Teaching Circle: GenAI in Education Circle

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Join colleagues in discussing the role of Generative AI (GenAI) in teaching and learning.  Whether you are new to prompting or have used GenAI in the past, this circle is a place to share your strategies, concerns, successes, or questions. Dates and Times: January 15, 12:00-1:00 February 19, 12:00-1:00 March 19, 12:00-1:00 April 16, 12:00-1:00 […]

Designing Course Videos to Engage All Audiences (1/28/26)

Using instructional video can increase learner engagement with course material.  Video can provide alternatives for representing ideas to students, add relevance and value, and provide options to learners.  This workshop will help participants to develop new instructional video that is universally designed and consider the many ways in which learners will consume video content in […]

Designing Course Videos to Engage All Audiences (1/29/26)

Using instructional video can increase learner engagement with course material.  Video can provide alternatives for representing ideas to students, add relevance and value, and provide options to learners.  This workshop will help participants to develop new instructional video that is universally designed and consider the many ways in which learners will consume video content in […]

Accessible Skills Challenge, Level 1

For 8 weeks, participants receive an email asking them to perform a single accessibility task in their course. These tasks focus on core elements of content that can then be applied across their entire course. 

Once you have completed the task, you should visit your cohort's Teams space. In the Teams space, you will find questions that help you reflect on the task that you just completed. 

Accessible Skills Challenge, Level 2

For 8 weeks, participants receive an email asking them to perform a single accessibility task in their course. These tasks focus on core elements of content that can then be applied across their entire course. 

Once you have completed the task, you should visit your cohort's Teams space. In the Teams space, you will find questions that help you reflect on the task that you just completed. 

Instructional Strategies to Support Invisible Disabilities (2/16/26)

Did you know that the majority of accommodation requests are for disabilities that are not considered apparent? To make matters worse, that number only includes those students who choose to identify as having a disability. Imagine what it is like to struggle with a disability, but be afraid to request help for fear of judgment. […]

Instructional Strategies to Support Invisible Disabilities (2/17/26)

Did you know that the majority of accommodation requests are for disabilities that are not considered apparent? To make matters worse, that number only includes those students who choose to identify as having a disability. Imagine what it is like to struggle with a disability, but be afraid to request help for fear of judgment. […]

Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents (2/24/26)

Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers?   Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book?  Do you create content in a specialized software program and convert it into a PDF to post in your course?  Have you […]

Supporting Learner Success in the Humanities Classroom (3/3/26)

Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Multiple Means of Engagement Humanities and social science course content present a variety of challenges when it comes to universal design.  Depending on the course, content can be very specialized and intricate.  This is exacerbated when learners potentially have visual, hearing, or cognitive barriers to consuming the content. […]

Creating STEM Content that All Learners Can Understand (3/4/26)

Universal Design Guideline: Multiple Means of Representation, Multiple Means of Engagement STEM content can be especially difficult for learners to comprehend.  This includes content such as math and science equations, complex images, and tables. That difficulty increases when learners have a disability like ADHD or a cognitive processing disorder. This workshop will provide participants with […]

Designing in Canvas for All Learners, Part 2 (3/18/26)

A key component of learner success is course content that learners can easily consume.  By considering the design of course content in Canvas, faculty can significantly affect how successful learners are in a course.  This workshop is a second installment in designing course content in Canvas.  It will provide participants with best practices related to […]

Creating Universally Designed PDF Documents (3/20/26)

Do you have PDF documents in your course that are articles from publishers?   Have you ever scanned pages from a book to make sure students did not need to buy the entire book?  Do you create content in a specialized software program and convert it into a PDF to post in your course?  Have you […]