WAC/LTC/AT Present:
Zoom Workshop Series (Summer 2026)
We hope you’re looking forward to some much-needed relaxation as the 2025-26 academic year comes to a close. But, as we all know, the academic cycle never fully winds to a halt, and before we know it fall classes will be upon us.
With that in mind, the LTC, WAC and Academic Technology programs are offering a series of short, focused workshops designed to help faculty think about a few major issues that we’ll all face in the coming academic year. These sessions will be short (90 min each) and intended to produce concrete strategies that you can apply in your courses. They’ll also take place over Zoom, so you can attend from whatever part of the world (or your house) you happen to find yourself in at the time.
If you’re interested in attending one or more of these sessions, please sign up below. We’ll send the Zoom link out to everyone who’s signed up ~24 hours before the sessions begin.
If you have any questions about the individual sessions or the series as a whole, please contact George Cusack, the WAC Director.
Workshop Descriptions
AI Without AI Revisited (Wed, June 24; 10:30-noon)
Wednesday, June 24; 10:30-noon CST
As Generative AI tools become more powerful, available, and integrated into the platforms that we all use, students increasingly need critical AI literacy–a flexible and nuanced understanding of how this technology works and how using it in different ways can affect their learning and raise complex ethical issues. At the core of AI literacy are the skills and values that underpin the entire Carleton curriculum–critical thinking, ethical reasoning, curiosity, and a perpetual desire to learn. As such, every Carleton class can contribute to students’ critical AI literacy, even if the class doesn’t integrate AI itself into the coursework.
This workshop will discuss techniques for building students critical AI literacy, even if you do not allow students to use generative AI tools in their work for your class. Depending on your course or your interests, you may decide to add an AI-related activity or assignment, or simply change the way you address AI in your course policies and your communication with students.
Led by George Cusack, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum and Academic AI Initiatives
Making Your Fall 2026 Courses Accessible
Wednesday, July 8, 2024; 10:30-noon CST
As the college places greater emphasis on ADA compliance of public-facing materials, attention is turning to teaching materials as well. This session covers what makes a document accessible in the first place, along with practical remediation techniques using built-in checkers in Moodle, Google Drive, MSOffice and Adobe Acrobat Pro. We will also discuss free or readily available tools found on personal devices, in web browsers, and via Carleton resources for converting documents into audio and other accessible formats.
Led by Wiebke Kuhn, Director of Academic Technology, Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation; and Carly Born, Academic Technologist for Digital Learning Experiences
The Power of Moodle Gradebook
Wednesday, July 29 10:30-noon CST
Did you know how highly configurable the Moodle gradebook is? Not only can it calculate your course grades with weighted categories, but you can set it to display grades as points, grade letters or according to a custom scale you designed yourself. We will be digging into the gradebook preferences so you can control what your students see (and don’t see!), cover efficient grading workflows for you, and touch upon rubrics and grading guides in the Moodle assignment for ensuring your students get detailed feedback about their work.
Led by Carly Born, Academic Technologist for Digital Learning Experiences and Em Palencia, Academic Technologist
Teaching for the 10-Week Term
Wednesday, August 5 10:30-noon CST
In this session, we’ll delve into the particular challenges that Carleton’s 10-week trimester term presents for course design. We’ll explore ways to balance course content, set reasonable workloads for students, and provide timely and substantive feedback on students’ work. This session is designed with new Carleton faculty in mind, but is open to any Carleton faculty who are interested in reconsidering their course designs.
Led by Annette Nierobisz, Director of the Learning-Teaching Center
Fill out the form below to register for one or more workshops in the series.
All workshops will take place form 10:30-noon, Central time, on the dates listed. We’ll send Zoom links to all registered participants ~24 hours before the workshop dates.
Please note: we are unable to offer stipends for the 2026 workshop series.
Summer Workshop Sign-Up
Sign up here to attend one of the LTC/WAC/AT Summer Zoom Workshops. Please note that, while the form will stay open all summer, we’ll send out the links for each workshop roughly 24 ahead, and so anyone who signs up less than 24 hours before the workshop may not receive the link. Resources from each workshop will (eventually) be posted on the WAC website.