Upcoming Events

January 28 - February 3, 2024

Jan

CIDI Workshop - Publishing Open Textbooks with Pressbooks

Workshop/Training

Pressbooks is an open e-book authoring and publishing platform available to USU teachers and students. It integrates with Canvas and allows teachers and students to discover, use, and adapt existing open educational content or author and publish new content. Learn how to use and create Pressbooks content for your course.

9:30 am - 10:30 am | Online/Virtual | More Info

Jan

CIDI Workshop - AI in Teaching: Opportunities

Workshop/Training

In this workshop, we discuss some of the ways AI can be used by faculty for content creation, design analysis, help with feedback, student coaching, simulation, and more. We'll give examples of assignments and prompts using AI and allow participants to share their own thoughts and ideas around AI in teaching.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual | More Info

Jan

CIDI Workshop - Creating Usable, Accessible Courses

Workshop/Training

Learn quick and easy practical tips to make sure your content more usable and easy to learn for the students in your course. In this workshop we will go over how to 1) get rid of extra content and simplify navigation, 2) get rid of broken links and make sure your content is published, 3) embed and caption your videos to make them more usable for everyone, and 4) provide content in user-friendly formats that work well on mobile devices.

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

CIDI Workshop - Use Video Effectively in Teaching

Workshop/Training

This workshop will help you enhance your teaching with video.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

CIDI Workshop - Digital Badging Using Canvas Credentials (previously Badgr)

Workshop/Training

Digital badges are sometimes called microcredentials. They can be awarded to students for various accomplishments and then shared by students on social media and elsewhere as an indicator of their accomplishment or competence. Canvas has an integrated digital badging tool called Canvas Credentials (previously called Badgr). This workshop addresses how to create, award, and track digital badges.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb

How to Facilitate Successful Group Work in Online Classes

Workshop/Training | Sparkshops

In this Sparkshop you will learn best practices, as well as how to avoid common pitfalls, in online group work. We will share ideas for how and when to use groups, how to manage them as an instructor, and how you can cut down on your work while getting added benefits for your students.

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Online/Virtual | More Info

Feb