Teaching and Technology Certificate

Description of and requirements to earn this certificate listed below

Spring 2025 Offerings

Increasing Student Engagement in Asynchronous Courses (Zoom)
Facilitated by Kelly Ruppert

• Thursday, January 30 | 12:00pm-1:00pm

This workshop introduces strategies to encourage active learning in asynchronous courses. We will focus on the benefits of each strategy and ensuring the instructor can maintain a realistic grading load, particularly in large classes. Where applicable, participants will have access to instructional videos that cover how to implement the strategies in Canvas, or using alternate tools where applicable.

Introduction to H5P Training Course (Asynchronous)

• March 17, 2025 - April 20, 2025

This facilitated, asynchronous professional development course introduces the basics of H5P and how to create your own H5P interactives, providing guidance, tutorials, and examples as references or for inspiration. To successfully complete the course and earn your course digital badge, you’ll build your own H5P interactive project and submit it for feedback. Introduction to H5P should take approximately 5-10 hours to complete.

Canvas Assessment Strategies and Methods
(Asynchronous)
Facilitated by Catherine Dinh

This asynchronous workshop will focus on exploring effective assessment strategies in Canvas. We will examine different learning modes, effective community building strategies, different Canvas assessment methods will be discussed and practiced.  We will discuss some strategies for using the Turnitin tool, setting rubrics, grading methods, and peer assessments from within Turnitin.  We will briefly discuss AI tools and some strategies to approach in the AI era.

Introduction to Canvas Workshop
(Asynchronous)
Facilitated by Claudia Acosta

Canvas is a comprehensive Learning Management System (LMS) that enables educators to create, organize, and deliver course content, assessments, and communications in a user-friendly virtual environment, supporting diverse learning modalities such as fully online, hybrid, and face-to-face classes. This asynchronous self-enrollment course equips beginner faculty with essential skills to navigate Canvas, manage courses, enhance student engagement through communication and collaboration tools, and efficiently handle assessments and grading.

Introduction to Canvas Studio Workshop
(Digital Badge Available) (Asynchronous)
Facilitated by Claudia Acosta

Canvas Studio is a powerful video platform and collaboration tool seamlessly integrated with the Canvas learning management system. Through its diverse features, such as video recording, editing tools, annotations, and quizzes, Canvas Studio will enable our faculty to create compelling video content that facilitates better comprehension and knowledge retention. Learn to create, edit, upload, share, and enhance videos to foster interactive learning.

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Certificate Description and Requirements

The Teaching and Technology (TNT) series helps you explore the variety of features of Canvas LMS and its integrated tools, such as H5P and Canvas Studio, to create engaging and interactive learning experiences for your students.

Workshop Completion

By completing workshops in the series, you will:

• Learn how to use Canvas LMS and its features to design, deliver, and manage your courses effectively
• Discover how to create and integrate multimedia content, interactive activities, and assessments
• Evaluate the suitability and effectiveness of various technology tools for achieving different learning outcomes in your courses
• Connect with other instructors who are interested in enhancing their teaching with technology

Certificate Earning

To earn certificates in this series, you must

• complete the Canvas Basics workshop (~2 hours) AND
• complete a “Specialized” workshop (choices below)
  • Intro to Canvas Studio
  • Intro to H5P
  • Canvas File Accessibility
  • Canvas Assessment Strategies and Methods 

Note: All specialized workshops in the series will earn a certificate as long as you have also completed the Canvas Basics workshop.