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. […]

Promethean Teacher Appreciation Summit (Vendor Webinar)

Promethean Teacher Appreciation celebrates those who spark ideas, create excitement, and inspire a love of learning. We'll be hosting teachers from across the nation, sharing ways to integrate Promethean hardware and software into daily instruction and providing free lesson resources and giveaways. Promethean's Teacher Appreciation will provide attendees with: Register for this Event

Chronicle of Higher Education: AI and Personalized Learning (Vendor Webinar)

The emergence of generative AI tools has increased aspirations for a long-sought goal in academe: providing personalized learning experiences for every student. When used properly, those tools help foster personalized learning by allowing students to move at their own pace and to learn in ways that best work for them. However, there are inevitable pitfalls, […]

Elements of Quality Matters: Self-Paced Online Course (.25 PGU) 

This self-paced course is an addition to the internal Introduction of Quality Matters at SSC course and offers a deep dive into getting your course ready to meet Quality Matters standards.  Quality Matters (QM) is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments. It has advanced quality assurance […]

Reminder: Register for ION Courses Before Summer Break

We are continuing to offer the opportunity for instructors to take courses from the Illinois Online Network, a subsidiary of the University of Illinois. Courses begin June 2024 with a registration deadline of June 3, 2024     Step 1: Decide what course you plan to take.  For full course descriptions, visit https://www.uis.edu/ion/registration/schedule/   Step 2: Get Approval from SSC.  […]

Using D2L Gradebook for In-Person, Flex and Online Courses (Online Webinar) – Get Ready to Submit Final Grades (.25 PGU) 

If you are teaching a traditional in-person, flex or online course, students appreciate instructors using the D2L online Gradebook as it promotes:  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 […]

Pearson: Digital Dilemma: Navigating the Complex Relationship Between Social Media and Youth Well-Being (Vendor Webinar)

In our changing digital world, social media offers both connectivity and risks for youth and their mental health. While social media can offer opportunities to connect with others and act as a medium for self-expression; significant concerns with cyberbullying, exposure to harmful content, and an increase in mental health issues have emerged. Through thoughtful planning […]