Facilitators: Amina Khan, Instructional Designer, UOES This workshop, facilitated by University Online Education Services, is designed to explore how to design courses and materials that are accessible to all students. We will cover the basics of online accessibility, focusing on best practices for creating accessible course materials such as text documents (Word/PDF), images, and videos with captions. … Read More
From humanities papers to STEM lab reports, student writing assignments are a key way for us to assess student learning. But generative AI tools are rapidly changing the writing landscape. Join us for a panel discussion, featuring SAS faculty and teaching and learning professionals exploring the use of written assignments in the context of generative … Read More
A conversation with Andrés Mario Zervigón, Professor in the Department of Art History for a discussion about ways to leverage student usage of generative AI to support their development as writers. Andrés will share with us some strategies he has employed in developing new writing assignments that incorporate generative AI both in the brainstorming and … Read More
The Teaching & Learning Community for Graduate Students and Postdocs is a monthly Zoom-based gathering space where graduate students, postdocs, faculty, and staff engage in conversations about teaching and learning in higher education. Each session is shaped by community members and offers opportunities to discuss pedagogy based on the scholarship of teaching and learning. To … Read More
Description: This semester, take time to pause, reflect, and reconnect by joining our four-part virtual book group on The Present Professor by Elizabeth Norell. This empowering book invites educators to consider what it truly means to teach with presence, authenticity, and purpose, especially in times of burnout, overload, or disconnection. Through guided conversation and shared reflection, we'll also … Read More
Regardless of your research topic, finding effective ways to share your work is essential. This interactive workshop will introduce practical strategies and easy-to-use tools to help you promote your research across multiple platforms. Learn how to create engaging content tailored for websites and popular social media channels, including Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), LinkedIn, and … Read More
Facilitators: Jamie Kim, Clara Civiero If you are teaching a class as a TA, you will be required to craft your own syllabus as well as plan your course schedule. This session will cover (1) components of a syllabus, (2) how to develop equitable and thoughtful course policies, and (3) incorporating flexible and accessible perspectives … Read More
To support your syllabus preparations for the upcoming semester, we are excited to share a new resource with you, the Syllabus Resource Library! Co-created with a cohort of thoughtful students who served as student pedagogical partner fellows at TIIP in Fall 2025, this resource includes frameworks to design effective student-centered syllabi that can serve as … Read More
Facilitators: Omar Samkough, Instructional Technologist Natalia Kouraeva, Senior Instructional Designer This workshop will provide an overview of the primary accessibility tools available in the Rutgers instance of Canvas - TidyUp and Ally Accessibility Report. Come meet the experts from the UOES team who will demonstrate how to resolve some accessibility issues and update course materials. This session fulfills the requirement for the Teaching with Technology certificate program for … Read More
How can we ensure your course images are accessible to all learners without spending hours writing descriptions? This interactive session dives into that question by showing how generative AI can serve as an assistant for creating high-quality alt-text. We’ll focus on a practical, human-centered workflow: using AI to generate a first draft and then applying … Read More
