Schedule creation and best practices for department schedulers. Also recommended refresher for review. 

Accessibility Bytes are 30-minute virtual workshops run by the Instructional Accessibility Group in the CTLD to briefly discuss proactive accessibility with regard to instruction and guidance and information about accessibility and disability within the MSU Denver culture. This session discusses best practices when authoring documents.

Who? Faculty of any type as well as any staff who want to get a significant amount of writing done in the fall. What? A sit-down-and-write group, also known as a shut-up-and-write group, made possible by Faculty Affairs, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and the CTLD. The first 20-30 minutes will feature goal-setting, accountability, and productivity exercises and discussions. The last 90 minutes (MINIMUM) will be us writing. That’s right (write!): participants will write on their own projects, supported and inspired by the writing of others. When? Thursday afternoons from 2-4, beginning 8/29 and continuing through 12/5 Where? The kick-off will be on 8/29 in the CTLD with remote participation possible. All meetings will be hybrid, so you can show up in person or online. Why? Tons of research on writing productivity supports the idea that writing in community (also known as body doubling) is a powerful strategy for getting more writing dwone. You’ll get accountability and a sense of shared purpose.

Do you feel like you have too much on your plate? You're not alone. This workshop will share best practices and principles for how to balance the competing demands of student life, work, family commitments, and the other pulls on your time. This interactive workshop focuses on setting priorities, learning to say “no” when you can, and managing how you use your time.

Have you used 1 Book in your courses? 1 Book/1 Project/2 Transform is a common reading experience designed to connect people across campus and promote critical thinking and discussion.  Join our faculty panel to hear examples of 1Book integration from different types of courses and gain an overview and highlights of the Teaching and Learning guide created for this year’s book selection, First they Killed my Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers, by Loung Ung. We will save space for participants to share their questions and their own experiences with 1Book. Whether or not you have integrated 1Book into your teaching before, this session will help faculty members to brainstorm ideas and plan how they might use this year’s selection in their spring courses. Panelists include:  Judith Strathearn, Africana Studies, Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy  Annie Butler, Human Services and Counseling

Schedule creation and best practices for department schedulers. Also recommended refresher for review.