Escaping Grading Jail: Teaching & Learning at USI

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Greetings! Here are your weekly updates. We hope that this curation of ideas and resources helps you navigate through this difficult final week of classes. Stay safe and healthy!

Quick Reads: Escaping Grading Jail
Portfolio Guidelines and Preparation: May 4 and 6
Resources for Online Instruction
2019 Scholarly and Creative Works Report
Calendar of events

Quick Reads

Grading Student Work (Vanderbilt University)
How to Escape Grading Jail (Gannon, 2017)
Browse past CETL weekly updates, including Planning for Finals (April 20), Student anxiety and cheating (April 13), Zoomed out (April 6), Being kind to ourselves (March 30), and Supporting each other and our students (March 23).

Portfolio Guidelines and Preparation Webinars

Monday, May 4 at 1-2 pm; Wednesday, May 6 at 10-11 am

Participants will become familiar with the guidelines for preparing a portfolio for reappointment, tenure, and promotion and consider ideas for their approach to portfolio preparation. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and share tips. University information regarding portfolios is available on the Provost’s website.

Resources for Online/Remote Instruction

Instructional Continuity at USI: Online Learning's website with resources to support your online/alternative instruction, including the Instructional Services Request form, list of peer mentors, and technology instructions to share with your students.
Adapting your Face-to-Face Course for Online: Slides, planning worksheet, and recording from recent webinars to provide guidance for adapting your class to an online/remote environment and to start drafting a weekly plan.
Teaching with Limited Internet: see the webinar slides and recording.
Adapting Exams and Assessments: see the webinar slides
Teaching with Bingo: Sample bingo card and tips to promote metacognition and positive behaviors while mixing in some fun.

Scholar and Creative Works Report

We are excited that the 2019 Scholarly and Creative Works Report is now available. The report recognizes the outstanding accomplishments of the faculty and staff at USI during the past calendar year and serves as resources to identify expertise across campus.