Greetings from Green Bay! Our very own Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) is hosting a reading series about The Association of American Colleges and Universities’ High-Impact Practices (HIPs). HIPs turn 10 this year, and in honor of that milestone and an initiative sponsored by UW System and the National Association of System…
Read More HIPS @ 10 Reading SeriesLast semester, thanks to the “Becoming a Student Ready University Initiative,” we read Sara Goldrick-Rab’s Paying the Price, Beverly Daniel Tatum’s Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, and Cia Verschelden’s Bandwidth Recovery. This year we’ll tackle a series of “tough” issues that percolated up through our community: course-scheduling, textbook affordability,…
Read More The Course Crunch: Scheduling for Student SuccessThis volume of Transition Notes seeks to specifically address some of the things we’ve ways to handle common problems in Canvas–especially in making the adjustment from D2L.
Read More Transition Notes – Vol. 07Our colleagues across the University shared the following examples course policies from their syllabi. You are free to use and/or modify the language you find here as you build your courses. Thanks to all who contributed to this project! This page is a continual work-in-progress. With your help, we hope to add and update it…
Read More Syllabus SnippetsGood-bye, rust-colored chalkboards! Over summer 2018, dust-covered Theatre Hall 316 was transformed into a collaborative learning space. Those who teach and learn in this room may structure it in multiple ways to foster learning and engagement — with or without the use of its state-of-the-art technology (further resources below). Instructors and students will have access to…
Read More Active Learning in Theatre Hall 316CATL will hold a Hands-on Technology Day on August 23rd. There are two main tracks. The first: Canvas: Tales from the Trenches, offers the wisdom of your fellow instructors as they share insights regarding using Canvas, the digital learning environment which will succeed D2L over the coming 12 months. The second track is called “Cool…
Read More Hands-on Technology Day (8/23)The transition notes pertaining to the move from D2L and Canvas from June and July are chock full of information! Access theme here: Taking the move to Canvas as an opportunity to redesign your course? We’re happy to help! Contact CATL to schedule an Instructional Design consultation.
Read More June and July “Transition Notes”
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Stop by the updated events page to see an updated list of upcoming Canvas trainings and other events complete with available-to-download iCal files (to easily add these CATL events to your Outlook calendar!)
Read More New Events ListIn addition to training information, this volume of Transition Notes takes a closer look at the semesterly workflow for Canvas courses. Especially if using Canvas this Fall, be sure to take a good look at this volume.
Read More Transition Notes – Vol. 06This volume of Transition Notes includes several Top-5 lists to further acquaint you with Canvas. Access it here.
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