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The Show Your Work feature in Respondus Monitor makes it easy for students to upload photos of their handwritten work at the end of an online exam. There are no folders to create, no PDFs to generate, no filename conventions to follow – in short, no hassles. Show Your Work will prompt students to take a photo of their calculations, worksheets, diagrams, drawings, doodles – whatever you require – at the end of the exam. |
Here’s how it works:
Show Your Work is enabled by the instructor from the Respondus Monitor settings (under Advanced Settings). The default instructions for students can be edited too.
Students take photos of their written work (up to 20) immediately after the exam is completed.
These photos appear in the top row of the proctoring results for the student. Click an image to view a large, high-resolution image of it.
Learn More:
To learn more about Respondus Monitor’s Show Your Work feature in this video.
Date: March 11, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Location: MUB Ballroom B
Join the Husky Folio program director on March 11th for an opportunity to practice using the powerful potential of PebblePad, Michigan Tech’s new ePortfolio platform under the Husky Folio initiative. This session is your chance to dive in and practice creating reflection templates and workbooks for your courses or even a personalized ePortfolio highlighting your unique experiences and accomplishments. Whether you’re experienced or just starting out on the platform, this is your chance to connect with colleagues, exchange ideas, and explore how PebblePad can be used. Bring your enthusiasm and prepare to learn a new way to engage learners.
For questions or to request accommodations, including dietary, please feel free to contact the CTL at ctl@mtu.edu or (906) 487-3000.
Date: March 4, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Location: MUB Ballroom A
Interested in designing and teaching an Essential Education Experience (E3)? Join E3 leadership and fellow instructors for a course redesign workshop. E3 courses should prepare students for an ever-changing, dynamic, and diverse world by increasing social awareness, global understandings, and/or cultural competencies through hands-on learning. Students will apply their learning toward a project or activity that engages with community beyond the traditional classroom.
This workshop will cover the basics of E3 requirements and provide participants time to workshop with others an existing or proposed Essential Education Experience course, while learning more about practical tools for transforming their own courses into E3s. Faculty who are interested in E3 courses but don’t have a specific course in mind yet are welcome to attend and can expect to gain insights that will aid in future course development.
For questions or to request accommodations, including dietary, please feel free to contact the CTL at ctl@mtu.edu or (906) 487-3000.
CTL Services
Ever wonder how the Center for Teaching and Learning can support your instructional needs? We are here with support for any questions you may have about Canvas, Huskycast, Gradescope, Turnitin, Zoom, or iClicker. Already familiar with these but would like to take a deeper dive into some of these technologies or maybe you have never used these and would like to give them a try in your classroom, we would be happy to provide some one-to-one training! Feel free to drop by during our walk-in hours from 10-noon and 1-4pm Monday through Friday. We can also provide in-person consultations in classrooms for classroom teaching technologies. No time to stop by the CTL? Be sure to check out our online resources that can be found on our site in our Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base, Canvas Instructor Guides, and the Getting Started With Canvas sections.
Are you interested in taking a deeper dive into a specific instructional topic? We also have a periodical library available for checkout covering a wide range of topics! Feel free to stop in anytime and review the collection.
Points of interest!
iClicker Cloud – Reminding you that iClicker Classic was retired at the end of 2023 and iClicker Cloud will be the only supported polling software. The student experience will not change and students can still use either physical iClicker remotes or the mobile/web app, though iClicker bases are not in all classrooms. iClicker hardware – student remotes, instructor remotes, and bases – as well as the student mobile app will continue to be supported in iClicker Cloud. Visit the Center for Teaching and Learning’s iClicker resource page to get started using iClicker and for more information on transitioning to iClicker Cloud visit iClicker’s online resource page.
iClicker Groups (Beta) – iClicker Groups is in Beta, a new method of engaging your students with polling: promote discussion, open new lines of communication, and encourage collaboration. Utilizing this part of the iClicker suite divides your participants in groups to work on building a consensus for your polling. You can find the instructor guide at iClicker Groups (Beta).
New to iClicker Cloud – With version 7 Tools was introduced to the iClicker Cloud application. The poll taker is able to have a separated clock from the polling menu as well as at a future point be able to enable emoji reactions for poll takers.
If you have any questions or would like to know more, visit the iClicker Groups Instructor FAQ or contact us at the Center for Teaching and Learning for more information.
Feel free to contact us at 7-3000 or email us at elearning@mtu.edu.
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: Memorial Union – Ballroom A
Registration is required.
Join IDEAhub leadership and participants from IDEAhub’s summer course redesign workshop. Find inspiration in faculty stories about their “small bite” course innovations and learn more about how to “level up” your teaching using IDEAhub tools for innovation.
To register please visit: https://mtu.libcal.com/event/13801954
For questions or request any accommodations, please contact the CTL at (906) 487-2275 or ctl@mtu.edu.
Have you been frustrated with how rubrics work in Canvas? Are you interested in trying out some new rubric features? If so, you can enable the first round of enhanced rubric features (phase 1) in your courses this semester. Canvas enhanced rubrics introduces a new, user-friendly interface paired with enhanced functionality to improve your grading workflows. Key updates include:
These updates should simplify rubric creation but also ensure consistency and fairness in evaluation.
During the first phase of the Canvas Enhanced Rubrics project developers have focused on providing educators with tools for easier rubric organization and more intuitive marking. By streamlining the grading process, these improvements can support equitable evaluation and save valuable time. Future updates will expand these features further, enabling student self-assessment and other enhancements to promote deeper engagement with learning.
If you’d like to try out enhanced rubrics in your Canvas course(s) you can enable the feature in course settings. From the feature options tab click to enable the enhanced rubric option (see screenshot below).
Canvas considers enhanced rubrics a feature preview option, which means it’s under active development and allows early adopters who opt into the feature to provide the Canvas Community user group with valuable feedback to help improve the feature. This Canvas guide provides additional details on managing enhanced rubrics.
Contact the CTL (elearning@mtu.edu, 487-3000) if you have questions or need additional assistance with Canvas enhanced rubrics.
Date: January 16, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Library Room 243
The Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) will host a technical workshop Thursday (January 16, 2025) to introduce instructors to iClicker Cloud software.
iClicker Cloud helps instructors engage with their students in the classroom by asking polling questions that can promote discussion, identify areas of confusion and generate questions. Michigan Tech has a campus site license for iClicker Cloud, so instructors can use this tool at no additional cost to their students.
In this CTL technical workshop, we’ll review how to get started using iClicker Cloud in your classroom. We’ll review how to set up your instructor account, iClicker Groups, make custom course settings to meet your needs, and integrate the course with your Canvas course.
Register for the workshop — make plans to join us Thursday (January 16, 2025) from 10-11 a.m. in Library 243. To register, please visit this link: https://mtu.libcal.com/event/13838699
Date: January 23, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Library Room 243
Are you looking for a way to incorporate video recordings to increase student engagement or provide course materials to be viewed in preparation for class? Perhaps you’re seeking a tool to capture lectures or meetings where multiple video sources can be captured at the same time which can be easily edited and shared? Compatible with multiple operating systems and file formats, Panopto is a robust and straight-forward tool to fit those needs and many more.
Join the Jackson Center for Teaching and Learning for an Introduction to Panopto workshop on January 23, 2025 at 10 a.m. at the Van Pelt and Opie Library Room 243. To register, please visit this link: https://mtu.libcal.com/event/13838721
Contact the CTL at ctl@mtu.edu with any questions about this workshop, accommodation requests, or using iClicker Cloud and Panopto in your class this Spring semester.
Make plans to attend a CTL Lunch and Learn packed with practical tips to avoid common Canvas “gotchas” and create more student-friendly courses. Discover smarter ways to organize content, simplify grading, and improve accessibility using tools like TidyUP, Ally, and Huskycast. You’ll leave with actionable strategies to build a more efficient and student-centered course experience.
Date: January 21, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m.
Register using button above or by going to: https://mtu.libcal.com/event/13801858
Questions or to request accommodations, please contact us at ctl@mtu.edu or (906) 487-3000.
