Webinars and Help Sessions for Faculty
The Center for Academic Innovation and Faculty Support offers live and recorded Webinars and help sessions for USC Upstate faculty members who want to expand their skills with teaching strategies and tools.
Recorded Workshops
Use Your USC Upstate username and password to sign in to YuJa videos. Please select captions if you have issues with audio quality from live events. Links to live workshops and to our complete set of recorded workshops are available in the CAIFS Professional Development Blackboard Course for faculty. Login to Blackboard and search your courses for CAIFS to access more resources.
Teaching Tools
- Blackboard Basics: Top 10 Blackboard Tips and Tools
, including Blackboard Basics PowerPoint Presentation - Using the Blackboard Grade Center: Top Five Features , including Blackboard Grade Center PowerPoint Presentation
- Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra , including Intro to Collaborate PowerPoint
- Teaching Engaging Online Synchronous Course Sessions
- Collaborate Recording with recorded chat feature to see engagement at work (Click the purple tab in the lower right to reveal chat space)
- Engaging Synchronous Classes PowerPoint
- Teaching Flexible Face-to-Face or Online Courses
- Collaborate Recording with chat to see engagement features at work (Click the purple tab in the lower-right to reveal chat space)
- Flexible Face-to-Face or Online Delivery PowerPoint with Step-by-Step Guide to Classroom Set-up
- Flexible Face-to-Face or Online Classroom Tip Sheet with Quick Reference Guide to Classroom Set-up
- Tips for a Great Remote First Day of Class
Course Design
- Affordable Learning with Open Educational Resources (OER) with Dr. Drew Kearns and Dr. David McCurry
- Designing Meaningful and Measurable Learning Outcomes with Dr. Pam Steinke
- Making Courses Accessible with Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and Ally with Jennifer Bland
- Making Accessible Documents with Jennifer Bland, including Making Accessible Documents PowerPoint Presentation