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UWGB Canvas Gallery: A Virtual Exhibition of Teaching

About the Exhibition

Have you developed standout strategies in your Canvas course that could inspire or benefit your colleagues? The “UWGB Canvas Gallery: A Virtual Exhibition of Teaching,” hosted by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL), is the perfect platform to share your innovative teaching and design approaches with fellow instructors. To participate in this showcase, we invite you to submit some of the materials you’ve developed in Canvas. They should be materials you already have, making the workload minimal, and they can be from a Canvas site for any course modality: in-person, online, virtual classroom, and more! Accepted work will be displayed in a virtual Canvas course gallery where others on campus can engage and view your work. This virtual gallery-style exhibition is more than just showcasing your work; it is about building a community where educators across UW-Green Bay can learn from one another by sharing the creative strategies that often only students see.

Call for Submissions

We are looking for submissions that highlight a range of teaching and design strategies that use Canvas effectively. You can submit a single Canvas item, such as an assignment, page, quiz, or discussion, or share an entire module that demonstrates effective teaching practices and supports student success. Examples of what you might share include:

  • A welcoming course introduction Canvas module that sets students up for success
  • Creative Canvas discussion boards that foster deep, meaningful dialogue
  • Innovative assessments that challenge traditional formats, such as project-based learning or peer feedback in Canvas
  • Thoughtfully designed group activities that encourage collaboration and active participation and use Canvas Groups to set up effective teamwork and communication
  • Gamified elements that motivate and reward student achievement such as using mastery paths or badging in Canvas
  • Visual and interactive elements that simplify complex concepts and enhance learning shared in Canvas
  • Effective use of module pre-requisites to scaffold learning
  • Well-written instructions for more complicated tasks in Canvas, such as the use of PlayPosit

In your submission, consider how your materials might:

  • Demonstrate inclusive teaching and digital accessibility
  • Foster student engagement and success
  • Support students in achieving course learning outcomes
  • Promote transparency or reduce invisible curriculum
  • Facilitate students’ ability to succeed in an online learning environment
  • Incorporate evidence-based teaching strategies, such as scaffolded assignments or use of the TiLT framework

The application period has concluded.

We look forward to seeing your contributions and showcasing the excellent work of our UW-Green Bay instructors!

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Workshop Wednesday: Open Lab on Accessibility (Oct. 9, 3:00 – 4:30)

In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) and Student Accessibility Services (SAS) are hosting an open computer lab session to explore the topic of accessibility. Join us on Oct. 9 from 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. in Laboratory Sciences 102 (LS 102) for a hands-on opportunity to experiment with accessibility tools and learn how to create and share accessible digital resources in Canvas and in common Microsoft applications. Both faculty and staff are invited to bring their course materials and other documents to ask accessibility questions and learn more about how our two teams can support you!  

Want to get an Outlook event invitation for this workshop? Send an email to CATL and we’ll send you an invite to save on your Outlook calendar!

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Fall 2024 Co-Writing Community (Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. & Fridays 8:30 – 9:30 a.m.)

Tara DaPra, one of CATL’s Instructional Development Consultants, will lead another “Co-Writing Community” this fall. A co-writing community is a zero-obligation, zero-preparation, zero-outside work activity. Use this time to work on creative or scholarly projects that might otherwise get pushed aside by the demands of teaching. All faculty and staff are welcome!

The co-writing community will run throughout the fall semester via Zoom from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. on Fridays. Feel free to join early or late, weekly, or when your schedule allows! Simply drop in with this Zoom link which will be reused for each session.

Please email daprat@uwgb.edu with any questions.

Wacky Wednesday: Ride the Active Learning Train (Sept 25, 3:00 p.m.)

You’ve got a ticket to ride the active learning train! Join the CATL team on Wednesday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. in CL 405 as we demonstrate active learning pedagogy through the board game “Ticket to Ride.” Active learning strategies can improve retention and success in most disciplines, and they don’t take much time to implement in your classes. Learn while you play in this participatory session on active learning. Sign up today and come and play!

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Join a “Teaching with AI” Book Group this Fall!

Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning [Book]Want to dive deeper into the ideas and insights on AI in education Dr. C. Edward Watson presented on Aug. 29, 2024? CATL is sponsoring small book groups this fall semester centered around his book, Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. These groups will meet three times during the Fall 2024 semester, each focusing on a specific theme, such as asynchronous online teaching or history instruction. Meeting times and dates will be arranged based on participant availability.

The book is available via free online access through the UWGB library. Physical copies are also available for the first 30 full-time UWGB instructors who register!