Monday, 05 Oct 2020
Webinar, Let's talk Canvas Gradebook
This 50-minute online webinar will offer practical tips for using Canvas Gradebook for efficient grading. Upon completion, you will be able to calculate grades, use gradebook filtering and sorting functions and optimize the Speegrader for your teaching needs. The webinar will incorporate a 20-minute Q and A block, in order to address participants' questions specific to using Canvas Gradebook.
Tuesday, 06 Oct 2020
Webinar, Know Your Rights: Harassment 101
Learn what legally constitutes harassment and what resources are available to you for reporting and investigating incidents.
Workshop, Five Key Principles of Learning for College Teachers
College teachers are tasked with facilitating the learning of students with a variety of backgrounds, prior knowledge levels, and motivations. Yet we're rarely provided with specific education about learning and how it unfolds in different contexts.
Thursday, 08 Oct 2020
Web talk: Preparing Effective Award Nominations
Kirsten Abel, faculty honors and awards coordinator in the office of the senior vice president and provost, will share the best practices of successful nominations and how to avoid the most common errors and pitfalls in your preparation.
Celebration: National Campus Sustainablity Month - Energy Efficiency
Hosted by the Office of Sustainability, one of three events celebrating National Campus Sustainability Month and sustainability efforts and achievements at ISU. FREE bike tune-ups, herb and edible flower seeds and compostable planters to all attendees (while supplies last) and the opportunity to earn additional sustainability prizes through a virtual BINGO challenge!
IRB Basics: Protecting Human Research Subjects
This is the second session of a three-part series that looks more indepth at components of the IRB submission process. Participants will discuss risk in human subjects research and approaches for minimizing or mitigating risk. We'll also examine confidentiality and data security measures to protect research subjects.
Webinar, Canvas Blueprints: the Do's and Don'ts
A blueprint in Canvas allows to manage and distribute identical content across multiple sections of the same course. Which courses can Canvas blueprint accommodate best? What are the does and don'ts to help you avoid the typical blueprint mistakes? Whether you are new to the concept of Canvas blueprint or exploring better ways to use this functionality, join us for this conversation.
Webinar: How to Engage in Healthy Conflict
Facilitated by Rosemarie Roberts, Connecticut College, this program is part of the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity's core curriculum. Use Iowa State's institutional center membership to activate a free membership and register for this event.
Web talk, Language matters: Considering racial microaggressions in science.
Join us for an interactive session where we will explore ways in which racial microaggressions manifest themselves in science. We will discuss what microaggressions are and how they effect underrepresented individuals in an academic setting. We will present several examples of microaggressions and discuss general strategies for confronting them.
Curator's Exploration of A New World: 600 BCE - 600 CE
Step back into the ancient world and learn about works of art on exhibition from the permanent collection and what they can tell us about life in centuries past.
Friday, 09 Oct 2020
Innovators Forum: Thomas Stuermer
A live, moderated conversation with Thomas Stuermer, global managing director of the Google Business Group at Accenture. The alum has 25+ years of experience at the global professional services company, now focusing on digital marketing, cloud solutions, AI/Data, and industry vertical solutions. Registration required.
Saturday, 10 Oct 2020
Smart Start workshop
A "crash course" workshop for anyone who has ever considered starting a business. You will learn various topics such as insurance, intellectual property, business organization, registration and operations. Topics will be presented by local business professionals. Register for one or both sessions.
SCRATCH: A Moving Image Sketch Workshop
Practice experimental film techniques and learn how to alter film to create new stories and meanings in this hands-on workshop.
Homecoming: Football vs. Texas Tech
Iowa State vs. Texas Tech. Game times and dates are subject to change.