Explore the redesigned myCourses user experience and learn how to manage course materials with greater ease and efficiency. This session highlights new features that streamline content organization and promote student engagement. Through interactive demonstrations and guided walkthroughs, instructors will build confidence in navigating the updated layout and leveraging intuitive tools to create a more modern, accessible learning environment.

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

Curious about teaching in the SHED? Just want to get some ideas for the fall? This session offers a faculty-centered look at what it is really like to teach in RIT’s active-learning spaces. We will discuss room layout, technology, classroom flow, group work, and practical strategies for making the most of the space without feeling overwhelmed. Whether you are brand new to the SHED or looking to refine your approach, this session will help you feel more prepared, more confident, and more ready to teach effectively in a dynamic classroom environment.

Explore the redesigned myCourses user experience and learn how to manage course materials with greater ease and efficiency. This session highlights new features that streamline content organization and promote student engagement. Through interactive demonstrations and guided walkthroughs, instructors will build confidence in navigating the updated layout and leveraging intuitive tools to create a more modern, accessible learning environment.

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

What is it actually like to learn in the SHED? This session explores the student experience in RIT’s active-learning classrooms, with attention to what helps students feel engaged, supported, and successful. We will consider how room setup, instructor choices, group dynamics, and classroom expectations shape learning from the student point of view. Faculty will leave with a better understanding of how students experience these spaces and with ideas for creating a more inclusive, effective learning environment.

The Center for Teaching and Learning welcomes the RIT faculty community to a one-hour interactive session alongside Provost Prabu David, the AI Hub’s Chris Collison, and the Eugene H. Fram Chair Jen Schneider. This session is designed to assist faculty in managing generative AI within the context of teaching and learning at RIT. Key components of the session will include a look at RIT-supported AI resources, utilizing the Applied Critical Thinking framework for purposeful curricular integration, and reviewing various syllabus statement models, ranging from highly restrictive to collaborative, for your course design consideration. 

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

Explore the redesigned myCourses user experience and learn how to manage course materials with greater ease and efficiency. This session highlights new features that streamline content organization and promote student engagement. Through interactive demonstrations and guided walkthroughs, instructors will build confidence in navigating the updated layout and leveraging intuitive tools to create a more modern, accessible learning environment.

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

Designed for new faculty, this foundational training introduces RIT’s Learning Management System (LMS) and helps you get your course ready for teaching with confidence.

In this session, you’ll explore the LMS, known as myCourses, as the central hub for your course—where you can organize content, communicate with students, manage assignments, and track student progress. The training focuses on essential tools and workflows you’ll use right away, with an emphasis on clarity, efficiency, and best practices for supporting student success.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• Navigate your course site and understand the instructor view
• Organize course content using common myCourses structures
• Post announcements and communicate effectively with students
• Create and manage basic assignments and assessments
• Locate key support resources for continued learning and help

This training is ideal for faculty who are new to myCourses or new to teaching at RIT. No prior experience is required. Whether you are preparing your first course or transitioning from another system, this session provides a supportive starting point and a clear path forward.

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

Designed for new faculty, this foundational training introduces RIT’s Learning Management System (LMS) and helps you get your course ready for teaching with confidence.

In this session, you’ll explore the LMS, known as myCourses, as the central hub for your course—where you can organize content, communicate with students, manage assignments, and track student progress. The training focuses on essential tools and workflows you’ll use right away, with an emphasis on clarity, efficiency, and best practices for supporting student success.
By the end of the session, you will be able to:

• Navigate your course site and understand the instructor view
• Organize course content using common myCourses structures
• Post announcements and communicate effectively with students
• Create and manage basic assignments and assessments
• Locate key support resources for continued learning and help

This training is ideal for faculty who are new to myCourses or new to teaching at RIT. No prior experience is required. Whether you are preparing your first course or transitioning from another system, this session provides a supportive starting point and a clear path forward.

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

Need to set time aside to work on your Fall course? Interested in collaborating with peers to share ideas and strategies for engaging your students? 

Join your Faculty Fellows and CTL Instructional Designer/Technologist at this informal drop-in session. During this session, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Receive personalized assistance with syllabus design, course materials, and learning management systems.
• Get help with technical issues and teaching tools.
• Share resources and best practices with fellow faculty members.
• Gain insights on creating engaging and effective learning experiences.
• Discuss pedagogical strategies to enhance student learning and engagement.
• Have your questions answered on the spot.
• Or simply use the time and space to get your course ready.

Please register, so we know you're coming, and drop in any time!

In the Getting Started with Teaching Tech at RIT session, we will explore essential tools for instructors, including myCourses for course management, Panopto for videos, Ally for accessibility, Gradescope for grading, Zoom for online classes, and supported AI tools linked to our Google Suite/Microsoft 365. Designed for RIT faculty, adjuncts, and TAs.

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