Upcoming Events

CIDI Workshop - Getting Started in Canvas

Workshop/Training

Topics covered:

Signing In
Profile Settings
Notification Settings
Canvas Inbox
Creating Pages, Assignments and Announcements
Adding Calendar Items
Adding Student Groups
Topics are subject to change based on experience of attendees and what is needed.

Out With the Weeds, In With the Pollinators! Virtual Workshop

Workshop/Training | Gardening

In partnership with, USU Extension - Summit County and Summit CWMA UT, join us for a FREE workshop all about how to support native pollinators in your yard and community.

Did you know that in addition to being harmful to the populations of our native plant life, noxious weeds can also make it tough for essential pollinators to survive. Join panelists Amy Sibul from The University of Utah, Mindy Wheeler with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, and Dee Downing with Red Ant Works Inc. to learn how and why to make your yard a pollinator friendly haven.

This program is sponsored by a grant from the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food.

Join the workshop here:
https://tinyurl.com/ybjq9c2e

CIDI Workshop - Usable and Accessible Course Design

Workshop/Training

Your Canvas course already has great content, but have you considered how usable and accessible that content is?

CIDI Workshop - Writing Outcomes for Assessment

Workshop/Training

Writing concise outcomes to be used to measure mastery through assessment in your courses.

CIDI Workshop - Designing Assessment for Student Success

Workshop/Training

This workshop will help you create or re-design assessment to align with your overall course goals.

CIDI Workshop - Grading in Canvas, Start to Finish

Workshop/Training

Grading is the most important thing to get right in Canvas. To help, this workshop covers:
* The basic logic of Canvas grading, with assignments and assignment groups.
* Using the SpeedGrader and rubrics
* Assignment rules and assignment weighting
* Showing and hiding grades
* Late work policies
* Extra credit scenarios
* Gradebook history and troubleshooting
* Grades from third-party tools and content (Time permitting)
* Outcomes (Time permitting)

CIDI Workshop - Usable and Accessible Course Design

Workshop/Training

Your Canvas course already has great content, but have you considered how usable and accessible that content is?

CIDI Workshop - Getting Started with Atomic Assessments

Workshop/Training

In this workshop you will be introduced to Atomic Assessments which allows you to insert gradable questions within Canvas content pages and allows for a variety of new question types for quizzes and exams. Learn how to incorporate these into your course to increase student engagement or assess a larger variety of student skills.

CIDI Workshop - Use Online Learning to Create Meaningful Class Time

Workshop/Training

A review of tips and techniques for helping students access content outside of class to free class-time for greater student engagement. Also applies to blended learning.

eLearnX - Experiential Training for Digital-Age Teaching

Workshop/Training

The eLearnX event is cosponsored by the Office of Empowering Teaching Excellence (ETE) and by the Center for Innovative Design and Instruction (CIDI). This three-day virtual workshop provides a hands-on deep dive into the teaching tools and methodologies of online, broadcast, and blended instruction.

• Day 1: Sessions on e-learning pedagogy and course mapping.


• Day 2: Breakout sessions on edtech teaching tools and practical applications of instructional approaches from USU instructors and instructional professionals.


• Day 3: Culminates in the creation of activities and other useful resources than can be immediately implemented into courses.

CIDI Workshop - Humanizing Online Learning Environments

Workshop/Training

Online learning environments can be just as engaging as a face-to-face class experience. Let us show you how!

CIDI Workshop - Managing Large Classes in Canvas

Workshop/Training

This workshop will advise instructors how to manage large classes online in the Canvas LMS.

Backyard Composting Virtual Workshop

Workshop/Training | Gardening

Want to get compost started at your home but aren't sure how? Already have a composting system but have questions? Join USU Extension-Summit County and the Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter for a virtual composting workshop with Assistant Professor and Urban & Small Farms Extension Specialist, Melanie Stock! Participate from the comfort of your home. Once you register for this event, we will send you the information on how to access the webinar on your home computer or smartphone. We will also be recording this lecture and will share it with registrants afterward.

CIDI Workshop - How to Quickly Create a Beautiful Canvas Course

Workshop/Training

Design Tools for Canvas allows you to rapidly stylize and build out your Canvas course, allowing you to focus more time on planning engaging content and learning activities in your course.

CIDI Workshop - Building Interactive Learning Activities with Atomic Assessments

Workshop/Training

Atomic Assessments provide 65 question types with multiple delivery and feedback options. They can be embedded nearly anywhere in Canvas, for practice or for points. Options abound for math and science. See how to create the interactive lessons you've longed to provide your students.

CIDI Workshop - Running Secure Exams in Canvas

Workshop/Training

This workshop addresses how to create exams in Canvas, plus tools and methods for protecting quiz content and ensuring academic integrity when in-person proctoring isn't an option. (Includes discussion of Proctorio, question banks, time limits, question design, and more.)