Innovation Center Workshops
Faculty Workshops Overview
In addition to walk-in support and one-on-one consultations, the Innovation Center offers small-group workshops regularly throughout each semester. These workshops empower you, the teacher, to explore and integrate new approaches to education.
Join us for any of the following workshops; no RSVP is required--just show up!
Check calendar for times and dates.
Office Hours
Mon – Fri: 8:00 am – 5:00 pmSat: Closed
Contact Us
Library Room 213Phone: 801-863-6127
E-mail: icenter@uvu.edu
Canvas LMS
Canvas provides tools for communicating, collaborating, and managing learning resources and activities online. We're offering workshops and trainings all semester that will teach you to use Canvas to improve teaching and learning.
Can't make it to any of the workshops? Don't worry, we're available for individualized learning sessions during our normal hours, or feel free to check out the available Canvas Online Tutorials.
You can get started now by downloading our Canvas Faculty Quick Start, a brief intro to teaching with the Canvas LMS. Access Canvas through UVLink
Canvas Quick-Start Sessions
Need a quick Canvas fix? Want to get up and running fast? We have skilled staff available for you. Come in during our normal office hours and we can help you:Where: LI 213
Canvas Basics
Get started with Canvas in a 1-hr hands-on session. Covers layout and overview, new features, accounts and profiles, notifications, messaging, and more.Where: Library LI 213
Canvas - Common Problems
This session will take you through some of the common problems that are encountered when using Canvas.Where: Library LI 213
Backup Hygiene (Clean-up and Backup your content from Canvas)
This workshop will show how you can save your files. Protect against disaster - back up your course!Where: Library LI 213
This Week
Hybrid Course Design
See our Hybrid Teaching Initiative for info on upcoming hybrid course design events. You can also make an appointment with one of our Instructional Technologists to discuss how to modify your objects and activities to fit within the parameters of a Hybrid Course.
Web 2.0 Tools
Google Tools
Google Docs is a powerful collaborative office suite that supports group work and peer review, and facilitates sharing of documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. This workshop is an introduction to the Google Suite of tools.Where: Library LI 213
Open Education Resources (OER)
Open educational resources are digital learning materials that are openly licensed specifically for reuse, remix, and redistribution. Learn about Creative Commons licenses, OpenCourseWare, and how to find and use existing OER in your own course.Special Topics & Guest Speakers
The Innovation Center hosts special topics, webinars, and guest speakers on various education and technology related topics.
Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
Do students ask you “when am I going to use this?” PBL offers a possible way to cover the material while “learning by doing.” This workshop will explain what PBL, its advantages and disadvantages, and whether it might be right for you.
Slides: PBL Presentation
E-books and Self-Publishing
Use of e-readers by the general public has been accelerating rapidly. However, educators are just beginning to explore how they might fit into the classroom. This workshop will explain the world of e-books including textbooks for the iPad.
Flipped Instruction
Get ready to turn teaching on its head! Flipped learning can help you spend more time helping students and less time lecturing in the classroom. Sound impossible? Learn how by attending this workshop.
Where: LI 213
Mobile Learning
We share the latest technology and ideas for learner-empowered teaching activities. We also show you how to save the Earth.
Where: Library LI 213
Online Privacy
Recent controversies surrounding online privacy haven resulted in increased scrutiny from government agencies, watchdog groups and private citizens. This workshop will discuss online privacy and what it means for the classroom.
Game-based Learning
Video games are a $65 billion dollar industry. Still, games in the classroom have had a mixed history in the classroom. This workshop will look at the recent calls for the “gamification” of the classroom.
Meet the MOOCs
Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has become one of the big buzzwords in education. Come find out what a MOOC really is and what it means for higher education.
Webconferencing
Need to meet, but don’t have the class space? Want to bring experts in from a distance? Meet BigBlueButton, the replacement for Wimba. This workshop will show you BigBlueButton and how it might fit in the classroom.
Where: Library LI 213
Slides: Not Available
Multimedia
Sometimes great content is trapped on a DVD, VHS or audio cassette. Or, maybe you want to try making your own video. This workshop will give you some options for multimedia creation.
Where: Library LI 213
Slides: Not available
Adaptive Learning
Find out ways to customize learning and assessments in Canvas and elsewhere. The workshop will also discuss best practices in adapting learning
"Brain-based" Learning
Some education product vendors will claim that their product is "brain based". This workshop will explore these claims and what we really know about the brain.
TurnItIn
TurnItIn is a tool to help assess the originality of documents and much more. Find out what TurnItIn can do for your class.
Where: Library LI 213
Slides: Not available
Mitigating Cheating
It is commonly understood that cheating occurs frequently in higher education. This workshop will explore some of the reasons students cheat and what you can do about it. Emphasis will be placed on measures that can be taken in Canvas to mitigate cheating.