Mark your calendar for these upcoming events, starting January 7
January 5, 2021
This week @ Baruch…
Thursday, January 7
9:00 AM-10:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Zoom Boot Camp II: Online Class Management Essentials, hosted by Cathy Kawalek, Center for Teaching and Learning
This workshop focuses on settings and how they relate to teaching. Topics covered include security, recording, attendance, and participant management. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
Blackboard Introduction, hosted by BCTC
Learn the basics of Blackboard including uploading content, communicating with students, and working with the control panel.
Questions?: helpdesk@baruch.cuny.edu
Register HERE.
1:00 PM-2:00 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Synchronous and Asynchronous Ways to Build Classroom Community, hosted by the CTL Staff
This workshop presents a range of “asynchronous” and “synchronous” examples of assignments and activities that build community in an online class. An interactive discussion then guides faculty through translating some of the ways they usually build classroom community in person into an online format. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
Friday, January 8
10:00 AM-11:00 AM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Zoom Boot Camp I: Account Creation, Meeting Creation, Starting a Meeting hosted by Cathy Kawalek, Center for Teaching and Learning
This is a Zoom for Beginners workshops. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
12:30 PM-1:30 PM
Fundamentals of Syllabus Design, speaker, Dr. Julia Goldstein, Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute
All full- and part-time faculty are invited to join the upcoming Community of Scholars session, co-hosted by Adjunct Faculty Services and the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute. Using the Schwartz Communication Institute’s Very Short Guide on “Fundamentals of Syllabus Design” as a starting point, we will discuss teaching strategies and share best practices, thinking both about our current online teaching goals and about our teaching more generally
RSVP to Alana.Rios@baruch.cuny.edu
Next week @ Baruch…
Monday, January 11
1:00 PM-2:00 PM
Blackboard Introduction, hosted by BCTC
Learn the basics of Blackboard including uploading content, communicating with students, and working with the control panel.
Questions?: helpdesk@baruch.cuny.edu
Register HERE.
Wednesday, January 13
12:00 PM-1:30 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
(Re)design One “Unit” Workshop Series: Session II, hosted by, Allison Lehr Samuels and Pamela Thielman, Center for Teaching and Learning
Want to get started working on your course for the Spring? Join us for session 2 of this hands on three-part workshop series that gives you the chance to explore, build and reflect on (re)designing a unit in your course. Participants will be asked to complete some asynchronous pre-work (designed to take less than 30 minutes) so that you are ready to maximize the time you spend in the 90-minute synchronous workshop sessions.. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
3:00 PM-4:30 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Course Prep Working Session Week 2, hosted by the CTL Staff
Do you need dedicated time and a supportive environment to work on your course? Based on the successful of model of our Writing Retreat, this is a dedicated time for you to focus on your course by polishing up your syllabus, thinking through an assignment, or making a draft of your opening day PowerPoint. During the session you’ll be assigned to a virtual breakout room in which you can work quietly on your course materials. If a question pops up, you can consult with a member of the CTL. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
Looking Forward…
Tuesday, January 19
11:00 AM-12:15 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
Teaching Online: Fostering Meaningful Participation and Establishing a Course Rhythm with Your Students, facilitated by Seth Graves and Ron Whiteman, Center for Teaching and Learning
In the online environment, it’s important that your students have multiple and diverse opportunities to engage with each other and the course material. And it’s especially vital that they feel part of an understood pacing and schedule in the class, and are able to pinpoint their place in the progression of your curriculum. This workshop will explore some solutions for defining participation in your class, developing a mutual understanding of its pacing and deadlines, and using online learning platforms to create a humanizing and interpersonal experience. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
Wednesday, January 20
12:00 PM-1:30 PM – CENTER FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
(Re)design One “Unit” Workshop Series: Session III, hosted by, Allison Lehr Samuels and Pamela Thielman, Center for Teaching and Learning
Join us in Session III: Revision and Refinement of this hands-on workshop series that gives you the chance to explore, build and reflect on (re)designing a unit in your course. Participants will be asked to complete some asynchronous pre-work (designed to take less than 30 minutes) so that you are ready to maximize the time you spend in the 90-minute synchronous workshop sessions. For more about this event and others, visit: https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/ctl/events/.
Kindly register in advance HERE.
Thursday, January 21
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Academic Integrity: Baruch Policies and Procedures speakers, Dennis Slavin, Associate Provost, and Annie Virkus-Estrada, Associate Dean of Students and Academic Integrity Officer. Join a session designed to review Baruch’s policies and procedures on Academic Integrity and to answer your questions. Highly recommended for people in their first year of teaching.
Zoom: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/8683869982
Passcode: 345678
To submit an event for the Office of the Associate Provost’s weekly email, please click here. Events must be submitted by noon on Wednesday of the week before the event takes place.