Thursday, 01 Mar 2018
Workshop: Groups and Collaborative Work in Canvas
Instructors can create groups for students to collaborate on group Assignments and Discussions, use Web-conferencing, and Collaborations for online projects. Participants will reflect on demonstrations exemplifying how active learning, collaboration and cooperation can be supported through Canvas' integrated tools.
Friday, 02 Mar 2018
Workshop: Course Design in Canvas
Participants will learn how to design courses in Canvas, facilitate easy and intuitive course navigation and pace instruction. This workshop will highlight the mechanics and pedagogy behind Homepage, Syllabus, Content Pages and Modules in Canvas. Participants will learn about best practices for creating, organizing and structuring content in Canvas courses.
Research Workshop: Submission software training
The Office for Responsible Research will transition to a new electronic system for submission, review, and maintenance of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) applications. The a-tune tick@lab system will go live in early 2018, integrating research, teaching and testing protocols, animal procurement and management, as well as veterinary medical records.
Data Management Planning: An Introduction
Ever wondered what makes a good data management plan? Have questions about data sharing and open data? Interested in learning how other researchers manage data? Want to know what resources are available to help you write a data management plan? Then this workshop is for YOU. Preregistration is required.
Monday, 05 Mar 2018
Workshop: Miller Open Education Mini-Grants Q&A
Curious about how to complete and submit a Miller Open Education Mini-Grant application? Abbey Elder, Open Access Librarian, and Holly Bender, Associate Director, CELT, will guide you through the application process in this Q&A-styled workshop.
Workshop: Course Design in Canvas
Participants will learn how to design courses in Canvas, facilitate easy and intuitive course navigation and pace instruction. This workshop will highlight the mechanics and pedagogy behind Homepage, Syllabus, Content Pages and Modules in Canvas. Participants will learn about best practices for creating, organizing and structuring content in Canvas courses.
Tuesday, 06 Mar 2018
Postponed: NSF CAREER Grants workshop
This workshop will be rescheduled. Check the research website for updates.
Workshop: Assignments and Gradebook in Canvas
Assignments are a backbone of the course's Gradebook in Canvas. Participants will learn to create and manage Assignments and Assignment Groups as well as explore how the Gradebook is connected to the organization of Assignments. Participants will experience the power of SpeedGrader for efficient and effective grading.
Wednesday, 07 Mar 2018
Workshop: Preparing Successfully for Promotion and Tenure
Designed for new tenure-eligible faculty, this is an introduction to ISU's expectations and guidelines for promotion and tenure, as well as what makes a strong promotion and tenure case. There will be time for Q&A and discussion.
Meeting: Top Hat question and answer session
Zhi Hui Tai, a Top Hat representative will be on campus to answer questions about Top Hat, an interactive teaching platform standardized at ISU. Zhi welcomes questions about the new Top Hat functionalities, such as tournaments (course gamification), teams, secure attendance and content pages.
Workshop: Groups and Collaborative Work in Canvas
Instructors can create groups for students to collaborate on group Assignments and Discussions, use Web-conferencing, and Collaborations for online projects. Participants will reflect on demonstrations exemplifying how active learning, collaboration and cooperation can be supported through Canvas' integrated tools.
Thursday, 08 Mar 2018
Workshop: The Pedagogy of Canvas Quizzes
Participants will learn how to use Quizzes in Canvas. The workshop will focus on practical ways to customize Quiz Settings as well as create and administer Quizzes with a variety of question types to accommodate specific learning situations. Quiz Moderation and Analytics will be also explored.
Getting Started with EndNote Web
Lost the references you need for your research paper? Thesis and dissertation citations becoming unmanageable? This workshop for beginners introduces EndNote Web, a free bibliographic management program that helps you collect, organize, format, and use your collected citations in your writing projects. Preregistration is required.
Friday, 09 Mar 2018
Workshop: Human Research Basics Series
"Human Research Basics Series: Informed Consent." This four-part series looks more closely at the various components of the IRB submission process. In this session you will learn about the informed consent process, which includes participant recruitment and the informed consent document. Discussion will include regulatory requirements and best practices for designing and administering informed consent.
Seminar: ISU Online Learning Community (ISU-OLC)
The purpose of the ISU-OLC is to share campus best practices to improve online teaching and learning; see how others are using the University Learning Management System (LMS).
Wednesday, 14 Mar 2018
Training: CPR, AED and First Aid
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and First Aid training is offered monthly for faculty and staff.
Welcome to Pasta 401: Bring your appetite for creating course alignment (Quality Matters Webinar)
Are you hungry for course alignment? In this session, the presenters will discuss the fundamental process of designing an aligned course from "scratch." Using the tools created by the University of Southern Indiana Instructional Designer team as your main ingredient, you will learn about a delicious recipe to get all of the course elements working.
Research Workshop: Submission software training
The Office for Responsible Research will transition to a new electronic system for submission, review, and maintenance of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) applications.
Monday, 19 Mar 2018
Workshop: Course Design in Canvas
Participants will learn how to design courses in Canvas, facilitate easy and intuitive course navigation and pace instruction. This workshop will highlight the mechanics and pedagogy behind Homepage, Syllabus, Content Pages and Modules in Canvas. Participants will learn about best practices for creating, organizing and structuring content in Canvas courses.
Tuesday, 20 Mar 2018
Workshop: Assignments and Gradebook in Canvas
Assignments are a backbone of the course's Gradebook in Canvas. Participants will learn to create and manage Assignments and Assignment Groups as well as explore how the Gradebook is connected to the organization of Assignments. Participants will experience the power of SpeedGrader for efficient and effective grading.
Wednesday, 21 Mar 2018
Award-Winning Faculty Series: Help Students Recall Information after Graduation
"Information Overload: Practical Ways to Help your Students Recall Information after Graduation." In this joint CELT/VET MED presentation, Alex Ramirez, ISU awardee for Early Achievement in Teaching, knows that professional practitioners often need an answer right now, because an animal's life is on the line. Presentation also available via webcast and Zoom.
Research Workshop: Submission software training
The Office for Responsible Research will transition to a new electronic system for submission, review, and maintenance of Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) and Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) applications. The a-tune tick@lab system will go live in early 2018, integrating research, teaching and testing protocols, animal procurement and management, as well as veterinary medical records.
Workshop: Groups and Collaborative Work in Canvas
Instructors can create groups for students to collaborate on group Assignments and Discussions, use Web-conferencing, and Collaborations for online projects. Participants will reflect on demonstrations exemplifying how active learning, collaboration and cooperation can be supported through Canvas' integrated tools.
Thursday, 22 Mar 2018
Workshop: The Pedagogy of Canvas Quizzes
Participants will learn how to use Quizzes in Canvas. The workshop will focus on practical ways to customize Quiz Settings as well as create and administer Quizzes with a variety of question types to accommodate specific learning situations. Quiz Moderation and Analytics will be also explored.
Getting Started With Zotero
Zotero is a great free tool for managing citations and documents, ideal for tracking sources used in your research. This workshop will show you the basics so you can: collect and organize articles and citations, sync data, add references to Word documents and reformat citations to meet any journal's style, and share citations and documents through a Group Library. Preregistration required. Register through Learn@ISU. Keyword:LIB.
Monday, 26 Mar 2018
ISU ADVANCE workshop
"Effective Teams: Navigating Both Gender and Cultural Diversity" will be led by sociologist and author Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University, Boston. This workshop will be repeated at 1:15 p.m. today. Registration is requested by March 23.
Tuesday, 27 Mar 2018
Postponed: Sponsor-Specific Proposal Development workshop
This workshop will be rescheduled. Please check the research website for updates.
Iowa State Research Day
"Discover. Create. Together." An opportunity for researchers and scholars of all disciplines to come together. This event is about celebrating your work discovering your campus peers' interests. Register online.
Workshop: Human Subjects Research Using IRBManager
Learn how to work with the new IRBManager system. Sessions are most useful for anyone who performs research with human subjects or who needs to sign off on IRB applications. Participants will learn how to submit IRB applications and access study information in the new system.
Workshop: The Pedagogy of Canvas Quizzes
Participants will learn how to use Quizzes in Canvas. The workshop will focus on practical ways to customize Quiz Settings as well as create and administer Quizzes with a variety of question types to accommodate specific learning situations. Quiz Moderation and Analytics will be also explored.