Winter Teaching & Learning Support
Welcome to a new year and to new possibilities for engaging in teaching and learning! Consider exploring the following learning resources, and reach out if you would like to chat with us (see How to Get Help).
To best meet your needs, most of our presentations are released directly as videos, to watch when you have time. Our first one, presented by AJ Barse is available now: AI Generative Images for Teaching and Learning (login required). If you have not seen our updated collection of AI documents, be sure to check out our flowchart, tips for evaluating student work, and more.
Learning Opportunities
Watch for announcements for these offerings by joining the ATUS-CIIA Self-Enroll Canvas course, plus access links, resources, and recordings.
- 1/11: AI Generative Images for Teaching and Learning (login required) - AJ Barse, WWU Instructional Designer, explores the possibilities of creating images and graphics with AI from Adobe and Microsoft. 36 minutes.
- 1/25: How to cross-list multiple courses in your Canvas dashboard: Chris Powell, WWU Canvas Admin, is always available to help combine, merge, and cross-list your multiple CRN courses into one big course (see also: Request Form). If you wish to take care of this yourself, this video will guide you through the process step by step.
- 2/8: New Canvas Gradebook features: Chris Powell, WWU Canvas Admin, provides an overview of a new feature available in Canvas courses – a gradebook featuring a points-based scale instead of the traditional percentage-based scale.
- 2/22: View your course through the Canvas Student Mobile app: Chris Powell, WWU Canvas Admin, shows the similarities and differences your students will encounter with your course content in this detailed and entertaining video.
- 3/7: Get to know the Four Types of Quizzes: Chris Powell, WWU Canvas Admin, shares the differences with graded/ungraded quizzes and surveys, and will provide possible usage cases for each to help with your Canvas assessment needs.
- LIVE Q&A Thurs. 3/15, 4-5PM: The Fractious Journey of Academic Integrity and Artificial Intelligence: Join our team to discuss best practices and challenges with the role of AI in higher education as well as the latest developments at WWU.
Newsworthy
- New TLCo-op Post: Fostering Health & Wellbeing in Classes includes ideas for possible actions and Western initiatives.
- Looking for AI Detection tools? Now that the pilot has ended for AI Detection tool within the Simcheck plagiarism software in Canvas, ATUS is researching solutions and is still seeking feedback via CanvasHelp@wwu.edu. Note: We still have Simcheck! Just the AI scores are gone.
- New Design: Teaching Handbook has been redesigned to better meet your needs. Highlights: Instructor-Centered Services and Learning Opportunities.
- Teaching & Learning Cooperative Stipend-Based Workshops: The Winter options are full, but watch for an email about the spring faculty workshop focused on inclusive instructional design project development.
- Using Stream for videos? Microsoft requires we move videos from Stream Classic to Stream on SharePoint by April 15. All links and embeds to old videos will continue to work for one year, but must ultimately be updated in Canvas, etc. by Feb. 2025. You may consider downloading your Stream videos and hosting them on Panopto. Let us know how we can help.
DIY Learning Options
- Teaching & Learning Co-op - strategies, tools, and practices for innovative teaching and learning
- Monday Morning Mentor Weekly Videos (self-enroll MMM Canvas course) - Most sessions have transcripts available after the video expires (each video available for 1 week).
- 1/22: How Can I Prevent Plagiarism in the Artificial Intelligence Era?
- 1/29: How Can I Create a Meaningful Online Learning Experience for Students?
- 2/5: How Can I Use Assessment Data to Provide Meaningful Feedback and Deeper Learning?
- More each week!
- CANVAS
- Canvas Foundations (self-enroll Canvas course) - for anyone who is new to Canvas & WWU; 8 videos in about an hour!
- WWU Canvas Orientation for Faculty (self-enroll Canvas course) - everything teachers need to know to be successful users of Canvas
- See also: Beginning-of-Quarter Course Checklist
- PANOPTO
- Advancing Video Instructional Design with Panopto (self-enroll Canvas course) - tips and techniques for bringing class videos to the next level
- Getting Started with Panopto (self-enroll Canvas course) - Western's video management platform which is integrated into Canvas
- STC Online Workshops (self-enroll Canvas course) - extensive collection of self-paced learning modules
Key Resources for Students
- Syllabi@WWU - WWU policies and campus resources written for students (Tip: link to this from your syllabi!)
- Study Spaces - places for students to study between classes, or for participating in a virtual class in between in-person classes
- WWU Canvas Orientation for Students (self-enroll Canvas course) - to help students be successful users of Canvas
- Stay Connected - ATUS & community resources options for computer access and accessing the Internet
- STC Online Workshops (self-enroll Canvas course) - extensive collection of self-paced learning modules