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Self-Paced Workshops

Our self-paced workshops offer flexible, on-demand skill-building opportunities with the convenience of learning from anywhere, at any time. These workshops typically range between 2 to 4 hours depending upon the participant's pacing. Further, we encourage our faculty to revisit the workshops for "just-in-time" updates and new features annoucements. 

- Highly recommended for anyone new to Canvas, this foundational workshop provides faculty with a mastery of the most important elements including navigate the platform, menu customization, syllabus, gradebook, content pages, quizzes, assignments, and strategies for optimizing instructor presence to enhance student engagement. Whether you're new to Canvas or looking to enhance your expertise, this workshop provides practical tools and techniques to quickly set up a dynamic and engaging learning platform for your students.

- In this workshop, faculty participants explore a series GenAI use case tutorials, interact with peers, and gain hands-on experience with prompting on a variety of GenAI platforms in the context of teaching and learning. Participants ultimately construct their own GenAI course enhancement plan to implement immediately in their courses. Register using the link above, or visit our GenAI page for additional information.

Online Instructor Certification (OIC page) - The OIC is a fully online four-week certification that prepares USF Tampa, St. Pete and Sarasota-Manatee instructors to teach online. This award-winning workshop has certified over 2500 USF faculty and we welcome anyone who wishes to enhance their digital learning skills, regardless of course delivery format. Topics include strategies for planning instructor presence, active learning approaches for online presentations, assessment/feedback planning, and more. To register, visit our OIC page liked above. Those who simply want access to the content and do not wish to acquire certification can also register for our . 

- Honorlock online proctoring requires proper preparation to ensure the best possible experience for you and your students. This checklist serves as a centralized training repository providing you with 鈥渉ow to鈥� tutorials, relevant academic integrity policies, and best practices for online proctoring. We strongly recommend that faculty complete the checklist in full before the start of the semester when using online proctoring.

- Kaltura is a media hosting platform for you to create, store, and present video, audio, and images. This workshop is structured around the seven specific Kaltura skills parsed into two parts, Kaltura Foundations (Skills 1 - 3) and Kaltura Advanced (Skills 4 - 8). Foundations will get you started and Advanced provides you with additional options and features. For additional information or to access individual Kaltura instructor guides, visit our Kaltura page. 

- Camtasia is an industry leader in screen recording and presentation creation. This workshop provides you with the essentials on recording setup, recording, editing, and best practices for creating presentations that truly engage your students. Please note that Camtasia is "fee-based" and licenses are available for purchase through the USF computer store. Alternatively, you may book one of our faculty rooms equipped with Camtasia and all the necessary equipment for creating presentations.