Wednesday, November 13, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Are challenging topics coming up during class time? Do you have questions about creating a supportive and inclusive classroom environment? Do you want to talk with other faculty about how they are navigating trauma, conflict, and challenging emotions in their courses?

The Student Care Faculty Chat, hosted by the Office of Academic Innovation (OAI) and Student Health and Counseling (SHAC), is your opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogue and find practical solutions.

Thursday, November 14, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Do you still feel nervous (or cringe) when you hear terms like “Artificial Intelligence” and “Generative AI?”

If you have yet to try it out—but are curious—join us for a brown bag lunch with other faculty to experiment with AI tools and platforms in a low-pressure, it’s okay-to-make-mistakes environment. We'll chat about leveraging AI for teaching and share examples and strategies focused on saving you time, innovating processes, and fostering student outcomes.

A common method of grading discussions is to grade students' initial posts and then grade their responses to classmates. On November 16, 2024, Canvas will release an update to simplify grading discussions by adding the option to enable graded checkpoints. Graded checkpoints allow instructors to set multiple due dates or checkpoints for graded discussions to manage stages like initial posts and replies. Learn more by reading the recent Canvas release notes.

Looking for ways to encourage collaboration and active learning in your courses? Canvas's built-in group features help you create an engaging, interactive learning experience. Explore our article on Using Groups in Canvas to learn when and how to use these features.

Teaching while in graduate school can be overwhelming, but this guide can help you take small, concrete steps based on experience and reflection – to the benefit of both you and your students!

With the changes to Turnitin this fall, you may wonder what small changes you can make to promote academic integrity and prevent academic dishonesty in your classroom. Encouraging and fostering academic integrity often requires a multi-layered approach. We explore a range of these techniques in our Promoting Academic Integrity teaching guide, including:

→ What causes academic dishonesty?
→ How do we promote academic integrity?
→ Technology-based approaches

→ Pedagogy-based approaches

Interested in talking about this further? Be sure to join us on November 21st for our faculty workshop, Academic Integrity and AI, where we’ll explore how educators meet the challenge of promoting academic integrity in a world with Artificial Intelligence.

The Office of Academic Innovation invites you to join us in evaluating academic integrity platforms with a focus on plagiarism detection tools  This working group will assess PSU’s current needs, review our existing platform (Turnitin), and consider whether a new tool might better serve our faculty and students.

Sign up to participate and share your feedback on our academic integrity tools. Your insights will be instrumental in guiding PSU’s next steps in supporting academic integrity across campus.

Get started with confidence through OAI's New to Teaching Online course! You'll gain essential skills in online course design, learn how to create engaging content and explore effective strategies for supporting student success in an online environment.

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