Upcoming Events

04
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Advanced Lecture Recording: Real-time Audio/Video Mixing with OBS Studio

Workshop/Training

Learn to actively switch from camera to desktop (or both) as you record your lecture from your home or office. Incorporate motion graphics and more without a lot of post-production editing. This workshop focuses on using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS Studio), a free program for video recording and live streaming, create more professional lectures.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
05
Mar

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.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
05
Mar

Front & Center Webinar "Processes for Incoming Students"

Workshop/Training

Let’s prepare to welcome our Fall 2024 incoming new and transfer students! This session will provide updates on orientation, first semester registration, and follow-up advising processes.

10:00 am - 11:00 am | Online/Virtual |
06
Mar

Concurrent Enrollment Workshop

Workshop/Training | Info Session

This workshop was designed to provide our CE Instructors with insights into what USU resources are available, how they fit into USU's goal of teaching excellence, and building community. During this event, instructors will learn about general education assessments, Canvas basics, and departmental resources.

3:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
07
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Enhance your Canvas Course with Design Plus

Workshop/Training

USU Design Tools is now Design Plus. This new version of the popular formatting tools for Canvas makes it easy to add a consistent look and feel to your course and enhance the visual appeal of the homepage, content pages, and assignments. You can improve the look of tables, add borders to pictures, insert dividing lines on pages, and much more!

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
07
Mar

Curricular Decisions to Engage Underrepresented Students

Workshop/Training | Sparkshops

Do you want to support underrepresented students but don’t know how to transform the curriculum you teach? Join us for this Sparkshop to learn several ways to think about your curriculum, no matter your discipline, and ways to support underrepresented students. Come with some challenges you’ve faced in your teaching, and we’ll brainstorm how you can support underrepresented students through curricular decision making.

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Online/Virtual |
08
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Improving Online Discussions

Workshop/Training

Help your online students get to know each other and interact with you better. Connect your students to each other through thoughtfully designed discussion boards, peer reviews, and group projects. Use techniques to speed up your feedback process when grading.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
12
Mar

Springboard to Action! Building a Better Syllabus

Workshop/Training

The Springboard to Action! Series events are yearly workshops sponsored by Empowering Teaching Excellence in the Office of the Provost. These workshops are designed for USU instructors to dedicate the day and implement a practice in their teaching that they had been planning on doing. Each Springboard workshop has a different theme. This year's Springboard to Action Series event is on building a better syllabus starting from picking your IDEA objectives to unmasking the hidden syllabus. Participants will be presented with several short ignition ideas by facilitators, participate in breakouts, evaluate and make changes to their syllabus, and receive feedback from their group and designated facilitator.

10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Life Sciences Building |
18
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Enhance your Canvas Course with Design Plus

Workshop/Training

USU Design Tools is now Design Plus. This new version of the popular formatting tools for Canvas makes it easy to add a consistent look and feel to your course and enhance the visual appeal of the homepage, content pages, and assignments. You can improve the look of tables, add borders to pictures, insert dividing lines on pages, and much more!

10:30 am - 11:30 am | Online/Virtual |
18
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Teaching Online Classes

Workshop/Training

Learn how to set up an online course in Canvas using a Canvas template. This workshop addresses the process of beginning with a course map, importing a Canvas template, and then developing and organizing course materials into modules.

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
21
Mar

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.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
21
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Improving Online Discussions

Workshop/Training

Help your online students get to know each other and interact with you better. Connect your students to each other through thoughtfully designed discussion boards, peer reviews, and group projects. Use techniques to speed up your feedback process when grading.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
21
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Improving Online Discussions

Workshop/Training

Help your online students get to know each other and interact with you better. Connect your students to each other through thoughtfully designed discussion boards, peer reviews, and group projects. Use techniques to speed up your feedback process when grading.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
21
Mar

Breaking Down Accommodations

Workshop/Training | Sparkshops

Facilitators: David Pruden & Karma Black Come learn the Who, What, Where, When and Why in regards to disability accommodations at USU in this Sparkshop. Join Accessibility Consultants from the Disability Resource Center who will break down the accommodation process and answer questions you have about providing accommodations.

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Online/Virtual |
22
Mar

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.

11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
26
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Getting Started in Zoom

Workshop/Training

Learn the basics of Zoom, including scheduling, recording, managing settings, and making a good learning environment for your students.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
27
Mar

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.

9:30 am - 10:30 am | Online/Virtual |
27
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Introduction to Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

Workshop/Training

This workshop will share how teachers are using annotation-powered reading to help students develop foundational academic skills like deep reading and persuasive writing.

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Online/Virtual |
28
Mar

CIDI Workshop - AI in Teaching: Basics

Workshop/Training

In this workshop, we discuss the basics of generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, as they pertain to higher education. Specifically, we'll seek to address what they are capable of and the various ways teachers can choose to approach them in their classes. We'll discuss syllabus language, AI detection tools, and ways to encourage students to think critically, use AI responsibly, and demonstrate their own capabilities. We'll also share some ideas and examples of AI as a teaching tool.

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Online/Virtual |
28
Mar

Internship Prep with Aggie First Scholars

Workshop/Training

With summer right around the corner, what better time than now to learn about internships! Join Aggie First Scholars and the Career Design Center for interview prep, resume/cover letter development and learning how to navigate internship opportunities.

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Biology & Natural Resources building |
29
Mar

CIDI Workshop - Importing and Updating Your Course for the New Semester

Workshop/Training

This workshop addresses how to copy content from one semester's course to another, update due dates and settings, check for problems, and make additional enhancements.

9:00 am - 10:00 am | Online/Virtual |
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