Mark Your Calendars! Upcoming Faculty Development Sessions

The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers practical training and expert advice on how to thoughtfully integrate teaching technologies and proven teaching strategies into any subject area. Check out some of the workshop sessions we are offering to support RIT faculty in the Fall 2025 semester.  

Using CoPilot for Course Design
AUG 20 | Learn to use CoPilot to draft syllabi, learning objectives, assignment instructions and rubrics as you prep for the new semester.

Course Prep Drop-In Sessions with Your Faculty Fellow
AUG 21 + SEP 10 + SEP 11 | Need time to work on your Fall course? Interested in collaborating with peers? Join your CTL Faculty Fellows at this informal drop-in session.

myCourses Help Sessions
AUG 22 + AUG 26 | Drop in session for faculty to ask any question they want about myCourses.

From Student to TA: Leading the Learning Experience 
AUG 26 + AUG 27 | Getting started as an undergraduate Teaching Assistant (TA) at RIT. 

Teaching at RIT: Open Q&A for New Instructors
AUG 29 | Drop in session for new faculty to ask any questions about course design, facilitation, and where to find good ideas and resources at RIT.

Using Gradescope to Support Active Learning
SEP 4 | Explore how to leverage the Gradescope platform to support grading paper-based group activities in large classrooms.

Intro to Notebook LM for Instruction
SEP 17 | Explore how this new Google AI tool can be used to support instruction.

Critical Thinking with AI Series
SEP 19 + SEP 26 + OCT 3 | Join us for a three-part series where we discuss strategies faculty can use to teach critical reasoning across disciplines in the age of AI.

Interested in taking a deeper dive into teaching? Join a CTL Teaching Circle this semester! Teaching Circles are led by your RIT colleagues, bringing together a small group of faculty to explore and discuss current teaching and learning topics. Brand new topics this semester include Can We Teaching Students How to Be Motivated? and Transformative Teaching and Critical Pedagogy. Check out the descriptions and join one today.

We look forward to connecting with you!