Past Events: Spring 2024 and Before

Peerceptiv is a peer collaboration tool now available for all UC Berkeley classes. It facilitates peer assessment, producing research-validated grades for students and improving their learning outcomes. Join this webinar and learn how Peerceptiv Team Member Evaluation assignments enable students to...

This intermediate-level training will discuss two topics in depth. First, we’ll discuss how the Slurm scheduler works and how to use it effectively to get youx`r jobs to run as quickly as possible, including jobs that use parallelized code and jobs that use GPUs. Second, We’ll discuss the use of...

Do you use Jupyter notebooks as part of your teaching? Are you eager to enhance the accessibility of your notebooks to better serve your student needs? Whether you're a seasoned pro or just starting, join us for the open office hour on best practices for creating accessible notebooks. Mark your...

In this workshop, you will learn how to streamline attendance-taking processes in your classes using iClicker and PollEverywhere. We will explore the functionalities of each platform and provide hands-on guidance on how to effectively leverage them to automate attendance tracking, and syncing to...

Can you think of a particular course assignment that causes frustration and challenges for either you or your students? Would you like support in revising and improving this assignment, particularly to align with equitable grading practices? In this hands-on clinic, participants will work...

Berkeley’s Active Learning classrooms (ALC) are teaching and learning spaces that allow the instructor to customize the physical learning environment to meet pedagogical needs. In an ALC, the room design, flexible furniture, writing surfaces, and technology allow for multiple pedagogical activities...

Interested in advancing equity within the courses that you teach? Eager to try grading in new or different ways? We invite you to network with like-minded colleagues who have explored different strategies for equitable grading. In small roundtable discussions, participants will have the chance to...

UC Libraries and their partners are collaborating on another UC-wide “Love Data Week” from February 12-16, 2024. This will be a jam-packed week of talks, presentations, and workshops all about data! All members of the UC community are invited to attend these events to gain hands-on experience,...

Kicking off our series of workshops on DataHub, the first part will concentrate on introducing the essential elements and capabilities of DataHub, its possibilities, and how instructors from different departmental units across the campus are actively integrating notebooks in Python, R, and Julia as...

Live polling is a great way to make lectures more interactive. UC Berkeley sponsors two online polling tools, Poll EveryWhere and iClicker Cloud. In this session, we will review the basics of iClicker Cloud. With iClicker Cloud, you no longer need physical clickers! iClicker’s software works right...

Designing a student-friendly bCourse course can be time consuming and overwhelming, and it may seem easier to think of bCourses as a file repository shared with students. However, creating a bCourses site that is organized in an intuitive way can save you time and help students find the information...

Research, Teaching, and Learning (RTL) invites you to our Spring 2024 Teaching Kickoff and Social! Get ready for a fun couple of hours where we'll explore a range of topics to refresh your teaching approach. The event features a series of 15-minute sessions, followed by a fun mixer. It's the...