Canvas Updates for Fall 2024
Canvas Basics for Faculty - COLRS
Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.
Harmonize 101: Build more engaging discussions quickly and save time grading
In this session, the Harmonize team will explore how to maximize the benefits of Harmonize's main features, which are designed to boost student engagement, foster inclusive learning, and save time for instructors. If you're tired of student complaints of boring discussions and haven't tried Harmonize, this is the webinar for you to learn to change that in minutes.
Key points include:
Harmonize 101: Build more engaging discussions quickly and save time grading
In this session, the Harmonize team will explore how to maximize the benefits of Harmonize's main features, which are designed to boost student engagement, foster inclusive learning, and save time for instructors. If you're tired of student complaints of boring discussions and haven't tried Harmonize, this is the webinar for you to learn to change that in minutes.
Key points include:
Harmonize 101: Build more engaging discussions quickly and save time grading
In this session, the Harmonize team will explore how to maximize the benefits of Harmonize's main features, which are designed to boost student engagement, foster inclusive learning, and save time for instructors. If you're tired of student complaints of boring discussions and haven't tried Harmonize, this is the webinar for you to learn to change that in minutes.
Key points include:
Harmonize 101: Build more engaging discussions quickly and save time grading
In this session, the Harmonize team will explore how to maximize the benefits of Harmonize's main features, which are designed to boost student engagement, foster inclusive learning, and save time for instructors. If you're tired of student complaints of boring discussions and haven't tried Harmonize, this is the webinar for you to learn to change that in minutes.
Key points include:
Generative AI in Teaching
Artificial intelligence has been in our everyday lives for some time. Think of Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri voice assistants. They can be helpful to perform tasks.
Generative artificial intelligence has been researched for decades, but has not been widely implemented or discussed outside research circles. You may have experienced generative AI though predictive text (Smart Compose) in Gmail.
Syllabus and Assignment Icons
The UIS Syllabus and Assignment Icons, adapted from the Oregon State project, represent some approaches to generative AI use for course policies and assignments. Syllabus statements are also a great way to frame the conversation about generative AI with your students. As instructors, it is important to provide guidance on acceptable generative AI usage from the start of a course. Instructors are encourages to modify and adapt the descriptions to fit courses and assignments.
AI Tools
Popular GenAI Tools
- ChatGPT - launched in November 2022 by OpenAI, and has been credited with catalyzing widespread interest in generative AI.
- ChatPDF - One specific use case that might be very relevant for most users is to be able to ‘chat’ with a PDF document. This might be a research article, a printout of a web page (saved as .pdf), or a PDF of a book. It is a very simple and elegant solution. There are limitations on how much you can use it for free.
Employee Development Series: App Cafe
Please join us for the July Employee Development Session: App Cafe. This session will be presented by the Center for Online Learning, Research & Service.
This is a come and go opportunity to have a little fun learning about new apps that your colleagues across campus use for productivity, just for fun, lifestyle apps, apps for hobbies, finance, and news/reading. Door prizes and cookies will be available. There will be a special “lunch tray for apps” to fill. Those who fill their trays will be added to a drawing for special door prizes.