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Posts by Aaminah LongAaminah Long

Meet our new colleague, Aaminah!

Posts by Amy MinixAmy Minix

Be a Better Sherlock: Stop Stumbling around in Google Scholar
Engaging Students in Learning Using Immersive Technologies

Posts by Cordah RobinsonCordah Robinson

Quick Tip: Use Canvas Modules to Organize Access to Your Course Content
Quick tip of the week: Highlight multiple Zoom participant videos at once
But They Don’t Do Their Homework! Holding Students Accountable
Truth, Then Consequences: When Plagiarism Is Reported at IU

Posts by Claire MillerClaire Miller

Learn about Indigenous Pedagogies
Graduate Students — Prepare to Teach at IUB
Quick Tip: Notice and Focus
Taking Attendance with Self-Portraits: A Two Minute Exercise
Quick Tip: Next Steps When Students Stop Attending
Defend or Invite: Developing a Practice of Asking Neutral Questions

Posts by daaskewdaaskew

Celebrating Juneteenth
How to Spend the Summer as a Doctoral Student
Quick Tip Title: Finding Scholarship from Black Authors for Black History Month
Celebrating Black History Month In and Out of the Classroom
MLK Day Isn’t Just a Day, It is a Lifestyle: Maintaining Dr. Martin Luther King’s Values and Efforts in Educational Spaces
Quick Tip: Nurturing Students in Difficult Times

Posts by Daniela Gutiérrez LópezDaniela Gutiérrez López

Mental Health Experts Take to Social Media
Using Social Media Resources for Mental Health
A Culture of Care and Healing in Education

Posts by ewaldropewaldrop

Prepare for Summer: Set up your Canvas Course Site

Posts by George RehreyGeorge Rehrey

So, What’s the Big Deal with Big Data and Learning Analytics at IUB?

Posts by Greg SieringGreg Siering

In Support of Our MSU Colleagues
Adapting to a ChatGPT Reality
With Gratitude
Support your First-Gen Students
Why should you care about DEI?
Quick Tip: Email Change Available in the Student Engagement Roster
Preparing Your Classes for Unmasking
Quick Tip: Build Mutual Support Teams in Your Classes
Keeping Students Engaged Despite Absences
Getting Student Feedback at Midterm

Posts by Jo Ann VogtJo Ann Vogt

Designing Assignments to Promote Academic Honesty

Posts by Jessica AdamsJessica Adams

Bringing Community Expertise to Your Service-Learning Partnership
Preparing your Community Partner Relationship

Posts by John Paul KanwitJohn Paul Kanwit

Write a Syllabus that Supports Student and Instructor Mental Health
Supporting Your Post-Coursework Graduate Students
Implementing Successful Peer Review Practices
Instructor Feedback as Communication
Remote Tutoring Support for Students
Problems with and Alternatives to Traditional Approaches to Grading Writing
Why Can’t College Students Write?
Writing to Learn: Activities that Foster Engagement and Understanding
How Writing Tutorial Services’ New Online Scheduler Can Help Your Students
What is Plagiarism and How Do I Talk with Students about It?

Posts by jturrentinejturrentine

Quick Tip: Use the New Pronoun Feature in Canvas
Quick Tip: Benefits to Using the Zoom Desktop Client (and how to update it)
Blended Course Design Workbook Blog Series

Posts by Kate EllisKate Ellis

Quick Tip: Hypothes.is: Writing in the Margins
Quick Tip: Are You Up-to-Date with Zoom?
Quick tip of the week: VoiceThread fills the social presence gap in online courses

Posts by Kelly SchollKelly Scholl

Academic Year In Review: Top Blog Posts from 2016-17
Summer of Learning with CITL | Part II
Summer of Learning with CITL | Part I
Scheduling Appointments in Canvas (and without email!)
So… What’s Next?
Have you Innovated Lately?
Customizing Canvas to Match Your Style
Setting up your Canvas Gradebook to match your Syllabus
I want groups of assignments to contribute to the final grade by weighted percentages
Take Me to Your Resource

Posts by Katie KearnsKatie Kearns

A Faculty Mentor Roadmap to Campus AI Orientations
Teaching Development Pathways for Graduate Students
Extra! Extra! Read All about It! Science in the Classroom from the ScIU blog!
Taking the Equity Pulse in the Classroom
You Are Cordially Invited: A Wedding Dressing Ceremony as a Learning Opportunity
Ordinary Objects, Extraordinary Teaching Experiences

Posts by kmoverbykmoverby

Posts by Lisa KurzLisa Kurz

Getting Mid-Semester Feedback from your Students
Quick Tip: All-Purpose Discussion Prompts for Discussing Assigned Readings in Class
Help Students Learn to Take Exams with Exam Wrappers
Transparency in Learning and Teaching: Small Changes, Big Impact
Quick Tip: What to Keep After the Return to Face-to-Face Teaching (Pt. 5)
Quick Tip: What to Keep After the Return to Face-to-Face Teaching (Pt. 4)
Quick Tip: What to Keep After the Return to Face-to-Face Teaching (Pt. 3)
Quick Tip: What to Keep After the Return to Face-to-Face Teaching (Pt. 2)
Quick Tip: What to Keep After the Return to Face-to-Face Teaching (Pt. 1)
Collaborative Whiteboarding for More Engaging Synchronous Sessions

Posts by Charmian LamCharmian Lam

Quick Tip: Using Expansive Framing to Promote Transfer between Online and In-Person Learning
Leveraging Seminar-Style Dynamics for a Close Knit Online Course
Assessing Student Learning in the Online, Synchronous Classroom
Networking and Professional Development in a Time of Online Teaching and Learning
Is the Gamification fad truly over?
Preparing for Teaching Demonstrations
Building a Graduate Student Community with SoTL

Posts by Leslie DraneLeslie Drane

Meet our new colleague, Maggie!
Meet our new colleague, Da’Ja’!
Quick Tip: Picking Breakout Room Reporters
Quick Tip: Making Breakout Room Instructions Clear
Quick Tip: Prompting Participation
Quick Tip: Changing Skin Tones in Zoom Emojis
Graduate Students – Get Ready to Teach at IUB!
Quick Tip: Zoom Backgrounds as Icebreakers
Quick Tip: Allow Extensions to Show Care and Support
Quick Tip: An Icebreaker Idea

Posts by Maggie GilchristMaggie Gilchrist

Helpful Instructional Technology Tools for Graduate Student Instructors
Essay Revision: Emphasizing Process Over Product

Posts by Matt BartonMatt Barton

PlayPosit: A New Way to Engage Students Online
Quick Tip: Accessibility Checklist for Instructional Video
FAQs for Recording and Handling Online Video
Encouraging Student Engagement with Video
Flipping Your Class, Part 4: First Exposure Matters? Presenting Materials to Students Online
Flipping Your Class, Part 3: What Should I Do? So Much Room for Activities!
Flipping Part 2: Pre-class or In-class? Deciding Where Learning Objectives Belong
Flipping Part 1: Start at the End? Building a Framework for a Flipped Class
Flipping Your Classroom Series
When My Whiteboard Goes Astray, Won’t You Light My Way?

Posts by mebetzmebetz

Quick Tip: Support Student Well-being
Quick Tip: What Images Say About Your Class
Fostering Engagement through Online Discussion
Building a Social Presence in Online Instruction
Inclusivity in the Online Classroom
Learning from Listening to Communities
What Service Fits Your Course?
What Does the Service-Learning Literature Say?
What Is Service-Learning, and What Does It Add?

Posts by Madeleine GoninMadeleine Gonin

Quick Tip: Preview your future classroom without leaving your office
Unspoken Expectations and Student Success: Revealing the Hidden Curriculum  
Quick Tip: Get your gradebook ready for submitting final grades
Quick Tip: Oh no! I accidentally deleted something from my Canvas course!
Use CATME to Support Team Projects
Tips for Instructors of Large Multi-section Courses
Strategies for Handling Absences in Labs
Quick Tip: Request Automatic Recording of Your In-Person Classes
Quick Tip: Wondering what questions to ask on your mid-semester feedback?
Quick Tip: Message Students in Canvas Who Have Missed Assignments

Posts by Joan MiddendorfJoan Middendorf

Learning about IU’s Indigenous People
Human Connections in Teaching 3: Love, Equity, and Justice and Student Partnerships
Human Connections in Teaching 2: Growth Mindset and Sense of Belonging
Human Connections in Teaching 1: Relationship-Rich Education
Trust without Monitoring in Large Classes
Quick Tip: Encourage Sense of Belonging for a Positive Change
Leading Inclusive Discussions
Bringing Anti-Racist Practices into the Classroom
Teaching One Day at a Time
Classroom Climate and Building a Sense of Belonging

Posts by Mary Helen TrugliaMary Helen Truglia

Posts by Michael ValliantMichael Valliant

Community Engaged Learning: Reimagine and Recommit to Community
Community Engaged Teaching during Suspension of Face-to-Face Classes
Assessing Service-Learning Outcomes and Student Service
What Does Your Syllabus Say about Service? Constructing a Service-Learning Syllabus
Service-Learning, Community-Engaged Learning and IU Bloomington

Posts by Nzzy AfoakuNzzy Afoaku

Quick Tip: Learn the Basics of Canvas Quizzes
Quick Tip: Cross-list Your Sections’ Canvas Sites Before Adding Content
Quick Tip of the Week: Set a Default Due Time for Your Canvas Assessments
Helping Students Develop Their Citation Practices
Quick Tip: Moderate Your Canvas Quiz to Accommodate Students’ Needs

Posts by rbovejarboveja

Lifting Every Graduate Instructor Voice

Posts by Shannon SipesShannon Sipes

7th Annual CITL Summer Reading List
How many points is this class worth?
6th Annual CITL Summer Reading List
Connect with SoTL Scholars
Post-White Pedagogies?
Are We Going to Have a Real Talk?
Miss a SoTL speaker? Wish you could rewatch a speaker?
Has It Already Happened?
What Inclusive Instructors Do
5th Annual CITL Summer Reading List

Posts by Sarah PedzinskiSarah Pedzinski

Reflecting on Expert Blind Spots to Improve Skills-Based Teaching
How can I support and encourage my students to complete course readings?
Quick Tip: How to learn more about your students’ reading motivation, practices, and comprehension
Creating an OCQ Game Plan
Course Design for Graduate Students: You’ve Got This!
Quick Tip: Use Attendance Questions to Increase Student Engagement and Build Classroom Community

Posts by Sean SidkySean Sidky

Mentoring Senior Thesis Writers

Posts by Susan HathawaySusan Hathaway

Sustaining a Sense of Community Online
Quality Matters in Online Course Design

Posts by Umida KhikmatillaevaUmida Khikmatillaeva

Say It Right with NameCoach: Pronouncing Student Names
Using Electronic Portfolios to Showcase Student Learning
Submit Final Grades: A Checklist for Getting It Right

Posts by yacruzriyacruzri

Beyond Course Content: Classroom Climate

Posts by zcarnagezcarnage

I’ve Got Top Hat (Clickers)…Now What?