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We will discuss strategies to encourage student participation, for both in-person and virtual classrooms. We will go over how to set the stage for success on the very first day and how to recognize and allow productive silence in the classroom. In addition, we will discuss activities and tools that you can use to increase student participation.

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This workshop will explore the PivotTable - a dynamic and sophisticated analytical tool in Excel. With a PivotTable you can quickly summarize and visualize large amounts of data with just a few clicks.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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Digital materials like Microsoft Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, PDFs, and videos are commonly used in face-to-face and online classes alike. But what many don’t realize is these documents may be difficult to access for students with disabilities. For students to learn in your course, the first step is ensuring access to content. In this workshop, we will go over best practices, tools, and strategies to ensure that your audience can gather information regardless of device, software, or disability. For this hands-on session, please bring your own device to try creating accessible materials, as well as examples of images, documents (Word and/or PDF!), or videos from your own courses.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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Universal Design for Learning is a framework designed to created flexible learning environments that support and accommodate diverse learners. It focuses on identifying core learning goals, and providing multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement in an effort to break down barriers to those goals. UDL strategies help to provide pathways to learning that are essential for students with disabilities, and beneficial for all. In this session, you’ll learn a bit about what UDL is all about and practical tips for how you can implement it in your own classroom. Come prepared with a device to explore the UDL Guidelines on your own, and ideas for a lesson or activity you’d like to revise to be more flexible and inclusive!

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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Culturally competent courses can provide instructors and students with the knowledge, attitudes, skills, and behaviors to engage in positive relationships, and effectively work in cross cultural situations. This workshop will encourage teaching assistants to review their course materials, and consider whether readings, media, lectures, or assignments can be adjusted to be more inclusive and representative of the diversity of the university. Themes will include integrating cultural relevance and diverse rolemodels and confronting and revising stereotypes.

Register for the workshop to receive the Zoom link.

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Box is a cloud-based file storage application where you can securely store, manage and share your digital files. Box is a free tool available to Rutgers students, faculty and staff with a NetID. This webinar will cover Box access levels, file storage, sharing, local syncing, organization and more.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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This workshop will help build a solid understanding on the basics of  Excel, its rules and applications.  We will explore the navigation and formatting of a spreadsheet, and introduce tools for both calculation and data management.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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This workshop explores how to easily create conference posters by using PowerPoint tools. We will explore adjusting slides to poster dimensions, adding and managing text and bullets, images, charts, tables and other poster content. We will also generate QR codes which will link to informational websites from the posters. Finally, we will explore saving the poster as pdf files and various printing options.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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This workshop provides a quick hands-on overview of PowerPoint; its structure, utilities, slide management features, animation, and design templates (with a number of tips and tricks useful for instruction).

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.

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This workshop explores different methods of using Excel to calculate student grades. In addition to calculating weighted averages, we discuss methods of dropping the lowest grade, and assigning letter grades based on numeric average grades via a lookup table. Finally, we cover various dynamic means of assessing the performance of entire class by using charts and summation functions.

The workshop will be hosted on Zoom or WebEx.