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Accessibility and Course Design Workshops

Accessibility Features on Canvas    |   February .., 2025   |   Time TBD   |   Location Zoom 

You don't need to be an expert nor need to know everything about accessibility. With the built-in accessibility features in Canvas anyone can make sure their class Canvas pages are accessible friendly. In this session we will show and teach you how to use the user-friendly built in accessibility features within Canvas.

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Equity in Pedagogy and Grading Workshops

Equitable Grading   |   Tuesday, February 25, 2025   |   2:00pm-3:00pm   |   Location

Facilitator: Laura White, Anthropology

This workshop will allow Saint Mary’s faculty to explore and develop grading policies and procedures that promote equity for all students. Traditional grading systems can sometimes inadvertently perpetuate bias, disadvantage, or inequity, but this workshop will provide participants with the tools and strategies to make grading a more inclusive and just practice. Even better, we hope to demonstrate ways that equity-focused grading can streamline and simplify grading practices rather than complicate them.

We’ll focus BOTH on ways that you can design your courses with equable evaluations in mind, and also on ways that you can implement equitable grading on individual assignments.  

This workshop will include practical skills in the following areas:

1.      Standards-based evaluations

2.      Designing and deploying transparent rubrics and other grading tools

3.      Canvas structures for equitable grading and reducing bias

4.      Addressing bias in grading

Implementing Anti-Racist Teaching Practices: Reflections on Engaging with Our Pedagogy and Ourselves  |   Wednesday, April 9, 2025   |   1:30-2:30pm   |   Location  

Facilitator: Suzy Thomas, Counseling

Have you embraced anti-racist pedagogy? Are you curious about implementing anti-racist teaching but unsure where to start? Examining and disrupting dynamics of power and privilege is at the heart of anti-racist teaching, which begins with our willingness to explore our own positionality in the classroom. What internal/external resources support you in assuming an anti-racist stance? What internal/external factors undermine you? What comes up, on thinking and feeling levels, as we strive to be anti-racist educators? Join in community: share your experiences, learn more about anti-racist teaching, and reflect together on our individual and collective strengths and barriers in this work.

Past Workshops

Visit Resource Library on the CEET Website to view materials from past workshops. 

Fall 2024 Workshop Series: Accessibility and Course Design Workshops

• Making Course Material Accessible 
• Universal Design: From Canvas to Powerpoint

Developing and Refining Assessment Plan   |   Spring 2025   |   Date, Time, Location TBD

This workshop is designed to help you develop a meaningful, and efficient assessment plan for your program. We will also explore using Nuventive platform for real time proactive assessment of student learning and program learning goals. Through this hands-on workshop, faculty and programs can identify support they need to develop a robust assessment mini-grant proposal and to move their assessment efforts to the next level. 

RSVP forthcoming

Closing the Loop & Action Plan Development   |   Spring 2025   |   Date, Time, Location TBD

The goal of this workshop is to showcase the ongoing  assessments efforts on campus as an inspiration for ongoing assessment. The workshop will focus on the next steps and strategies for continuous improvement. 

RSVP forthcoming

Past Workshops

Visit Toolkit and Resources on the Office of Assessment and Educational Effectiveness Website to view materials from past workshops. 

Fall 2024 Workshops

• Canvas Outcomes - Course Assessment Workshop
• Program Learning Outcomes and Curriculum Maps

Mapping the Essential Data Sources: What’s on Fact Book, KPIs, and More?   |   September 18, 2024   |   2:00-3:00   |  Dining Faculty and Staff or  

This workshop offers an in-depth understanding of Saint Mary's College's key data resources, including the Fact Book, KPI Dashboard, and Program Data Profiles. You'll learn about the importance of these data resources and receive practical guidance on how to navigate and leverage them for impactful decision-making. 

A Holistic Approach to Data-Informed Decisions: Insights to Actionable Data    |  October 25, 2024   |   2:00-3:00   |  FAH 135 or    

This session offers a comprehensive guide to the inquiry process, from formulating precise questions to deriving meaningful insights through a quantitative framework. You will build a foundational understanding of quantitative methodologies, essential for evaluation and assessment. We will also review key institutional data resources and explore practical strategies for leveraging them to address your inquiries. By the end of the workshop, you will be equipped to transform raw data into actionable insights that drive meaningful improvement and innovation in your practice.

Survey Savvy: Qualitative Data Collection and Survey Instruments    |  November 8, 2024   |   2:00-3:00   |  FAH 135 or    

Discover the power of qualitative research in this insightful session. While quantitative methods offer measurable data, qualitative approaches provide deeper context and meaning. This workshop will guide you through best practices for designing surveys that capture valuable, actionable insights. You’ll learn to craft questions that elicit meaningful responses and create survey instruments to enhance data reliability that drive impactful decision-making.