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February 2020
Recently I’ve been reading a book about how to create memorable teaching experiences, and have been considering how to be more intentional about incorporating these teachable moments into my classroom, with the goal of having students engage with the course materials in a more meaningful way, and to have classroom lessons “stick” beyond the few hours that we have together each week. It’s a tall order, and I feel as though I am often working on more mundane things such as rubrics, uploading documents to Canvas, or grading quizzes rather than really thinking about how to teach. However, when I do have one of those magic moments in the classroom where I can see the lessons have struck home, it makes it worthwhile to keep trying for more.
Thus this month I offer to you a wealth of teaching resources that you have as close as your keyboard, in the hopes that you might find some of these materials to be either inspiring, or to create more efficiency for you so you can focus your time on the craft of teaching:
- Canvas Commons (note: you will need to login to Canvas to view these resources) Within Canvas you can search on lesson plans, assessments, and learning modules that have been shared by your peers from around the globe. These elements can be copied and modified for use in your existing Canvas courses.
- Adobe Exchange for Education This resource has hundreds of lessons, rubrics, assignments, and tutorials that are available to all of you for free. Additionally, many of these resources use basic Adobe Creative Cloud tools, and can help your students to develop digital fluency.
- Magna Campus Teaching Resources (note: you will need to login to Blackboard to view these resources) This is a video repository that can give you guidance on solving a myriad of classroom issues such as how to ensure academic honesty in online assignments or advice on grading class participation.
As our teaching giveaway in this month’s newsletter, I would like to offer copies of Chip and Dan Heath’s book, The Power Of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact, to the first three Chapman faculty members who write me an email message (remy@chapman.edu) describing an extraordinary moment in their own classroom.
Sincerely,
Jana Remy
Director, Educational Technology
Co-Director, Institute for Excellence in Teaching & Learning.
JanCon 2020 Wrap Up & Resources
Some of the breakout sessions from JanCon were recorded and can now be viewed on Panopto. In addition, presentations and helpful handouts from conference presenters can be viewed on the JanCon website.
Call for Applications: Complete Course Redesign in Canvas
Get specialized, facilitated training from an instructional designer, work together with a cohort to get inspiration, and maximize your use of Canvas to increase student learning!
Pronouns on Canvas
Faculty, staff, and students can now add their pronouns to Canvas and they will populate on many pages including Discussions, the Inbox, People Pages, SpeedGrader, User Profile, and more.
New "Direct Share" feature in Canvas
Ever wanted to share an Assignment you created in Canvas with another instructor? An exciting new feature in Canvas is the "Direct Share" feature which allows instructors to copy or share an Assignment, Quiz, Discussion or Page easily to another user or to another course.
Have you logged in to Canvas yet?
Canvas Workshop Recordings
If you missed the in-person workshops in November and December you can watch them online via Zoom!
Are you a Spring 2020 Canvas Early Adopter?
If you are planning to teach in Canvas for Spring 2020 please let us know by filling out the Early Adopter form. This way you will get critical information you need to be successful in Canvas. Sign up today!
More Canvas Training in Feb/March 2020!
Stay tuned for more in-person training, drop in hours, and Zoom drop in hours. You will have lots of opportunities to get help building your courses in Canvas. All trainings will be posted on our SignUpGenius page.
Team-based Learning Sessions
Caroline Wilson, Instructional Associate Professor in Crean, will be running Team-based learning sessions on March 4, March 18, and April 15 from 1pm - 3:50pm. If you would like to observe a session, please email Caroline Wilson and the location will be sent to you.
Upcoming IETL Video Studio Demonstrations
Curious about what the IETL Video Studio has to offer you? Drop in to the studio during the spring demonstration times to explore technology you can use to enhance your classroom experience.
Upcoming College Diversity Community Cafes
These events are meant to create an open dialogue among students, faculty, and staff about important issues impacting students of color and marginalized communities.
Schmid & Fowler | Thursday, February 27 | 11:30am - 1:00pm
Wilkinson | Friday, February 28 | 11:30am - 1:00pm
Dodge | Monday, March 2 | 1:00pm - 2:30pm
ADA Accommodations in the Classroom
Tuesday, March 3, 10:30am - 12:00pm | Argyros Forum 209C
We want to provide more clarity to the responsibilities of professors, students and Disability Services. Some accommodations are clear and routine; other accommodations require a professor’s input. Let us help you navigate these waters. Sponsored by Disability Services.
Teaching on Tap with Dr. Jana Remy
Monday, April 6, 6:00pm | Provisions Deli & Bottle Shop, 143 N. Glassell St, Orange, CA 92866
Hosted by Dr. Quaylan Allen. Jana Remy will offer ideas to foster inclusion in an active learning classroom, sharing strategies such as having the students create their own class rules, having silent class discussions within a googledoc, using Zoom to include students who are unable to attend a face-to-face class session, and gauging student engagement with reflective midsemester feedback.
Adobe Creative Cloud is now available for free to all Chapman faculty, staff, and students
The IETL Video Studio is located in Beckman Hall 109 - no prior video production experience needed!
You can capture class video using Swivl, a video observation technology tool. Swivl can be checked out through the IETL.
The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is hosting Safe Space faculty and staff workshops this semester at both the Orange and Rinker Campuses.
New email filtering system at Chapman U -- check your junk mail folder
Training Available for Software and Accessibility
Interested in learning Excel for Mac? Take a look at these upcoming trainings with IS&T.
NEW! The Online Classroom Inventory
Search and view campus classrooms for available technology, room photos, and basic operating instructions. Find out more at chapman.edu/classrooms
Syllabus Feedback: Questions to Ask Students
Getting feedback from students can help you build a better syllabus. They’re the ones you’ve designed it for. They’re the ones who will benefit from using it. They’re the ones who experience a range of different syllabi. And they’re the ones who don’t see the syllabus from a faculty perspective. What follows covers the options for soliciting feedback from students as well as provides a pool of questions and a sample survey for you to use.
How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
Teaching inclusively means embracing student diversity in all forms — race, ethnicity, gender, disability, socioeconomic background, ideology, even personality traits like introversion — as an asset. It means designing and teaching courses in ways that foster talent in all students, but especially those who come from groups traditionally underrepresented in higher education.
