Workshops and Training Opportunities
The following resources represent training opportunities designed by the St. Kate's Academic Technology team, intended for use by St. Catherine University faculty.
St. Kate's Faculty Badging Program
St. Kate's offers a variety of badges available to faculty, including the Online Teaching Essentials, Online Course Design Essentials, Canvas Essentials, and Quality Assurance badges. Visit the St. Kate's Faculty Badging Program page to learn more about the badging program, how to earn individual badges, as well as the Online Teaching and Learning mega badge. Courses listed below containing the 🏅symbol represent courses with badging opportunities.
Online Teaching Essentials Workshop 🏅
This 10-day workshop explores the fundamental best practices for facilitating and managing online courses. The workshop emphasizes practicality, offering activities applicable to online classes and providing both direct tools and pedagogical inspiration. Cohorts typically run before each term. Select the link above to complete the registration form for the next cohort!
Principles of Online Course Design Workshop 🏅
This self-paced, asynchronous workshop introduces you to foundational course design practices. The goal of this course is to prepare faculty to design effective Canvas courses that meet accessibility standards. This course explores quality standards in online teaching and learning and covers topics such as accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, Learning Tool Integrations (LTIs), assessment strategies, and course maintenance and management. Select the link above to self-enroll in the course.
Canvas Training Course 🏅
This self-paced asynchronous course, thoughtfully crafted by the St. Kate's Instructional Design team, serves as an introductory-level resource. It covers the fundamental principles of course creation and instructional delivery using the Canvas learning management system.
Additional Training Opportunities
Designing Effective Short Courses: Strategies for Success
This self-paced, asynchronous training course equips faculty with the tools and strategies to convert a semester-long course into a half-term course. Participants will learn strategies for adapting existing standard-length courses into effective condensed formats that maintain educational quality. The course emphasizes prioritizing essential material and methods to engage students most effectively in a short amount of time. It also provides practical advice on managing instructor workload and fostering student success in intensive learning environments. Select the link above to self-enroll in the course.
Turnitin - Generative AI Detector Training
This course prepares you to use the Turnitin AI Detector tool effectively so you can interpret its results to avoid false accusations and respond appropriately to possible misconduct. Select the link above to self-enroll in the course.
Specialized Training from Instructional Designers
If you are interested in having instructional designers conduct specialized training for your program, faculty, or class, please submit an Academic Tech Request through Service Now.
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Additional Resources
Teaching Hub Event Recordings
Access to presentations from the Teaching Hub on topics such as Cultivating Well-Being, Practicing Democracy in Dialogue, AI in Higher Ed, and more.
Online Learning Consortium On-Demand Webinars
Information about webinars offered by the Online Learning Consortium on a variety of topics related to online and blended learning.