Teaching with Technology Workshops
Below, you will find workshops that address teaching with technology, including generative A.I. and learning technologies such as Canvas, FeedbackFruits, and Poll Everywhere.
All of our events are also listed on our Event Calendar and the Cornell Events Calendar, where you can filter by those relevant to your interests or teaching needs.
Generative AI Workshops
Incentivize Students to Embrace Learning Without AI Shortcuts
- When: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 1:00 - 2 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Incentivize Students to Embrace Learning Without AI Shortcuts.
- Additional Times: This workshop will be offered twice more in Fall 2025, in person, and cover the same content. Please choose the mode/offering that best fits your schedule.
- Monday, August 18, 2025, from 3:00 - 4:15 p.m., in person. Register for Incentivize Students to Embrace Learning Without AI Shortcuts.
- Tuesday, September 2, 2025, from 2:30 - 3:45 p.m., in person. Register for Incentivize Students to Embrace Learning Without AI Shortcuts.
- Description: This workshop is for faculty concerned about students bypassing the learning process by relying on generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools. We will discuss course policies, syllabus language, and assessment strategies that incentivize students to embrace their learning, and provide practical examples that you can consider or modify for your courses in the Fall semester. Join us and connect with your peers while we explore how you can outline expectations for your students and create assignments that encourage authentic learning in the face of AI.
Human-Centered GenAI for Teaching and Learning
- When: Thursday, August 14, 2025, from 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Human-Centered GenAI for Teaching and Learning
- Additional Times: This workshop will be offered twice more in Fall 2025, in person, and cover the same content. Please choose the mode/offering that best fits your schedule.
- Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m., in person. Register for Human-Centered GenAI for Teaching and Learning.
- Thursday, September 11, 2025, from 1:30 - 2:45 p.m., in person. Register for Human-Centered GenAI for Teaching and Learning.
- Description: We invite instructors across disciplines to join us for a workshop session on using generative AI (GenAI) in their courses. In this session, we will share guidelines and inspirations for developing assignments that incorporate GenAI, and explore what students need to know about responsible and effective GenAI use. We'll also cover key design principles that support successful GenAI integration in course assignments, sharing a framework for thoughtful, human-centered implementation. Participants will have the opportunity to work through practical use case examples and draft their own AI-enhanced activities, taking advantage of Cornell-specific AI resources, tools, and capabilities currently available to faculty and students.
Learning Technologies Workshops
August Workshops
Getting Started with Poll Everywhere
- When: Wednesday, August 13, 2025, from 3:00–4:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with Poll Everywhere.
- Description: Learn how to use Poll Everywhere, Cornell’s polling tool that is available for free to all instructors, support staff, and students. This workshop will offer demonstrations of the main features, including how to create and launch polls and how to connect Poll Everywhere to your Canvas courses, as well as hands-on activities.
Why Is My Canvas Ally Score So Low?
When: Friday, August 15, 2025, from 10:00-11:00 a.m., on Zoom. Register for Why Is My Canvas Ally Score So Low?
- Description: Are you wondering why your Canvas Ally score is still so low? Join our workshop to uncover the most common accessibility issues in course materials. You'll learn how Ally identifies barriers — such as formatting problems that affect access, engagement, and compatibility with assistive technologies — and discover simple, effective strategies to improve your scores and move closer to a barrier-free learning environment.
Getting Started in Canvas
- When: Monday, August 18, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started in Canvas.
- Description: Explore ways to use Canvas to facilitate student learning. This workshop will address how to create and share announcements, post a syllabus, add and organize content in ways that help students succeed, and publish your course.
Getting Started with Online Peer Reviews
- When: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 10:00–11:00 a.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with Online Peer Reviews.
- Description: The workshop will begin by introducing examples of how student peer review and group member evaluation activities can be implemented in teaching. Then, we’ll pass it over to our FeedbackFruits representatives to demonstrate how to set up these activities using the FeedbackFruits tools. We will then discuss the best practices and available resources to help make these peer learning activities effective for student learning. Participants will be able to ask questions and discuss use cases with CTI facilitators and the FeedbackFruits representatives.
Getting Started with Perusall
- When: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with Perusall.
- Description: During this workshop, we will cover how to get a course up and running with the Perusall Social Learning Platform. Topics will include course creation, LMS integration, content usage and integration, basic assignment creation and an overview of foundational settings. Questions will be addressed as we move through the workshop, and a recording will be made available to folks who cannot attend. Co-hosted by Perusall.
Getting Started with Poll Everywhere
- When: Tuesday, August 19, 2025, from 3:00–4:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with Poll Everywhere.
- Description: Learn how to use Poll Everywhere, Cornell’s polling tool that is available for free to all instructors, support staff, and students. This workshop will offer demonstrations of the main features, including how to create and launch polls and how to connect Poll Everywhere to your Canvas courses, as well as hands-on activities.
Why Is My Canvas Ally Score So Low?
When: Wednesday, August 20, 2025, from 10:00-11:00 a.m., on Zoom. Register for Why Is My Canvas Ally Score So Low?
- Description: Are you wondering why your Canvas Ally score is still so low? Join our workshop to uncover the most common accessibility issues in course materials. You'll learn how Ally identifies barriers — such as formatting problems that affect access, engagement, and compatibility with assistive technologies — and discover simple, effective strategies to improve your scores and move closer to a barrier-free learning environment.
Getting Started with iClicker
- When: Wednesday, August 20, 2025, from 3:00–4:30 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with iClicker.
- Description: Learn how to use iClicker, a classroom polling tool that is available for all Cornell instructors, support staff, and students. This workshop will offer demonstrations of iClicker's main features, including how to set up the iClicker instructor software and launch polls. The workshop will also cover how to connect iClicker to Canvas courses alongside hands-on activities. For more information about this workshop, visit Getting Started with iClicker.
What's New in Learning Technologies
- When: Thursday, August 21, 2025, from 1:00–2:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for What's New in Learning Technologies.
- Description: Attendees will learn about new learning technologies and updates to existing learning technologies.
Perusall Advanced Workshop
- When: Tuesday, August 26, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Perusall Advanced Workshop.
- Description: During this workshop, we will take a deeper look at Perusall, covering topics such as Peer Assessment assignment creation, advanced setting configurations, AI usage (in regards to both users and Perusall) and advanced grouping configuration. Questions will be addressed as we move through the workshop, and a recording will be made available to folks who cannot attend.
September Workshops
Introduction to Grading in Canvas
- When: Monday, September 15, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Introduction to Grading in Canvas.
- Description: Want to make sure you can display grades to students throughout the semester? Come learn the basics of preparing your Gradebook and using the SpeedGrader. Set yourself up for smoother grade management and clear communications of grading to students.
Introduction to Podcasting
- When: Tuesday, September 16, 2025, and Tuesday, September 23, 2025, from 2:00–3:00 p.m., in-person. Register for Introduction to Podcasting
- Description: Podcasting is becoming an increasingly popular alternative assignment type as well as a way to communicate to a wider audience. This workshop is a two-part introduction to Podcasting. Part one will cover the basics of planning and recording a podcast. Part two will cover ways to edit a podcast. The goal is not to be an extensive introduction to how to design a podcasting assignment. Rather, it is meant to give instructors an idea of the steps and considerations that you, or your students, will need to take when creating a podcast.
- Note: This workshop is a two-part series, although participants are free to attend just one, depending on their needs. If you plan on attending both, please register for both.
October Workshops
Getting Started with Online Peer Reviews
- When: Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m., on Zoom. Register for Getting Started with Online Peer Reviews.
- Description: The workshop will begin by introducing examples of how student peer review and group member evaluation activities can be implemented in teaching. Then, we’ll pass it over to our FeedbackFruits representatives to demonstrate how to set up these activities using the FeedbackFruits tools. We will then discuss the best practices and available resources to help make these peer learning activities effective for student learning. Participants will be able to ask questions and discuss use cases with CTI facilitators and the FeedbackFruits representatives.
The following workshops were held within the last academic semester and may be offered again in the future.