10-Minute Webinettes

Watch past recordings of CTL's 10-15 minute webinettes.

Baking an Educational Strawberry Pie: Implementing Instructional Strategies for Success
Professor Lisa Stein (Faculty of Science) will discuss how she baked CTL’s “Educational Strawberry Pie” in her two microbiology courses which helped her gain consistently positive student feedback. Lisa will explain how she prepared her courses, engaged her students asynchronously and synchronously, and implemented effective, successful and student-appreciated assessments! Watch here.
Breaking the Ice with Students on the First Day

Learn a few activities, based in improvised theatre, that will get your students interacting with one another in a comfortable way. A first step in creating a community of learners while teaching remotely. Watch here.

Creating Effective Open-Book Exams
Open-Book Exams (OBE) are a great assessment option especially for an online course. CTL's webinette will provide you with some information and strategies to help you create an effective OBE. Watch here.
eClass & Reading Lists

There’s no doubt eClass plays an integral role for most instructors. In this webinette, our CTL experts will explain some of the formatting options worth considering when setting up your course, including linking to the new reading list feature. Watch here

Elevating Your Video Content
Online learning has been the norm and in this session, this video will show you some quick pointers to level up your zoom sessions and video lectures. Watch here.
Exploring Synchronous & Asynchronous Instruction

This webinette will highlight some of the benefits and challenges of both synchronous and asynchronous instruction, as well as providing examples of how to implement both in your teaching. Watch here.

Finalizing & Preparing Grades for Bear Tracks
Uploading grades to Beartracks can be frustrating. This video will show you how to input accurate letter grades into eClass Gradebook, and how to quickly upload those grades to Beartracks. Watch here.
Getting Students to Talk

Have you ever posed a question to your class over Zoom only to hear soul-crushing silence as a response? This webinette will demonstrate short improv-based activities you can use with your class to encourage conversation and help you to build a sense of community despite your physical distance. Watch here

Good Design Principles

This webinette explores some design principles to improve your slide design to help streamline information in your presentations. Watch here

Grading eClass Assignments Offline
eClass Assignments allows students to hand-in assignments directly through eClass, however many instructors prefer to grade assignments offline. This video will show you a few tips for integrating offline grading into eClass. Watch here.
How to Connect Students to Other Students

Learn how to connect your students through eClass and to find their peers through Gmail and Google Chat. Watch here.

Introduction to the New Library Reading List Service

Learn how the new Library Reading List Service can help you can organize and manage all your references for your courses (and for your own use!). Watch here.

Lurking in Your Online Course
Lurkers are the silent students in your course who observe but rarely participate. This webinette will share three tips for engaging lurkers more actively in your online course. Watch here.
Managing Breakout Rooms in Zoom

Learn how to use Zoom breakout rooms to allow students to work in smaller groups within your zoom meeting. This video will cover how to:

  • enable the breakout room feature;
  • create breakout rooms and assign participants automatically, manually and allow participants to select their own break out rooms;
  • change options on zoom.

Watch here.

On-the-Spot Zoom Techniques

Whether online or face-to-face, sometimes you need to make quick, unexpected decisions during your class. In this webinette, we’ll explore some on-the-spot techniques to help you:

  • quickly organize your pre-set groups of students into breakout rooms;
  • create a poll;
  • manage chat, video & audio.

Watch here.

Randomization Options for eClass Quizzes
Many instructors would like to randomize the questions in their eClass quizzes, however there are a few different approaches to accomplishing this. We will cover three of these during this webinette. Watch here.
Simple Tech Tips for Making High Quality Content Online
If you don’t consider yourself savvy in the world of online video, here are some simple tips for you to utilize the tools already at your disposal to make better looking, better sounding, better edited videos.  Watch here.
Tips on How to Incorporate Universal Design Principles into your Remote Teaching

Students often face hidden barriers to learning that instructors may not be aware of. This webinette will highlight some of these barriers and explain some simple steps instructors can do in their online course to minimize them. Watch here

Using Biteable as an Assessment Tool

Biteable is a program which allows you to create simple videos very quickly. In this webinette, you’ll learn the basics of the program and learn how some instructors have used Biteable to assess their student’s learning. You can create Biteable videos as an introduction for your online course/new unit of work. For instructors who wish to purchase Biteable, CTL has a 20% discount code, available upon request. Watch here.

Using Podcasts as an Educational Tool

This webinette will provide an overview of podcast production and explain the educational benefits podcasting can provide. Watch here.

Upload a Video to YouTube, Editing Subtitles & Linking to eClass
Learn how to upload your videos to YouTube and why this is preferred over sharing them on eClass or Google Drive. You’ll also learn how to access the automatic subtitles YouTube creates and how to edit them. Learn how to place a weblink of your YouTube video or playlist in your eClass course. Watch here.