Teaching and Learning

Gradescope for Online and Hybrid Teaching

February 23, 2022, 10:00am
This workshop will focus on using Gradescope in online and hybrid classes with handwritten student work as well as fully online assessments.

Organizing Your Class on bCourses Using the "Core Template"

January 11, 2024, 2:00pm

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 and resources they need to stay on track in your course.

The Core Template, designed by the Digital Learning Services team, allows you to import a module and page structured site that you can update to meet your course...

Introduction to Ed Discussion

August 9, 2022, 3:00pm

Ed Discussion is a next-gen class Q&A platform that helps scale class communication in a beautiful and intuitive interface, and can be accessed through seamless integration with bCourses or used standalone. Ed believes student privacy is paramount and does not share data with third parties, has no advertising, and no annoyances.

In this virtual workshop, an Ed Discussion expert will provide an overview of supported features, including customizable thread categories and subcategories, anonymous posting, private posts among instructors and TAs, image annotation, LaTeX equations,...

bCourses Basics & Best Practices for GSIs

January 11, 2023, 1:00pm
This virtual event will provide an overview of bCourses and its native (built-in) features and will offer a practical workflow for basic site setup and adding and editing content.

Zoom to the Next Level (8/20)

August 20, 2021, 11:00am
Building off of our "Getting Started with Zoom" workshop, "Zoom to the Next Level" explores what we learned using Zoom during our first year in the cloud and the improvements that will be available in the Summer.

bCourses (Canvas) Basics: Teaching with bCourses Survival Guide

August 16, 2023, 2:00pm
Join us for an introductory workshop on bCourses (Canvas) and discover its essential features such as Announcements, Pages, Modules, Assignments, Quizzes, and Discussions, and learn how to navigate them with ease.

Poll Everywhere Presenter Training (1/19)

January 19, 2022, 11:00am
In this workshop, you will learn how to create activities including word cloud, multiple-choice, and open-ended questions, as well as how to add Poll Everywhere to bCourses.

Equitable Grading Approaches

November 1, 2023, 2:00pm

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Interested in exploring equitable grading schemes with colleagues? CTL is excited to host an informal chat with EECS faculty Dan Garcia, who will share his grading approach of “A’s for All.” Participants are invited to discuss successes and challenges with equity in grading, and brainstorm new strategies to try. Instructors from...

Designing Your bCourses Site with the Core Template (5/5)

May 5, 2022, 10:00am
This virtual workshop will provide an overview of site setup and navigation, adding and editing content, and quality assurance best practices using bCourses' built-in course construction and management tools.

Designing your bCourses site with the Core Template (8/19)

August 19, 2022, 1:00pm
This virtual workshop will provide an overview of how to access and use the DLS Core Template to create an effective and engaging bCourses site for courses in any modality.