Authentic Assessment
Authentic Assessment is a half course that will introduce you to the principles and practice of this approach to assessment of student learning. Authentic assessment is an approach that takes into account the contexts in which that learning will actually be used once students leave the university. It is an attempt to assess what students actually know, value, and can do in a way that is well-integrated into the entire learning environment of a course. In this course you will learn how to align assessment with intended learning outcomes, how to design meaningful assessment measures that motivate students and even design assessments that help students learn as they are being assessed.
Blackboard Learn Training Face-to-face Sessions - Instructors and their Assistants
Blackboard Learn is the University of Windsor's learning management system (LMS). It is a robust integrated system, designed to provide an enhanced learning experience for students, an efficient interface for instructors to prepare course materials and interact with students, and offers a customizable infrastructure.
Blackboard Learn Training - Online Self-Paced Courses
Blackboard Learn is the Learning Management System (LMS) that the University of Windsor supports. These online courses featured below, are designed to provide valuable information and corresponding self-learning activities for instructors and their assistants, to help learn, use and configure Blackboard Learn. Please note, these courses are NOT facilitated, and there won't be any instructor interaction. If you would like face-to-face support we would be happy to help, so check out the Name Your Topic! offerings at http://www.uwindsor.ca/bbworkshops
- 1.0 Introduction to Blackboard IB-O-W19-01
- 1a. Getting Started with Blackboard (Pre-requisite) – GS-O-W19-01
- 2. Building Courses (Basics) – BC-O-W19-01
- 3. Assessing Learners (Basics) – ASL-O-W19-01
- 4. Enhancing Communication (Basics) – EC-O-W19-01
- 5. Monitoring Student Performance - Course Outline – (Advanced) – MSP-O-W19-01
- 6. Building Online Communities (Advanced) – BOC-O-W19-01
- 7. Designing Engaging Content (Advanced) – DEC-O-W19-01
- … and more!
Course Design
This course introduces participants to the principles and practice of effective course design, including developing effective outcomes, devising methods and strategies to help students master difficult concepts and theories, and aligning assessments. Participants will have the opportunity to design (or redesign!) a course of their choosing, receiving feedback at each step. This course is offered in a 6-week format and a one-week intensive format.
CTL Teaching and Learning Workshop Series
The Centre for Teaching and Learning sponsors and facilitates an ongoing series of workshops focussing on the teaching and learning issues that impact on student engagement and the student experience at the University of Windsor. These free events are open to the whole University community and facilitate discussion about strategically important teaching and learning issues for the University.
Special Topics Workshop
CTL can customize workshops designed to enhance teaching and learning practices at the University of Windsor. These sessions can be based on specialized needs that a group of campus constituents require. Please contact ctlevents@uwindsor.ca to connect with a specialist in your area.
Teaching Dossier Academy
The University of Windsor is pleased to invite college and university professors of all ranks and years of experience to its Teaching Dossier Academy. The Academy is designed to provide background information, workshops, peer consultation, and extensive expert individual consultation to support the development of participants’ professional teaching portfolios over a period of five days.
Teaching in a Blackboard Learning Environment
Are you looking for a concentrated experience to harness Blackboard Learn's power to provide interactive student engagement and efficient online assessment, just in time for the upcoming semester? This course provides a fast-paced and hands-on exploration of commonly-used assessment and communication tools in Blackboard.This hybrid half-course is a series of three full-day sessions divided over two weekends coupled with online modules that will introduce participants to the Blackboard Learn environment including menu configuration, and creating assessments with integrated grading. We will also provide some development time and guidance to help you actually prepare your upcoming course.
New Faculty, mid-career faculty, and instructors with teaching assignments for the upcoming semester will be given priority, as registration spaces are limited. (Participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops to the F2F sessions where possible).
* If you have already completed the Course Design you will be able to apply this course towards partial fulfilment of requirements for the UTC program. Note: participants must apply to and be accepted into the UTC for this to apply.