Friday, November 1, 9:40am - 10:30am - In-Person

Join us for an engaging conversation on creating classroom environments where first-generation college students can thrive. Learn about new strategic retention initiatives such as the First-Generation Center and First-Generation Living and Learning Community. Leave with actionable strategies you can incorporate in your work to champion first-generation student success.

This workshop is a qualified session for a New Faculty Academy certificate of completion.  Register

Monday, November 4, 10:00am - 11:00am - In-Person

Join us for an engaging session focused on mental wellbeing in the workforce. The presentation will explore the importance of mental health for faculty, staff, and other member of academy. After discussing concepts such as stress, resilience, and burnout, we will address mechanisms to cope and self-care. The presentation will also include some interventions that can be completed with low resources and training to improve relaxation and long-term well-being.

This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.  Register

Wednesday, November 6, 9:40am - 10:30am - Webinar

Do you have a desire to help your learners become more motivated to do well and persist through challenges? Join us to learn how to leverage motivation and emotion to create positive, engaging learning environments. You will analyze motivational theories and strategies to determine what might be able to best help your learners in your context.

This session is part of a series of four Foundations of Learning workshops.  Register

Wednesday, November 6, 12:00pm - 12:50pm - Webinar

Assessments just got a major upgrade! This webinar explores how Generative Artificial Intelligence can transform your assessments from rote memorization exercises to engaging experiences that promote deeper learning. Discover how to generate assessments that align with your course learning outcomes to foster creativity, critical thinking, and personalized learning experiences.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Apply prompt engineering in the context of assessments.
• Differentiate between traditional assessment methods and generative AI-powered assessments.
• Design effective assessments that measure student mastery and promote meaningful learning outcomes.

This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence digital badge.  Register

Thursday, November 7, 10:05am - 11:20am - In-Person

Helping students develop the skills for the growing demands of the job market means teachings students to integrate their work experiences with their educational background. Often these elements are treated as two distinct experiences, with few connections drawn between career opportunities and classroom education and skills.

This session will provide participants the opportunity for exploring mechanisms to connect these experiences through the integration of internship opportunities in classroom settings. We will focus on exploring potential internship sources for your students, highlighting skills, theories, and tools that can be developed within the classroom to compliment these experiences, and helping students to integrate in and out of class opportunities in clear and concise ways through reflection.

This workshop is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.  Register

Friday, November 8, 10:50am - 11:40am - Webinar

The first half of the Support Zone training focuses on providing context for the necessity of faculty and staff being well-versed in recognizing and responding to students experiencing mental health distress. The facilitator will review definitions, national and local statistics about mental health in college students and discuss how stigma affects help-seeking behaviors. The facilitator will also discuss how COVID-19 has exacerbated the aforementioned issues. This session will also cover crisis support protocol, how to recognize signs of distress, warning signs of suicide, non-suicidal self-injury, and how to respond and intervene to a student of concern.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.  Register

Monday, November 11, 10:50am - 11:40am - Webinar

The second half of the Support Zone training focuses on participants learning how to refer students of concern experiencing varying levels of distress (mild, moderate and severe), what to do if a student refuses a referral, how to maintain the students' privacy, and how to follow-up with the student. This session includes role-plays and other interactive activities to help participants practice their recently acquired skills. The facilitator will also discuss the how responding to students of concern affects faculty/staff mental health and how to respond accordingly.

This session includes a review of resources specific to faculty/staff needs and tips on dealing with COVID-19 related stressors. Lastly, the facilitator will review campus and community resources to ensure participants have a thorough understanding of what is available to students and when to use each resource.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.  Register

Monday, November 11, 1:00pm - 2:15pm - Webinar

This comprehensive 75-minute training session is designed to help educators effectively use Zoom and Blackboard together to enhance their online teaching experience. Whether you are new to Zoom or looking to optimize your use of these tools, this training covers everything you need to know.

Participants will learn how to set up and use Zoom and its features right from their Blackboard course; how to schedule and manage Zoom meetings; how to manage recordings after your Zoom sessions, and more!   Register

Tuesday, November 12, 11:45am - 1:00pm - In-Person

Join us for a Mutual Expectations Discussion where we will explore participants' views on the appropriate use of AI on campus. When is ChatGPT appropriate, and when is it not? What other AI tools are being used beyond ChatGPT? Should we establish common expectations as a campus community for AI usage?

Enjoy this engaging discussion with fellow students and faculty. Complimentary lunch will be provided.

Sponsored by the Carolina Experience, the Center for Teaching Excellence, and the Office of Student Conduct and Academic Integrity.

This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations and Experiences.  Register

Tuesday, November 12, 12:00pm - 2:00pm - In-Person

Through Recovery Ally workshops, Gamecock Recovery strives to empower students, faculty and staff to make campus more supportive of students in recovery from substance use disorder. Learn to: confront myths and stigma about substance use disorder; use and model acts of allyship in everyday interactions; and identify, access, and direct people to recovery resources at USC.

Recovery Ally workshops are presented in a flipped-classroom model that includes a self-paced video module as prework (estimated 20 minutes) and a one-hour in-person session. Please review the recorded content prior to your scheduled workshop session.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.  Register

Tuesday, November 12, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - In-Person

One of the most critical elements of the mentor-mentee relationship is having a shared understanding of what the objectives of the relationship are. When challenges arise in the relationship, it is likely because there has been a misunderstanding about what the expected objectives of the relationship are. Additionally, relationships and their expectations change over time as the mentee grows, meaning that frequent and consistent adjustment of the expectations of mentors and mentees is required for mentorship to be successful. This workshop is an elective for the Entering Mentoring Certificate of Completion.

This is an elective session for the Entering Mentoring certificate of Completion.  Register

Wednesday, November 13, 10:00am - 11:00am - In-Person

Through Recovery Ally workshops, Gamecock Recovery strives to empower students, faculty and staff to make campus more supportive of students in recovery from substance use disorder. Learn to: confront myths and stigma about substance use disorder; use and model acts of allyship in everyday interactions; and identify, access, and direct people to recovery resources at USC.

Recovery Ally workshops are presented in a flipped-classroom model that includes a self-paced video module as prework (estimated 20 minutes) and a one-hour in-person session. Please review the recorded content prior to your scheduled workshop session.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.  Register

Wednesday, November 13, 12:00pm - 12:50pm - Webinar

A teaching philosophy statement provides a concise description of an instructor's perspective on teaching, student learning, methodologies, and implementation, and institutions typically request a teaching philosophy statement from applicants for faculty positions and as part of the tenure and promotion process.

What, then, is your teaching philosophy? What aspects should you reflect upon, write, or include? And how has the writing of this document changed as a result of ChatGPT, both in the document construction as well as your perspective on this fundamental shift in higher education? This will be a working webinar, where we will discuss strategies for composing the statement, incorporating time for theme development, group discussion and feedback, and ChatGPT prompt exploration. Participants will leave with a thematic outline of their statement, a draft of the opening paragraph, and guidelines to continue crafting it.

NOTE: For you and other participants to benefit the most in the time available, this webinar requires that you do some reflective writing in advance of the session.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Reflect on and clarify their values about teaching and learning.
• Expound upon these values and craft a working thematic outline.
• Explore the ethical usage of ChatGPT in teaching statement construction.

This is a required session for the Teaching and Learning with Generative Artificial Intelligence digital badge.  Register

Wednesday, November 13, 1:10pm - 2:00pm - On-Line Meeting

The Virtual Environments Community of Practice is planning ways to integrate virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality into teaching and learning environments at USC. Meetings are open to faculty, staff and students.

If you are interested in participating in the Virtual Environments CoP, or would like to be on the email list for further information, please email Charles Andy Schumpert at schumpca@mailbox.sc.edu.

In our third and final meeting of Fall 2024, we'll discuss accessibility concerns using VR and the potential for VR to help create more inclusive spaces for all.  Register

Thursday, November 14, 10:05am - 11:20am - Webinar

Engaging in conflict is challenging whether you are an experienced instructor or new to your role. A common strategy is to ignore the behavior due to our own discomfort, concern over retaliation or fear that our intervention may cause more harm or disruption. We will identify what our fears are about classroom disruption and use case study examples to practice strategies to stretch participants' comfort zones. This workshop will also explore Gerald Amada's research from Coping with Misconduct in the College Classroom and provide participants with tangible strategies to prevent and respectfully address disruptive behavior.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Fostering Proactive Learning Environments.  Register

Thursday, November 14, 1:15 - 2:30pm - In-Person

Utilizing integrative learning principles, the presenters will share examples of how high impact practice (HIP) characteristics are incorporated across different disciplines and identify classroom assessment techniques (CATs) that can be applied across a variety of academic settings. Participants will have opportunities to share examples of reflection and integrative learning principles in the design of assignments and appropriate assessment methods for their classroom.

This workshop is a required session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.  Register

Monday, November 18, 10:00am - 10:50am - Webinar

Don’t stress! We can help. We will cover best practices for producing lecture videos from your office or home that are both engaging and accessible. We will include tips and resources for making your video content accessible and also provide additional resources available to you here at USC.  Register

Monday, November 18, 1:15pm - 2:30pm - In-Person

Students not reading your syllabus? Want a quicker, efficient way to get information to your students about our courses? Try supplementing our regular syllabus with a graphical syllabus! In this session, we'll explore the benefits of graphical syllabi, how to quickly create one, and some ways we can engage students with our syllabi in fresh and creative ways. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop or device to begin creating a graphical syllabus but it's not required. Participants will leave with a template graphical syllabus that can help jumpstart their journey.  Register

Tuesday, November 19, 1:15pm - 2:30pm - In-Person

With the launch of Carolina Experience in 2024, a heightened emphasis has been placed on understanding and supporting the experiences of sophomore, junior, transfer, and senior student populations through an emphasis on community development and career readiness. To help in these endeavors, longitudinal qualitative and quantitative data collected from the Student Success Center has been instrumental in better understanding these target populations.

What are the common experiences of students in the middle years of college? What are the biggest challenges they face and what do they most look forward to? How does this align with the national research on these populations? And most importantly- how can this information be used to support their overall experience at USC and in support of student engagement, including experiential learning, and career readiness?

We will go over the assessment findings and what specialized resources are already in place at USC to support these populations, as well as provide recommendations for instructors and course-based activities. Finally, we will wrap up this session with group discussion on suggestions to further support the target populations through the Carolina Experience, including additional ways for campus stakeholders to get involved.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Understanding USC Student Populations and Experiences and an elective session for a certificate of completion in Integrative and Experiential Learning.  Register

Tuesday, November 19, 2:50pm - 4:05pm - Webinar

The Resilience in the Classroom training is a 50-minute training that focuses on three major components of resilience:

• Self-compassion
• Dealing with failure, and coping skills, and
• How to incorporate these components into the classroom.

Resilience is associated with academic success and psychological well-being. This session will help instructors identify how they can strengthen students' resilience and help them adapt to change and hardships by integrating these core competencies into their curriculum.

This is a required session for a certificate of completion in Mental Health and Well-being Competency.  Register

Wednesday, November 20, 1:15pm - 2:30pm - In-Person

The diversity in USC classrooms is rapidly increasing to include students from a range of countries and linguistic backgrounds. With all of the benefits that come from having a global classroom, there are challenges that are presented by this shift. As students try to succeed in a language that they do not natively speak and in a country where cultural differences can be confusing and overwhelming, these challenges often come to light in the classroom.

This session will equip you with strategies for ensuring that your international students successfully learn the material and meet your expectations in the classroom.

This is an elective session for a certificate of completion in Teaching Towards Inclusive Excellence.  Register

Thursday, November 21, 1:15pm - 2:30pm -Webinar

It’s time to start thinking about your upcoming course! Have you already started planning your syllabus and have ideas but don't know where to start? Or are you feeling mired down in syllabus details, feeling like you're missing a prime opportunity to rethink and revise certain sections? You're not alone - and we're here to help! Join other instructors as we break down the components of the syllabus using the backwards design model: the role of learning outcomes and how to craft them, developing quality learning activities, formulating the appropriate assessment, and determining the most effective teaching methodology. Other tips and advice for syllabus development, including required and recommended components, along with examples of good and bad syllabus construction, will be discussed.  Register

Wednesday, December 4, 2:00pm - 4:00pm - In-Person

Enhance your courses and get personalized assistance for teaching with the new Blackboard Learn Ultra Course View (UCV). Whether you have specific inquiries or just need general assistance, facilitators from the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) and eLearning Services (eLS) are here to help!  Register