Cake and Coffee with OTL

We are hosting a meet-up for past participants of OTL’s Designing Your Online Course workshops. Faculty can drop by the tables in front of the Young Research Library (YRL) and join us for coffee, tea, platters of bagels, pastries and mixed fruits.

Instructional Design Showcase – Introduction to Islam

This is an online event   Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation What to Expect in this Showcase In this course showcase session, the instructor will share his experience of using a variety of design approaches and educational technologies, such as Bruin Learn and Perusall, to create an immersive learning environment for students […]

Bruin Learn Training – Tips for Effortless Assignments, Discussions, and Grading

Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: Practical Tips for Effortless Assignments, Discussions, and Grading in Bruin Learn This session will demonstrate key teaching tools in Bruin Learn (Assignments and Discussions) and how to grade them. This session will also explore the Gradebook and how to provide extensions and UCLA Center for Accessible Education (CAE) student accommodations. This […]

Bruin Learn Training – Maximizing Quiz Creation: Tips for Effective Preparation

Maximizing Quiz Creation: Tips for Effective Preparation in Bruin Learn! This session will demonstrate how to prepare Quizzes in Bruin Learn. Instructors will learn how to create, edit, grade, and regrade quizzes. The session will also explore how to use question banks and question groups effectively in a Bruin Learn quiz. This session is co-offered […]

Bruin Learn Training – Maximizing Quiz Creation

Maximizing Quiz Creation: Tips for Effective Preparation in Bruin Learn! This session will demonstrate how to prepare quizzes in Bruin Learn. Instructors will learn how to create, edit, grade, and regrade quizzes. The session will also explore how to use question banks and question groups effectively in a Bruin Learn quiz. This session is co-offered […]

Instructional Design Showcase – Engaging STEM Students with Perusall

In this course showcase session, the instructor will compare two different Biology and Society courses that have integrated Perusall as one of the engagement solutions; a large general education course and an upper division elective in the Human Biology and Society major. The presentation will include the following aspects: Presenter Bio:  Prof. Michelle Rensel is […]

Bruin Learn Training – Tips for Effortless Assignments, Discussions, and Grading

Teaching Smarter, Not Harder: Practical Tips for Effortless Assignments, Discussions, and Grading This session will demonstrate key teaching tools in Bruin Learn (Assignments and Discussions) and how to grade them. This session will also explore the Gradebook and how to provide extensions and UCLA Center for Accessible Education (CAE) student accommodations. This session is co-offered […]

Bruin Learn Training – iClicker Cloud Polling Tools

Bruin Learn Training - Engage, Evaluate, and Elevate: Boost Classroom Interaction with iClicker Cloud Polling Tools In this presentation and workshop session, facilitators will present the benefits of using polling tools as a way to engage and gather feedback from students in the classroom. They will also demonstrate how to run polling and quiz activities […]

Bruin Learn Training – iClicker Cloud Polling Tools

Engage, Evaluate, and Elevate: Boost Classroom Interaction with iClicker Cloud Polling Tools This session is co-offered by Online Teaching and Learning (OTL) and Bruin Learn Center of Excellence (CoE). In this presentation and workshop session, facilitators will present the benefits of using polling tools as a way to engage and gather feedback from students in […]

Instructional Design Showcase – SCAND 60

This is an online event   Register to receive the Zoom link and calendar invitation What to Expect in this Showcase In this course showcase session, the instructor will share his experience designing a fully asynchronous online course on Nordic cinema based on earlier experiences teaching similar courses in person. The aims of the in-person and […]

AI in Action: Course Design Opportunities with AI

OTL's entry in the campuswide series, AI in Action: Exploring AI's Potential in Teaching and Learning Join us to explore some of the ways to leverage AI to find resources, design assignments, give students feedback and improve student writing. Calendar invites containing a Zoom link will be sent to those who register for the May […]