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Instructional Support Workshops

Instructional Support Workshops are supported by the Teaching and Learning Centre's Educational Developers and offer participants a variety of programs based on their teaching and learning interests and needs.

While these workshops are designed primarily for members of the University community engaged in teaching-related practices, other members of Ontario Tech may enroll in our workshops as part of their professional development.

Note: If you are an undergraduate student interested in the programs available to you, check out Student Learning Support.

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Note for CUT participants

Note for CUT participants

While Certificate in University Teaching participants may attend as many workshops as they wish, only certain sessions are eligible for the mandatory workshop attendance requirement.

This semester's CUT-eligible workshops are listed below. To successfully complete the program, participants must attend at least one workshop from each of the three categories.

In the full workshop schedule, CUT-eligible workshops are marked with a corresponding icon for each category (♦, ♥, or ♣).

Educational Technologies ♦
  • H5P Elements
  • New Quizzes: Question Type Deep-Dive
Inclusive Teaching ♥
  • Intro to UDL: The Plus-or-Minus-One Approach
Special Topics in Higher Education ♣
  • Mentimeter for Asynchronous Engagement
  • Leveraging Peer Feedback Tools for Assessment Design

Workshop Schedule + Descriptions

July

  • ♦ New Quizzes: Question Type Deep-Dive - July 29

    New Quizzes: Question Type Deep-Dive

    Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
    Facilitators: Lasandra Conliffe, Kevin Johnson

    This hands-on session guides participants through a thorough exploration of the question types available in New Quizzes. We will emphasize practical application, focusing on when and how to use each question type effectively to support diverse learning strategies and assess course learning outcomes.

    Learning Outcomes

    • Differentiate between the New Quizzes question types and their instructional purposes.
    • Build a quiz using various question types, advanced settings, and creative applications.
    • Align question type selection with specific learning outcomes and assessment goals.

    Who Is This For?

    • Instructors, teaching assistants

    ♦ CUT-eligible: Educational Technologies

August

  • New Quizzes: Item Banks - August 5

    New Quizzes: Item Banks

    Date: Wednesday, August 5, 12:30 to 2 p.m.
    Facilitator: Miranda Varricchio

    This workshop explores how to use Item Banks in New Quizzes, including how they differ from Classic Question Banks. You will learn practical tips for creating and organizing item banks and how to build quizzes using banked questions. Sharing Item Banks effectively will also be addressed, including a discussion about how Item Bank permissions can affect collaboration and question integrity.

    Learning Outcomes

    • Explain what Item Banks are and how they differ from Classic Quizzes Question Banks.
    • Apply best practices when sharing Item Banks to maintain question and quiz integrity.

    Who Is This For?

    • Instructors, teaching assistants