This training session is customized for instructors who are new to the Canvas LMS. The session is designed to familiarise you with the basic need-to-know tools and core functionalities of a Canvas course site and to prepare you to get your course setup. 

The tools covered include: Layout and Interface, Modules, Files, Pages, Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, Calendar, Inbox, and People.

We will leave time to answer any questions you might have at the end.

Do you want to make your assessments robust to cheating? Are you simply tired of using cheating-detection tools and conducting proctored exams? Do you want to design assessments that supports student learning?

This webinar will introduce ways in which you can promote academic integrity rather than spending time thinking about policing. Specifically, this session will discuss strategies and ways that assessment design can help address the problem of cheating during online exams and tests.

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The purpose of this workshop is to explore the use of an online platform for creating multiple-choice questions (MCQ) questions - PeerWise. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to develop a training roadmap to engage their students to work collaboratively to contribute question stems and answers, provide explanations, answer questions contributed by other students, rate questions for difficulty and quality, and participate in on-line discussions of all these activities. 

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A rubric is a scoring tool that lists the criteria for student work and articulates levels of quality for each criterion. It can help in communicating your expectations to students while also helping you in assessing student work fairly and efficiently. They can also provide students with informative feedback on their strengths and weaknesses, and prompt students to reflect on their own work.

In this workshop, we discuss key features of a quality rubric, present some examples of rubric for assessing student work. You will then have an opportunity to use the steps discussed to construct a rubric for one of your assessment tasks.

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This 2-part session aims to enhance your understanding of using an online assessment tool (ExamSoft) to enhance students’ learning, with a specific focus on test design and effective feedback.

The first session will introduce the key features of ExamSoft in relation to the design/ redesign of different assessment tasks and questions, while guided by principles of assessment preparation and design. This session will draw attention of participants to the necessary steps in preparation for online assessment.

The second session will build on the first by analyzing and interpreting the reports derived from the assessments and consider feedback strategies for improving teaching and learning. Participants will have the opportunity to work through a customized digital assessment assignment with guidance from the session leads.

• Session 1 – (a) Overview of guiding principles of assessment design; (b) Preparation and design/ redesign of online assessment task and questions
• Session 2 – (a) Using multiple reports for providing feedback to inform teaching and learning.

A frequent criticism of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and other objectively scored assessments is that they only test factual knowledge and not conceptual understanding, which makes use of MCQs problematic in the context of online education. While most educators recognise the importance of testing definitions, concepts and principles in recall-type questions, assessment tasks should also challenge students to think critically about the knowledge learnt and to be able to analyse, interpret and apply knowledge in different contexts. This session will support colleagues in designing objectively scored assessments that require students to apply higher-order thinking and reasoning skills by presenting the use of two-tier MCQs, an extended type of MCQs with a second tier that requires students to provide or identify a rationale or explanation for their choice. We will proceed by introducing the notion of a test specification, which helps in planning and to ensure that the test objectives are met. Participants will have the opportunity to write test items related to two-tier MCQs with reference to a suggested guide.

Have you had difficulty in getting students to complete the required readings for your module?  Is it a challenge to get them to think more critically about the content? How can you tackle this challenge of not only getting students to read, but also to get them to engage with the course readings?

This webinar will introduce methods for increasing your students’ engagement with the assigned readings. It is designed to support faculty in providing structures for motivating students to engage with the readings in an effective and time-efficient manner. Applying these methods in their modules will enable faculty to create an active reading environment that can improve engagement and comprehension.

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Incorporating online synchronous teaching into your module can provide a stronger sense of connectedness among participants, promote engagement, and ultimately, enhance knowledge retention. For students to stay engaged with module activities, deliberate structures need to be put in place to help them embrace the flexibility that the online space affords to them. In this webinar, essential elements to facilitate successful educational experiences in synchronous online learning environments will be discussed, with practical ideas and applications to ensure your students are comfortable learning with their peers with technology, engaging them in discussion and practice, and assessing their learning.

While this workshop will emphasize tools that are free and under NUS campus wide license, such as Zoom, Poll Everywhere and Padlet, the general principles learned can be applied across a variety of platforms.

Although this session is aimed at those who are new to using active learning in synchronous online courses, there will be time for discussion and sharing ideas. Thus, those who are more experienced are also welcome to join.

Infographics are images created to explain a particular idea or dataset. They often contain beautiful graphics to increase their appeal and help catch audiences’ attention.

Whether you are planning to present at a faculty/department sharing session or gearing up for a conference poster presentation, this workshop will guide you to design a more straightforward, engaging, and easy to understand in a short glance posters using powerful text and infographics. I will share with you the most common mistakes and provide you with some ideas to help you get started.

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Zoom is an online video conferencing tool that allows you and your students to communicate and collaborate in real time. It includes several features that have the potential to increase student engagement, such as file sharing, screen mark up, screen sharing, chat and breakout rooms. These allow for teacher-student and student-student communication, sharing and interacting with learning resources, viewing presentations and working in groups.

This workshop will be conducted in a webinar format, using Zoom, where we will share with you how you can easily setup an online session with your students and the features you can use to create your own online teaching session.

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Looking to teach your classes online? Come join us on a webinar on using Microsoft Teams for teaching online and for online meetings.  

Microsoft Teams is a unified digital workspace that enables real-time collaboration between you and students through conversations, file sharing and video meetings. This session targeted specifically for NUS teaching staff will get you started on:  (1) setting up your classes, (2) managing communication and collaboration for your classes, and (3) conducting live video lectures, tutorials or meetings.

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Are you looking to create video lectures for your blended learning courses and flipped classroom sessions? Panopto is an easy-to-use platform for lecture capture and video content management that allows you to store and manage all your new and existing videos, including lectures, flipped classroom recordings, guest presentations, and live webcasts. It is integrated into the LumiNUS platform and it allows you to easily record and publish presentations online.

In this hands-on session, you will start creating presentation by applying the principles of multimedia design. You will then learn how to capture audio, webcam video, PowerPoint, and desktop screens, and be able to record narrated PowerPoint and tutorials.

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Microsoft Sway is a unique and refreshing way to create visually appealing, interactive presentations and online resources. This workshop will walk you through getting started with your first Sway. The workshop will provide an opportunity for you to explore how you can create online resources for teaching and learning using Sway based on good practices in designing such online resources.

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