Fostering Social Connection and Collaboration through Videos

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Videos are a great way to deliver content and share ideas from around the world from TED talks, YouTube videos, recorded lectures, and more. However, video watching can be an isolating and passive experience if students cannot engage with others. We will discuss how to promote student engagement in videos […]

Using PowerPoint to Create Jeopardy-Style Classroom Games

  • Coalition for Language Teaching & Learning Event
  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this special Tech Training, co-sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Language Teaching Coalition, Mark Dowell, Lecturer of Spanish and Portuguese, will discuss how he uses PowerPoint features to create games for his students. During this event, participants will learn quick and easy techniques in PowerPoint […]

How to Build a Clear Map to Your Course  

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Reduce emails about “How do I find Assignment X?” or “What is due this week?” with structures built into Canvas that can help students navigate your class and be prepared to engage with your course before and after class. You will experience challenges that students face by being a student […]

Support Accessibility and Literacy with Read&Write

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Read&Write is a literacy support tool and assistive technology that makes online content more accessible, readable, and inclusive. It includes a variety of tools that support students in reading texts, learning unfamiliar words, researching materials, and proofreading written work. Learn more about how you and your students can use this […]

Introduction to Hypothes.is

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

We will explore Hypothes.is, a tool that enables users to place a conversational layer over an entire webpage or an OCR’d PDF, allowing for unique collaborative, interactive engagement with the text that students have been assigned to read. It enables sentence-level annotation, notetaking, and critique on top of written content […]

Classroom Walkthrough: Get to Know Your Class Equipment

  • Tech Training
Danforth Campus
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

This session will introduce the equipment installed in WashU pooled classrooms and show you how to use different technologies within the room with our Classroom Services staff who know the ins and outs of each classroom. For questions about this event, contact Carmel Braga, Classroom Technology Specialist.   Registration

Introduction to Poll Everywhere

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

This session will walk through how to use the polling software Poll Everywhere to increase student engagement and to gauge student learning. We’ll look at the different types of questions that you can ask and show you how to get started with Poll Everywhere for both in-person and online synchronous […]

Making the Canvas Gradebook Work for You

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Grades and other types of feedback provide structure and support that help students learn in your courses. However, it can become a time drain without a grading system that helps clarify the assignment expectations and streamline feedback. This session will provide you with tips for utilizing the features in Canvas […]

Answers for All: Inclusive Communication with Students using Piazza

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Whenever a student asked her a question during office hours, Senator Elizabeth Warren would have students write it down so she could share the question and its answer with the whole class. This is one way to provide answers to questions your students may not have known they had. Learn […]

Replace Your Scantrons with Gradescope Bubble Sheets

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Save your department money and frustrations with old scantron machines by trying Gradescope Bubble Sheets. Gradescope Bubble Sheets can be used with typical scanners, autograded, and comes with a suite of streamlined grading tools standard with Gradescope, from handing multiple versions of exams to robust analytics and Canvas integration. Learn […]

Engaging Presentations and Polls with Padlet

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Need a PowerPoint alternative? Have students giving quick presentations showing multimedia? Looking for a place to run/show class polls? Padlet's new presentation and polling features provide an engaging way to connect with an audience, built on top of the colorful boards and posts. Learn how these new features could fuel […]

Teaching with Hypothesis

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this vendor-led training, we will explore Hypothesis, a tool available to WashU instructors that enables users to place a conversational layer over an entire webpage or PDF, allowing students to have a unique collaborative, interactive engagement with something that they have been assigned to read. It enables sentence-level annotation, […]

Introduction to Gradescope

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Gradescope makes it easy to grade paper-based and digital assignments across multiple instructors and semesters. Learn how to use Gradescope to save time grading assignments during this one-hour training. For questions about this event, please contact Natalie Monzyk or Lisa Kuehne.   Registration

Transform Your Course Videos with Annoto: Engage, Assess, and Gain Insights in Seconds

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Discover how Annoto can transform students’ video-watching into an interactive and engaging experiences. Learn how to add powerful features to your videos and make your course content more dynamic and engaging. For questions about this event, contact Natalie Monzyk. Registration Registration for this session has closed.

Canvas Hidden Treasures: Tips for Using Canvas

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Did you know that you can provide audio and screen capture feedback comments on assignments? Check all your courses for broken links with the click of one button? Adjust your notification settings for your courses so that they work for you? Join us as we review these and other ways […]

Padlet as a Google Jamboard Alternative

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Need a replacement for Google Jamboard after it disappears at the end of the year? Or just looking for a simple, easy-to-use online tool that mimics the kinds of activities often used during in-person classes? In this session, we'll explore Padlet and discuss how it can encourage student interaction and […]

Introduction to Poll Everywhere

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

This session will walk through how to use the polling software Poll Everywhere to increase student engagement and to gauge student learning. We’ll look at the different types of features you can use and show you how to get started with Poll Everywhere for both in-person and online synchronous courses. […]

The Enduring Power of the Minute Paper

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this virtual conversation we will explore the history and impact of minute papers—brief responses that ask students to reflect on what was most important in class and what questions they still have. We will explore how these can be employed in a variety of class settings as a low […]

Creative Ways to Use Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

In this workshop, participants will discuss various protocols and active learning strategies that can help make social annotation more engaging and fun! Participants will come away from this session with a variety of ways to creatively use social annotation in their courses. For questions about this event, please contact Natalie […]

Elevating Learning with Annoto Video Feedback: Peer Review, Self-Reflection, and Instructor Insights

  • Tech Training
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Feedback is a powerful tool for skill development, and it comes in many forms: Skills Assessment, Peer Review, Self-Reflection, and more! In this session, you’ll learn how to easily integrate precise, time-based video feedback into your teaching with Annoto, directly within Canvas. Whether you're working with physical, cognitive, or performing […]