CTL Happenings - Message #128

Curriculum Enhancement Grant Proposals Due January 18, 2013

Due By: Friday, January 18, 2013

The Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) initiative is designed to provide faculty with support, time, and resources to implement projects designed to improve student learning and success at IUPUI and IUPU Columbus. In addition, it is expected that the grants will increase faculty competitiveness for external educational or curricular improvement grants and increase the number of faculty involved in pursuing the scholarship of teaching and learning. Individual faculty members can apply for up to $5,000. Teams of three or more faculty working on three or more courses can apply for a maximum of $15,000 per proposal. The grants are open to IUPUI and IUPU Columbus full-time faculty. See the 2013 Curriculum Enhancement Grant (CEG) Guidelines and Application for more information.  The deadline for proposal submissions isFriday, January 18, 2013.

Prepping your Course Site in Oncourse

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 |  University Library - UL 1125M | 2 - 4 p.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Amy Powell

Oncourse Essentials

Thursday, January 10, 2013 | University Library - UL 1125M | 2 - 4 p.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Lauren Easterling

Designed to have you up and running quickly with Oncourse, this online workshop will focus on the most commonly used tools in Oncourse. Participants will have the opportunity to work with the following tools: course email, syllabus, resources, announcements and gradebook. Bring a digital copy of your syllabus to get the most out of this session.

ePortfolio Assessment

Friday, January 11, 2013 | University Library - UL 1116 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Register» | Organizer: Mark Alexander | Presenter: Susan Kahn

ePortfolios can serve a variety of pedagogical purposes. Among these are assessment, improvement, and accountability, whether at the project, course, program, or institutional level. Since “assessment” carries so many connotations, this session will examine how these varied meanings take form in the context of ePortfolio practice. Participants will review ways in which ePortfolios can support rubric-based assessment of learning outcomes, particularly important in assessment to support disciplinary accreditation, and explore the challenges of assessing an ePortfolio as a unified composition, a whole greater than the sum of its parts.

Oncourse Gradebook

Friday, January 11, 2013 |  Online - Adobe Connect Meeting Room | 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Erich Bauer

Wednesday, January 16, 2013 |  Online - Adobe Connect Meeting Room | 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Lauren Easterling

Thursday, January 24, 2013 |  Online - Adobe Connect Meeting Room | 2 - 3:30 p.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Amy Powell

Today’s students expect to have up-to-date access to information regarding their grades. In this workshop we will go over the basics of gradebook creation in Oncourse. At the conclusion of the workshop, attendees will have an opportunity to receive individual support.

Oncourse Advanced Features

Tuesday, January 15, 2013 |  Online - Adobe Connect Meeting Room | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Register» | Organizer and Presenter: Mark Alexander

Are you comfortable with the basic Oncourse tools and ready to explore something new? If so, join us in this online workshop held in an Adobe Connect meeting room. We'll travel beyond the basic tools and discover other tools, such as Site stats, Profile 2, Assignments 2, Blogs, and Turnitin that you might find to be helpful in your classes.