Canvas Drop-In Support

Online

Tuesday, December 12, 2023 8:00-9:00 am Pacific / 11:00 am - noon Eastern Online via Zoom Have a question about Canvas? Come by our Zoom room to chat with DLINQ staff about your question or what you're looking to accomplish with Canvas. Please register below to receive the Zoom link, and feel free to drop

Canvas Drop-In Support

Online

Wednesday, January 3, 2024 9:00-10:00 am Pacific / noon-1:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Have a question about Canvas? Come by our Zoom room to chat with DLINQ staff about your question or what you're looking to accomplish with Canvas. Please register below to receive the Zoom link, and feel free to drop by any

MIIS Tech Kitchen: Exploring Extended Reality (XR) Tools for Place-Based Education & Digital Storytelling

Digital Learning Commons, Monterey & Online

Co-sponsored by DLINQ and the Collaborative for Conflict Transformation Join us for a special pop-up "Tech Kitchen" with special guest Daniel Kinzer, Crew Member with Hōkūleʻa and the Polynesian Voyaging Society, Lead Expedition Guide at Pacific Blue Studios and Community Technologist at Purple Maiʻa Foundation in the Hawaiian Islands. Dan will share stories of how

Elevate your Portfolio Creation: an AI Tools and Career Path TechKitchen.

Wilson Media Lab, Davis Family Library 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury, VT, United States

Ever wondered how you can make your portfolio stand out in a digital world filled with possibilities? Join us for a TechKitchen adventure where we are unleashing the power of AI tools to craft portfolios that capture your essence and narrative. Connect with fellow students who share your passion as we navigate the digital landscape,

AI Prompting Basics

Online

Prompting matters. How you and your students interact with generative AI can have a big impact on how useful those tools are for supporting learning. This workshop introduces approaches to prompting and gives participants a chance to try prompting techniques in a hands-on way. We’ll also discuss how to teach students about prompting, and strategies

Explore your Environmental Advocacy with AI: a TechKitchen for the Climate Change/AI Create-a-Thon

Wilson Media Lab, Davis Family Library 110 Storrs Ave, Middlebury, VT, United States

Step into the forefront of innovation and activism with our Climate Change/AI Create-a-thon, perfectly timed during Earth Week. Join us for an immersive TechKitchen experience where we dive deep into the fusion of AI and environmental advocacy. Led by the DLINQ Interns, each specializing in a distinct facet of AI innovation, we will explore a

AI Prompting Basics

Online

Prompting matters. How you and your students interact with generative AI can have a big impact on how useful those tools are for supporting learning. This workshop introduces approaches to prompting and gives participants a chance to try prompting techniques in a hands-on way. We’ll also discuss how to teach students about prompting, and strategies

Digital Teaching & Learning Fellows Showcase

Wilson Media Lab (VT), Digital Learning Commons CA), and online

Join us for a session featuring presentations and informal conversations with the current Digital Teaching & Learning Fellows about their projects, offering insights and inspiration for your own teaching practices. Interact with several projects firsthand and celebrate the culmination of the 2023-2024 Digital Teaching and Learning Fellowship with light snacks provided. This is a hybrid

Getting Started with Canvas for Language Teachers

Online

This workshop is geared to language faculty who are new to Canvas, and/or new to using Canvas at Middlebury. We will cover the following topics as an introduction to Canvas: Creating a course site using CourseHub Importing a template Setting up your home page Using Canvas alongside in-person language teaching How to use Canvas in-language

Using New Quizzes and SpeedGrader in Canvas

Online

In this hands-on workshop, we'll dive into the features of the New Quizzes and SpeedGrader tools available in Canvas. We'll demonstrate how to create, customize, and deploy quizzes with the New Quizzes tool. You'll also learn how to use SpeedGrader for more efficient grading of Assignments, Discussions, and New Quizzes.

Tools for Active and Engaging Learning

Online

During this workshop, we’ll demo and discuss some of the most popular Middlebury-supported tools for active and engaging learning: StoryMaps: is a web-based story-authoring application that allows you to easily integrate maps alongside narrative text and other multimedia content. Panopto: a video and audio storage service that allows you to upload, edit, store and share

Creating Accessible Digital Materials for Diverse Learners

Online

When creating or using digital materials in your course, you will want to ensure that those digital materials are accessible to the broadest range of learners. There are small steps that you can take in creating digital materials that may have a large impact for your learners. This session will introduce you to several strategies

Setting up Effective Discussion Boards in Canvas

Online

Asynchronous discussion boards can be a site of active learning and participation. This session will introduce strategies for creating asynchronous discussions to support meaningful student learning, including: creating discussion board activities that generate actual discussion how to structure the discussion board to scaffold participation options for going beyond text-based discussion, and how to encourage synthesis

Getting the Best out of Generative AI

Online

Prompting matters and it’s all about language! How you and your students interact with generative AI can have a big impact on how useful those tools are for supporting learning. This workshop introduces approaches to prompting and gives participants a chance to try prompting techniques in a hands-on way. We’ll also discuss how to teach

Using Generative AI in the Language Classroom

Online

Led by Dr. Thor Sawin, Associate Dean of Curriculum for the Language Schools, this workshop offers concrete strategies on integrating AI tools into immersive language instruction.  All activities presented will be in the context of the Language Pledge.  The focus is on activities that will help learners enhance - rather than outsource or replace -

Getting Started with Canvas for Language Teachers

Online

This workshop is geared to language faculty who are new to Canvas, and/or new to using Canvas at Middlebury. We will cover the following topics as an introduction to Canvas: Creating a course site using CourseHub Importing a template Setting up your home page Using Canvas alongside in-person language teaching How to use Canvas in-language

Giving Meaningful Feedback on Learning in Canvas

Online

Meaningful feedback is especially important to learning, as it provides students with detailed information about their work that helps guide them toward enhanced understanding of a subject, as well as mastery of the skills required to deliver a longer-term assignment in a professional and impactful manner. Meaningful feedback is specific, timely, and purposeful. In this

Drop-in consultation: Canvas

Online

Have a question about Canvas, or any of the tools that integrate with Canvas (Panopto, Hypothes.is, etc.)? Come by our Zoom room to chat with a DLINQ instructional designer about your question or what you're looking to accomplish with Canvas. Please register below to receive the Zoom link, and feel free to drop by any

Drop-in Consultation: Canvas

Online

Have a question about Canvas, or any of the tools that integrate with Canvas (Panopto, Hypothes.is, etc.)? Come by our Zoom room to chat with a DLINQ instructional designer about your question or what you're looking to accomplish with Canvas. Please register below to receive the Zoom link, and feel free to drop by any

Using Group Work as a Pedagogical Tool Track – Summer Digital Teaching and Learning Series

Online

Join us for the 2024 Summer Digital Teaching and Learning Series, August 21-23, 2024! Group work is a common activity in many courses, and can also be a significant stressor for students. In this track, we’ll address how to plan/design for, assess, and implement group work in your class in a way that ensures that