Monday, January 10th
9:00 AM
Title: A Vision, A Goal, A Plan: Improve Your Teaching Effectiveness*
Presenters Jennifer Todd,Tonya Buchan
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices to help identify strengths and grow their teaching practice. Join instructional designers from TILT who will walk you through a visioning and goal-setting process that aligns with your definition of student success and the TEF. You will leave this session with a goal and action steps to carry out your goal.
*Need to set a goal for annual review? This process can also help faculty interested in setting a goal for annual review.The TEF Developing and Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness Toolkit provides supervisors and instructors a common language and tools that can be used for annual review. The toolkit includes goal setting forms and suggestions for evidence that can be modified to meet instructors’ individual needs for annual review.
Title: Arachnology 101
Presenters Alicia Sprague
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Are daddy longlegs really the most venomous spider in the world? Can scorpions glow in the dark? What is an arachnid, anyway? Join us for this interactive session as we answer all these questions and more! Participants will leave with a basic understanding of arachnid characteristics and orders. No prior knowledge or experience with biology necessary!
Title: Colorado's Conservation Data Explorer (CODEX)
Presenters David Anderson,Michael Menefee
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: LSC 324
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Description:CODEX is Colorado's new Conservation Data Explorer. It is hosted at CSU by the Colorado Natural Heritage Program in the Warner College of Natural Resources. It is an interactive map website where users get access to Colorado's current decision quality data for planning, research, learning, and environmental justice. Users can submit queries and get detailed reports on conservation targets within their area of interest, and a report on the ecosystem service benefits. Users have personal accounts where their queries of the map are saved.
Please note: Participants will need to bring a laptop with internet connectivity. We suggest bringing one that is fully charged because there might not be plugs for everyone!
Title: Cybersecurity, Privacy, and You
Presenters Kelly Poto
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:January is privacy awareness month. In honor, this session you'll learn the basics of proper cybersecurity hygiene. You'll walk away from this session having a better understanding of best practices when it comes to password security, recognizing social engineering, and protecting your data and privacy. Specific topics covered:
• Password creation and protection strategies
• 2-Factor authentication
• Antivirus for device protection
• Email protection tips
• Identify and avoid spam and phishing attempts
• VPNs for security and privacy
Title: Ergonomics to Non-Office Environments
Presenters Frank Gonzales
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Industrial ergonomics encompasses any job task performed outside of the office/computer workstation environment. Most injuries occur to employees working in non-office environments whether working in custodial, a laboratory, or manually handling materials, etc. Attend this session to learn how ergonomics can be applied and how the risk for injury can be minimized!
Title: Feeling Stuck? Practical Ways To Get Yourself Going Again
Presenters ComPsych
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:This session is offered by ComPsych, our 3rd party EAP provider. Training will be interactive and offered virtual from the comfort of your home/desk. You will receive a link 1 week prior to the webinar.
Title: How to write and pitch for The Conversation
Presenters Mary Guiden,Jeff Dodge,Michael Humphrey
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:This is a presentation about writing for The Conversation, an independent nonprofit media outlet that publishes articles written by faculty about topics in the news or of interest to the general public. Many of these articles are republished by larger media outlets — including Popular Science, Salon and Scientific American — resulting in broad reach and significant exposure for CSU and the faculty member’s expertise. One of the top leaders of the outlet said recently that views on The Conversation’s site have increased to 25 million per month and that the site gained more readers due to the pandemic.
In addition to providing a brief overview of how the pitching and writing process works, we will share some recent examples of faculty who had their articles published. We will also be joined by one of those faculty authors, Assistant Professor Michael Humphrey of the Department of Journalism and Media Communication. He will share his experience writing an article about Facebook for The Conversation in the fall.
Title: Recruiting Student Employees through Handshake
Presenters Codi Delgadillo,Barbara Richardson
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:Confused about how to recruit a student? Have questions about Handshake? This session will cover the process of recruiting student staff in a hands-on workshop. Learn where to find the job posting guide on the Career Center website so that you can always include all the required information for your job posting. We will also cover Handshake account best practices and share insider tips on how to manage company/department accounts.
Title: Student Mental Health and Wellbeing- Data and Resources
Presenters Viviane Ephraimson-Abt,Monica Keele,Janelle Patrias
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 382
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Description:In this time of ongoing stress and multiple challenges, graduate students, faculty and staff are asking about ways to support student wellbeing (as well as their own). This session provides an overview of CSU students' mental health data and how it compares nationally. Discover new or updated resources, including digital and online tools, that are available to assist students with their well-being. We will also review grad-specific resources as well as those for staff and faculty. Learn about CSU's Wellbeing Tool Kit, an online resource that faculty and staff can use in academic environments. Learn about SilverCloud, a Cognitive Behavior Therapy tool, new functions of You@ CSU, and Nod an app focused on loneliness. Come with questions and leave with a bigger tool kit for undergrad and graduate students.
Title: Transfer Talks - Creating and Supporting a Transfer Student Affirming Campus
Presenters Michael Silvey,Brittany Pearce
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:Transferring to CSU is an experience like no other, one that includes many highs and lows. It is important that we as professional members of the CSU realize the part we play in helping transfer students succeed. This presentation is meant to dive deeper into the conversation about transfer student success. Join Orientation and Transition Programs and Admissions to critically examine how to support transfer students at CSU and create a campus that affirms the transfer student identity!
10:00 AM
Title: Canvas: We Are Moving To New Quizzes! Summer 2022
Presenters Kevin Nolan,Indy Hart
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:Starting summer term 2022, new quizzes will be the only tool for delivering a quiz in Canvas. In this hands on workshop you will learn how to create a new quiz, how to apply a time accommodation for a student which applies to all quizzes in the course, and what new question types are available. We will also discuss how to migrate classic quizzes to new quizzes.
Title: Commuting to CSU Post-Pandemic
Presenters Aaron Fodge,Jamie Gaskill
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:The pandemic has yielded huge increases in bicycling and walking around the country. This session shares transportation opportunities for employees to save money while improving their physical and mental health. Participants will receive personalized bicycle and transit routes to CSU.
Title: Developing implicit bias training for students providing peer-to-peer feedback
Presenters Marta Rowh, MD, PhD
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:Implicit bias training is generally available to all instructors, but increasingly we are asking students to provide peer-to-peer feedback as part of course evaluation. Implicit bias training should be tailored for this population to include an introduction to evaluating implicit bias, the latest research on implicit bias and its effects in education, and most importantly evidence-based mitigation strategies that can be used by students before providing peer-to-peer feedback. This session will discuss the development of an implicit bias training tool developed by medical school faculty, it's Houston application to a wide variety of fields.
Title: Go Plant Forward for a Healthier Future
Presenters Kalyn Garcia
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:Plant-forward nutrition practices are the future for human and environmental health. Journey into the future of plant-forward eating with Kendall Reagan Nutrition Center registered dietitians, and get inspired to make easy and creative plant-rich meals that are good for people and the planet.
Title: Your Path to Health and Wellness in 2022: CSU Employee Wellness Resources
Presenters Jan Pierce,Emma Chavez,Debbie Mayer
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:We are here to help. Employee Assistance Program (EAP), CARE Program and Employee Housing Programs help employees and their families navigate difficult life situations that affect overall health and well-being. Whatever your goals, these programs provide resources to support you and your family as part of your employee benefits. Learn about the many offerings available that support positive change and improve well-being, including holistic health services; financial, legal and work-life resources; connections to programs that provide basic necessities; and housing programs and resources that help employees meet their housing needs.
11:00 AM
Title: Advanced Data Security for Research: Data Classifications and Controls
Presenters Sarah Robinson,Stephen Oglesby,Mara Sedlins
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Different types of data require different types of protection, and in this Lunch & Learn workshop we’ll cover the dos and don'ts of data security based on data classification, including what to do with Personally Identifiable Information, Federal Contract Information, technical data and large data sets.
Title: Collecting Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness
Presenters Jennifer Todd,Tonya Buchan,Karen Falkenberg
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The Teaching Effectiveness Toolkit, developed by TILT in conjunction with campus stakeholders, includes a recommended process for departments and faculty to set teaching goals and evaluate goal achievement for annual review. The Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices to help identify strengths and grow their teaching practice. The TEF provides supervisors and instructors a common language and recommended tools that can be used for annual review. The Toolkit includes goal setting forms and suggestions for evidence that can be modified to meet instructors’ individual needs for annual review. This workshop focuses on collecting evidence. It would be helpful (but is not required) for attendees to have a teaching domain and goal in mind as they participate in the workshop.
Title: Common Audit Findings and How to Avoid Them
Presenters Jennifer Sheahan,Amber Riley,Lisa Gertig
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:Interested in learning what you can do to help your department
potentially reduce chances of a finding during an Internal Audit? Internal Auditing works with a variety of units across campus and as a result identified some common compliance issues that can arise. We will cover some of the most common findings we see, why they are an issue, and how to improve controls or policy compliance to address the issue.
Title: Enriching virtual lectures: Incorporating pet dogs
Presenters Shari Lanning,Lori Kogan
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:The Covid-19 pandemic has created significant challenges for higher education. This sudden and unexpected need to convert traditional classes to online has been met with an overwhelming amount of advice, tools and materials designed to help instructors with their online courses. Yet, one potential tool that could impact student engagement has received minimal attention: namely the human animal bond. The psychological and physical benefits associated with companion animals has been documented in numerous studies, yet little research has been done exploring the impact of including companion animals within educational environments.
A pilot study exploring the effects of including a pet dog in virtual lectures was conducted. The inclusion of the dog significantly impacted the percentage of students who rated the lectures as excellent (49.0% versus 41.7%). The results suggest that the inclusion of instructors’ companion animals in virtual lectures can benefit all those involved. As a result of these pilot results, sharing ways in which pet dogs can be implemented in virtual lectures appears warranted. This session, therefore, will discuss practical tips to including a pet dog in virtual lectures, highlighting the potential benefits as well as animal welfare concerns.
Title: Leave Management
Presenters Jackie Swaro
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:A review of various leave and benefit programs available to Academic Faculty / Administrative Professionals (AF/AP) and State Classified staff. This will include sick and annual leave, Family Medical Leave, Short and Long Term Disability and Parental Leave.
Title: Seed Starting
Presenters Alison O'Connor,Amy Lentz
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:This session will cover the basics of starting seeds indoors. Learn about the techniques and equipment needed to jump-start your summer vegetable garden.
1:00 PM
Title: Air Travel - Carbon Emissions & Ways to reduce Impact
Presenters Carol Dollard
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Prepandemic air travel (for university research & business) was the third largest source of greenhouse gas emissions for Colorado State. COVID19 had a dramatic effect on air travel (reducing it by over 95%). This presentation will discuss how we can take the lessons we have learned during "COVID times" to reduce air travel emissions going forward.
Title: Amplify learning by infusing courses with learning science
Presenters Dan Baker,Sam Bechara
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Cognitive science has discovered many techniques for people to learn more efficiently. Instead of expecting students to employ these techniques on their own, why not build them into the structure of the courses you teach? This interactive workshop will introduce and help you brainstorm the introduction or expansion of the concepts of motivating, practicing, retrieving, and interleaving into your classes.
Title: Canvas How To Build A Course
Presenters Kevin Nolan
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:Canvas is CSU's learning management system for placing course content online. This workshop is for instructors, TA's and course designers who have not previously used Canvas . In this hands on workshop you will learn pedagogy for online course design, how to prepare and add content to a Canvas course, what file types to use, how to create modules to deliver your content, and how to create a page to add formatting, images and color to your Canvas course. We will help you get up to speed with using Canvas!
Title: Data Security Basics: How to Safeguard Your Data
Presenters Sarah Robinson,Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Join us for an overview of data security best practices, including where and how to back up and archive your data, how to manage your passwords, and what you can do to keep your devices secure.
Title: How to Create and Host Your Very Own Podcast
Presenters Juan Rivas
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:Creating a podcast centered around a person's interest. We will cover basic equipment (microphone, recording software, mixers), host websites, scripting, hosting, publishing schedules, video and live sessions, etc.
Title: Keep Your Bike Rollin' - From Basic Maintenance to Safe Cycling on Campus
Presenters Jamie Gaskill,Heather Reimer,Joy Childress
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: LSC 372/374
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Description:Want to learn to maintain your own bicycle? Curious about what is legal or not in terms of biking? Not sure the best route to get to CSU on your bike? Join The Spoke, CSU Police Department and Parking & Transportation Services to learn about this and more. In this introductory class staff from the Spoke will cover basic bicycle maintenance including bike anatomy, lubing your chain, changing a flat, and the elements of an ABC Quick Check. The CSU Police Department staff will discuss bicycle safety, laws & common crashes. Parking and Transportation Services staff will introduce how Parking & Transportation Services can help you plan your commute, reduce your transportation costs, design your route to campus, and will introduce you to additional educational opportunities.
Title: Strategies for Successfully Hiring When It Seems Like It Is Impossible
Presenters Diana Prieto,Becca McCarty
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:The Office of Equal Opportunity will share steps taken to provide greater flexibility in the search process during this COVID-19 pandemic and challenging hiring environment. Specifically, we will outline several changes allowing for flexibility and faster movement of a search, including steps the Office of Equal Opportunity has taken to quicken approval processes. Additional tips to focus and quicken a search will be shared.
This session will be delivered via Teams
Title: Supporting and Understanding SWANA/MENA Students Through History
Presenters Hiba Abdeljalil
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:Disclaimer: Although there is movement to shift towards SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) a lot of the resources provided is more from a MENA (Middle East/ North Africa) Lens
We have often wondered why so many students from the Middle east and North Africa (MENA) are categorized as white in the census. When, this categorization wrongfully describes their lived experience. In this session, we will be learning about the history of MENA in the United States and how the White washing of MENA students has resulted in issues supporting them within Higher Education.
Title: Teaching Effectiveness Initiative: Post Implementation Reflection Workshop
Presenters Tonya Buchan,Jennifer Todd,Karen Falkenburg,Katy Little,Chris Geanious
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:Have you completed professional development (PD) since summer 2019? You may be able to use these experiences towards earning a Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) domain in the Teaching Effective Initiative (TEI)!
The TEI is a new CSU effort that provides recognition to faculty invested in growing their teaching practice by attending PD, implementing evidence based teaching practices, and reflecting on the impact to students. During this session we will provide a brief overview of the TEI and then use the remaining time for faculty to work on completing a TEI Post Implementation Reflection Form. TILT Instructional Designers will be on hand to assist with questions and brainstorming.
If you would like to complete a Post Implementation Reflection form during the session, bring the following to the workshop:
A list of the PD experiences you have participated in since summer 2019,
Notes and/or other associated material that you may need to complete the Post Implementation Reflection Form, and
Laptop or other device.
Title: Understanding and Exploring the Enneagram
Presenters Brittney Wolf
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:The Enneagram is a personality typing system that can help us learn about our core motivations, better understand our patterns of behavior and chart a path toward growth. This session will explore the Enneagram system by discussing each of the 9 types, some tips on discovering your type and how to use your type to develop both personally and professionally.
2:00 PM
Title: Accounting for Special Course Fees
Presenters Kris King,Hayley Barnes
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:This PDI session aims to provide information that is important for people who are responsible for performing accounting functions related to the many Special Course Fee (SCF) accounts at CSU. We will discuss: the SCF New/Change/Cancel Request Form and how to complete it, the Types of Fees, the SCF Annual Review and proper completion, student refunds, and SCF Resources. The facilitators will walk through the completion of an SCF Annual Review that has multiple Types of Fees and includes refunds.
Title: CSU Summer Programs Manual: Your Guide to Successful Summer Programming
Presenters Anne Van Arsdall,Diane Miller ,Claudia Hernandez,Heather Hall,Anna Fontana
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:During this session members of the Summer Programs Committee will share a manual they have created to guide departmental units in their conceptualization, creation, implementation, and evaluation of summer youth and precollege programming. The manual is intended to be a valuable and current resource for all, and the committee invites colleagues to share input based on their experiences for integration. Presenters will share the manual contents and how to navigate it, as well as examples from culturally relevant and high impact programming.
Title: Finding our Way Forward- Maps and Practices for Coping during Turbulent Times-
Presenters Glynn Forkey, MSW ,Jeff Paulez, PhD,Viviane, Ephraimson-Abt, MED
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 324
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Description:Rachel Naomi Remen wisely said, "The expectation that we can be immersed in suffering and loss daily and not be touched by it is as unrealistic as expecting to be able to walk through water without getting wet. Many of us have experienced change, loss, and trauma, through multiple pandemic related stressors. This session, offered by staff from the CSU Health Network, is intended to support your way forward. You will learn ways to conceptualize what you have been through and its impact on your body and mind, and your life. We will explore collectively what has been helpful, how we have managed to cope, and what strengths we have developed. You will receive experience practices and receive resources to support you in navigating these bumpy times.
Title: Seven Strategies for Embracing the Emotional Labor of Teaching
Presenters Ashley Harvey
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:In this workshop, we will explore the invisible emotional labor associated with online and in-person teaching at the college level and focus on seven emotion-regulation strategies and mindsets for college instructors drawn from education frameworks. Attendees will describe their emotional labor, examine their own attitudes towards students’ challenging behavior, explore what “pushes their buttons,” and identify helpful reframes for hard moments with students. The goal of this session is to help academic instructors increase their experience of genuine, positive emotion, so that they can enjoy teaching more, as well as successfully engage students and promote their success.
Title: Spider Biology
Presenters Alicia Sprague
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Do all spiders spin webs? Do spiders have a brain? What are the common species of spider in Northern Colorado? If you've ever been curious about spiders, this is the class for you! We'll cover basic characteristics of a spider, some of their coolest adaptations, and review why you can probably leave that spider in the corner of your bedroom alone (I promise, it doesn't want to end up in your mouth while you're sleeping).
Title: The Future of WordPress
Presenters John Purdy
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:Join us for a discussion about the Future of WordPress. What does the WordPress mission of "Democratizing Publishing" mean for our campus? We will broadly touch on the "State of the Word" and the long-term Roadmap (https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap) and how it effects us as Content Creators, Developers, and myriad of other roles that we hold on a daily basis.
Title: Yoga Nidra
Presenters Kirsten Slaughter-Rice
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 382
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Description:Yoga Nidra is a form of guided deep relaxation done in a relaxed yoga posture that brings about “conscious sleep” through a guided meditation. The class will explore techniques to help participants release stress, settle the body, and encourage better sleep. Take a moment to move, find your breath, and find release. Recommended that participants have a yoga mat or towel and a blanket, towel, or pillow.
3:00 PM
Title: Microsoft Teams Voice Rolling Out Now on the CSU Campus
Presenters Chris Chagnon,Gabrielle Manual
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Teams Voice adds additional functionality to Microsoft Teams and is being rolled out across campus to replace our existing phone system. Join this session to see features of Teams Voice first hand and learn more about how it’s being deployed at CSU.
Tuesday, January 11th
9:00 AM
Title: CSU System NetID Administration
Presenters Greg Vogl
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:CSU System NetID will replace CSU eID for identity management in Summer 2021. Learn how to use the administrative features of the CSU System NetID website to support faculty, staff and students, including:
Overview of architecture and components;
Comparison with eID administration;
Login, access, and administrative roles;
Search for and view details of user accounts;
Add activation and recovery emails for, reconcile, and disable user accounts;
System status, logs, and reports.
Session will be offered via Microsoft Teams. If you did not receive an invitation, please contact Gregory.Vogl@colostate.edu.
Title: Ergonomics in the Office Environment
Presenters Frank Gonzales
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Ergonomics ideally involves fitting the job to the person, not the person to the job. As you begin working, the slight posture changes you may make to accommodate the workstation you are given can lead to more serious problems. This course will cover basic ergonomic principles that can be implemented in office spaces anywhere, by anyone. It aims to help reduce and prevent ergonomic-related pain and discomfort associated with working in the office environment.
Title: FERPA and Research
Presenters Claire Chance,Heather Novak,Katie Risheill
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Do you conduct research with student educational records that fall under Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protections? This session will talk you through the basics of FERPA and how to request and use FERPA-data for research purposes at CSU. We will walk through a few common scenarios as well as leave time for Q&A.
Title: Supporting Student Wellbeing and Student Success Initiatives
Presenters Stephanie Zee,Janelle Patrias,Viviane Ephraimson-Abt
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 372/374
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Description:In this time of increasing stress, and multiple challenges, faculty and staff are asking about ways to support student wellbeing. You will learn about the Well-Being in Academic Environments Tool Kit. We will spend some time looking at how you can incorporate this into your work with students and in teaching. This web-based resource has easy to implement strategies for fostering well-being, while creating effective learning environments. It is based on a successful initiative from the University of Texas Austin. You will also hear about additional digital resources for students, like an online cognitive behavioral therapy tool, an app that helps mitigate loneliness, and updated features of You @ CSU. We will also provide a brief overview of CSU students' mental health.
Title: Survey Design using Qualtrics
Presenters Allison Cantwell
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:This session will show attendees the basics of Qualtrics and how to design surveys using this tool. We will discuss best practices in survey question development and considerations for data analysis that go beyond default reports provided in Qualtrics. We will discuss the capabilities of Qualtrics to serve as a registration form or tool to collect information though uploads that may not be a survey.
Title: What is the Teaching Squares Peer Observation Program?
Presenters Tonya Buchan,Jennifer Todd,Katy Little,Justin Switzer
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The TILT-sponsored Teaching Squares offers teaching faculty an opportunity to observe colleagues in action and reflect on their own teaching practices. A teaching square is a group of four instructors who agree to observe each other a few times during a semester, using an agreed upon set of observation norms. Participants are coached in setting a personal teaching goal using the Teaching Effectiveness Framework and then observe others to give feedback and reflect on their own practice. The program is designed to be a non-evaluative, supportive and growth-based process. Teaching Squares are available for faculty teaching residential, hybrid, and online courses. Attend this informational session to see if Teaching Squares is a good fit for you!
10:00 AM
Title: Canvas: Getting Started With Assignments and the Gradebook
Presenters Kevin Nolan
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:For people who have not used assignments or the grade book in Canvas. In this hands on workshop you will learn pedagogical assessment considerations, how assignments and the grade book are connected, how to create assignments, how to enter grades, how grades are calculated, how to weight grades and how to give extra credit. Come join us to become familiar with this portion of Canvas.
Title: Exploring the Future by Looking Back: Reflection as a Tool for Learning
Presenters Marta Rowh,Ellen Aster
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:This session will explore reflection as a tool for students’ learning in institutions of higher education. We will discuss definitions of reflection and share strategies for (and lessons learned from) incorporating reflective activities in undergraduate education. We will close with a discussion on how reflection can be incorporated into attendees’ teaching/instructional environments.
Title: Moving Kuali Research to the Cloud in 2022
Presenters Chris Carsten,Andy Reynolds,Shannon Irey
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:CSU will be moving our Kuali enterprise applications, Kuali Research Sponsored Programs and Kuali Financials, from on-premises management to the Kuali Inc. hosted environment in early 2022. This session will provide an overview of the new landing page for Kuali Research; demo the Dashboard's new options for activity transparency, navigation, and searches; and solicit user feedback to inform documentation development and future decision-making about how to use proposal development module functionality.
Title: Using Employee Study Privilege to Pursue a Graduate Program
Presenters Ashley Mehaffie,Leslie Peterson,Jackie Swaro,Erin Malone
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:Considering pursuing a graduate degree or certificate with your Employee Study Privilege? Come learn from two College of Business enrollment counselors how to navigate and apply for a program while utilizing ESP, focusing on two of our most popular programs, the Online and Evening MBAs. We will touch on how to find a program that's right for you, typical application materials needed, an overview of the ESP, and tips and tricks for your application. While we will focus on College of Business programs, the information covered can be used to apply to the graduate program of your choice! HR representatives will join us to answer your questions related to utilizing ESP. Please Note: This session will be geared towards those who already have a bachelor’s degree.
11:00 AM
Title: A metamorphosis of online instructional design: Lessons learned to enhance instructional methods for greater engagement and more meaningful learning interactions for the future of online courses
Presenters Gregory Wells,Candace Hall,Danielle Patterson
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:Online education is seeing tremendous growth; we are now able to reach a greater number and greater variety of students across the globe. This presentation provides an overview of online course development at CSU as well as current research focused on online course development and teaching to provide for engaging and effective courses. In addition, examples will be provided that demonstrate the use of various technologies and best practices associated with online education. These examples will be from actual CSU courses dispersed across various disciplines, demonstrating that online education is no longer passive learning and can be successful in all fields. Finally, the presentation will solicit questions from the participants related to the development process and future of online education.
Title: Campus on a Carbon Diet - Annual Update of CSU Sustainability Efforts
Presenters Carol Dollard,Stacey Baumgarn
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:Colorado State University has made an ambitious carbon reduction goal - including a commitment to 100% renewable electricity by 2030. CSU has committed to reducing the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the university to zero by the year 2040. This session will provide an update on the strategies in place to achieve those goals and the progress made to date. Remember, the university's carbon / environmental footprint is actually made up of our individual contributions so we will also explore specific measures that each of us can embrace to reduce our individual and institutional impact. Please join us!
Title: Creating Change at CSU | Administrative Professional Council
Presenters Dawson Metcalf,Kirsten Slaughter-Rice,Katie Wimp,Jason Scott,Shawn Utecht,Tom Peppard
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:This session is geared toward Administrative Professionals and how to create sustainable and equitable change in our organizations and departments. Participants will receive information about the Administrative Professional Council, the importance of shared governance in the decision-making process, and how one can become involved with the council.
Title: Data transfer methods for Research
Presenters Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 372/374
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Description: A brief look at the various methods of file transfers from your local systems to the HPC or vice versa which are supported and can be performed using web-based applications or command-line tools. Also includes short tutorials to practice and familiarize yourself with these tools.
Title: Git - How script sharing and change tracking are only part of the services offered by Git
Presenters Kevin Worthington,Mara Sedlins
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:As research continues to incorporate coding as part of the data analysis process, the need to track and share source code as part of publication is becoming increasingly important. Git is by far the most popular version control system and offers many features such as collaboration, issue tracking, project management and web hosting support. As with publications and research data, code is an important scholarly product supporting research reproducibility, and we will introduce best practices for preserving, sharing and citing code. In this presentation we'll demonstrate examples of projects utilizing these features in hopes of inspiring their use as part of your research.
Title: Tour TILT's Best Practices in Teaching Online Courses
Presenters Jen Todd,Katy Little
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:TILT instructional designers will provide a tour of the online Best Practices in Teaching Courses (BPIT). These three-week, mostly asynchronous courses align with TILT's Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) and cover topics including critical thinking, student motivation, inclusive pedagogy and more. The BPIT courses are also connected to several other campus initiatives, including setting a teaching goal for annual review, the Teaching Effectiveness Initiative (TEI) and the new promotion and tenure application. Participants will have an opportunity to hear from faculty who have completed a number of these courses.
Title: Web Application Security for Campus E-Commerce Administrators and Users
Presenters Zach Campain,Kelly Poto
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:A session targeted to campus E-Commerce administrators and users. Learn about best practices for securing your E-commerce site. Specific Topics Covered:
• Third party vendor solutions
• Secure hosting options
• Basics of PCI compliance
• Security scanning and the cybersecurity internship
* FAQs
1:00 PM
Title: A Vision, A Goal, A Plan: Improve Your Teaching Effectiveness*
Presenters Jennifer Todd,Tonya Buchan
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices to help identify strengths and grow their teaching practice. Join instructional designers from TILT who will walk you through a visioning and goal-setting process that aligns with your definition of student success and the TEF. You will leave this session with a goal and action steps to carry out your goal.
*Need to set a goal for annual review? This process can also help faculty interested in setting a goal for annual review.The TEF Developing and Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness Toolkit provides supervisors and instructors a common language and tools that can be used for annual review. The toolkit includes goal setting forms and suggestions for evidence that can be modified to meet instructors’ individual needs for annual review.
Title: Bicycle Friendly Driver
Presenters Jamie Gaskill
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:The Bicycle Friendly Driver program is a 1 1/2 hour interactive class aimed at educating all drivers on the best and safest ways to share the road with people on bicycles. Developed by FC Bikes in collaboration with Bike Fort Collins the class addresses:
-Why sharing the road is the safest alternative for both motorists and bicyclists
-What's legal and what's not legal, for both motorists and bicyclists
-Common crashes and how to avoid them
-Why bicyclists "take the lane" and what motorists should do in response
-How to navigate bicycle related infrastructure such as: sharrows, bike boxes, and green lanes.
Title: Colorado Gardening Tips for Newcomers
Presenters Alison O'Connor,Amy Lentz
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:If you've recently moved to Colorado, you probably realize that gardening in our semi-arid climate can be challenging! Join Amy and Alison from CSU Extension for recommendations of how to approach landscape management, turf care, and growing vegetables.
Title: Copyright in the Classroom
Presenters Khaleedah Thomas
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:Ever wondered whether it’s okay to use copyrighted material when teaching? Have you had second thoughts about whether your use of an image, video, audio, or text infringes on someone’s copyright? If the answer to these questions is yes, then this is the PDI session for you! During this session, we will cover the basics of copyright law, explore exceptions to copyright that apply to the classroom, and discuss best practices for working through these copyright concerns.
Title: Curious about CUREs?
Presenters Louise Allen,Courtney Ngai
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 372/374
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Description:CURE stands for Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience. Do you want to learn more about CUREs? Then take part in a 3-part workshop led by the Office for Undergraduate Research & Artistry. At the workshop you will learn what CUREs look like at CSU, meet and talk with people who are doing them, and learn tips from faculty with experience. You will start a plan for what integrating your research into a specific course might look like, including identifying desired outcomes (for both your research and your students). You will have a chance to give feedback on what support or resources would be necessary to help you incorporate authentic research into your courses.
Title: Mentoring Best-Practices for Equity and Inclusion
Presenters Colleen Webb
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:This session will introduce best-practices tips for mentoring students and postdocs with a focus on equity and inclusion. These best-practices should be considered when mentoring all types of mentees regardless of background or experience of the mentee. However, mentors should be culturally responsive and mentor through a lens of equity and inclusion to best support the success of mentees, including those groups that have been traditionally underserved. In addition to introducing best-practices for mentoring, we will cover brief, applied examples and the resources available at CSU to support mentoring, including the Graduate Center for Inclusive Mentoring.
Title: Tackling Captions: A short guide on why and how to use closed captions
Presenters Andy Swanson,Barb Maynard
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:We'll discuss the Universal Design benefits of closed captions, demonstrate how to create and apply captions in Echo360, and show how to easily search the web for videos with closed captions. Bring a laptop or device for optional hands-on practice.
2:00 PM
Title: Canvas and UDoIt - Designing Your Course For All Of Your Students
Presenters Indy Hart,Kevin Nolan,Allison Swanson
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:Designing a course which is accessible to all students, instructors and TA's is inherent in using Canvas. In this workshop, the College of Business will share how they use the UDoIt tool in Canvas to check and update the content in a course so all participants have access. Come learn how you too can easily use this tool to achieve this goal.
Title: Changes in WEID Directory Data July 2022
Presenters Dave Hoffman,Randy Miotke
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:The CSU Division of IT is planning to retire the eID identity management system in 2022. Much of the directory data in Banner (WEID_DIR_PERSON_00) and ODS (CSUG_DIRECTORY_ALL, CSUG_DIRECTORY_EID, CSUG_DIRECTORY_PRIVACY) is generated by eID processes. Learn how these data sources will be changing in mid 2022 with the introduction of NetID, the new identity and access management system.
Title: Reconnecting with your Inner Calm through Guided Mindfulness Meditation
Presenters Mel Lafferty ,Margit Hentschel
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 382
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Description:Are you having trouble finding balance in your life due to work and life stress? Research on mindfulness practices shows benefits that may offer an increased ability to transform stress, improve mental clarity, and strengthen concentration. This session is designed to explore mindfulness meditation and supportive yoga breath for your daily life. We will begin with an overview of these benefits, offer a brief background on mindfulness and yoga breath practice, and engage participants in "hands-on" practice of these techniques. Audience participation will be invited in a "learning circle" format. A "beginner’s mind – present moment" philosophy is embraced and no previous experience is required. Guided practice sessions will range from 5-15 minutes, followed with time to share experiences and learn from each other. For those interested in continuing a daily mindfulness practice, we’ll offer tools you can take with you. We look forward to sharing this workshop together with you.
Title: Spack, a brief introduction
Presenters Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:A brief introduction to the spack package management system.
3:00 PM
Title: Collecting Evidence of Teaching Effectiveness
Presenters Jennifer Todd,Tonya Buchan,Karen Falkenberg
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The Teaching Effectiveness Toolkit, developed by TILT in conjunction with campus stakeholders, includes a recommended process for departments and faculty to set teaching goals and evaluate goal achievement for annual review. The Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) provides instructors with evidence-based teaching practices to help identify strengths and grow their teaching practice. The TEF provides supervisors and instructors a common language and recommended tools that can be used for annual review. The Toolkit includes goal setting forms and suggestions for evidence that can be modified to meet instructors’ individual needs for annual review. This workshop focuses on collecting evidence. It would be helpful (but is not required) for attendees to have a teaching domain and goal in mind as they participate in the workshop.
Title: Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)
Presenters Sara Robinson,Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description: Join us for an overview of the history of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI),what it means for researchers at CSU, and an overview of the new NIST 800-171A assessment methodology
Wednesday, January 12th
9:00 AM
Title: CSU Green Labs - bringing sustainability to the lab
Presenters Stacey Baumgarn
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Laboratories are resource intensive spaces. The practice and output of world-class, global-impact research is an expectation at Colorado State University. Concurrently, sustainability is at the core of CSU as an organization. Students and researchers learning and working in CSU labs desire integration of the two; both students and researchers have been asking for and actively seeking pathways to improve sustainability practices in the lab. From teaching labs to BSL-3 labs, every lab has a role to play and an opportunity to embed sustainability best practices into their day-to-day research. CSU Green Labs wants you involved - join us to learn about our current projects and initiatives!
Title: eID Becomes NetID in 2022
Presenters Randy Miotke,Dave Hoffman,Greg Vogl
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:The CSU Division of IT is planning to retire the eID identity management system in 2022. The new CSU System NetID will become the replacement. Learn how this change affects current eID account holders and what to expect as the project progresses.
Title: How Teaching Teams Can Use Canvas Tools for Student Outreach: A First Four Weeks Workshop
Presenters Ashley Harvey,Rodolfo Valdes-Vasquez,Meara Faw,Kevin Nolan,Jill Putman
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:The workshop is an extension of the First Four Weeks Initiative that specifically focuses on the use of Canvas tools for teaching teams (GTAs or faculty) to reach out to students early in the semester, especially those who are at risk of not succeeding in class. The workshop will provide tools for institutionalizing student outreach communications in Canvas courses so that these tools can easily be implemented by instructors and GTAs in future courses. In addition, training content is aligned with the Student Motivation domain of CSU’s Teaching Effectiveness Framework. Instructors participating in the Early Performance Feedback Program are encouraged to attend and will benefit from this workshop.
Title: Kuali Protocols Portal for IRB Human Subjects Research
Presenters Claire Chance,Angie Chromiak,Zac Callahan
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: Morgan Library Computer Lab 175
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Description:Join us to walk through submitting human subjects research protocols to CSU's Institutional Review Board (IRB) using the Kuali Protocols system. This overview will be helpful for first-time researchers and veterans alike and will focus on how to use and navigate the system. We will spend time hands-on in the portal and walk through the basics of how to submit a complete protocol.
Title: Leveraging Strengths for Personal Effectiveness
Presenters Joy Nyenhuis
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: LSC 324
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Description:CliftonStrengths provide us with lenses to understand what we do best. How can you leverage your Top 5 CliftonStrengths Talent Themes to improve your personal effectiveness? To deal with time management challenges? Better manage your attention? Have more energy?
Join us for this workshop style session with time for learning, reflection, and discussion. Participants will leave with personalized ideas and strategies to address time management challenges.
Title: Smart Cycling Part 1: Road Rules (classroom)
Presenters Erika Benti,Jamie Gaskill
Session Length: Half Day
Room: LSC 312
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Description:Certified instructors will lead the class through an interactive and in-depth discussion of the following principles, while applying them to CSU and the Fort Collins area: 1.The Basics: Choosing a bike, maintenance, clothing/equipment, helmet, bike handling, shifting gears 2. Principles of Bicycling: Riding in a group, sharing paths/trails, inclement weather, night riding, long distances 3. Principles of Traffic Law: where to ride on the road, navigating intersections, rural roads 4. Bike Infrastructure 5. Hazards: Crashes and how to avoid them, five layers of safety.
Title: Summit Computing 101
Presenters Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Join us during your lunch break to learn more about the Summit Computing system. We will help you quickly set up an account and get acquainted with the system in the high-level overview.
Title: Teaching Squares Kick-off Session for Spring '22 - Residential, Hybrid & Online Faculty
Presenters Tonya Buchan,Jennifer Todd,Katy Little,Justin Switzer
Session Length: 2 hours
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:The TILT-sponsored Teaching Squares peer observation program allows faculty, instructors, and GTAs to observe each other, learn from each other, and support each other in their quest to become better teachers. It is designed to be a non-evaluative, supportive and growth-based process. Participants are coached in setting a personal teaching goal using the Teaching Effectiveness Framework and then observe others to give feedback and reflect on their own practice. Teaching Squares is a 16-hour commitment over the course of the semester.
This is the first of three meetings over the semester and is *required* for instructors participating in the Spring '22 Teaching Squares cohort.
Title: Unit Leaders, Let's Brainstorm EASY Electronic Accessibility
Presenters Anna Walker
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:Elaine Ostroff with the Institute for Human Centered Design has said, “Design has the power to make us feel competent or incompetent; it has the power to include or exclude us.” We know this in our physical world: Entering buildings with an automatic door is easier for everyone, but grants inclusion for those with limited mobility. Our digital world is similar, in that we can design our digital information and documents to be more inclusive and accessible from the beginning. Come learn 1-2 easy things your unit can implement electronically, explore CSU resources and a new course on accessibility, and let’s spend some time brainstorming together how your unit can use these resources to enact simple accessibility goals that have a big impact.”
10:00 AM
Title: Creating a personal touch: How to connect with students in an online format
Presenters Dr. Leann Kaiser,Thomas Rausch
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Online and distance learning continues to be a prevalent instructional medium for adult and continuing education students. The onset of COVID-19 has accelerated the number of classrooms moving to a distance format. Now more than ever, instructors, educators, and trainers are challenged to find innovative ways to connect to their learners on a personable level. When students learn in an environment free of authentic connectivity, learning outcomes may suffer. Instructing online is susceptible to creating a learning environment free of the warmth and connectivity necessary for fostering authentic relations between course participants. The presenters will model several novel and innovative methods to reach students on a personal level to foster inclusion, connectivity, and authenticity among course participants in order to boost learning outcomes for students.
Title: Down the Rabbit Hole: Experiential Learning with Layered 3D Modelling
Presenters Robert Jordan,Helga Hizer,Michael Weil,Jason Russell
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:Utilizing integration between our Kaltura video platform, 3D model integration via Brand3D, and 3D capture technology from Matterport, a collaborative team from CSU Online has embedded annotated 3D models of physical objects and structures into our video content. This innovative approach to augmenting traditional educational multimedia allows for these interactive 3D objects to be explored using via browser, augmented reality, and virtual reality. By layering links onto 3D models which connect to additional video content, web content, and/or additional 3D models, student learners experientially engage hands-on with immersive educational materials which otherwise are inaccessible or impossible to manipulate in such a manner. Enabling students to independently guide their own learning through the layered content creates active learning experiences, helps students to take ownership of their own learning, helps students to gain self-confidence, and widens the kinds of learning experiences possible for students in our classrooms. This session will demonstrate both the processes involved as well as the pedagogical uses of these new learning technologies now and into the future.
Title: Want to Take An Online Course? Use Your Employee Study Privilege!
Presenters Amy Quinn-Sparks,Karin Bright
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:We will discuss how CSU faculty and staff can use their employee study privilege for online courses at CSU. We will describe what the employee study privilege is and at what institutions it can be used. We will go over the steps that faculty and staff need to take to receive permission from their supervisors. We will discuss how to register for CSU coursework utilizing the benefit. We will point out the ways this process is similar and different when utilizing the benefit for on-campus/face-to-face courses vs. for online courses. We will describe the ways that faculty and staff can be successful in online coursework and how to juggle their work schedules with the needs of coursework. We will discuss the differences between taking coursework due to interest vs. taking coursework to complete a degree or graduate certificate program. We will provide a list of online courses that staff have completed in the past and have provided positive feedback regarding.
Title: Yoga and Meditation for Relaxation
Presenters Kirsten Slaughter-Rice
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 382
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Description:This gentle yoga class will explore yoga postures, breathing techniques, and meditation to help participants let go of stress, tension, and tightness, calm the mind, and settle the body. We will practice basic yoga poses and explore the openness and release that comes from combining breath and movement. Participants will learn techniques they may incorporate into their daily life to decrease stress and cultivate relaxation. Take a moment to move, find your breath, and surrender stress or tension. Recommended that participants have a yoga mat or towel; other props, including a blanket, towel, pillow or blocks are optional.
11:00 AM
Title: 5 Tips from 5 Years: Gaining Confidence as a Young Professional
Presenters Kelsey Stamm,Megan Miller
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:Do you ever feel disrespected due to your perceived age or appearance? Do you need strategies for stating your opinions with greater confidence? Join these two admissions professionals, who have been working at CSU for about 5 years. Megan and Kelsey are young professionals and are excited to empower others during this interactive session. They will share 5 tips they've learned, along with providing tools and strategies for gaining confidence. In this session, you will learn how to ask for what you need, use your voice, expect respect, progress your career, and be bold!
Title: Disability Inclusion in the Workplace at CSU
Presenters Katherine Castañeda,Brigid Hinterberger,Meghan King
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:This presentation will discuss how disability inclusion, legislation, and knowledge are woven through hiring and employment at CSU. It will include practical information about best practices, CSU resources, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance, and accommodating individuals with disabilities.
Title: Languishing, Flourishing, and Your Mental Health
Presenters ComPsych
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: Virtual Session
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Description:Working on our mental health need not be reserved just for those who are in crisis or are faced with an official diagnosis: Mental health matters for everyone. This interactive session will provide helpful ideas on how to move from languishing through work and life to flourishing.
This session will be offered by our 3rd party EAP provider. It will be offered via Webinar from the comfort of your home/office. You will receive a link one week prior to the scheduled session.
Title: No Test Revolution: Student-Created Assignments and Rubrics
Presenters Annie Krieg,Jen Todd
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:It's easy to imagine an upper-division project-based course with a small group of majors in one's field. What would project-based assignments, assessed with student-authored rubrics, look like in a high enrollment AUCC course with students from all over the university? In this 50-minute presentation we will share the impetus for this no test revolution, initial plans (piloted in Summer and Fall 2021 courses), and lessons learned.
Title: Staying Positive, Testing Negative: Building Community While Working Online
Presenters Scott Wiebensohn,Matthew Diven
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 324
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Description:Wiebensohn and Diven are part of a team that created an online community where library employees and students from varying departments interact and grow together. Bi-weekly topics have varied from bird watching to comic books to gardening tips to CSU homecoming stories! This lively workshop focuses on sharing successes, hurdles, and goals necessary to build community by utilizing online tools as a positive consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharing a sense of belonging through online threads can transition into better in-person interaction and cooperation. We will have dedicated Q&A time to address all inquiries.
Title: Summit Computing 201
Presenters Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description:This continuation of our 101 seminar delves into job scheduling with hands-on activities.
1:00 PM
Title: Accounting and Kuali for Non-Accountants
Presenters Kris King,Hayley Barnes
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 312
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Description:This PDI session aims to provide important fundamentals of accounting as well as understanding the use of debits and credits, recording financial transactions accurately, and principles of accounting under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). This session will also provide an overview of Kuali Financial System (KFS) tailored to the non-accountant user. Discussion will include screen layout, document searches, responsibility roles in the system, and items to consider when approving documents.
Title: Challenges to Academic Integrity in 2021-2022
Presenters Joseph Brown
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:The goal of this session is to share information about recent trends in academic integrity. Particular attention will be given to recent challenges in the classroom and potential strategies for combatting academic misconduct.
Title: How High School Students Earned College Credit and Gained Career Readiness through a Summer Program
Presenters Christianne Magee,Patricia Vigil ,Wade Ingle ,Heather Hall,Olivia Arnold
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Faculty and staff from the Zoetis Veterinary Perspectives Institute will share their experiences and outcomes from a youth summer program offered as a free, 1 credit, online course. Presenters will describe creating a case-based, experiential learning curriculum within a paradigm of culturally competent mentorship, to facilitate exploration of topics in veterinary medicine and One Health. When the desire to become a veterinarian is deconstructed, a desire to help animals is often central to the career interest. The program goal was to provide participants with an understanding of various professional roles in the context of their desires and interests, as well as resources for overcoming obstacles to achieve their dream careers. Students were given insight into the veterinary profession, career options in One Health, and various pathways to attend college. Mentors provided relevant experience, offered positive relationships, and strategies for overcoming obstacles. This program also created opportunities for undergraduate and veterinary students, faculty, and staff to develop awareness, knowledge, and skills for working with diverse populations and helped close the mentorship gap for minoritized and marginalized youth.
Title: Rare Plants of Colorado
Presenters David Anderson,Pam Smith,Crystal Strouse
Session Length: 90 minutes
Room: LSC 324
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Description:In this session we will go on an adventure focusing on the rarest, weirdest, and most interesting plants of Colorado. We will explore our state through the lens of habitats for rare plants, and what the rare plants tell us about our natural history, cultural history, and landscapes. We will connect those stories with a few of Colorado's famous female natural historians.
Title: Researcher proposal collaboration
Presenters Stephen Oglesby
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 376/378
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Description: In this session we will explore methods to collaborate within CSU and with external parties with version-controlled documents and shared directories. Key takeaways include: How to reduce duplicate work and re-transcription? How to safely share and revoke privileges?
Title: Secondary eIDs Changing in the New NetID System
Presenters Randy Miotke,Dave Hoffman
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 306
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Description:The CSU Division of IT is planning to retire the eID identity management system in 2022. The new CSU System NetID will become the replacement. Learn how secondary eID accounts will will change in the NetID system.
Title: Smart Cycling Part 2: Road Skills (on-bike)
Presenters Erika Benti,Jamie Gaskill
Session Length: Half Day
Room: LSC Plaza
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Description:Smart Cycling Part 2 (Road Skills) will be held outdoors with your bike! The session begins with a set of drills to practice crash-avoidance techniques and hone your bike handling skills. Participants will also learn how to perform a safety check on their bike and to properly fit a helmet. After the drills, the group will set out on a ride through campus and into the surrounding community to practice a variety of scenarios, such as positioning at intersections, group riding and using special infrastructure. Each participant should arrive with their own bike in working order and helmet, and be dressed to ride outdoors. To borrow a bike and/or helmet for the session, please contact Erika Benti at erika.benti@colostate.edu or 970-491-7600 at least one week prior to the session.
Title: Teaching Effectiveness Initiative: Post Implementation Reflection Workshop
Presenters Tonya Buchan,Jen Todd,Karen Falkenberg,Katy Little,Chris Geanious
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:Have you completed professional development (PD) since summer 2019? You may be able to use these experiences towards earning a Teaching Effectiveness Framework (TEF) domain in the Teaching Effective Initiative (TEI)!
Title: Web Application Security at CSU
Presenters Greg Vogl,Kelly Poto
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 304
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Description:1. An introduction to web application security, including:
Information technology infrastructure and security components;
Lists of most important categories of security risks and vulnerabilities in 2021;
Methods, processes and tools for problem management, prevention, detection, and reaction;
Using secure design principles and software security throughout the software lifecycle.
2. Recommended tools for securing web applications at CSU, including:
Vulnerability scans by the CSU Cybersecurity Interns;
Secure HTTP with InCommon SSL Certificates;
Single sign-on with Shibboleth;
Two-factor authentication with Duo Mobile;
Role-based authorization and access control with Grouper groups;
ASP.NET code examples for secure configuration and sanitizing input and output.
2:00 PM
Title: AED Orientation
Presenters Frank Gonzales
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 308-310
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Description:An AED is a small, portable device that analyzes the heart’s rhythm and prompts the user to deliver a defibrillation shock if it determines one is needed. Attend this training to get an overview of how this device works, where they are located on campus and what you can do to help in an emergency. The first aid component will include an overview of general emergency response as well as soft tissue injury, cuts, seizures, strokes, concussions, nosebleeds, burns, choking, emergency contacts, and the use of first aid kits. Hands-only CPR will also be covered in this course.
Title: Cooperative Learning Groups: An Inclusive Teaching Strategy
Presenters Katie Gerst,Jessy Jiao
Session Length: 50 minutes
Room: LSC 322
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Description:Research has shown that a method of inclusive teaching and testing (Cooperative Learning Groups) can be helpful and beneficial to students both in the short term and long term (Johnson, 2006). Research indicates that students not only show increased overall academic performance, but also increased overall well-being. To test CLG in a classroom setting, in Spring 2020, we implemented CLG in an aging developmental course here at CSU. Our preliminary study affirmed previous research in terms of academic performance, but we were unable to measure other variables such as well-being due to timing and funding restrictions.
In this session, participants will learn about the importance of implementing inclusive teaching and testing strategies, specifically that of CLGs, how this strategy was used in an HDFS classroom, and how this technique can be applied to other classrooms.
Title: Is your research mappable? The power of a spatial perspective
Presenters Caitlin Mothes,Elizabeth Tulanowski
Session Length: 80 minutes
Room: LSC 300
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Description:Spatial data impacts our everyday lives, so why not incorporate it into your research? With the vast growth in GIS (Geographic Information System) tools, nearly everything is mappable. Geospatial technology has become increasingly prevalent in nearly every discipline, from natural resources to urban planning, archaeology to military tactics, engineering to epidemiology, politics to environmental justice, and more. The key is learning the best methods for adding a spatial component to your data. In this seminar presented by the Geospatial Centroid, we will help you gain insight into how your data can be leveraged with a spatial perspective and empower you with the toolset to do so.
The benefits of incorporating a spatial perspective to your research are endless. It can add context to your data, help you explore relationships and networks, and highlight patterns you may not have seen before. Spatial components can also act as a common ground for data analysis, promoting better collaboration and storytelling.
With over a decade of experience as a full-service center for building web mapping applications, performing complex spatial analyses, and creating elegant cartographic products, the Geospatial Centroid at the CSU Libraries is a prime resource for aiding researchers, instructors and learners across campus and beyond, with geospatial technologies.
