Faculty Prep Week • August 10 – 14, 2020
Due to social-distancing restrictions, Faculty Prep Week events for the fall of 2020 will be conducted entirely online. If you have specific questions as you prepare to teach, you can email CTLT@ilstu.edu to be connected with a member of our faculty support team.
A variety of additional resources to help you plan for fall teaching are available on the Redbirds Keep Teaching pages.
Workshops
Registration is required. Select the date and time of the session you wish to attend, to sign up through My.IllinoisState. Registration closes one business day before the session date. Participants will be sent a Zoom meeting link at least one day before the event.
ReggieNet: Assignments
Wednesday, August 12 • 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Steve Travers, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Learn how to create, post, review, and grade assignments using the Assignments tool. After this hands-on workshop, you’ll feel confident about the basics and ready to consider more advance types of assignments. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Forums
Wednesday, August 12 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Linda Summers, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Create engaging class discussions through Forums. Learn how to automatically create discussion groups. You’ll also survey the different ways to grade discussions, including by topic or message. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Getting Started
Monday, August 10 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Tuesday, August 11 • 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Steve Travers, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
New to teaching at Illinois State? Or need a refresher on ReggieNet? This workshop packs a lot in just two hours: Learn how to upload your syllabus and other course materials, set-up emails, and create assignments. Get a quick tour of the online grade book function. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Gradebook
Tuesday, August 11 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Nada El Maliki, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Get a hands-on tour of the ReggieNet Gradebook tool. Learn how to create items within the Gradebook or add them from other ReggieNet tools. You’ll tackle basic features like setting up grade categories, working with weighted categories, reordering your gradebook items, and viewing grading statistics. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Lessons
Thursday, August 13 • 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Mayuko Nakamura, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Create engaging online lessons in your course through the Lessons tool. It allows you to arrange different kinds of content items in one place, providing your students with rich learning possibilities. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to create a basic lesson, incorporating instructional materials, learning activities, and assessments. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Rubrics
Thursday, August 13 • 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Kate Hart, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Give your students the feedback they need to truly learn from their assignments and assessments. This workshop will introduce you to ReggieNet’s built-in Rubrics tool, show you how to construct rubrics and associate them with Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, and more. You’ll also see how students can view rubric-based feedback. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Tests & Quizzes
Thursday, August 13 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Explore how to create assessments from scratch in the Tests & Quizzes tool or import them from other sources. You’ll get an overview of the different types of available questions, and how to adjust settings such as release and close dates, and how to give individual students more time to take a quiz. You’ll also learn about different ways to grade assessments through this tool. Registration is required.
Teaching with Zoom
Tuesday, August 11 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Wednesday, August 12 • 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Friday, August 14 • 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Jim Gee, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Technology
Practice using Zoom, the university’s online conferencing platform, to facilitate learning. Learn how to set up virtual meetings, and explore useful tools like polls, break-out rooms, and more. You’ll also learn about the latest security updates and recommended practices to ensure a safe and productive synchronous learning environment. We’ll also review ways to mitigate equity issues for students with connectivity or internet access issues. This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are using Zoom for advanced learning. For basic help, see visit ITHelp.IllinoisState.edu. Registration is required.
If you need a special accommodation to fully participate in a CTLT event or service, please email CTLT@ilstu.edu.