Innovate Your Teaching Workshops
Innovate, Engage, Inspire: Spring Faculty Workshops
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 our Fall workshops on high-impact and innovative teaching strategies designed to support student success and enhance classroom effectiveness.
Teaching Innovation Areas for 2024-2025
Get excited! There are foundational and new faculty development topics to explore this year:
- Pedagogies on Generative AI: Prompt Writing, Student Study Skills, Student Writing Skills, Syllabus and Classroom Communication, Ethical Considerations, Teaching with Zoom AI
- Student Success Strategies: Syllabus Strategies, Growth Mindset, Active Learning, Group Projects, Poll Everywhere
- Canvas Foundations: Canvas Starting Fresh, Quizzing, Assignments and Gradebook
- Teaching Effectiveness with Canvas Tools: Canvas Studio Video Insights, Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grants Program and Proposal Writing Course
Why Attend CTL Faculty Development 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.
Schedule of Spring Workshops
Registration is required for all participants to attend and receive professional development credit.
Below is our catalog of workshops for the 2024 Fall Semester.
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
Syllabus and Classroom Communication on AI Tools
Canvas: Starting Fresh
**This workshop is part of the Essentials of Learning Technologies Certificate
Canvas: Quizzing
Canvas: Assignments and Gradebook
**This workshop is part of the Essentials of Learning Technologies Certificate
Part 1: Canvas Studio – Creating Video Assignments
Part 2: Canvas Studio – Creating Video Quizzes
Getting Started with Active Teaching and Learning
**This workshop is part of the Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate
Part 1: Teaching with Poll Everywhere
Part 2: Active Learning with Poll Everywhere
Designing and Implementing Group Projects
Part 1: Canvas Analytics for Early Intervention
Part 2: Canvas Analytics to Improve Your Canvas Course Design
Part 3: Canvas Studio – Exploring Video Insights
Growth Mindset Activities for Your Class
Syllabus 101: Roadmap to Success
- Asynchronous Course
- Workshop (1-Day)
Introduction to Learning Objectives and Backward Design
- Asynchronous Course
Using Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning
- Asynchronous Course
Enhancing Cultural Awareness
- Asynchronous Course
- Workshop (1-day)
Self-Paced Training Courses
- Starting with a Fresh Canvas (2 hrs)
- Canvas Assignments and Gradebook (2 hrs)
- Canvas Studio Training Resources (1 hr)
- Teaching with Zoom (2 hrs)
- Accessibility 101: Creating Accessible Courses (3 hrs)
- Universal Design for Learning (2 hrs)
- Micro-Training: Dealing with Difficult Situations in the Classroom (15 min)