Student anxiety and cheating: Teaching & Learning at USI

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Greetings! Here are your weekly updates. We hope that this curation of ideas and webinars help you navigate through this uncertain and stressful time. Stay safe and well.

Quick Reads: Student anxiety and cheating; Remote assessments
Teaching & Learning Webinar this Week
Sharing Your Tips and Tools
Calendar of events

Quick Reads

What I Am Learning About My Students During an Impossible Semester (Lang, 2020): Reflections on the need to "figure out assets my students bring to class, and how they can use those skills in class."
Student Agency during Uncertain Times (Tobin, 2020): Suggestions for reducing student anxiety (and cheating) in your suddenly online class
Remote Exams and Assessments (Rutgers University, 2020): Practical tips for adapting your assessments. CETL webinars are offered this week on this topic.
Browse past CETL weekly updates, including Zoomed Out (April 6), Being Kind to Ourselves (March 30), and Supporting Each Other and Our Students (March 23).

Teaching & Learning Webinars this Week

Please view the Calendar for details

Service-Learning Workshop: Strategies for Integrating Online: April 14 at 12pm
Adapting Exams and Assessments: April 15 at 2pm and April 16 at 1pm
Lunchtime Conversations: Teaching and Bingo: April 16 at 12pm

Planning and Facilitating Quality Discussions (sponsored by ACUE): April 14 at 1pm
Recording Effective Microlectures (sponsored by ACUE): April 17 at 1pm
Designing High-Impact Practices for Equity and Impact in New Contexts (sponsored by AAC&U): April 17 at 1pm

Tips and Tools for Online Instruction

Contribute to the List: You are invited to suggest tools, tips, and resources that you have found useful as you navigate the transition to online/remote instruction and working from home. Examples include webpages, instructional strategies, tools, tips, and resources.
View the List: This compilation will be updated regularly to include the suggested resources and tips for the USI community.

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.