Professional Development – Page 2

Building Your Academic Brand: Promoting Yourself as a Researcher

November 23, 2024 thoeck

Establishing a strong professional presence is essential for gaining visibility, attracting collaborators, and highlighting your contributions to the academic community. This session will provide strategies for effectively promoting yourself as a researcher. Participants will learn how to utilize NSUWorks and new Pure profile pages to share their work, as well as how to leverage social media platforms like LinkedIn, ResearchGate, and Twitter to expand their reach. Tips for crafting an engaging academic bio, sharing research highlights, and building a professional online presence will also be discussed.

Strategies to Support Student Researchers: Fostering the Next Generation

November 23, 2024 thoeck

Supporting student researchers requires balancing mentorship, skill-building, and project management. This session provides practical strategies for guiding students through research projects, fostering critical thinking, and encouraging independence.

Looking for Course Design Help? Schedule a One-on-One with an NSU Instructional Designer!

November 22, 2024 thoeck

Throughout the semester it is essential to ensure that your courses are tuned to deliver exceptional learning experiences. To support you in this endeavor, we are excited to highlight DesignLink, our platform connecting faculty with our skilled instructional design team. DesignLink offers a streamlined process for faculty to collaborate with instructional designers in revitalizing course materials, exploring innovative teaching strategies, and enhancing student engagement.

Reflecting on the Success of the 3rd Annual NSU LEC Teaching and Learning Conference

November 20, 2024 thoeck

Thank you for making the 3rd Annual NSU LEC Teaching and Learning Conference a success! Explore the Conference Session Recordings playlist to revisit workshops and presentations, and don’t forget to share your feedback through the Post-Conference Event Survey. Learn more about this year’s event and access resources to enhance your teaching and learning journey!

Workshop: All About Canvas Rubrics

September 4, 2024 thoeck

In this workshop, you will discover how to use Canvas Rubrics to provide clear and consistent feedback to students, save time grading, and improve the quality of student work. You will learn about different types of rubrics, including holistic, analytic, single-point, and customized rubrics, and discover how to create and use them effectively in your course. Whether you’re a seasoned Canvas user or new to the platform, you will learn practical tips and insights to help you maximize your use of rubrics in Canvas. Don’t miss this opportunity to improve your teaching and student learning outcomes – register now!

Workshop: Exploring Advanced Features of PollEverywhere

August 31, 2024 thoeck

Take your Poll Everywhere skills to the next level in this hands-on workshop designed for those that have used Poll Everywhere and want to learn more features. You can enhance student engagement and streamline course management using advanced features of Poll Everywhere. Topics on the agenda include Competitions, Syncing Course Rosters with Canvas LTI, Customization of Activities, and Importing Activities from Excel.

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Workshop: Getting Started with Poll Everywhere for Classroom Engagement

August 13, 2024 thoeck

Engaging students at a distance and in the classroom can present challenges. Poll Everywhere offers a way to interact with your students with activities designed to ask questions, drive participation in group activities, and encourage students to share thoughts and insights from their phones or computers.

Transform Students’ Video Watching Experience with Annoto

August 12, 2024 thoeck

If you want to increase student engagement and personalize feedback within your Shark Media videos, the Annoto Widget workshop was created just for you. The Annoto widget is a tool that integrates with Shark Media and can be used in Canvas enabling you to add interactive elements to your videos. You can use it to create questions, quizzes, surveys, polls, and discussions that appear on the video timeline. You and your students can also use it to annotate your videos with highlights, notes, links, and images.

Workshop: Getting Started with SharkMedia

August 10, 2024 thoeck

Videos are often the most highly engaging media in a course. Videos can be used to introduce new course content, reinforce concepts already learned, share demonstrations, simulations, and much more. You may know that NSU has a media server called Shark Media which is our branded version of Kaltura. During this workshop, we will review the many capabilities of the Shark Media platform. We will show you where you can find every function on the platform, from uploading videos, all the way to creating chapter markers and playlists for your students.

Exploring the Microsoft Edge Copilot for the Educator

August 5, 2024 thoeck

Are you looking to streamline your teaching and research tasks? Join us for an exciting workshop where we explore Copilot in Microsoft Edge, a powerful AI-driven assistant designed to enhance your productivity and efficiency. In this hands-on session, Participants will learn how to use Copilot to draft lecture outlines, analyze data and collaborate with colleagues on research projects.

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