Online Workshops


Click on the title of each workshop to go to the workshop.

 

Weekly Teaching Notes

Archives of practical tips and notes on various topics, e.g. "Tips for Getting Students to Read the Syllabus" and "Saving Time on Recommendation Letters"

 

Orientation for New Faculty

Campus resources and FAQs to help both tenure-track faculty and lecturers get a good start at Cal Poly Pomona.

 

The Cal Poly Pomona Syllabus

This Adobe Connect presentation describes Cal Poly Pomona syllabus policies and gives best-practices suggestions for effective syllabi. Also, see this suggested syllabus template (word doc) for some ideas on verbiage.

 

Working with the Mind

In our teaching and learning, we can work with the mind, or against the mind. This Adobe Connect presentation describes the current state of knowledge about working with the mind, and gives practical teaching ideas for helping students to work with their own minds too.

 

The Truth about Time Management -- I

Drawn from several sources, this Adobe Connect presentation gives practical, implementable strategies for getting a handle on the mass of activities in your life and creating policies to keep life sane and manageable.

 

Making Posters in MS Powerpoint

This Adobe Connect presentation describes how to use powerpoint to make full-sized posters for conference presentations.

 

Sustaining Progress in Scholarly Writing

This Adobe Connect presentation gives research-based, tried-and-true strategies for maintaining progress on scholarly writing projects during the busy academic year. There is no magic bullet, but there are helpful techniques you can use.

 

Student Ratings of Teaching Resource Center

This Softchalk LLC presentation provides information about research-based best practices for departments and faculty who want to improve usage of SRTs and the results of SRTs.