Faculty Prep Week • January 9 – 13, 2023
The Center for Integrated Professional Development is ready to help you teach this fall. In addition to the workshops below, check out our many Teaching Resources.
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Midterm Chats - Spring 2023
What your students are really thinking?
Midterm Chats for both face-to-face and synchronous online courses are available from Feb. 13 through Mar. 24.
Workshops
Faculty Prep Week events may be offered online or in-person, so please note the event's location. Registration is required for most events. Select the date and time of the session you wish to attend, to sign up through My.IllinoisState. Registration closes one business day before the session date. Participants will be sent a Zoom meeting link for online sessions at least one day before the event.
Additional professional development opportunities will be available during the semester. Browse Spring 2023 events.
ReggieNet: Getting Started
Monday, January 9 • 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Steve Travers, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Thursday, January 12 • 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Integrated Professional Development
New to teaching at Illinois State? Or need a refresher on ReggieNet? This workshop packs a lot in just two hours: Learn how to upload your syllabus and other course materials, set-up emails, and create assignments. Get a quick tour of the online grade book function. Registration is required.
Nearpod
Monday, January 9 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Thursday, January 12 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Greg Maier, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Get started using Nearpod, an interactive tool replacing classroom clickers at Illinois State. This one-hour workshop will give you a tour of the tool’s basic features. It allows you to empower students, track attendance, distribute learning resources, and check the pulse of your class with ongoing formative assessments in many learning scenarios. Registration is required.
ReggieNet: Gradebook Clinic
Tuesday, January 10 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Allison Hauser, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Friday, January 13 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Allison Hauser, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Get a hands-on tour of the ReggieNet Gradebook tool. Learn how to create items within the Gradebook or add them from other ReggieNet tools. You’ll tackle basic features like setting up grade categories, working with weighted categories, reordering your gradebook items, and viewing grading statistics. Registration is required.
Microsoft Stream
Tuesday, January 10 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Online
Friday, January 13 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Greg Maier, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Microsoft Stream is a new video hosting service, replacing Office 365 Video. It allows instructors to upload and share video content with their students through ReggieNet, websites, or direct links. This brief introduction will get you started using the tool for the coming semester. Registration is required.
Teaching with Zoom
Thursday, January 12 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Jim Gee, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Facilitate learning using Zoom, the University’s online conferencing platform. Learn how to set up virtual meetings, and explore useful tools like polls, break-out rooms, and new features like whiteboards and apps. You’ll learn about recommended practices to ensure a safe and productive synchronous learning environment and discuss ways to mitigate equity issues for students with connectivity or technology problems. This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are using Zoom for advanced learning. For basic help using Zoom, visit Help.IllinoisState.edu. Registration is required.
Classroom Technology Demos
(No registration necessary)
Thursday, January 12 • 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. (Zoom link)
Friday, January 13 • 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. (Zoom link)
Williams 128 or online
All general-use classrooms at Illinois State are fitted with webcams with microphones, Zoom, and the ability to use the document camera in Zoom. Some classrooms also feature a special wide-angle camera that allows instructors to change the view from the lecture station to the whiteboard. Staff from Learning Spaces and Audio/Visual Technologies will demonstrate classroom technologies, including how to host a Zoom meeting from your classroom. No registration is required. Instructors who can’t attend in person can also view sessions on Zoom.
Introduction to Queer Allyship Lunch-and-Learn
Synchronous session:
Friday, January 13 • 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Note: For additional sessions of this workshop later in the semester, please visit the main Events page.
Location:
Stevenson Hall 401A
Facilitator:
David Giovagnoli, Center for Integrated Professional Development
LGBTQIA2S+ youth, including college students, are among the most at-risk groups for mental health challenges, housing and food insecurity, and domestic violence, because of the ways in which society’s support systems fail to see and value them. Formerly referred called Safe Zone, Intro to Queer Allyship is a knowledge-level workshop focusing on using terminology appropriately, understanding the relationship between sex, gender, and sexuality, and finding the resources available to support Queer Redbirds (faculty, staff, and students) at Illinois State University. This experience is tailored to faculty, staff, and graduate assistants, with either teaching responsibilities or other student-facing roles, particularly in Academic Affairs. Registration is required.
Participants are invited to bring their own lunch to this two-hour workshop. Note: this is the same content as presented in the Safe Zone workshop offered from Fall 2021 through Fall 2022.
This workshop falls under the AAC&U High-Impact Educational Practice of Diversity/Global Learning.