PELT Summer Series 2020

The PELT (Provost’s Excellence in Learning & Teaching) Summer Series is a group consisting of faculty and staff delivering virtual seminars discussing the pedagogical and technology tools, techniques and requirements for faculty to deliver the highest standards of learning and teaching in a virtual environment.  

PRESENTER

TOPIC

DATE

SLIDES

• Jill Pruett

Approaches to organizing class materials for clarity & engagement

7/07/2020

Slides

• Jim Nehring

Transparent & Learner-centered syllabi for Covid-19 & trauma-enforced teaching

7/08/2020

Slides, Resource

• Ed Hajduk & Adam St. Jean

Practical classroom management and tools for remote teaching

7/09/2020

Slides

• Randy Tyndall

Zoom meetings and recordings in Blackboard

7/9/2020

• Mike Lucas

Electronic whiteboarding

7/14/2020

• Naomi Wernick, Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Erica Yankowskas, & Renato Mendes-Fakhoury

Effective collaboration with teaching and learning assistants 

7/15/2020

Slides 1  Slides 2   Slides 3  

• Keith Mitchell & Meg Shields

Enhancing your course using OER and libguides

7/16/2020

• Bill Suppa

Zoom reakout rooms and features

7/21/2020

• Sarah Rozelle, Alison Hamilton & Ann Dean

Addressing tricky concepts through low-stake peer review exercises

7/21/2020

Slides

• Cecil Joseph

Engaging large classes with Blackboard and other strategies

7/22/2020

Slides

• Mac Wishart & Melanie Maxham

Blackboard course management (open forum)

7/22/2020

• Andy Alfano

Creating video assets and linking in Blackboard

7/23/2020

• Johanna Choo & Amy Smalarz

Using feedback to engage students (informal feedback, polling & Gradescope)

7/28/2020

Slides

• Matt Hurwitz & Olga Tines

Group work for participation and deep learning

7/29/2020

Asset Map  Handbook Slides

 

• Marlowe Miller

Humanizing online teaching

7/30/2020

Slides

• Randy Tyndall

Editing recorded video for sharing

8/04/2020

• Randy Tyndall

Explain Everything (interactive whiteboard app) – Advanced use

8/05/2020

• Mac Wishart & Melanie Maxham

Blackboard for Beginners

8/11/2020

• Deb Casey

Creative ways to engage your students

8/12/2020

Slides

• Vendor Sponsored, with Michael Ball

Gradescope for Programming Assignments 

8/12/2020

• Vendor Sponsored, with Tracey Delillo

Getting Started with Gradescope                 

8/13/2020

• Mac Wishart & Melanie Maxham

Blackboard Grade Center

8/13/2020

• Vendor Sponsored, Lauren Swanson

Introduction to Poll Everywhere                   

8/19/2020

• Mac Wishart & Melanie Maxham

Blackboard tests and Respondus

8/20/2020

• Bill Suppa

Zoom Pre-assigning breakout rooms

8/27/2020

• Randy Tyndall

Dealing with Zoom Cloud recordings (Zoom to Echo to Blackboard)

8/27/2020

• Vendor Sponsored, Lauren Swanson

Using Poll Everywhere with the Blackboard Integration                       

8/28/2020

• Daniel Sullivan

OneNote Workshop                

9/11/2020 3:00 – 5:00

Playlist Channel

Melissa Wall, Yanfen Li, John McKenna and Stephanie Block

How faculty can support student mental health 

10/14/2020

Please contact us at classroomtech@uml.edu for assistance.