Events -Aug 5/, 24

Rubrics Unpacked: Defining, Comparing, and Using Effective Assessment Tools
Rubrics Unpacked: Defining, Comparing, and Using Effective Assessment Tools
Date/Time:
Thursday March 20, 2025 12:00 pm
Location:
McN Library TLC - R324
Rubrics are powerful tools that enhance assessment clarity, streamline grading, and promote student learning. In this interactive workshop, participants will explore the essential components of a rubric, compare rubrics to other assessment methods, and discuss why they are effective evaluation tools. This session examines the different types of rubrics, their advantages, and the best assignment for their use. Strategies for effectively grading rubrics and providing meaningful feedback will be discussed. Additionally, the session will outline the role of ready-made rubrics and how to adapt them for specific instructional needs. Whether you are new to rubrics or looking to refine your assessment practices, this session will provide practical insights for using rubrics across diverse educational contexts.

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Question Items and Testing: Enhancing Assessment Design for Meaningful Learning
Question Items and Testing: Enhancing Assessment Design for Meaningful Learning
Date/Time:
Wednesday March 26, 2025 1:00 pm
Location:
McN Library TLC - R324

Are your assessments truly measuring what your students know and can do? Join us for an engaging faculty workshop on Item Creation & Test Construction, where we will explore effective methods and strategies for designing high-quality assessments that align with course objectives and promote deeper measurement of learning. Whether you are developing quizzes, exams, or performance-based assessments, this session will provide practical, evidence-based strategies to enhance measurement of student learning and assessment reliability.

This session will cover:
Best Practices for Test Construction – Defining assessment goals, structuring question items, and ensuring validity and reliability.
Designing Effective Question – Crafting clear, fair, and challenging questions based on best practices.
Avoiding Common Pitfalls – How to steer clear of bias, misleading questions, and ineffective assessment formats.

Registrations are closed for this event.

Getting Started with the Yuja Media Library
Getting Started with the Yuja Media Library
Date/Time:
Tuesday April 1, 2025 1:00 pm
The YuJa Media Library provides a streamlined method for storing and sharing video, audio, and other media files with your students and the community. In addition to making it easy to import video recorded in other sources (such as PowerPoint) and then share those videos with only the students in a particular class, the YuJa Media Library can also be used to:
  • Share video or audio streams with folks outside the University
  • Record and/or edit desktop video
  • Store and share images
  • Provide students with audio and/or video feedback on an assignment
  • Get detailed viewership statistics
  • Incorporate assessments into videos
This online session will provide a broad overview of YuJa including how to make recordings, edit recordings, and share content with students.


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Getting Started with the Yuja Media Library
Getting Started with the Yuja Media Library
Date/Time:
Wednesday April 2, 2025 1:00 pm
The YuJa Media Library provides a streamlined method for storing and sharing video, audio, and other media files with your students and the community. In addition to making it easy to import video recorded in other sources (such as PowerPoint) and then share those videos with only the students in a particular class, the YuJa Media Library can also be used to:
  • Share video or audio streams with folks outside the University
  • Record and/or edit desktop video
  • Store and share images
  • Provide students with audio and/or video feedback on an assignment
  • Get detailed viewership statistics
  • Incorporate assessments into videos
This online session will provide a broad overview of YuJa including how to make recordings, edit recordings, and share content with students.


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Video Quizzing with the YuJa Media Library
Video Quizzing with the YuJa Media Library
Date/Time:
Tuesday April 8, 2025 1:00 pm
If students are not watching pre-recorded videos, an effective approach to encouraging them to watch (and pay attention) is to attach points to viewing. While putting Blackboard quizzes between short videos is a strategy that faculty have succeeded with, YuJa’s Video Quizzing lets you incorporate assessments directly into your videos. A student watching a YuJa video quiz will be prompted to respond to questions at instructor-set intervals. Video progress can be locked – preventing students from skimming past the quizzes – or left open. For close-ended questions (multiple choice, true/false, etc), video quiz scores are pushed directly to Blackboard. YuJa also allows for the creation of playback quizzes, giving students points based on the percentage of a video they have viewed.
In this session, we will look at how to:
  • create both question- and playback-based video quizzes
  • add quizzes to a Blackboard course site
  • view student responses to open-ended questions on the Yuja Media Library
  • push grades from YuJa to Blackboard (necessary for quizzes with open-ended questions and playback quizzing)


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Video Quizzing with the YuJa Media Library
Video Quizzing with the YuJa Media Library
Date/Time:
Wednesday April 9, 2025 1:00 pm
If students are not watching pre-recorded videos, an effective approach to encouraging them to watch (and pay attention) is to attach points to viewing. While putting Blackboard quizzes between short videos is a strategy that faculty have succeeded with, YuJa’s Video Quizzing lets you incorporate assessments directly into your videos. A student watching a YuJa video quiz will be prompted to respond to questions at instructor-set intervals. Video progress can be locked – preventing students from skimming past the quizzes – or left open. For close-ended questions (multiple choice, true/false, etc), video quiz scores are pushed directly to Blackboard. YuJa also allows for the creation of playback quizzes, giving students points based on the percentage of a video they have viewed.
In this session, we will look at how to:
  • create both question- and playback-based video quizzes
  • add quizzes to a Blackboard course site
  • view student responses to open-ended questions on the Yuja Media Library
  • push grades from YuJa to Blackboard (necessary for quizzes with open-ended questions and playback quizzing)


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Getting Started with the Yuja Engage
Getting Started with the Yuja Engage
Date/Time:
Tuesday April 15, 2025 1:00 pm

YuJa Engage is the University’s platform for live-classroom interactions, offering polling, quizzing, and attendance tracking features that sync seamlessly with Blackboard’s grade book. In this session, we will guide you through:

  • The fundamentals of setting up and running YuJa Engage activities in your classroom.
  • Creating activities using the intuitive web interface.
  • Various methods to run an activity – via the website, PowerPoint plugin, or mobile app.
  • Proven best practices for integrating YuJa Engage into your teaching.

Come explore this new tool that can help add engagement and interactivity to your classes!



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Getting Started with the Yuja Engage
Getting Started with the Yuja Engage
Date/Time:
Wednesday April 16, 2025 1:00 pm

YuJa Engage is the University’s platform for live-classroom interactions, offering polling, quizzing, and attendance tracking features that sync seamlessly with Blackboard’s grade book. In this session, we will guide you through:

  • The fundamentals of setting up and running YuJa Engage activities in your classroom.
  • Creating activities using the intuitive web interface.
  • Various methods to run an activity – via the website, PowerPoint plugin, or mobile app.
  • Proven best practices for integrating YuJa Engage into your teaching.

Come explore this new tool that can help add engagement and interactivity to your classes!



Please click the button to login with Microsoft O365 account