by Thomas Keith | Feb 4, 2019 | Pedagogy
Are you interested in giving your students assignments that go beyond the written word? Would you like your students to have opportunities to practice their speaking skills, think creatively, and work with digital technologies such as sound recording and editing...
by Thomas Keith | Jan 11, 2019 | Canvas, Events, Pedagogy
A variety of Canvas workshops will be offered in Winter Quarter 2019. In these workshops, you can learn how to use the Canvas learning management system and other digital technologies to enhance your classroom teaching, devise creative assignments for your students,...
by Thomas Keith | Nov 19, 2018 | Canvas, Events, Pedagogy
You are invited to attend two new workshops being offered during Week 9 of this Fall quarter. These workshops will introduce you to advanced Canvas features that can enhance your teaching. Both workshops will be held in the back of the TechBar, on the first floor of...
by Cecilia Lo | Sep 19, 2018 | Canvas, Canvas Features/Functions, How-tos, Pedagogy
You can do a lot more than collecting assignments, entering grades, and weighting grades in Canvas (see our blog post on Tips on Managing Assignments and Grades in Canvas). In fact, Canvas’ Gradebook, Speedgrader, online Rubrics, and communication tools can help you...
by Aidan Kaplan | Jun 29, 2018 | Pedagogy
“The part of teaching that I enjoy the most is the direct interaction with students. My main goal with flipping the classroom was to increase the quality of our limited contact time.” —Prof. Britni Ratliff What is a flipped classroom? The main idea in a...
by Thomas Keith | Apr 18, 2018 | Canvas, Events, Pedagogy
In Winter Quarter 2018, the Academic Technology Solutions group conducted online surveys of University of Chicago students and faculty/instructors to see how they’re using the newly adopted Canvas learning management system, what they think of Canvas so far, and which...
