WashU’s New Academic Conduct Process: Everything You Wanted To Know But Were Afraid To Ask

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

As of the Fall 2024 semester, there is a new process for academic integrity violations that applies to all undergraduate students and some graduate students. This interactive session aims to facilitate an exchange of information between our new Academic Integrity Coordinators and participants, covering topics such as policies, procedures, frequently […]

Quick Tips for Responding in the Moment to Students in Distress

  • Co-Sponsored Event
  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Build your confidence to respond to student needs in this 30-minute session by adding more communication tools to your toolbox. Learn strategies and language to respond to students of concern during in-person meetings and via email communication. Learn what resources are at your fingertips to help students in crisis. For […]

Making the First Day of Class Count

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

The first day of class provides a unique opportunity to connect students to the course and to each other. Explore how first-day activities can create a welcoming, inclusive classroom environment that will boost student's sense of belonging and enhance their learning experience throughout the semester. For questions about this event, […]

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 […]

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.

Teaching and the 2024 Elections

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Facilitated by staff at the Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, this conversation will offer a chance for instructors to connect and share resources and strategies for teaching during difficult and contentious civic moments, with special attention on the US general elections in November. For questions about this event, […]

An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Teaching

  • Faculty Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

This workshop has reached capacity, but another session has been added on Monday, August 26th from 12p - 1p.  Have you meant to look into the implications of generative artificial intelligence (AI) for teaching and learning but just haven't had the chance yet? Wondering if you should change anything in […]

Science of Learning: Using Retrieval Practice to Increase Student Learning

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Asking students to recall information is a proven way to increase learning. In this virtual conversation, we’ll talk about retrieval practice basics and discuss creative ways to incorporate retrieval practice into your teaching. For questions about this event, contact Rick Moore.   Registration

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

Understanding FERPA

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) governs the privacy of student educational records. But what does this law mean for us as instructors? In this session, the Office of the University Registrar will present FERPA best practices for faculty and answer your FERPA-related questions. For questions about this […]

Supporting Students’ Deep Reading Skills

  • Faculty Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty

Studies show students are increasingly unlikely to complete all their assigned reading. Furthermore, students often face an uphill battle as they learn to recognize, read, and join disciplinary conversations. In this workshop, participants will explore disciplinary reading practices, consider particular challenges that students face in reading for their courses, discover […]

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, […]

Constructing a Sample Syllabus for the Job Market

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

For teaching-focused positions, it is common to be asked for a sample syllabus. In this workshop for graduate students and postdocs approaching the academic job market, we will consider key aspects of sample syllabi to include, as well as how to align sample syllabi with the needs of different kinds […]

Addressing Diversity and Inclusion in Job Market Materials

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

Increasingly candidates for academic positions are asked to prepare materials related to demonstrating their commitment to inclusion and diversity in the classroom. This Job Market series workshop will explore different ways to reflect on, document, and communicate a commitment to diversity and inclusion in job market materials. Participants will examine […]

Jump-Start to Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement Peer Writing Program Spring 2024

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is increasingly likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Yet, setting aside the time to write your statement and obtaining feedback from colleagues can be challenging with a busy schedule. The Jump-Start […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement

  • Job Market Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

If you are applying for an academic position, it is likely that you will be asked to submit a teaching philosophy statement during the application process. Participants in this Job Market series workshop will learn about why academic search committees request teaching materials such as the teaching philosophy statement and […]

Effective Student Evaluations and Question Personalization

  • Virtual Conversation
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Faculty, Grad Students, Postdocs

Instructors have the opportunity to add up to three custom questions to their student course evaluations during the question personalization period. In this session, we'll discuss how to write effective questions, increase student response rates, and generally make the most out of the student course evaluation process. For questions about […]

Teaching as an International Scholar

  • Foundations in Teaching
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

In this workshop, participants will reflect on commonly reported feelings and experiences of international students teaching in the US, discuss general classroom norms and expectations in the US higher education system, and explore tools and strategies to navigate their role as instructors. Note: This is a Foundations in Teaching workshop, […]

Inclusive Research Mentoring

  • STEM Pedagogies Workshop
via Zoom
Event For:
  • Grad Students, Postdocs

A research experience is high impact educational practice that can provide many benefits for students: career support, a sense of belonging, and access to resources to graduate programs. For underrepresented and first-generation students, these opportunities greatly enhance student success and positively shape one’s science identity.  This workshop is designed to […]