UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS

CELT Special Request After Hours Support

CELT is available to do customized workshops including evening and Saturdays upon request for small groups of a minimum of 4 attendees. CELT Customized Workshop Request Form

Upcoming Workshops

Our workshop topics include instructional design strategies, assessments, instructional technology, and teaching and learning theories. NOTE: Meeting room links will populate in your email after you have registered for the workshop.

FALL

• Creating and Grading Assignments in Brightspace

  Time: September 7, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Helmke IDEASpace:

  Facilitator: Heidi Jung, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  In this workshop we will explore your options for creating, delivering, collecting, and grading assignments in Brightspace. We will demonstrate how to use the demo student to see the students' experience.

• Using GoReact to Support Student Presentation and Learning

  Time: September 7, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm, Helmke IDEASpace:

  Facilitator: Katie Jia, CELT Associate Director of Educational Technologies

  Do you want to provide time-stampped feedback to students’ videos (e.g, lab recording, presentation, language practice, musical performance)? Do you want to quick analyze student videos by using digital markers? Join this session to learn the basics of GoReact. During this workshop, the facilitators will discuss how GoReact can be used for both private and peer review video assignments. Participants will create at least one GoReact video assignment with GoReact. Practical considerations will also be shared for assignment design and management.

• Send Automatic Customized Messages to your Students Using Intelligent Agents

  Time: September 12, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Online or IDEASpace:

  Facilitator: Katie Jia, CELT Associate Director of Educational Technologies

  This on-hour workshop features hands-on activities on how to create customizable email notifications to your students using the Intelligent Agents tool in Brightspace. Intelligent agents can send an automated email on your behalf based on your students’ behavior (course access, open a content page) and performance (particular grade).

  Please email [email protected] if your are wanting to attend online.

• Using Kaltura Quiz to Engage Students through Videos

  Time: September 21, 10:00 am - 11:15 am, Helmke IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use Kaltura quiz to engage students and check their understanding. The different settings and the pedagogical considerations will be discussed. Participants will design their own Kaltura quiz and add it to a Brightspace shell.

• Brightspace Rubrics Basics

  Time: September 21, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Helmke LB440A: click here to register

  Facilitator: Heidi Jung, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  During this workshop, we will demonstrate how to create rubrics in Brightspace and discuss how the Rubrics tool can support student learning and success.

• Engage Students in PFW’s new Active Learning Classrooms

  Time: September 29, 9:00 am - 10:00 am, Neff Hall B27: click here to register

  Facilitator: Katie Jia, CELT CELT Associate Director of Educational Technologies, Brian Spaulding, ITS

  During this one-hour session, participants will learn the features of PFW’s five new active learning classrooms. Easy to implement active learning strategies will be discussed by referring to the rooms’ features.

• Brightspace Quiz Creation and Submission Views

  Time: October 19, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Helmke IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Heidi Jung, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  This workshop will first show you how to create a quiz in Brightspace, various quiz question types and key quiz settings. The session will also cover how to display quiz results and feedback to students with submission views.

• Using Student Feedback and Performance Data to Enhance Teaching

  Time: October 19, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Helmke LB440A: click here to register

  Facilitator: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  Join this session for guidance on interpreting and using student data to enhance learning experiences and outcomes. We will show you how to collect and triangulate student feedback and performance data to make informed and meaningful adjustments in your course. Various services and resources will also be identified to help you address teaching and learning concerns.

• Rethinking the Syllabus to Increase Student Engagement

  Time: October 26, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm, Neff Hall B88: click here to register

  Facilitators: Stacy Betz, Chair & Associate Professor Comm Sci & Disorders

  Your syllabus is usually your first opportunity to communicate your teaching beliefs and course expectations with your students. In this workshop, we will discuss the best practices for developing a learner-centered syllabus that fosters academic success, increases student engagement, and creates an effective learning environment.

• Poll Everywhere Advanced

  Time: November 3, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm, LB440A: click here to register

  Facilitator: Katie Jia, CELT Associate Director of Educational Technologies

  This workshop is designed for instructors who have used the basic features of Poll Everywhere (e.g., loging in, create/present activities) before. In this advanced workshop, participants will be guided to create Poll Everywhere survey and competition activities to engage the students and import activity results to Brightspace.

• Low-Stakes Games, High-Stakes Gains: How to Create a Sense of Community and Inclusion During a Pandemic Semester

  Time: November 15, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm, IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Suin Roberts, Associate Professor of German 

  In this workshop, Suin Roberts will demonstrate how to create collaboration and friendly competition using low-stakes games.  You will learn strategies to create community, combat notorious class-skipping, increase participation by disengaged students, and add lightheartedness to class meetings. These games can be applied in any class or topic.  

  • Participants will learn about various types of games that I created for my German language classroom.
  • Participants will play a game and share experiences.
  • Participants will brainstorm game/activities for their own classes.

SPRING

• Brightspace Course Organization and Navigation

  Time: January 4, 2023, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Helmke Library LB440A: click here to register

  Facilitator: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  In this session we will use simple strategies, Brightspace tools, and CELT course templates to organize your online course content for easy navigation and student success.

• Speed Dating with PFW Ed Tech - Session 2

  Time: January 11, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm, Helmke Library IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Katie Jia, CELT Associate Director of Educational Technologies

  Online, hybrid, and even traditional classrooms today often rely heavily on technology to engage students with the materials, with each other, and with the instructor. But how do we determine what technologies are simply cool and which technologies can promote engagement and effective learning? Join this session will play with the educational technologies that are supported by the university. Consultations will be available for each table to answer questions and discuss how to use each tool for different teaching and learning needs.

• After Identifying students at risk for failing your course - now what?

  Time: January 23, 2023, 10:30 am - 11:30am, Helmke Library LB440A: click here to register

  Facilitators: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant, Abby Blackmon, Director of Student Conduct, and Rama Cousik, Associate Professor of Special Education

  Retention and student success are part of the mission of our university. In this presentation we will review Brightspace tools that you can use to effectively identify at-risk students and ways to easily contact them. We will also present different types of interventions and resources available on campus to help those students.

• Creating & Managing Group Discussions in Brightspace

  Time: January 25, 2023, 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm, Helmke Library IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Kevin Stoller, CELT Instructional Consultant & Senior Lecturer Com., Heidi Jung, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant

  The group tool in Brightspace allows instructors to create discussion topics based on group enrollment. In this hands-on workshop, we will walk-through the steps of creating groups and setting up group discussions.

• Diversity in the Classroom

  Time: February 9 2023, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, Helmke Library IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitators: Isabel Nunez, Professor, Educational Studies & Dean, School of Education and Marteze Hammonds, Chief Diversity Officer

  Exploring the trends, issues, and problems of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the college classroom. Learners will reflect on their own experiences, and share ideas for how to make their classes/spaces welcome, inclusive and a celebration for diverse persons and perspectives.

• Create Teaching Presence for Student Success

  Time: February 13, 2023, 10:00 am - 11:00 am, Helmke Library IDEASpace: click here to register

  Facilitator: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Designer Consultant, Kevin Stoller, CELT Instructional Consultant & Senior Lecturer Com.

  Teaching presence is essential for building community and promoting student success in online and face to face classes. In this session, we’ll explore strategies that instructors can start using now to create teaching presence in their own classrooms.

• Using Kaltura Quiz to Engage Students Through Video

  Time: March 2, 2023, 9:00 am - 10:15 am, Helmke Library LB440A: click here to register
  

  Facilitator: Rachel Ramsey, CELT Instructional Consultant Designer

  In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use Kaltura quiz to engage students and check their understanding. The different settings and the pedagogical considerations will be discussed. Participants will design their own Kaltura quiz and add it to a Brightspace shell.