Faculty Workshops
Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre
University of Toronto Mississauga
2012 – 2013
The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre and the University of Toronto Mississauga
Library are providing Faculty Workshops upon request for the 2012 - 2013 academic year.
The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre is pleased to offer two related one-on-one
sessions for instructors who are preparing their academic courses (workshops also are offered if
there is sufficient interest).
Preparing Your Course Syllabus
This session will assist faculty members in creating a syllabus that is aligned with university
policies and legislation by describing and providing examples of the essential elements that
must be included. Departmental templates (where available) will be provided to faculty to
guide syllabus development and review.
Aligning your Courses with Undergraduate Degree Level Expectations
This session will assist faculty members in planning and preparing course materials for
delivery through Blackboard to ensure that they are in alignment with Undergraduate Degree
Level Expectations. Examples of course materials and activities from current courses on
Blackboard will be provided.
University of Toronto Mississauga Undergraduate Degree Level Expectations:
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/dean/sites/files/dean/public/shared/pdfs/dle.oct08.pdf
Please email logistical information for Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre one-on-one
appointments or workshop requests to Cliona Kelly cliona.kelly@utoronto.ca.
This year the University of Toronto Mississauga Library will provide the following workshops:
Getting Started – A friendly hands-on interactive session that provides an introduction to the
Portal. Bring your course materials and laptop. Sample new and improved tools to support
student learning and experience better Portal functionality, as applied to your course
materials. Share in an informal discussion of proven and practical guidelines and get new
ideas to help streamline your preparations for the upcoming semester.
Instructional Technology in Focus – Customized departmental training sessions that focus
on advanced topics identified by your instructors. Possible topics (minimum 1 – 2 hours each)
include: Grade Center, Communication and Collaboration Tools, Tests and Surveys,
Assignments, and Blackboard Course Design.
Using Blackboard to enhance students' learning - Use statistics, tests and surveys to
inform instruction, to enhance student learning and motivation, and to better understand the
impact of technology on student learning.
Prepared by: Rochelle Mazar & Simone Laughton
August 24, 2012
Focus on Research:
The library also offers a range of workshops that may assist your research and that of your
graduate students. For example, upon request, the library offers workshops focused on
introducing new graduate students (and post-docs) to the UT Library system and resources,
impact metrics, open access publishing, geospatial and data analysis tools, citation
management tools and current awareness services.
For more information, contact your liaison librarian.
Focus on Curriculum and Student Learning:
Information Literacy – collaboration with faculty on course design to include informationrelated learning outcomes. Provides insight into student skills through assessment of
information literacy competencies. Provides curricular support through in-class teaching and
co- or non-curricular support through a variety of library and UTM programs, e.g., Head Start,
utmONE, genONE.
http://library.utm.utoronto.ca/infolit
Geographic Information Systems and Data – expert support, software and hardware
services.
http://library.utm.utoronto.ca/services/datagis
http://library.utm.utoronto.ca/faculty/research-data
Learning Resources: collaboration with faculty to create dynamic, content-rich, modifiable
learning objects and learning resource tools that are stand-alone or within the Blackboard
LMS. library.utm.utoronto.ca/faculty/teaching
library.utm.utoronto.ca/faculty/teachingresources
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For Library workshops, please send an email to LIBRARY-BB-UTM-L@listserv.utoronto.ca
to simone.laughton@utoronto.ca or telephone (905) 601-8859:
The University of Toronto Mississauga Library and Robert Gillespie Academic Skills
Centre work collaboratively to support the faculty and students at University of
Toronto Mississauga. We are happy to design workshops customized to the
instructional needs of your department.
**Please send booking requests a minimum of two weeks in advance of the proposed
training session date(s) and note that all training session bookings are subject to the
availability of computer lab space.**
Prepared by: Rochelle Mazar & Simone Laughton
August 24, 2012