Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation

130 St. George Street, Robarts Library, 4th floor

Setting the Tone for Success: The first day of class and beyond

Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSI Cora McCloy, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, CTSI Tamara Bahr, Manager, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI Navroop Gill, Teaching & Learning Project Lead, U of T Libraries This session will provide strategies for getting your course off to a welcoming and productive start, including: • what to […]

Syllabus Design

Megan Burnett, Associate Director, CTSI Tamara Bahr, Manager, Teaching, Learning and Technology, CTSI A well-crafted syllabus ensures that students understand the essential requirements for participating and succeeding in a course. A well-designed syllabus can also serve as a learning tool to enhance students’ experience in the course, beyond listing course policies and due dates. In […]

Course Instructor Training Camp August 2021

Online Please note that these sessions can be counted towards Course Instructor Job training, but not towards either the Teaching Fundamentals or Advanced University Teaching Preparation Certificates.  Nevertheless, anyone is welcome to participate in the event.   This training is grouped into two parts: five asynchronous learning modules (3 hours), and two 1.5 hour online webinars. You must compete the […]

Teaching with Technology 2.0: Improving Engagement and Collaboration with Educational Technologies

Tamara Bahr, Manager, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI Will Heikoop, Online Learning Coordinator, CTSI/Online Learning Strategies Are you looking to improve and enhance student learning in your courses? Interested in exploring tools supported at U of T and the best practices for using them in your teaching? In this online session we will discuss how […]

Active Learning Strategies for Online Teaching

Justin Fletcher, Faculty Liaison Coordinator, Teaching, Learning & Technology, CTSI/ACT Michal Kasprzak, Assistant Director, TATP/CTSI In this webinar, we will provide tips and strategies for incorporating active learning that can be used in online learning environments. We will model various activities that are suitable for asynchronous or synchronous delivery that you can incorporate into your […]

Designing Better Assignments

Andrea Graham, Ph.D., Learning Strategist, Academic Success Andrea Williams, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director of Writing & Rhetoric, Innis College, and Writing-Integrated Teaching, Faculty of Arts & Science Assignments have been called the creative engine of teaching: they can increase student engagement and learning and make the grading process for instructors and TAs more meaningful. But […]

Quercus Quickstart

Derek Hunt, Faculty Liaison, Teaching, Learning and Technology Marko Piljevic, Faculty Liaison, Technology This webinar is geared toward faculty, staff and TAs who are brand new to Quercus and those who are looking to review the basics. In this session participants will learn about essential information to get started with building their Quercus course. We […]