Professional Development
The Center for Faculty Excellence issues certificates to all faculty who attend professional development workshops. If you missed the face-to-face presentations, you can still earn a certificate by completing any of the online tutorials and filling out the survey at the end.
Spring 2024 Workshops
1. Design Instruction for Social Justice
Online tutorial will be posted at the end of the spring semester
| Time and Location
Wednesday, January 31, 1:10-1:40 in Library 350 Thursday, February 1, 11-11:30 in Library 350 |
2. Build a Brightspace Presence to Improve Face-to-Face and Online Courses
Online tutorial will be posted at the end of the spring semester
| Time and Location
Wednesday, February 28, 1:10-1:40 in Library 350 Thursday, February 29, 11-11:30 in Library 350 |
3. Brightspace Templates
| Time and Location
Thursday, March 21, 11-12 in Library 350 Wednesday, April 24, 1:10-2 in Library 350 Thursday, April 25, 11-12 in Library 307 Wednesday, May 8, 1:10-2 in Library 307 Thursday, May 9, 11-12 in Library 307 |
Past Workshops
1. Enhance Brightspace Navigation With Streamlined Homepages And Content
| If you missed the face-to-face presentations, this online presentation shows how you can:
1. improve navigation by creating effective Brightspace homepages 2. organize and present content in the New Content Experience 3. locate and apply templates to create seamless, immersive learning experiences These minor upgrades to your Brightspace sites make a major impact on student retention. |
| If you missed the face-to-face presentations, this online presentation shows how you can:
1. acknowledge and use the limitations of AI to promote students’ critical thinking 2. engineer prompts to maximize desired results 3. utilize AI tools and Brightspace to streamline tedious tasks Utilizing AI properly can not only enhance pedagogy, but also prepare students for a dynamic technological landscape. |
3. Maximize Student Engagement With Interactive Content on Brightspace
| If you missed the face-to-face presentations, this online presentation (to be posted soon) shows how you can:
1. provide students with immediate feedback so they can gauge how well they know the material 2. increase student engagement and help students meet learning outcomes 3. offer a personalized learning experience so that students can engage with content at their own pace |