Each term, the IDEA Courseware Team offers a series of faculty training sessions to share teaching tools and best practices. Any teaching team members or staff are welcome to attend. Recordings of each Zoom-delivered webinar session will be shared with registrants, so feel free to register even if you can’t make it to the live session. All sessions listed are expressed in Eastern Time (ET). If you are interested in attending, please register for a session.
Anytime, On-Demand
New Options for Course Materials @ Penn Libraries with Leganto
Want to learn how to streamline access to assigned reading material for your students? Watch this demo of the Course Materials @ Penn Libraries system, hosted by Mia Wells from the Lippincott Library of the Wharton School. Mia will show you how to submit your syllabus to the library and how the staff there will build your customized reading list and load it directly into your course Canvas site. Beyond the list creation, you’ll also see how to flexibly edit and interact with the list if you want to make changes throughout the semester.
- Register to access & view the recording
Wednesday, Sep. 4 @ 12-1pm
Making Your Course Accessible to Students with Disabilities
Live Webinar | Ensure your Canvas site and course materials are accessible to students with all abilities. This session will demonstrate how to use the default accessibility checker in Canvas as well as the UDOIT dashboard to identify and fix accessibility issues in your Canvas course sites. We’ll also show you some simple steps for making videos, images, and files (including your syllabus and lecture slides) accessible.
- View the accessibility recording
Wednesday, Sep. 11 @ 12-1pm
Class Recordings Considerations
Live Webinar | Learn about all the options for sharing Class Recordings with your students, recording best practices, and how to ensure videos are accessible for students with disabilities. This session will also include a demo of the brand-new Class Recordings Permissions app, which gives you more control over how and when the recordings are shared.
Wednesday, Oct. 16 @ 12-1pm
đź”’ Respondus LockDown Browser Experience đź”’
On-Campus Training in JMHH 375 | Using a lockdown browser for in-person exams on Canvas is a great way to prevent cheating. Join us at this short in-person workshop to learn how to enable the tool and see how it works from both the student’s and instructor’s perspective.
- No recording will be available for this in-person training opportunity
Wednesday, Oct. 30 @ 12-1pm
Creating Engaging Discussions with Harmonize
Live Webinar | In this session, you’ll learn how to take full advantage of the key Harmonize features that drive increased student engagement, promote inclusive learning, and save instructors time. You’ll learn how you build your first Harmonize discussion and how you can use powerful features like multimedia, milestones, and auto-grading to take your course discussion to the next level. We’ll cover how you can:
- Use AI to build your discussion prompt
- Author rich content Configure milestones (aka multiple due dates)
- Auto-grade student participation
- Easily evaluate student performance and provide substantive feedback, and
- Monitor for students who may need help.
By the end of the session, you’ll know how to set up, moderate, evaluate, and encourage student participation in your online course discussions.
- View the Harmonize recording (…coming soon)
Wednesday, Nov. 6 @ 12-1pm
Canvas Gradebook Masterclass: From Setup to Success
Live Webinar | Unlock the full potential of the Canvas Gradebook in this comprehensive session. We’ll explore advanced statuses, filtering techniques, and grading policies to help you manage your grades with ease and precision. Use the tips & tricks we provide to streamline your grading experience, enhance student feedback, and save time!
- View the Gradebook recording (…coming soon)
Wednesday, Dec. 4 @ 12-1pm
Design AI In or Out: Intentional Assessment Design with AI in Mind
Live Webinar | The emergence of ChatGPT and other AI language models has provided an opportunity for faculty to reconsider the assessments and learning activities they use. This webinar will arm attendees with strategies for designing learning activities and assessments specifically with AI in mind. We will consider approaches that will intentionally limit students’ ability to effectively use AI, as well as those that build in opportunities for AI use.
- View the Intentional Assessment Design recording (…coming soon)
Questions about our webinar & training series? Contact us at courseware@wharton.upenn.edu.