2024 Spring breakout workshop schedule
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Thursday, May 16
Session 1: Access: A Quest Towards Inclusion
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Michelle Thornton
Join us as we kick-off the Spring pilot, the new Accessibility “Quest” that has been created in Brightspace. The team will help guide you through the start of your journey, highlight the materials and features and discuss options for how people and groups can learn from and engage with the course.
Friday, May 17
Session 2: Exploring RAMPS for Digital Access
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Library Classroom 215 / Recording
Presenters: Rebecca Mushtare, Sean Moriarty
SUNY Oswego’s commitment to Digital Accessibility is foundational to the University’s diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. In this session, we introduce RAMPS as a framework for cultivating and nurturing our culture of access and how we utilize it to elevate our efforts.
Session 3: Easier Integrity Violation Reporting
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Location: Penfield 123 /Recording
Presenters: Associate Deans
The associate deans will discuss ongoing efforts to make the process of reporting violations of the campus policy on academic integrity easier using Starfish.
Session 4: Academic Integrity Discussion
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Associate Deans
Following on our debrief of the new mechanism for reporting academic integrity violations, we invite you to join us for a conversation about integrity on campus. We continue to update the campus policy on academic integrity to make the expectations clear and as easily navigated as possible for all stakeholders.
Session 5: A Signature Course on VR
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Rameen Mohammadi
Computer Programming can be difficult even when you program in an IDE. There are significant limits in how in-depth a first-year programming course can be in covering concept of object oriented programming such as inheritance. It is even more difficult to teach students to program 3-D applications. VR is often not considered a topic for a low-level Computer Science course. I used Alice 3 in my CSC 198 in the fall of 2023. Student don’t need to learn the standard syntax and semantics that other programming languages like Java require. If the students can think of a VR action in a scene, they can drag and drop one or more instructions into their program, set the parameters of those instructions, and those steps just happen when the program runs. In this presentation, I will share the basic outline of the course, what some of my teaching strategies were, and provide examples of the projects my students created. Some of the projects my students worked on are quite remarkable. My students were all in their first semester of college majoring in Art, CS, Criminal Justice, etc. The importance of tapping our students’ enthusiasm for learning and producing creative work can’t be understated. Once the student wants do create something that requires a loop, or an if statement, handle an event, or they need to add functionality to an object, it is much easier to then teach them just in time what they need to accomplish that.
Session 6: Using AI to complement student learning
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Stephanie Pritchard
Many faculty are concerned that students might use AI tools as a substitute for learning and rely on AI detection tools to deter and penalize such use. In this session, participants will explore problems with AI detection, especially with students whose first language is not English. We will also explore a variety of assignments that integrate AI tools and authentic assessment strategies in support of student learning.
Session 7: Introduction to Panopto
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Dan Laird
In this introductory session, we will go over how to setup Panopto in Brightspace, downloading and installing the software, using the software in the classroom, as well as a quick overview of features and editing capabilities. Feel free to bring a laptop if you would like ito nstall the software and try it out.
Session 8: Academic Care Team: Support for students
Time: 3:00 - 3:20
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Corie Kohlbach, Andrew Buchmann, Leigh Viscomi, Lynn Braun
An introduction to the Academic Care Team. The purpose of the team will be to review students with raised starfish flags that were negatively cleared due to no contact. The team will consist of representatives from the Advisement Center, Residence Life and Housing, Counseling Center, Accessibility Resources, and the Dean of Students Office. We'll be exploring outreach efforts and action plans for students, in hopes of providing strategic additional support to students in need.
Tuesday, May 28
Session 9: Your Classroom & the 2024 Election
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Not recorded (by presenter request)
Presenter: Allison Rank
Faculty have a key role to play in helping students connect their education within a particular discipline to the public good and electoral politics. Yet, given the contemporary political environment, many faculty range from hesitant to incorporate this content or unsure of how to handle a discussion that students might initiate. Attendees should leave this session with an improved understanding of how and why faculty in a range of disciplines bring civic learning and democratic engagement into their courses; strategies for doing that fit a range of teaching styles, levels of risk tolerance, and time constraints; and, trustworthy external resources. Time will be reserved for questions, discussions, and requests for specific campus-based support.
Note: This session will not be recorded.
Session 10: Lights, Camera, Learning
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Jason Hy
With more and more courses being offered online, self made videos by faculty are becoming more important and are viewed more by students. But are faculty satisfied with the quality of these videos? If you are not, and would like some assistance to improve your video production skills, stop by this session to learn some quick and easy tips to enhance the look of these videos, as well as find out more about the Academic Videographer we have here on campus and the services that he can offer you.
Session 11: Empowering Adult Learners with the WHY
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Donna Matteson, Carol Willard, Jan Woodworth, Theresa Gilliard-Cook, Carrie Mocyk, Lisa Brancato
This panel discussion will provide authentic perspectives on adult learners: the who and why of supporting this ever-increasing population of students. We will share strategies to help empower adult learners and to make the learning relevant and engaging. These strategies can be applied effectively for all populations of learners.
Session 12: Mastering CTS Client Portal
Time: 11:00 - 11:20
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Chuck Beedy
This workshop will show how to look for service requests, knowledge base articles, and even look at ticket statuses.
Session 13: How to Run a Search Process
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Sonja Hathaway and Anneke McEvoy
Talent Acquisition Manager Sonja Hathaway and Affirmative Action Officer Anneke McEvoy will walk participants through our search process from beginning to end and everything in between, including focus on diversity statements and diversity questions. This will be an opportunity to get a refresher on our process, learn about it for the first time, and ask any questions you may have.
Session 14: Life Happens: Planning for the Unplanned
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Carrie Mocyk, Douglas Hemphill, Theresa Gilliard-Cook
This session is about making small changes to your course to offer more flexibility and adaptability because “Life happens” not only for students, but for faculty, too. There are ways to maintain course structure while offering flexible opportunities to those who may need it. Easy to implement IDeas will be provided.
Session 15: Reporting Structures: TIX/ADA/AAO/BPRT
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Anneke McEvoy, Lisa Evaneski, Starr Wheeler, Julie Bezek
The compliance team in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion has been working together and with key partners to improve infrastructure around reporting and responding to bias incidents, sexual and interpersonal violence, and allegations of unlawful discrimination related to ethnicity, gender, disability, etc., We would like to inform the community about reporting resources and processes to increase transparency and improve understanding.
Session 16: Getting Started with Online Course Design 1 of 4
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook
Session 1: Destination First.
The Instructional Design Team at Oswego uses a Backwards Design model as its basis. This session will walk through what Backwards Design is, and how it shapes the creation of a course. This session will also introduce faculty to the Oswego Syllabus Template.
Pre-Registration for this course is strongly recommended. If you pre-register prior to the course, a Development Shell with a Course Template and a copy of the printable accessible version of the Oswego syllabus will be provided. (If unable to preregister, we will work to get you set up as soon as we can.)
For those not familiar with Brightspace, you may wish to review the Brightspace Essential Training (if available).
Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.
Wednesday, May 29
Session 17: AI and course policies
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Stephanie Pritchard and John Kane
This session will discuss examples of syllabus statements that clearly address ways in which AI tools can be productively used to facilitate learning in a class and when its use is not allowed. Sample assignments and assignment instructions will be provided that provide explicit instructor expectations and requirements regarding AI use in assignment. Resources on course policies created by the SUNY FACT2 AI Task group (and other resources) will be shared with participants in this session. Participants in this session are encouraged to share their own syllabus statements and assignments with participants in this workshop.
Session 18: Telling Stories with Data
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Anna Croyle
What is your data saying? Determining the story your data tells – and how to communicate it – is the key to turning data into decision making. If you ever need to communicate using data (no matter the scale) this presentation is for you.
Session 19: Generative AI and Ethics
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Stephanie Pritchard
Participants in this hands-on session will explore some of the ethical issues associated with the use of generative AI, including:
- biases built into AI platforms trained on online digital materials,
- training on copyrighted material
- privacy concerns when submitting personal data
- AI hallucinations.
- citing AI-generated material
Session 20: AI and Personal Productivity
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Stephanie Pritchard and John Kane
Participants in this hands-on session will explore ways in which AI tools can increase personal productivity. Participants will learn:
- how to enable AI tools in Chrome and Edge to allow for AI-enhanced search, writing assistance, AI-powered document and search overviews
- install Microsoft Co-Pilot on your computer or mobile device
- use generative AI tools to make travel plans, provide recipes, plan diets or exercise regimes, or engage in mindfulness training.
Session 21: Alternative grading panel
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Panelists: Maggie Schmuhl, Rebecca Mushtare, Andrea Vickery
Participants in this session will provide a brief discussion of the alternative grading approach(es) that they have used, followed by an informal Q&A session with participants.
Session 22: Active Learning
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
In study after study, active learning approaches have been shown to result in increased student learning and reduced equity gaps. In this session, a variety of active learning activities will be shared, along with strategies to overcome student resistance to active learning.
Session 23: TurnItIn: Getting Started Cancelled
Time: 2:00 - 3:30
Online access only - not recorded
Presenters: Kenneth Rogers and Anjali Standish from Turnitin
This session has been organized by Extended Learning and CTS and requires a separate registration. Recordings will not be available unless you register separately for this session.
Instructors can use an academic integrity strategy and the Turnitin Similarity Report to help develop original writing. This session will cover the steps to create a Turnitin assignment in Brightspace, how to interpret the Similarity Report, and begin to explore and understand academic integrity to best support our students.
To sign up to attend this session, please preregister using this registration link from Turnitin. After you register, you will receive a Zoom link to attend the session. Those who register will receive the recording, resources, and unanswered questions in a follow up email. This session will be facilitated by Kenneth Rogers and Anjali Standish from Turnitin.
Thursday, May 30
Session 25: Evolving Offerings in OLS
Time: 9:00 - 9:20
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Allison Ayotte
Many students come for tutoring assistance with course content or writing assignments. But did you know that we also offer tutoring appointments for reading skills, study skills, and technology assistance? Come see what's new in the Office of Learning services, and let us know if you have additional suggestions for tutoring offerings.
Session 26: Microcredentials: Making it happen
Time: 9:30 - 9:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Karen Archibee
Microcredentials have been talked about for several years at Oswego, and Extended Learning has been hard at work setting the groundwork for development in this space. Join us to discuss the logistics of creating a microcredential. You'll be able to leave the session with knowledge of where to start and how to make your microcredential come to life.
Session 27: Adobe Licensing and Features
Time: 10:00 - 10:20
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Amanda Odin, Michael Oher
Hear about the history of Adobe, learn about the new Adobe Creative Cloud discounting for students and explore the collection of desktop and mobile applications that drive our students' success and empower creativity.
Session 28: Beyond journal articles and books
Time: 10:30 - 10:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Catherine Carra
There’s a wealth of information published and distributed outside of commercial and academic channels that can be useful resources. Research reports and data produced by government agencies, NGOs, think tanks, and advocacy groups; Congressional hearings and federal regulations; press releases; and survey results are among the many valuable, but sometimes difficult to find types of gray literature that can be used to supplement more traditional sources. This presentation will help you discover ways to locate government information and gray literature and identify any biases that may be present in it. There will be a special focus on sources and skills that can help instructors integrate NACE career readiness competencies into their courses.
Session 29: Student View In Brightspace
Time: 11:00 - 11:20
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Carrie Mocyk, Douglas Hemphill
This session will be of interest to all members of the campus community, especially those who field questions from students about Brightspace. We will demonstrate what a student experiences as they log into a course for the first time all the way through how they view their grades and evaluations. First we will walk through how students interact with Brightspace in content and assessments. Then we will take a look at how students can view feedback for the different assessment types.
Session 30: D2L Creator+: What is it?
Time: 11:30 - 11:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Kathi Dutton
D2L's Creator+ empowers educators to craft engaging and dynamic content seamlessly. This workshop will introduce Creator+ and demonstrate how it can enhance your courses.
Session 31: Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) progress
Time: 1:00 - 1:20
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Marcia Burrell
SUNY Oswego, through the Division of Extended Learning, has been offering Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) credit for years, as well as CLEP and Military prior credit opportunities. Come to a workshop to get an update on the SUNY initiative and the course to be proposed to offer adults additional opportunities to access college. PLA can assist stopouts and other adults to consider college as a path to completing their college degree. The discussion will provide an update about the PLA course and your individual role in the PLA process.
Session 32: Evaluating Information: the SIFT approach
Time: 1:30 - 1:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Participants in this hands-on session will explore the SIFT approach, developed by Mike Caufield, to help students evaluate posts on social media and material generated by AI large language models.
Session 33: AI@Oswego
Time: 2:00 - 2:20
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Sean Moriarty
AI is a topic of great interest to everyone in Higher Education. This session will bring light to some of the initiatives taking place at Oswego and plans for what lies ahead as the campus works to expand our AI usage.
Friday, May 31
Session 34: D2L Creator+: Getting Started
Time: 9:00 - 10:20
Location: Library Classroom 101 /Recording
Presenter: Kathi Dutton
Unlock the full potential of digital course creation with our workshop on D2L Creator+. Discover how this innovative platform empowers educators to craft engaging and dynamic content seamlessly. Learn to integrate multimedia elements, interactive exercises, and personalized assessments to elevate student engagement and learning outcomes. Whether you're new to online teaching or a seasoned professional, this workshop offers practical insights and expert guidance to revolutionize your approach to course design. Join us and take your digital content creation skills to the next level with D2L Creator+.
Session 35: Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT)
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Maggie Schmuhl
The Transparency in Learning and Teaching framework created by Mary-Ann Winklemas encourages faculty to be more explicit in explaining to students the connections among course educational activities, learning objectives, and assessments while also providing students with the structure and support resources that are needed to be successful in the course. In this session, we'll discuss strategies for applying the TILT approach in all course modalities.
Session 37: Inclusive Teaching: Alternative grading approaches
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording (no attendees - reposting of January session recording)
Presenter: John Kane
Traditional grading systems create incentives that encourage students to focus on maximizing their grades rather than their learning and advantages students from wealthier communities and school districts. In this session, a variety of alternative grading systems will be discussed that are designed to provide all students with more equitable opportunities to be successful in our classes. Among the topics discussed will be: mastery learning, contract grading, standards-based grading, specifications grading, labor-based grading, and ungrading.
Session 38: Adding supportive structure to courses in Brightspace
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
A large and growing body of research demonstrates that providing more structure in classes improves learning outcomes for all students while also reducing achievement gaps. Participants in this hands-on workshop will learn how to add checklists, organize support resources compactly using accordion files, use intelligent agents to send timely reminders to students of approaching due dates, and to automatically remind students of support resources available in the course when they experience difficulties on assessments.
Session 24: Getting Started with Online Course Development 2 of 4 (rescheduled)
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook
Session 2: Planning for Souvenirs
Following the Backwards Design approach, the second session will focus on creating meaningful Assessments within. This will cover general concepts around creating quality assessments and some examples of assessments you may want to use.
Pre-Registration for this course is strongly recommended. If you pre-register prior to the course, a Development Shell with a Course Template and a copy of the printable accessible version of the Oswego syllabus will be provided. (If unable to preregister, we will work to get you set up as soon as we can.)
For those not familiar with Brightspace, you may wish to review the Brightspace Essential Training (if available).
Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.
Session 39: QPR: Suicide Prevention Training
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Not recorded
Presenter: Jessica Harris
QPR is a suicide prevention program that empowers individuals to recognize warning signs of suicide, intervene and refer someone to the appropriate resources. The free training will equip you with the knowledge and skills needed to support our students in crisis.
Monday, June 3
Session 40: Accessibility Fellows Roundtable
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: Ashlee Moore, Amy Shore, Susan DiBlasi, Emily Bovier
This session will be a roundtable discussion with the 2024 Accessibility Fellows. They will discuss their experience thus far in the fellowship, their motivation for joining, and long-term plans for advocacy. This is a great session for people who may be interested in applying for the 2025 Accessibility Fellowship!
Session 41: ChatGPT and Prompt Engineering
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Stephanie Pritchard and John Kane
Participants in this hands-on session will learn how to create AI prompts that will generate useful responses from generative AI models. While we’ll be using ChatGPT in this session, the same procedure will also work with other generative AI models.
Session 42: Using AI to support teaching and equity in your classes
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Stephanie Pritchard
Participants in this hands-on session will explore the use of generative AI to support the design and improvement of inclusive course syllabi, course materials, and learning activities. Participants will use AI tools to design assignments and active learning activities relevant to their courses. Participants will also explore strategies that they can encourage students to use to provide support for students with gaps in their prior learning.
Session 43: Exploring AI Image generation
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Judith Littlejohn and Loy Gross
- Delve into the fusion of art and technology in our immersive demo.
- Cultivate awareness of harmful stereotyping in AI-generated imagery through careful prompt generation.
- Experiment with diverse AI tools to create unique artworks.
- Witness real-time evolution and refinement of generated images.
- Explore the potential of AI in unlocking creativity.
- Engage in team activities where participants create images based on specific prompts.
- Join us to discover the endless possibilities at the intersection of AI and art!
Session 44: Unessay Assignments
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Maggie Schmuhl
Taking a leaf out of Jessamyn Neuhaus’ book, this session discusses the implementation of the Unessay in a seminar style course, in lieu of a traditional paper and oral presentation. In an unessay, students select a topic that is of interest to them, related to course content, and communicate the synthesis of that research in any way they choose. In this breakout session, we’ll discuss some of the successes and challenges in the assignment, lessons learned, and share some of the students’ work.
Session 45: Using iClicker to enhance student engagement and learning
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Participants in this session will explore how iClicker polling can be used in any class, large or small, to create a more inclusive learning environment, assess prior knowledge, provide immediate feedback to students and instructors, stimulate student curiosity, and increase student engagement and learning.
Session 46: Getting started with iClicker Cloud
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Participants in this workshop will explore the features of the iClicker cloud polling platform, set up their own instructor account, and connect this platform with the roster and gradebook in one or more of their Brightspace courses.
Session 47: Getting Started with Online Course Development 3 of 4
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook
Session 3: Continuing to follow the Backwards Design approach, the third session will focus on providing instruction within Brightspace. As before, this will include concepts tied to providing high quality instruction that engages students and prepare them to successfully complete course assessments. We will then look at some of the media types that can be used for instruction.
Pre-Registration for this course is strongly recommended. If you pre-register prior to the course, a Development Shell with a Course Template and a copy of the printable accessible version of the Oswego syllabus will be provided. (If unable to preregister, we will work to get you set up as soon as we can.)
For those not familiar with Brightspace, you may wish to review the Brightspace Essential Training (if available).
Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.
Tuesday, June 4
Session 48: Rebuilding After Burnout
Time: 9:00 - 9:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Kristin Croyle
Many of us have experienced episodes of burnout at work where we feel drained, ineffective, and cynical. What can we do next? How can we move forward and rebuild our energy and joy in the classroom or in our jobs? We'll talk together about some concrete steps we can take to move past burnout.
Session 49: No Loafing Here: Group Work that Works
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Kristin Croyle
Using small groups in class helps students learn and motivate each other. But poorly designed groups can be a disaster with some students taking the whole burden of the work and other students "loafing" (benefiting from the work of others). Just a few instructional design principles can make all the difference in how your groups function. We'll focus in this session on short-term groups -- group tasks that last from 15 minutes to an hour.
Session 50: Closing Equity Gaps
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenters: John Kane and Maggie Schmuhl
Participants in this session will discuss strategies to help create a more equitable and inclusive classroom environment. Pedagogical practices shown to reduce equity gaps will be discussed and participants are encouraged to share concerns and teaching strategies.
Session 51: A paperless classroom
Time: 1:00 - 1:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
Participants in this session will explore some simple ways of easily sharing Google documents with students (such as document templates, skeletal outlines, etc), using mathtype in Google docs and the Brightspace math editing tools to provide you and your students with mathematical equations in Brightspace documents, individual and group assignments, and quizzes.
Session 52: Using open pedagogy projects to increase engagement
Time: 2:00 - 2:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: John Kane
This session will discuss how open pedagogy projects (such as podcasts or book projects have been used in an economics capstone class to help create authentic learning assignments that increase student engagement and reduce the likelihood of academic integrity violations.
Session 53: Getting Started with Online Course Development - 4 of 4
Time: 3:00 - 3:50
Location: Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenters: Douglas Hemphill, Carrie Mocyk, Theresa Gilliard-Cook
Session 4: Travel Essentials
This session will focus on putting all of the materials you have created into a cohesive whole, and will look at the best practices involved in actually running an online course with a walkthrough of what to expect starting on Day 1.
Pre-Registration for this course is strongly recommended. If you pre-register prior to the course, a Development Shell with a Course Template and a copy of the printable accessible version of the Oswego syllabus will be provided. (If unable to preregister, we will work to get you set up as soon as we can.)
For those not familiar with Brightspace, you may wish to review the Brightspace Essential Training (if available).
Participation in all four sessions is encouraged, but not required. Many of the topics we will address, as well as the materials we provide, can be beneficial for teaching in any modality.
Wednesday, June 5
Session 36: Connecting to Pearson Inclusive Access in Brightspace
Time: 10:00 - 10:50
Library Classroom 101 / Recording
Presenter: Lauren Bower
This session will provide a demonstration of how to connect Pearson inclusive access materials to Brightspace.
Session 54: Social Annotation in the Age of AI
Time: 11:00 - 11:50
Location: Penfield 123 / Recording
Presenter: Christie DeCarolis, Hypothesis
The emergence of cutting-edge technologies, like ChatGPT, has sparked a critical conversation throughout the education industry. In this workshop, Christie from the Hypothesis team will show you how to leverage social annotation to encourage authentic, process-oriented engagement with your course materials. They’ll also share best practices for using social annotation with AI writing tools and demonstrate how to set up Hypothesis-enabled readings in D2L Brightspace. Participants can expect to leave the webinar armed with concrete assignments to implement in your courses right away.