Are you new to Baruch?  Teaching for the first time?  Unsure about what kind of first impression you want to make on your class?  Do you have questions about creating your syllabus? Join us the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Adjunct Faculty Services in an informal discussion of these and other […]

The first day of class is an introduction to the course content and sets the tone for the semester. How can we facilitate a welcoming and inclusive learning environment online? How do we foster a sense of community within the class without being in the same room? What are some ways we can help students […]

Host: Catherine Kawalek Register in advance for this meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0rdeCqpz8vG92BbQmWFpYH4lrfM21qO5mA After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Host: Catherine Kawalek Register in advance for this meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwof-2sqTkpG93ui3jnir2aug-uWhmuQciM  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Host: Catherine Kawalek​ Register in advance for this meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJModeqhqzwvG9VjZ1j2UgLVtYfczTwBnfit After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Want to launch a class blog? Join us learn the fundamentals of using Blogs@Baruch in your classes. This workshop will not expect any previous experience with these tools, and will help you launch your first site or assignment. For Blogs@Baruch, we will cover: How to log in How to register a site Visibility Settings Posts, […]

Join us for a CTL conversation on humanizing the online classroom. Please read and comment on Cathy Davidson’s article, The Single most Essential Requirement in Designing a Fall Online Course, before the session in preparation for the conversation. Zoom link will only be sent to those who register in advance. Register here by Thursday, June […]

Interested in having your students submit presentation videos or other multimedia assignments this summer? Want to upload your own videos for students to view and comment on? Vocat offers an easy-to-use space for uploading and interacting with video, audio, or image files. Features include time-stamped annotations, threaded discussions, and rubric-based scoring. This Vocat primer will help you get your course sections and projects set up for the summer semester. We will demonstrate how different project settings allow for different assignment types, how you can use Vocat for lectures or other course content, and what your students see when they log in. No prior Vocat experience necessary.

Are you new to Baruch?  Teaching for the first time?  Unsure about what kind of first impression you want to make on your class?  Do you have questions about creating your syllabus? Join us the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Office of Adjunct Faculty Services in an informal discussion of these and other […]

You're invited! Please join the Fine and Performing Arts department on Zoom for a special SWUFE-funded studio arts seminar.  Aaris Sherin, Professor of Art and Design at St. John’s College will walk us through how to set up a studio-based arts class that is fully online using all the functionality of Blackboard. Join Zoom Meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/j/93639858776 Meeting […]

Host: Catherine Kawalek Register in advance for this meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMvceqtpj8vH9EgLN9p-ooIiinZZuLORwvm After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

This workshop will explore “asynchronous” and “synchronous” definitions of instruction both in terms of their Summer and Fall 2020 course listings and as teaching practices—and how they relate to developing course content and classroom community.

Join this webinar to get started adapting an assignment to teaching your class online. Bring to the session your assignment prompts or drafts of assignments and we’ll explore: How can you translate what you already do to the online/hybrid format? How might the online/hybrid format expand the ways you engage and assess your students? What […]

Want to launch a class blog? Join us learn the fundamentals of using Blogs@Baruch in your classes. This workshop will not expect any previous experience with these tools, and will help you launch your first site or assignment. For Blogs@Baruch, we will cover: How to log in How to register a site Visibility Settings Posts, […]

This workshop will explore “asynchronous” and “synchronous” definitions of instruction both in terms of their Summer and Fall 2020 course listings and as teaching practices—and how they relate to developing course content and classroom community.

Interested in having your students submit presentation videos or other multimedia assignments this summer? Want to upload your own videos for students to view and comment on? Vocat offers an easy-to-use space for uploading and interacting with video, audio, or image files. Features include time-stamped annotations, threaded discussions, and rubric-based scoring. This Vocat primer will help you get your course sections and projects set up for the summer semester. We will demonstrate how different project settings allow for different assignment types, how you can use Vocat for lectures or other course content, and what your students see when they log in. No prior Vocat experience necessary.

Want to launch a class blog? Join us learn the fundamentals of using Blogs@Baruch in your classes. This workshop will not expect any previous experience with these tools, and will help you launch your first site or assignment. For Blogs@Baruch, we will cover: How to log in How to register a site Visibility Settings Posts, […]

Host: Professor Catherine Kawalek Register in advance for this meeting: https://baruch.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsd-GqrTwoH9LRUZJgz_MQKyWZIKaElOH0 ​ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Looking for ways to get students to interact more with recorded lectures, course-related media, or their classmates' assignments? Vocat  can help! This home-grown tool provides hosting space for video, audio, and images, and allows students to interact with those files via time-stamped annotations, threaded discussions, and rubric-based peer reviews. We'll discuss how those features can be used to generate student participation and discussion, with examples from classes that have used Vocat in the past.

Moving online recontextualizes the ways in which we engage with our students and facilitate their course participation. The following webinar considers ways we can define and count “meaningful participation” as course attendance.