Adjunct Faculty Saturday Professional Development Session – Using D2L Gradebook for In-Person Classes (Online Webinar)

If you are teaching a traditional in-person class, students appreciate instructors using the D2L online Gradebook as it promotes:  In-person instructors have two options when using D2L online gradebook:  Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using the D2L Gradebook. During this online webinar, we’ll start out […]

2024 Virtual Cengage Computing Experience (Vendor Webinar Sessions)

Want to learn about the latest innovations and emerging topics in Computing? Join us for the 2024 Virtual Cengage Computing Experience—a webinar conference for Computing instructors to connect, inspire each other with new ideas and attend sessions from authors and thought leaders.   Session topics include:  See the full agenda and register now for this engaging […]

Promethean ActivPanel Display Refresher (Hands-on Training in Room 3127) 

Some SSC classrooms are equipped with a Promethean ActivPanel as a display.    Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this hands-on training where we will demonstrate the technical aspects of using the Promethean ActivPanel in the classroom.    In this live training, we’ll cover:  Due to limited seating, please register by emailing:  ssconline@ssc.edu.   You will receive […]

Introduction to Simple Syllabus (Online Webinar) 

We are excited to announce the implementation of Simple Syllabus with Brightspace D2L effective for the Spring 2024 term. This means all faculty will be using Simple Syllabus instead of uploading a Microsoft Word version of their syllabus to their D2L course shell.  Using Simple Syllabus means your syllabus will instead be in an electronic […]

D2L: Using Practice Quizzes to Prepare Students for Higher Stakes Assignments (Online webinar) (.25 PGU)

Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we do a deep dive into D2L Quizzes.  If you are an instructor that does not use online quizzes, consider using practice quizzes.  Studies show practice quizzes improve students' preparation for higher stakes assignments.   In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:  Zoom Registration for […]

Chronicle of Higher Education: Preventing Faculty Burnout (Vendor Webinar)

A nationwide survey highlighted a disparity between professors and administrators regarding morale. Only 32 percent of administrators responded that they consider preventing burnout a key goal, in contrast to 62 percent of polled faculty who believe that reducing burnout is a priority in their institutions.How can the gap be addressed so institutions can work toward […]

Lessons From Sci-Fi: Teaching & Learning with GenAI (Vendor Webinar)

Well before Open AI’s ChatGPT introduced Generative Artificial Intelligence to the public in 2022, science fiction writers foresaw the potentials and perils of AI. This webinar builds on the past to understand emerging Generative AI technologies, and their potential contributions to the future of education ― for good and bad. In this session, you will […]

Introduction to Teaching Best Practices (Online Webinar) 

Are you new to teaching at the college level and/or perhaps would like to pick up a few tips and tricks on teaching best practices?  Join our elite SSC faculty members as they provide helpful tidbits on communication with students, classroom management (in both face-to-face and virtual classroom settings) and discuss examples of designing content […]

D2L Basics Refresher (Online Webinar)

Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using D2L.  We’ll demonstrate D2L navigation, how to add and organize content into modules, how to create assignments, basic gradebook functionality, and ways to communicate with your students.   In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:  Zoom Registration for this session 

Chronicle of Higher Education: Making Sure Students Are Prepared for College (Vendor Webinar)

For decades, colleges have focused on making sure students are academically prepared to succeed in college. But today institutions look out for a broader array of skills that are frequently correlated with higher retention and graduation rates. Some of these are practical, like study habits and time management, and others are more abstract, like communications, […]

OLC: Inclusive Teaching: A Free Course for Instructors, Staff, and Administrators (Vendor Webinar)

In this webinar, Dr. Teshell Ponteen Greene from HHMI Biointeractive and Dr. Matthew Hall of Curio Group will showcase HHMI BioInteractive’s Inclusive Teaching Course, a freely available, asynchronous course for those in service of student success. Using Brian Dewsbury’s Deep Teaching Model (2019) and the work of Kayon Murray-Johnson and other scholars featured, the course aims […]

Instructor Training for LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor (Vendor Webinar)

This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion product for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take online exams in non- proctored environments. […]