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Let’s Revise: A Course Redesign Workshop Series 

Would you like to refresh your course materials in a collegial and supportive environment? Join us for Let’s Revise, a four-part workshop series offering practical guidance and collaborative peer review to help you enhance key elements of your courses.

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Sessions focus on a specific course component: a writing assignment, assessment, rubric, or syllabus. A brief presentation on current best practices will begin each session, then we’ll move into structured peer feedback sessions where you’ll exchange ideas with colleagues from different disciplines. Bring your course materials and we’ll provide the snacks and keep track of the clock to ensure each faculty member gets dedicated time to discuss their course materials with others.  

Each session provides time during the workshop to work on improving your course materials with supportive feedback from peers. Whether you’re looking to make minor adjustments or major overhauls, you’ll leave with concrete suggestions and a clearer vision on your next steps. 

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for one or multiple sessions. All sessions take place in Hancock 1020.

Let’s Revise: An Assessment
Friday, 3/7 11:00-12:15 - Goretti Benca, Vickie Ferrera, Christina Fojas - In this session of our "Let's Revise" series, we'll explore the critical intersection of learning outcomes and assessment strategies. Participants will distinguish between formative and summative approaches, and understand the differences between assessment for learning and assessment of learning. Most of the session will involve a guided revision activity for your existing assessments. Participants should plan to bring one of their own or come to the session with an idea for an assessment they would like guidance in developing, and how these can be mapped back to learning outcomes.
Let’s Revise: A Rubric
Wednesday 3/26 11:00-12:15 - Victoria Ferrera - Many faculty report that while rubrics ease the grading and assessment processes, they sometimes do not provide enough insight into student learning. This workshop will provide faculty with the opportunity to create and/or refine their own rubrics to ensure they are valid and reliable and provide valuable information about student achievement. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet to work on as well as at least one of their course assignments and any rubric/scoring tool used.
Let’s Revise: A Writing Assignment
Wednesday, 4/2 2:00 -3:15 - Stacy Wittstock - Composing a good writing assignment prompt is a critical component of developing any successful course activity involving writing. However, it can be tricky to know what information students need, how to transparently communicate grading criteria, and how to word instructions to avoid confusion and ensure students complete the intended task. In this session in the Let’s Revise series, we’ll talk through the ingredients of a successful writing assignment prompt. We’ll look at examples of both effective and ineffective prompts and learn about helpful online resources and prompt repositories that can support redevelopment of current assignments and/or serve as inspiration for new ones. Most of the session will involve a guided revision activity for an existing prompt, so participants should plan to bring one of their own or come to the session with an idea for an assignment they would like guidance in developing. What participants will gain from attending: Participants will have an opportunity to revise a current writing assignment prompt or develop a new one with concrete support and feedback from both the facilitator and peers.
Let’s Revise: A Syllabus
Tuesday 4/22 2:00-3:15 -Goretti Benca, Christina Fojas - This interactive session will help you transform your syllabus from a static document into a powerful learning tool that communicates expectation and supports student success. Inclusive teaching principles will be presented allowing faculty to develop strategies for improvement. Most of the session will be spent giving and receiving feedback from peers: bring a digital or printed copy of a current syllabus and prepare to reimagine your course's foundational document.
Let’s Revise: A Brightspace Site (for online courses)
Wednesday 4/23 5:30-6:30 - Digital Education Instructional Designers - Now that we have been working in Brightspace for over a year, it is a good time to revisit how course sites are designed from the student's perspective to ensure that we are using the LMS effectively for student success. This workshop will focus on course sites for asynchronous online classes and will provide faculty with the opportunity to work with the Instructional Designers in Digital Education to review the course sites and redesign them employing best practices. Participants should plan to work on to work on during the workshop. Registration required.
Let’s Revise: A Brightspace Site (for face to face courses)
Wednesday, 4/30 11:30 -1:00 - Digital Education Instructional Designers - Now that we have been working in Brightspace for over a year, it is a good time to revisit how course sites are designed from the student's perspective to ensure that we are using the LMS effectively for student success. This workshop will focus on course sites for traditional face-to-face classes and will provide faculty with the opportunity to work with the Instructional Designers in Digital Education to review the course sites and redesign them employing best practices. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet to work on during the workshop. Registration required, lunch provided.

Let's Revise:

An Assessment

Tuesday, September 30

11:00am-12:15pm

Facilitators: Goretti Benca, Victoria Ferrara, Christina Fojas

This interactive session will help you transform your syllabus from a static document into a powerful learning tool that communicates expectation and supports student success. Inclusive teaching principles will be presented allowing faculty to develop strategies for improvement. Most of the session will be spent giving and receiving feedback from peers: bring a digital or printed copy of a current syllabus and prepare to reimagine your course's foundational document.

Let's Revise:

A Rubric

Tuesday, October 14

11:00am-12:15pm

Facilitator: Victoria Ferrara

Many faculty report that while rubrics ease the grading and assessment processes, they sometimes do not provide enough insight into student learning. This workshop will provide faculty with the opportunity to create and/or refine their own rubrics to ensure they are valid and reliable and provide valuable information about student achievement. Participants should bring a laptop or tablet to work on as well as at least one of their course assignments and any rubric/scoring tool used.

Let's Revise:

A Writing Assignment

Wednesday, November 19

2:00-3:15pm

Facilitator: Stacy Wittstock

Composing a good writing assignment prompt is a critical component of developing any successful course activity involving writing. However, it can be tricky to know what information students need, how to transparently communicate grading criteria, and how to word instructions to avoid confusion and ensure students complete the intended task. In this session in the Let’s Revise series, we’ll talk through the ingredients of a successful writing assignment prompt. We’ll look at examples of both effective and ineffective prompts and learn about helpful online resources and prompt repositories that can support redevelopment of current assignments and/or serve as inspiration for new ones. Most of the session will involve a guided revision activity for an existing prompt, so participants should plan to bring one of their own or come to the session with an idea for an assignment they would like guidance in developing. What participants will gain from attending: Participants will have an opportunity to revise a current writing assignment prompt or develop a new one with concrete support and feedback from both the facilitator and peers.

Let's Revise:

A Syllabus

Tuesday, December 2

2:00-3:15pm

Facilitators: Goretti Benca, Christina Fojas

This interactive session will help you transform your syllabus from a static document into a powerful learning tool that communicates expectation and supports student success. Inclusive teaching principles will be presented allowing faculty to develop strategies for improvement. Most of the session will be spent giving and receiving feedback from peers: bring a digital or printed copy of a current syllabus and prepare to reimagine your course's foundational document.