Training

Getting Started with NYU Classes

Get to know NYU Classes, the Learning Management System (LMS) in use at the School of Engineering. At this workshop, instructors will learn to build their NYU Classes course site to engage and communicate with students. Topics include:

• Setting up and managing your course site
• Posting a syllabus
• Sharing documents and other content
• Creating announcements
• Reusing content from past semesters

Building Your NYU Classes Course Site for Remote Learning

Developing your NYU Classes course site can extend the classroom to facilitate further student engagement, communication, and assessment.

This discussion-based workshop examines different teaching styles, and introduces strategies for customizing the online supplement to enhance your face-to-face course. Discussion will include current research and best practices for effective implementation of the LMS.

• Implement communication tools
• Structure content 
• Foster collaboration
• Assess comprehension

Structuring Your NYU Classes Gradebook

Your NYU Classes course site can be used to assess students, collect student work, and track and communicate grades. Topics include:

• Navigating the Gradebook
• Structuring Gradebook settings
• Creating and organizing assessments
• Gradebook best practices
• Transferring final grades to Albert

Collaborative Learning in a Digital Space

Think, Pair, Share! Collaborative learning can help students construct knowledge, deepen understanding, foster higher-ordered thinking and develop communication skills. Web-enabled technologies provide instructors and students with platforms to easily connect, communicate, and collaborate with each other. This workshop examines various tools and activities that instructors can implement to actively engage students in the learning process while assessing comprehension.

Remote Assessment Q&A for Faculty

Have questions on getting with started and delivering remote assessments? Take advantage of this question and answer session to discuss available tools and strategies for adopting remote assessment practices.

Effective Blended Course Design

With recent shifts from in-person to remote learning, the landscape of traditional learning environments has propelled innovative ways to deliver instruction and support student learning in an online learning environment. Blended learning is a method of pedagogy that blends in-person and online learning experiences. This workshop examines different instructional approaches and strategies for developing a blended course to structure instruction and maximize student learning.

NYU Classes Essentials for Course Assistants

This workshop is available upon request by an instructor and/or department with a large population of course assistants. All course assistants may attend other available FITL workshops. 

The workshop provides the essential tools for course assistants who are starting out with NYU Classes, including:

• Posting content
• Creating and grading Assignments
• Using the Gradebook
• Turnitin plagiarism checker

Using SRS for Remote Instruction

This workshop explores how the Student Response System (SRS) classroom technology can bring live polling and interactive audience participation to create an active remotelearning environment while assessing student learning and informing instruction. 

This interactive workshop examines various teaching strategies and methods to increase attendance, engagement, and learning. 

Workshop topics include:

• Designing and creating interactivity
• Connecting learning objectives 
• Adaptable and responsive pedagogical practices
• Assessment for learning 
• Gamification and competitive exercises to challenge and motivate students
• Best practices for implementation 

FITL offers a self-paced online training module for instructors interested in learning to use the Student Response System. Please contact tandonSRS@nyu.edu to access the online training site.

Web Conferencing for Classes and Events

This workshop will introduce users to the web conferencing and virtual classroom solutions available at NYU, whether you will be conducting webinars, holding online office hours or classes, or just meeting online synchronously.

Media Creation for Remote Learning

This workshop examines effective practices for developing and implementing instructor created videos to maximize student engagement and promote active learning while delivering content. Topics will include:

• Video creation tools
• Structuring video content
• Implementing interactivity
• Measuring understanding

Please see our list of offerings and descriptions below. If you are interested in a topic not listed here, you can Request a Workshop.