Workshops, Events and Registration


'Getting ready for semester' drop-ins

Virtual drop-in sessions to get some quick assistance with Canvas questions. New sessions will appear 24 hours in advance.


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Getting semester-ready on Canvas

Learn how to build student-friendly sites in Canvas

  • Tuesday 16 April 2024
    1.00pm - 2.30pm
    Getting Semester Ready on Canvas

    Getting Semester Ready on Canvas

    This 1.5 -hour online workshop focuses on the basics of Canvas: navigation, building essential elements, organising content and site management.


Being more efficient in Canvas - Using sections and groups

Become a master of efficiency in Canvas with cohorts, timetabling, and groups


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Designing and running effective assessments on Canvas

Make the most of Canvas assignments and rubrics for individual and group assessments

  • Tuesday 19 March 2024
    10.00am - 11.30am
    Rubrics and Canvas (with Cogniti Assistant)

    Rubrics and Canvas (with Cogniti Assistant)

    Join us for a 90 minute workshop which will reviewing and embedding your rubrics in Canvas so that you can take advantage of the efficiencies of SpeedGrader. We will look at the range of Canvas Rubric features for criteria weighting, setting up grade boundaries, providing feedback to students and how this translates to your Markbook. Introducing an AI Cogniti rubric assistant!


Canvas Skills 4: Marking and Feedback


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Exam redesign


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DIY Recording Booth Familiarisation Session

Get started with and get access to the DIY recording booth


Modular Professional Learning Framework

Bite-sized modules on contemporary and practical approaches to teaching

  • Monday 25 March 2024
    2.00pm - 4.00pm
    MPLF M17 - Designers' Community of Practice - Connections

    MPLF M17 - Designers' Community of Practice - Connections

    Designers' Community of Practice - Connections is a community of practice for educational designers, educational support officers, and anyone interested in advancing learning design at the University. 

    In this two-hour session, colleagues from across the University (please click through for more about our speakers) showcase their recent projects.


Sydney Educational Fellowship Program

Gain an internationally-recognised accolade for your contributions to higher education

  • Monday 25 March 2024
    9.00am - 11.00am
    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (D1 and D2)

    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (Associate Fellow D1, Fellow D2)

    This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for AFHEA or FHEA status to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.

  • Tuesday 26 March 2024
    12.00pm - 2.00pm
    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (D3)

    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (Senior Fellow D3)

    This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for SFHEA status to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.

  • Tuesday 16 April 2024
    10.00am - 12.00pm
    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (D3)

    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (Senior Fellow D3)

    This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for SFHEA status to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.

  • Thursday 18 April 2024
    1.00pm - 3.00pm
    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (D1 and D2)

    SEFP Focussed writing workshop (Associate Fellow D1, Fellow D2)

    This workshop provides two hours of structured time for applicants submitting for AFHEA or FHEA status to work on their written application while asking questions on aspects related to writing, submission or assessment process.


Zoom

Effectively use Zoom to engage students online


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Zoom - guided practice sessions


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Studio Open Sessions

Get to know the video recording studio and try out the tech in a guided session


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Early feedback tasks

Find out how to support students in 2024 through early feedback tasks in your unit

  • Tuesday 26 March 2024
    10.00am - 11.00am
    MCQs with Cogniti (Early Feedback Task)

    MCQs with Cogniti (Early Feedback Task)

    Join us for a 1 hour workshop where we will review the purpose and nature of the Early Feedback Task. We will briefly examine Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) for learning and some guidelines for writing quality MCQs before we jump into using the Cogniti MCQ assistant. You will have time to practice using the agent to produce questions specifically for your teaching area.


First Year Unit Coordinators Introduction to SRES

A quick introduction to SRES for supporting students


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Other

Check out other events that will take your teaching to the next level

  • Tuesday 19 March 2024
    10.00am - 10.30am
    SEAMS for Professional Staff

    SEAMS for Professional Staff: Sections

    This workshop is for professional staff and focuses on using Sections in SEAMS and Canvas. 

  • Wednesday 20 March 2024
    4.00pm - 4.15pm

    Support for Students – Unit coordinator drop-in session

    If you’re coordinating a first year (1000-level) unit in Semester 1 2024, come along to a drop-in session to learn more about the Support for Student Policy 2023  and new processes to support students.

     

  • Monday 25 March 2024
    10.00am - 10.15am

    Support for Students – Unit coordinator drop-in session

    If you’re coordinating a first year (1000-level) unit in Semester 1 2024, come along to a drop-in session to learn more about the Support for Student Policy 2023  and new processes to support students.

     

  • Monday 25 March 2024
    2.00pm - 2.45pm
    SEAMS for Professional Staff

    SEAMS for professional staff

    This workshop is for professional staff who use and/or support academic staff with SEAMS. You’ll look at the new SEAMS software and how the Faculty access role has been updated for 2024. 

  • Wednesday 27 March 2024
    4.00pm - 4.15pm

    Support for Students – Unit coordinator drop-in session

    If you’re coordinating a first year (1000-level) unit in Semester 1 2024, come along to a drop-in session to learn more about the Support for Student Policy 2023 and new processes to support students.

     

  • Thursday 28 March 2024
    10.00am - 11.00am
    Introduction to Cogniti

    [FULLY BOOKED] Introduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer

    Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.

    Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/ 

  • Monday 8 April 2024
    12.00pm - 1.00pm
    Introduction to Cogniti

    [FULLY BOOKED] Introduction to Cogniti - an AI that teachers can steer

    Cogniti is a new generative AI tool that lets teachers build custom chatbot agents that can be given specific instructions, and specific resources, to assist student learning in context-sensitive ways. Developed here at the University of Sydney, Cogniti allows you to create steerable and accurate agents powered by generative AI. This workshop will introduce you to Cogniti and how it might help support your teaching and assessments. Through hands-on practice with the platform, you'll easily build a custom AI agent for teaching that can behave how you need it to.

    Find out more about Cogniti at https://cogniti.ai/ 

  • Tuesday 9 April 2024
    10.00am - 11.30am
    Group Work in Canvas (with Cogniti Coach for students)

    Group Work in Canvas (with Cogniti Coach for students)

    This 90-minute workshop focuses on group assignments using Canvas. The workshop will cover the rationale for group work, a brief overview of options to scaffold group assignments to produce meaningful and productive collaborative learning. We will provide some basic technical help to set up Canvas for these purposes and to to support efficient administration of group work. We will also try out the Designing for Diversity Cogniti assistant that supports you to think about designing with the needs of all your students in mind. 

     

  • Thursday 11 April 2024
    10.00am - 10.45am
    SEAMS for Professional Staff

    SEAMS for professional staff

    This workshop is for professional staff who use and/or support academic staff with SEAMS. You’ll look at the new SEAMS software and how the Faculty access role has been updated for 2024. 

  • Friday 12 April 2024
    1.00pm - 3.00pm
    Designing for Diversity

    Designing for Diversity

    Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.

  • Thursday 18 April 2024
    10.00am - 12.00pm
    Designing for Diversity

    Designing for Diversity

    Join us for a 120 minute workshop where we explore how to enhance inclusivity in the classroom and lower barriers in the learning environment for students by drawing on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL). This workshop will be an opportunity to understand the designing for diversity mindset and brainstorm ideas for your learning environment.