In early January TLT is hosting two virtual Teaching with Technologies (TwT) Prep & Practice sessions to help equip new faculty with the necessary skills and knowledge to use essential technologies effectively in their teaching practices.

• Prep and Practice Registration Form  

1. Prep and Practice: Introduction to Canvas

Faculty new to Penn State are invited to join IT Learning and Development (ITLD) and Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) for a session focusing on a Canvas Introduction. The Canvas Introduction includes research-based best practices with the utilization of Canvas, setting up your Canvas course via modules, creating assignments for electronic submission of work, setting up your gradebook, and how to give meaningful feedback in Canvas along with numerical grades. 

• Dates: Tuesday, 1/7, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm or Wednesday, 1/8, 1:00 – 3:00 pm

2. Prep and Practice: Preparing your Penn State Syllabus 

TLT and the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence (SITE) are hosting a session focused on supporting faculty in the preparation of their Penn State Syllabus. It will review PSU syllabus requirements and recommendations, best practices for communicating course content on syllabi, and example syllabus language. We will also discuss strategies for leveraging Canvas to share your syllabus.

• Date: Thursday, 1/9, 10:00 – 11:00 am or 2:00 – 3:00 pm