Join us for AI Essentials for Educators, a 5-week online course for faculty focused on practical strategies for integrating AI into teaching. This course includes 2 synchronous sessions (one in-person kick off session and a virtual wrap up session), and 4 online modules to be completed independently. 

Synchronous session dates are: 

• In-Person Kick Off: Wednesday, September 9 from 12:00-12:50 pm
• Virtual Mid-Point Session (Optional): Tuesday, September 22 from 1:30-2:30 pm 
• Virtual Wrap Up: Wednesday, October 7 from 12:00-12:50 pm 

Registering for this first session automatically enrolls you in the course and the final wrap-up session. If you cannot attend the synchronous sessions due to a scheduling conflict, feel free to sign up anyway. We will provide supplemental, virtual materials.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and graduate teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.

Discover practical strategies for creating a more engaging and organized learning experience in myCourses. Learn how the New Content Experience (NCE), thoughtful course structure, and checklists can help communicate expectations, support student success, and reduce confusion. Through real-world examples and live demonstrations, you'll see how course design choices can improve navigation, encourage completion, and help students stay on track.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.

Generative AI tools make it easier than ever for students to bypass the actual process of thinking, but true understanding requires effort. This workshop explores how to counter passive tech reliance by intentionally designing "productive struggle" back into the classroom. Join us to discover creative, practical classroom activity designs that challenge students, slow down their thinking, and spark deeper, more resilient learning.

Facilitators: Lara Cardoso Goulart, School of Design & Cana Fuest, Center for Teaching and Learning

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and graduate teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.

Effective assessment is key to supporting student learning. In this session, faculty will explore strategies for creating efficient grading and feedback workflows, including the use of Gradescope to help reduce administrative effort while maintaining meaningful student engagement.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants, and is held via Zoom.  Participants should request access services if needed.

Learn how to use myCourses (Brightspace) V5 HTML templates as a tool for improving course organization and student experience. During this interactive, virtual session you will explore why consistent structure matters and observe a guided demonstration of applying and customizing an HTML template in myCourses. Leave with an understanding of when and why to use templates, and resources to support the development of more organized and engaging courses.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.

Learn to optimize course materials for student success using integrated tools and following the "plus 1" strategy. This session focuses on practical techniques, including creating accessible images and videos, and utilizing HTML and Ally for accessible content design.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.

Collecting and acting on student feedback early in the term using myCourses Survey, Google Forms, or Qualtrics can provide invaluable insights for improving teaching and learning in your current course(s).

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants, and is held via Zoom.  Participants should request access services if needed.

Students can be highly engaged without being highly vocal. This session examines prevailing assumptions about classroom participation and introduces approaches that recognize listening, reflection, writing, collaboration, and digital interaction as meaningful forms of engagement. Participants will leave with practical techniques and frameworks for broadening participation in equitable ways that advance rigorous learning.

This session is for RIT faculty, including adjuncts and teaching assistants. Participants should request access services if needed.