Faculty Workshops
University of Toronto Mississauga
2011 – 2012
The Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre and the University of Toronto Mississauga
Library are providing Faculty Workshops upon request for the 2011 - 2012 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 are also offered if
there is sufficient interest).
Preparing Your Course Syllabus to ensure it is aligned with university policies and
legislation
This session will assist faculty members by describing and providing examples of the
essential elements that must be included in your course syllabus. 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/fileadmin/officeOfDean/Miscellaneous_Files/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 sample and select new and improved functionalities
and tools to support student learning. 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.
Prepared by: Rochelle Mazar & Simone Laughton
September 23, 2011
Focus on Research:
The library also offers workshops that may assist your research and that of your graduate
students. For more information, contact your liaison librarian.
Focus on Curriculum and Student Learning:
Information literacy toolkit - An informal session with a University of Toronto Mississauga
Liaison Librarian to:
 Analyze assignments delivered through Blackboard to ensure your students have the
necessary information literacy competencies in order to complete them.
 Review the University of Toronto Mississauga SAILS (Standardized Assessment of
Information Literacy Skills) data to better understand the student cohort skills and
competencies in order to target teaching and learning activities.
Using Blackboard as a research tool 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.
Integrating library resources into your course - An informal session with a Liaison
Librarian to develop and integrate:
 Information literacy assessments to determine the current skill levels of your students
and to target library instruction to assist your students in completing course
assignments.
 Learning resource tools to provide access to course specific library resources (such as
article databases, reference sources (online and print), text collections, special
collections, external web resources, and contact information for your Liaison Librarian)
to your students.
For Library workshops, please send the following logistical information:
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Department Contact
Number of participants
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Topics requested by faculty
Dates and times training is
requested
by email to LIBRARY-BB-UTM-L@listserv.utoronto.ca
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
September 23, 2011