Teaching with Technology Series
Educational technology provides a powerful means to better engage students and teach more effectively. Through its Teaching with Technology Series, UAB instructional designers from the Office of Learning Technologies guide UAB instructors in exploring Canvas features such as gradebook, feedback tools, rubrics, and group tools, as well as other learning technologies available at UAB including Harmonize. Even if you have been teaching with technology for some time, come learn some new tips and tricks!
See below for descriptions of all workshops in this series. For more information, please contact Instructional Design Manager, Randi Kirkland at rlk03@uab.edu.
Workshop Descriptions
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Canvas Gradebook Part 1
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to set up the gradebook to calculate correctly, establish a grading scheme, hide and post grades during the semester.
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Canvas Gradebook Part 2
In this workshop, attendees will learn how to review gradebook calculations at the end of the semester, check the grade scheme, and publish grades to Banner.
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Providing Effective Feedback to Your Online Students
In this workshop, attendees will learn effective approaches for utilizing a variety of tools for communicating and engaging with students.
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Active Learning Strategies in your Online Courses
In this workshop, participants will learn various strategies to encourage student participation in the learning process while practicing new skills. This workshop builds on the ODT: Assessments and Learning Activities workshop and provides more detailed examples of learning activities.
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Teaching with Rubrics Checklists in your Online Courses
In this workshop, attendees will learn about different types of rubrics and checklists that can be used for grading and communicating expectations for activities or assessments to students.
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Facilitating Group Activities Online
In this workshop, participants will learn about different types of group activities and how to facilitate group activities effectively in online classes. Best practices and tips will be discussed as well.
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Designing and Delivering for Large Classes
In this workshop, participants will learn how to manage large online classes.
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Upgrade the Discussion Tool in Your Course with Harmonize
In this session, you’ll learn how to take full advantage of the key Harmonize features that drive increased student engagement, promote inclusive learning, and save instructors’ time. You’ll learn how you build your first Harmonize discussion and how you can use powerful features like multi-media, milestones, and auto-grading to take your course discussion to the next level. By the end of the session, you’ll know how to set up, moderate, evaluate, and encourage student participation in your online course discussions. We’ll cover how you can:
- Author rich content
- Configure milestones (Ex. Multiple due dates)
- Auto grade student participation
- Easily evaluate student performance and provide substantive feedback
- Monitor for students who may need help
