Geared to new faculty, but open to all instructors and staff, this workshop will introduce participants to the Brightspace environment and provide an overview of the tools in Brightspace. Participants will walk through the process of structuring course content in Brightspace, creating content, and copying material from previous courses. Focus will be placed on learning the Brightspace html editor and several of the many options available throughout Brightspace to create engaging learning material. The Announcements tool, adding TAs, and where to find support resources will also be included.

Geared to new faculty, but open to all instructors and staff, this workshop will introduce participants to the Brightspace environment and provide an overview of the tools in Brightspace. Participants will walk through the process of structuring course content in Brightspace, creating content, and copying material from previous courses. Focus will be placed on learning the Brightspace html editor and several of the many options available throughout Brightspace to create engaging learning material. The Announcements tool, adding TAs, and where to find support resources will also be included.

Including 2SLGBTQIA+ employees has gone from moral courage to a business imperative. We can't tell someone's sexual orientation or gender identity by looking at them, so the language we use to describe our identities has always been important and somewhat complex. Even those who identify as members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community can lose track of the most current and appropriate terms as well as how to use them in various workplace situations.

Join us as Quinn Blue (he / they), Program and Engagement Coordinator at Pride at Work Canada, discusses how to use inclusive language and how to act in allyship.

Learning Goals:

• Inclusive workplace communications around gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation
• What to do when you make a mistake
• How to act in allyship with 2SLGBTQIA+ communities

What do you most need to know? This interactive session focusses on policies governing student rights, responsibilities, and special requests; student discipline and student behavioural/personal matters; and instructor conduct, rights, and responsibilities.

This session is designed to empower new faculty members with the knowledge and skills to infuse Indigenous perspectives and knowledge into their courses, fostering an inclusive and culturally responsive learning environment. Through this interactive 90-minute session, participants will explore the principles and approaches of Indigenization, gain practical strategies for incorporating Indigenous content, and learn how to create a classroom that respects and values diverse Indigenous perspectives. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the tools and resources necessary to embark on their Indigenization journey, supporting the success and engagement of both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Join us in this transformative workshop to shape a more inclusive educational landscape that honors and celebrates Indigenous cultures and knowledge systems. Bio: Jaimie Kechego is Anishnaabwekwe from Deshkaan Ziibing (the Chippewa of the Thames First Nation reserve) located near London, Ontario. Jaimie’s academic experience began at the University of Windsor as she pursued her Bachelor of Arts degree. Her professional experience with the University of Windsor began at Turtle Island as the Student Representative for the Aboriginal Education Committee. After graduating from the University of Windsor, she secured a position with the Greater Essex County District School Board as the First Nation, Metis and Inuit secondary school counsellor for eight years. Jaimie went back to the University of Windsor to pursue her Bachelor of Education in 2014 and graduated in 2015. Recently, Jaimie completed her requirements for a Master’s degree at Western University in the Field of Educational Leadership focused in Aboriginal Education.

Do you need to record or stream a class? Do you need to meet with students online (as a group or privately)? The Teams platform can handle this and more. This session will review the features of Teams most useful for facilitating a class, conducting a presentation, or meeting with students. It will also highlight how you can activate a team associated with your course site and the options you have to meet with the students in your class. Finally, participants will learn how to use Teams to host virtual office hours. Bio: Mark Lubrick is the Online Learning Design Specialist within the Office of Open Learning. He is a University of Windsor alumnus with a bachelor's and master's degree in Physics, as well as a bachelor of Education. Mark is incredibly excited to be a part of the Office of Open Learning team as he loves teaching and believes that online learning provides exciting opportunities for students and faculty alike. Furthermore, he believes that online multimedia courses will be an integral part of the University's future and is thrilled to help lead the charge in their development. Prior to moving to the Office of Open Learning, Mark worked as a sessional instructor for the Department of Physics. He has taught courses ranging in size from 30 students up to around 950 students, and has enjoyed every class. He also developed and taught online versions of some of those courses.

Come to this interactive session and learn about the University of Windsor's student information system called UWinSite. As a faculty member, you will use this site for many different aspects, including seeing your class roster, exam schedules, authorizing students to join a course, entering grades, and seeing your online student evaluations.

This session is an introduction to using the UWinFinance system for tasks most useful to faculty including: 1. Submitting an expense report 2. Submitting a purchase requisition (including new vendor set up) 3. Delegating the preparation of your expense reports and PO’s 4. Reading and understanding your research grant statements

Welcome to an interactive session introducing how to use our ‘eCV’ - an online system for your curriculum vitae (CV) required for renewal, tenure and promotion (RTP) at the University of Windsor. We will introduce how to enter information in the eCV and how to share it with your Head/Dean. We will discuss some lessons learned from personal experience on updating the eCV, and suggestions of where you might include different information. A brief sneak view of the new interface coming late Fall will also be shared.

Bring your laptop with you, follow along, and take the end of the workshop to enter your own information and ask any questions of the facilitators and your peers.

Welcome to a virtual interactive session introducing how to use our ‘eCV’ - an online system for your curriculum vitae (CV) required for renewal, tenure and promotion (RTP) at the University of Windsor. We will introduce how to enter information in the eCV and how to share it with your Head/Dean. We will discuss some lessons learned from personal experience on updating the eCV, and suggestions of where you might include different information. This session will provide an orientation to the new interface released this Winter 2024.

Geared to new faculty, this workshop will introduce participants to the Brightspace environment and provide an overview of the tools in Brightspace. Participants will walk through the process of structuring course content in Brightspace, creating content, and copying material from previous courses. Focus will be placed on learning the Brightspace html editor and several of the many options available throughout Brightspace to create engaging learning material. The Announcements tool, adding TAs, and where to find support resources will also be included.

Geared to new faculty, this workshop will introduce participants to the Brightspace environment and provide an overview of the tools in Brightspace. Participants will walk through the process of structuring course content in Brightspace, creating content, and copying material from previous courses. Focus will be placed on learning the Brightspace html editor and several of the many options available throughout Brightspace to create engaging learning material. The Announcements tool, adding TAs, and where to find support resources will also be included.

Do you need to record or stream a class? Do you need to meet with students online (as a group or privately)? The Teams platform can handle this and more. This session will review the features of Teams most useful for facilitating a class, conducting a presentation, or meeting with students. It will also highlight how you can activate a team associated with your course site and the options you have to meet with the students in your class. Finally, participants will learn how to use Teams to host virtual office hours.

The Campus Community Network brings together essential units and services for early career faculty and sessional instructors. Over 30 units will come together with booths, and you will have a chance to meet the people who can help you, as well as network with your colleagues. Your campus network booths will have different resources, and share answers to key questions that many faculty have.

As instructors, we face an increasing call from students to engage with the principles of social justice in the classroom. Our felt sense of agency and personal motivation influences our ability to respond to this call and engage with the transformative potential it offers.

In this 3-hour, active workshop, participants will be provided intentional time and activities to explore their identities as well as their experiences of both exclusion and inclusion in institutions of higher education and beyond. By critically reflecting on their intersecting identities and experiences, participants will begin to locate and define their positionality in connection to their goals for inclusivity in the classroom and across the campus community.

As facilitators who continue to reflect on our experiences and intentions, we will share how we support social justice principles in the classroom, through our unique experiences and approaches to teaching and learning using our positionalities and beliefs of inclusivity. Engaged participants will leave the workshop with draft ideas for their positionality and inclusivity statements and a collective energy to begin to answer students' calls.

What do you most need to know? This interactive session focusses on policies governing student rights, responsibilities, and special requests; student discipline and student behavioural/personal matters; and instructor conduct, rights, and responsibilities. This session provides practical tips, best practices, and aims to build our collective capacity to create a caring and compassionate campus.

Across universities, teaching dossiers are increasingly used for hiring, renewal, tenure, and promotion purposes. They are powerful documents that provide for instructors the opportunity to reflect on and articulate what you value about teaching, how you believe students learn best, your teaching experiences, and more. This session will introduce teaching dossiers and their use in the post-secondary context, and will focus on the fundamentals of creating an effective teaching dossier that speaks to your beliefs about teaching and learning. We will discuss crafting a philosophy statement and collecting and displaying your teaching-related activities and accomplishments.