Innovate Your Teaching Workshops

Welcome Back, Faculty!

Celebrating 25 years of commitment to teaching excellence and student success at UNC Charlotte, the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) welcomes faculty back to campus this Fall!

All faculty and instructional staff are invited to participate in start-of-the-semester workshops on high-impact and innovative teaching strategies to support student success and to prepare for the first weeks of class.

Teaching Innovation Areas for 2024-2025

Get excited! There are foundational and new faculty development topics to explore this year:

  • Pedagogies on Generative AI: Student Study Skills, Writing Skills, AI Syllabus and Communication Guidelines, Ethical Considerations
  • Strategies for Student Success: Growth Mindset, Active Learning, Inclusive and Equitable Design
  • New Canvas Tools: Canvas Studio, Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grants Program and Proposal Writing Course

Register for CTL Online Workshops

  • Gain knowledge and practice with UNC Charlotte’s enterprise technologies for teaching and learning.
  • Learn from expert CTL instructional designers, faculty development specialists, and academic partners.
  • Meet your colleagues and share stories, experiences, challenges, solutions.
  • Access flexible training formats for online or self-paced learning.
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The schedule for all workshops for August 12th – 30th is below:

Registration is required for all participants to attend and receive professional development credit.
Click on a link below to register.

Generative AI

Overview of Gen-AI Tools for Education

Part 1: Introduction to Gen-AI and Prompt Writing

Part 2: Student Study Skills with Gen-AI

Part 3: Student Writing Skills with Gen-AI

Ethical Considerations for Teaching with Gen-AI

Zoom AI for Teaching

Canvas Foundations

Canvas: Starting Fresh

Canvas: Quizzing

Canvas: Assignments and Gradebook

Part 1: Canvas Studio – Creating Video Assignments

Part 2: Canvas Studio – Creating Video Quizzes

Active Learning

Getting Started with Active Teaching and Learning

Part 1: Teaching with Poll Everywhere

Part 2: Active Learning with Poll Everywhere

Designing and Implementing Group Projects

Syllabus Strategies

Syllabus 101: Roadmap to Success

Syllabus and Classroom Communication on AI Tools

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Orientation to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Program

SoTL Grant Proposal Writing Course

  • Sept. 2 – 6

Teaching Effectiveness with Canvas Tools

Part 1: Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention

Part 2: Canvas Studio: Exploring Video Insights

Student Success

Growth Mindset Activities for Your Class

Academic Technology Essentials – Self Paced Courses

Starting with a Fresh Canvas (2 hrs)

Canvas Assignments and Gradebook (2 hrs)

Teaching with Zoom (2 hrs)

Canvas Analytics Foundations (2 hrs)

Canvas Studio Training Resources (1 hr)

Universal Design for Learning (2 hrs)

UNC Charlotte Essentials of Teaching and Learning. School of Professional Studies

Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate

Provides a foundation in important aspects of teaching and learning in higher education

UNC Charlotte Essentials of Learning Technologies. School of Professional Studies

Essentials of Learning Technologies Certificate

Provides a foundation in in essential learning technologies available at UNC Charlotte

 

For questions, contact Kiran Budhrani (kbudhran@uncc.edu), Director of Teaching and Learning Innovation

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CTL Celebrating 25 Years