Tuesday, 11 Aug 2020
Online workshop, CELT Condensed Course Design Clinic
The CELT Condensed Course Design Clinic is a faster-paced version of the CELT Summer Course Design Institute. It focuses on course planning, building a student-centered course in Canvas, active engagement strategies, learning assessment techniques, designing a learner-centered syllabus, and implementing accessibility. The Condensed Course Design Clinic will meet once for approximately four hours total.
Webinar, Explore the Benefits of Mindfulness in Online Learning
Learning online can offer different challenges and especially so during the time of a global pandemic. Using mindfulness practices can mitigate heightened anxiety and stress in your learning environment. Join Karen Couves (CELT) and Carrie Giese (Student Wellness) as they explore the student perspective of mindfulness in the online classroom.
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Web conferencing: keeping it all organized)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. Instructional support staff from across campus will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Wednesday, 12 Aug 2020
Webinar, Synchronous Communication Tools - An Overview and Best Practices
From Webex meetings to Webex Trainings to Zoom to MS teams, there are many communication tools that you can use to interact effectively and engage with students. This session walks you through the logistics of these technologies and best practices for engaging synchronously with students.
Online Course Essentials (ONCE) workshop using the ISU Course Template
The Online Course Essentials (ONCE) workshop is an interactive virtual event in which participants are introduced to a toolset consisting of the ISU course template in Canvas and a pedagogical process to help instructors plan for the online portion of their courses, regardless of whether the course meets face-to-face, virtually or some combination of the two.
Thursday, 13 Aug 2020
Webinar, Strategies for quizzes and exams in Canvas
Wondering how you're going to quiz your students online?
Webinar, Choose your instructional tool adventure (Effective virtual student/office hours)
CELT's Choose Your Instructional Tool Adventure focuses on various instructional strategies found on the CELT website and demonstrates practical ways to incorporate these tools in a Canvas course. Instructional support staff from across campus will facilitate each 30-minute byte. These 30-minutes builds on concepts covered in the Canvas Mini-Bytes training videos on the CELT instructional strategies pages.
Friday, 14 Aug 2020
Seminar, ISU Online Learning Community (ISU-OLC)
The purpose of the ISU-OLC is to share campus best practices to improve online teaching and learning; see how others are using ISU's Learning Management System (LMS) Canvas to create innovative learning experiences, inform the campus about existing & new web-based instructional technologies, participate in new technology testing and evaluation; as well as, to leverage LMS expertise, experience and training resources across campus.
Web talk, Creating Community in Online Classrooms
After we transitioned to remote learning this spring, we heard repeatedly from students that they felt isolated and that they missed being part of an educational community. This fall, as many of our courses will be offered entirely online, how can we create a sense of community among students, and between students and instructors?