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CATL Weekly
April 25, 2024
In the April 25, 2024 issue
- Events and Reminders.
- Canvas Tip.
- Reminder, LENS.
- Trauma Informed Teaching.
- Student Senate Resolutions.
Events and Reminders.
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Online Teaching Summit
Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)- 8:50 to 11:55 a.m. Friday, April 26
- 1:10 to 4:15 p.m. Friday, April 26
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Eagle Advantage Infusion Training
Application Deadline- 5 p.m. Friday, April 26
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Wisconsin Chapter of National Association of Multicultural Education (WI-Name) Conference
- 8 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Saturday, April 27
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Equity Report Writing Support
- 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 30
- 11 a.m. to noon Thursday, May 9
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Belonging Initiative
a quest to understanding the past, present and future- 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 30
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Community of Practice: Globalization
- Noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 1
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Out of Office Hours at Eagles Nest
- 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 1
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Out of Office Hours at Global Grounds
- 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday, May 2
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Ask Me Anything: With the UWL CATL Director
- 9 to 9:45 a.m. Friday, May 3
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Community of Practice: Artificial Intelligence
- 9 to 10 a.m. Monday, May 6
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Community of Practice: New(ish) Instructors, Spring 2024
- 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8
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Assessment Showcase: Effectively Integrating Assessments into Teaching Narratives
part of the Documenting Improvement and Preparing for Promotion: Workshop Series- 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 15
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Assessment Hunker
Dedicated and supported work time, lunch provided- 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 15
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit
- 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, May 17
Canvas Tip.
As we're nearing the end of the semester, remember you can apply different filters to your gradeboook. Two you might want to take a look at (especially if you have a lot of students and/or a lot of assignments) is View Status and View Submissions.
Reminder, LENS.
Spring 2024 semester LENS open from April 22nd to May 5. You can monitor response rates in real time. This blog post has some ideas to help increase response rate.
Trauma Informed Teaching.
The Universities of Wisconsin is offering a Trauma Informed Care Webinar Series May 7 and May 21 from 9-10:30am. Register to attend or receive the recordings.
Student Senate Resolutions.
The Student Senate recently passed these two resolutions that CATL believes are important for instructors to be aware of. While these are not currently required policy, they do support good pedagogical and help foster student success so we hope you will consider these as part of your teaching practice.
SA2324-020: Resolution to Extend the Length of Canvas Course Shells
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED The UWL Student Association would like to suggest Canvas course shells be viewable by students for a period of ten or more days following the end of the term/semester.
NOTE to instructors: By default, all courses are accessible to students 4 weeks after the day grades are due when your course remains published.
SA2324-021: Resolution to Encourage the Adoption of a Mid-Semester Grading Policy
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Student Association respectfully urges faculty and staff members to consider the adoption of a "Mid-Semester Grading Policy." Under this policy, any assignment with a due date falling three or more weeks prior to the withdrawal deadline shall be graded and returned to students no later than one week prior to said deadline. It is our belief that this measure will afford students a comprehensive assessment of their academic standing and provide them with sufficient time to make informed decisions regarding course withdrawal, if necessary.