Research Blitz (Hosts: Dean Griffin and Prof. Wessel/ Grants  101 – Pre-Award and Post-Award)

21 3:30-4:30 PM Hypothesis – Grading Annotation (Hosts: Hypothesis Rep – Eryn Barker) Registration Required

22: 12-12:30 p.m Bridges Basics: Lessons  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required. 

28 3:30-4:30 PM Research Roundtable (Host: Sue Bosco )

29 12-1 UDL@RWU - Using Rubrics (Host: Stephanie Hijazi, Adam Moore, Catherine Hall) Registration Required

17: 12PM UDL@RWU - Lecture Capture: Reimagining Zoom by recording your live class.  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required 

17: 2PM Teaching Roundtable about Monday schedule (Host: Susan Bosco)
  Ideas on dealing with the Monday, Monday scheduling challenge in October.
  Place your ideas in this Google Sheet

26: 12-2 Library Instruction Lab (LIL), 3rd Floor BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) help sessions for those that would like quick in-person help with Bridges.

30:  2-4 Mary Tefft White Center (MTW), 1st Floor BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) help sessions 

Please note that this is first come/first served for those that have specific questions or need a quick how-to. 

For help or course development requests that require more time, please email id@rwu.edu to set up a dedicated time for help. 

Highlights!
 

UDL (Universal Design For Learning Series) workshops
UDL@RWU website

14: 12PM Universal Design For Learning: UDL Action & Expression  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi and Adam Moore) Registration Required 

Additional training (offered by vendor, Registration Required):

Hypothes.is: Partner Workshops
How to create Hypothesis-enabled readings in your LMS
How to use multimedia & tags in annotations
How to use the annotation sidebar features
How to annotate with small groups in your LMS

Highlights!

Google Apps Series   

  and 

UDL (Universal Design For Learning Series) workshops
UDL@RWU website

8:  12PM  Comparing My Workspaces: Google Apps Workshop Series (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required
15: 12PM  Making Decisions / Where to Start: Google Apps Workshop Series (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required
17: 12PM Universal Design For Learning: UDL  Introduction and Engagement (Host: Stephanie Hijazi and Adam Moore) Registration Required
22: 12PM Creating & Sharing with a Plan: Google Apps Workshop Series  (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required
29: 12PM Share Your Artifact: Google Apps Workshop Series  (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required
30: 12PM Universal Design For Learning: UDL Representation  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi and Adam Moore) Registration Required 

Additional training (offered by vendor, Registration Required):

Hypothes.is: Partner Workshops
How to create Hypothesis-enabled readings in your LMS
How to use multimedia & tags in annotations
How to use the annotation sidebar features
How to annotate with small groups in your LMS

June 9 and 10:   Remote: The Connected Faculty Summit - Prepare for the Ripple Effect fo the Pandemic on Higher Education

4: 12PM  EST Using Google Docs for Collaboration (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required 

5: 12PM  EST Assessment: Tests & Quizzes in Bridges  (Host: Stephanie Hijazi)  Registration Required
18:12PM  EST Reviewing your Bridges Gradebook  (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required 

Additional training (offered by vendor, Registration Required):

Hypothes.is:

Grading Hypothesis-enabled readings

Tuesday, May 4, at 11am PT

Using Hypothesis with small groups

Tuesday, May 11, at 11am PT

Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses

Tuesday, May 18, at 11am PT

Using multimedia in annotations

Tuesday, May 25, at 11am PT

Other:

May 26: 1:30PM EST Sakai Showcase:  Join us at the upcoming Sakai Online Faculty Showcase Registration Required  

5:  4 PM EST  CISS Workshop  (Host: June Speakman)

12: 4 PM EST  Teaching is Hard a Craft  (Host: Brett McKenzie)

13: 12 PM EST  Understanding Cloud Storage and Sharing  (Host: Myrta Ventura) Registration Required 

22: 12PM EST  Best Practices: Recording with Panopto (Host: Stephanie Hijazi) Registration Required 

Additional training (offered by vendor Registration Required):

Hypothes.is

Grading Hypothesis-enabled readings

Tuesday, April 6, at 11am PT

Using Hypothesis with small groups

Tuesday, April 13, at 11am PT

Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses

Tuesday, April 20, at 11am PT 

Using multimedia in annotations

Tuesday, April 27, at 11am PT