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New ISU Course Template Available

The New ISU Course Template is now available to use! Whether you are starting from scratch or building on previous content, the template is designed to help you build easy to navigate courses in Canvas, offering many features aimed at streamlining course navigation and fostering engagement.

• Explore how this template aligns with the Quality Matters (QM) Course Design Rubric to ensure student success.

• Learn from one of CELT's instructional designers, Suhan Yao, as she shares insider tips for maximizing the template's potential.

• Gain practical insights on importing and customizing the template into your courses.

• Join our synchronous training sessions (below) and unlock the full potential of the ISU Course Template today!

• The New ISU Canvas Course Template - Basics
• ISU Canvas Course Template - Advanced

• Learn how to import the template for your new course or with previous content.

Miller Open Education Mini-Grants

Return with New Funding Track

The Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program provides funding for instructors to adopt, edit, or create open educational resources (OER), free instructional materials that can be customized to fit specific course needs. The goal of the Mini-Grant Program is to encourage pedagogical innovation by providing instructors with the time and resources they need to redesign their courses around the use of OER.

The Miller Open Education Mini-Grant Program is co-funded by the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT), the Iowa State University Library, and the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost (SVPP). 

Questions?

Contact Abbey Elder, Open Access and Scholarly Communication Librarian

150 Parks Library, 515-294-5753, aelder@iastate.edu

Digital Scholarship Symposium 2024

The inaugural Digital Scholarship Symposium will be held in The Catalyst, the dedicated digital research and learning space in Parks Library, 701 Morrill Road, Ames, Iowa. The event is cohosted by the Iowa State University Library Digital Scholarship and Initiatives department and the Center for Excellence in the Arts and Humanities (CEAH).

Registration closes at 5 p.m., Monday, April 8, 2024.

Learn from experts who will discuss creative examples of developing digital literacy skills in the classroom and using digital methods to open research to a wider audience. Iowa State and U of I faculty, staff, graduate and undergraduate students, and members of the Ames community who are interested in learning more about digital scholarship are encouraged to attend.

Symposium attendees will have opportunities throughout the day to connect with others interested in digital scholarship and to celebrate the panelists at the closing reception. Hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served.

Please bookmark the Symposium Guide and check back often for updates.

Questions? Contact Olivia Wikle at omwikle@iastate.edu.

Important Information

CONTACT US HERE



• celt-help@iastate.edu for submitting a ticket for assistance
• iowastateonline@iastate.edu for Iowa State Online inquiries
• celt@iastate.edu for general inquiries
• testcenterhelp@iastate.edu for testing center inquiries

24/7 Canvas Support

As always, Canvas support is available 24/7 for assistance while our offices are closed. Follow the "? Help" icon in your left navigation bar in Canvas for all the support options available.

View a print version of the CELT Teaching Tip as a pdf.

Stay connected by visiting our CELT website.