Active Teaching and Learning in Zoom
OnlineTuesday, January 4, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific / 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Live, synchronous online classes in Zoom can be sites of active learning and participation. This session will explore pedagogical practices for using Zoom to teach synchronous classes. Topics will include: Collaboratively establishing norms of communication in the classroom Active learning ideas,
Social Annotation in Canvas
OnlineWednesday, January 5, 2022 9:30 - 10:30 am Pacific / 12:30 - 1:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom This session will introduce strategies for using social annotation to support meaningful student learning, including: planning social annotation activities tied to course learning goals facilitating and deepening social annotation activities exploring and choosing social annotation tools (Hypothes.is,
Active Teaching and Learning in Zoom
OnlineThursday, January 6, 2022 7:00-8:00 am Pacific / 10:00-11:00 am Eastern Online via Zoom Live, synchronous online classes in Zoom can be sites of active learning and participation. This session will explore pedagogical practices for using Zoom to teach synchronous classes. Topics will include: Collaboratively establishing norms of communication in the classroom Active learning ideas,
Getting Started With Canvas
OnlineThursday, January 6, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific / 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom FORMAT This is a flipped online workshop requiring some preparatory steps followed by a Zoom discussion. This session is for instructors who are new to building course sites in Canvas. Complete activities prior to the live session: We invite you to
Need to Go Hybrid? Strategies for Connecting On-Ground and Remote Students
OnlineTuesday, Jan. 25, 2022 12:30 - 1:30 pm Pacific / 3:30 -4:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom In the fall 2021 semester, many faculty teaching primarily in-person classes on campus had to adjust their teaching for students who needed to participate in class remotely for a short time (for quarantine, or self-quarantine). In this workshop,
Faculty Showcase: Teaching with Canvas
OnlineWednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 12:30 - 1:30 pm Pacific / 3:30 -4:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Over the past year, Middlebury faculty have explored new ways of teaching and supporting learning using digital tools. In this show-and-tell session, join your colleagues to hear and see how they are using tools available in Canvas such
DesignPlus Tools for Canvas
OnlineWednesday, February 23, 2022 noon-1 pm Pacific / 3:00-4:00 pm Eastern Pre-Recorded Presentation & Activities/Live Q&A via Zoom Two of the major complaints that we hear about using Canvas is the limited control faculty have over the look and theme of the course, and the time it takes to configure and fill a course site.
Drop-In Consultation: DesignPlus Tools for Canvas
OnlineWednesday, February 23, 2022 1-1:30 pm Pacific / 4:00-4:30 pm Eastern Online Via Zoom Have a question about using the DesignPlus Tools in Canvas? Come by our Zoom room to chat with a DLINQ instructional designer about your question or what you're looking to accomplish with the DesignPlus Tools. (If you are new to the
TOHCS: Unpacking Attendance and Participation Policies
OnlineFriday, February 25, 2022 9:30-10:45 am Pacific / 12:30-1:45 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Please join us for the first Teaching Online and Hybrid Conversation Series event of Spring 2022! In this session, we’ll dig into a ubiquitous, and taken-for-granted, part of syllabi: required attendance and course participation grades. Why do we have attendance and
Canvas Tips and Tricks
OnlineFriday, March 4, 2022 9:00-10:00 am Pacific / 12:00-1:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom Have a burning question about Canvas? Looking for ways to be more efficient or to enhance functionality there? Join us for a session where we’ll share tips and tricks, as well as answer your questions. Topics will cover such items as:
Drop-In Consultation: Canvas
OnlineMonday, March 7, 2022 9:30-10:00 am Pacific / 12:30-1:00 pm Eastern Online Via Zoom Have a question about Canvas? 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
TOHCS: Hybrid/Hyflex Teaching Design Clinic
OnlineMarch 18, 2022 9:30-10:30 am Pacific / 12:30-1:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom This Hybrid/Hyflex Teaching edition of the Innovation Design Clinic is an opportunity for faculty who are teaching in hybrid or hyflex modalities (for some or all of the semester) to share a “design challenge” - something you’re trying, or an idea that
Drop-In Consultation: Canvas
OnlineMonday, April 4, 2022 10:00-11:00 am Pacific / 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Online Via Zoom 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
Digital Storytelling: Going Beyond Video
OnlineFriday, April 29, 2022 11am - 12pm ET 8 - 9am PT Storytelling facilitates connections between people and ideas, and links the past, present, and future. Storytelling also can advance understanding of complex ideas, and promote inclusion and diversity in the classroom.While digital storytelling has its roots in video production, today it makes use of a
Drop In Consultation: Canvas
OnlineMonday, May 2, 2022 10:00-11:00 am Pacific / 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Online Via Zoom 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
Digital Publishing with Scalar
OnlineFriday, May 13, 2022 1 – 2pm ET 10-11am PT Scalar is a digital publishing platform built for media rich publications that give users multiple paths through material. Developed by the Alliance for Networking Visual Culture at USC, it is made for “born digital, open source scholarly publishing.” In this workshop, we will focus on
Getting Started with Canvas
OnlineWednesday, June 15, 2022 10:00-11:00 am Pacific / 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom This workshop is geared to 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 importing a template setting up your home
Creating Accessible Digital Materials
OnlineWednesday, June 15, 2022 1:00-2:00 pm Pacific / 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom 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
Advanced Canvas
OnlineThursday, January 16, 2022 10:00-11:00 am Pacific / 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Online via Zoom During this workshop, we’ll discuss and demo Canvas features such as: Using the Canvas calendar for scheduling office hours and student meetings Using the Multi-Tool module builder, template builder, and due date modifier Determining the settings options on different page types
Setting Up a Canvas Discussion Board
OnlineThursday, June 26, 2022 11:00-11:30 am Pacific / 2:00-2:30 pm Eastern Online via Zoom In this workshop, we’ll walk through the technical aspects of setting up Canvas discussion boards to create whole class and small group discussions. We’ll look at grading settings, setting up a peer review discussion, assigning discussions to groups, embedding media in