UAF CTL Staff

Emerging ideas, Teaching Tips

Impermanence, vulnerability and slowing down: Lessons from meditation

In times of uncertainty, we can apply principles from meditation to our teaching practices. Let’s reflect on a few of these principles: impermanence, slowing down and vulnerability.

UAF CTL Staff
April 13, 2020
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Best practices, Teaching Tips

Connecting with your students during crisis

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Empathy is a powerful tool for social connection. Reaching your students now is critical not only to their academic success but also their overall health and wellbeing.

UAF CTL Staff
March 30, 2020

Teaching Tips

Roundup of relevant Teaching Tips during coronavirus pandemic

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As you begin teaching via distance, these tips from the CTL archives can help you modify your course without losing quality.

UAF CTL Staff
March 24, 2020

Emerging ideas, Teaching Tips

Collaborative student research brings diversity to course content

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Course content in the Arts is often lacking in diverse perspectives. Involving your students in collaborative research can help in a variety of ways to reinvent that curriculum to reflect our modern world.

UAF CTL Staff
March 23, 2020
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Blackboard Bitez

Blackboard Bitez: Getting started with your course in Blackboard

In this Blackboard Bitez, we’ll show you how to get started with your Blackboard course. Especially if you have not used Blackboard before, or just a little, this should help you get started. Show Notes To view specific topics, click…

UAF CTL Staff
March 20, 2020

Blackboard Bitez

The Assignment Tool

Welcome to Blackboard Bitez! In this episode, let’s take a look at the build-in tool for assignments in Blackboard. Show Notes The video shows you how to use the assignment feature in your Blackboard course. The assignment tool is one…

UAF CTL Staff
March 20, 2020

Blackboard Bitez

My Courses Navigation

This Blackboard Bitez shows you how to modify and personalize your landing page in Blackboard. You might find that this useful little tip helps you navigate around Blackboard a lot easier. Show Notes This video shows you how to make…

UAF CTL Staff
March 18, 2020

Blackboard Bitez

Multiple Folders Creation

Welcome to the inaugural edition of Blackboard Bytez. Each episode we take a look at the inner workings of Blackboard and the features that save us time. This week, I’ll show you how to create multiple folders in your Bb…

UAF CTL Staff
March 17, 2020

Teaching Tips, Tools and how to (tips)

Try Flipgrid for more engaging discussions

Flipgrid is one way to engage students in an interactive discussion and can be utilized without creating additional work for the student or faculty member.

UAF CTL Staff
March 16, 2020

Best practices, Teaching Tips

Three ways to encourage student resilience

Today’s college students are excessively stressed. These suggested strategies can make your course less stressful without reducing rigor.

UAF CTL Staff
March 9, 2020

#facdev Session or Workshop, iTeach Session

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Agenda Join us in Slack Tuesday, March 17 Time Topic Presenter 9-9:30 Introductions Kendell 9:30-10:30 Engaging Students at a Distance Kendell 10:30-10:40 BREAK N/A 10:40-11:00 Case Study: Student Engagement Heidi 11:00-12:00 Student Discussion and Collaboration Online Heidi 12:30-2:00 OPTIONAL 1:1…

UAF CTL Staff
March 3, 2020

Emerging ideas, Teaching Tips

Easter eggs in videos can increase student engagement

See how two UAF instructors are using Easter eggs – hidden features – in their instructional videos to retain student engagement in their online classrooms.

UAF CTL Staff
March 2, 2020