CELT News

Iowa State CELT jobs posted

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Iowa State University is restructuring its online education staff from academic colleges into a new unit that will become part of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT); read the Inside Iowa State University restructures online education programs under CELT umbrella article. We have hired our senior managers (Susan Arendt, Iowa State Online, Matt Carver, Enterprise Instructional Technology, Lesya Hassall, Course Design and Quality, and Clark Coffman, Instructor Development). Now we are trying to expand our staff in the following areas within CELT:

  • Iowa State Online, including marketing, new programs, corporate outreach, business development, and student success functions.
  • Instructor development, including core support for instructors, training for faculty and graduate students, faculty fellows, and the inclusive classroom program.
  • Course design and quality, including instructional design, quality, and faculty support.
  • Enterprise instructional technology, including media production, Canvas administration, learning tools integration, and online testing centers.

Would you share the following positions with individuals that you think would be interesting? Individuals can type the title* or requisition number into this site: https://www.jobs.iastate.edu/ to apply for positions. Thank you, and looking forward to chatting with you soon!

Iowa State Online                                                     

  • R9555 E: Communication Specialist II (Communications Specialist II)  
  • R9563: Graphic Designer II (Graphic Designer II)
  • R9554 E: Student Services Specialist II (Student Services Specialist II)  
  • R9592 E: Graduate Student Services Specialist II (Graduate Student Services Specialist II)

Enterprise Instructional Technology Unit  

  • R9565: Manager Media Production (Manager Media Production)
  • R9568: LMS Software Developer (Software Developer II) 
  • R9569: Data Analyst II (Data Analyst II)  
  • R9579: Testing Center Supervisor (Instructional Technology Specialist III)
  • R9571: LTI Process Management (Instructional Technology Specialist II)  

Course Design and Quality Unit  

  • R9589: Manager Online Instructional Design (Manager Instructional Design)
  • R9590: Manager Faculty Support (Manager Instructional Design) 
  • R9594 E: Instructional Technology Specialist II (Instructional Technology Specialist II)  
  • R9556 E: Instructional Designer II (Instructional Designer II)

Staff posting: Open 9/30 – Closes 10/8 

  • R9592 E 
  • R9594 E 
  • R9554 E 
  • R9555 E 
  • R9556 E 

Staff posting: Open 10/3- Closes 10/11  

  • R9563 
  • R9568 
  • R9569 
  • R9571 

Management positions: Open 10/3-Closes 10/20 

  • R9589 
  • R9590 
  • R9579 
  • R9565 

* HR position title is listed in parenthesis

Feature Options in Canvas

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Canvas frequently publishes updates as part of its release cycle. New Canvas updates are posted on the CELT website. If approved, Feature Options may be enabled at the account or course level in our Canvas instance. More information about the Canvas Updates Approval Process is also on the CELT website.

Each instructor can configure several Feature Options at the course level, so the instructor can choose whether to enable or disable the feature in their course. To learn more about enabling or disabling a Feature Option in a Canvas course (the image below is an example of the Feature Options), see the Canvas guide to managing new features for a course or follow the Preparing Your Canvas Course guide.

How to select Feature Options in Canvas course settings

For additional information or the status of a feature, please email us at celt-help@iastate.edu.

Participate in the 2022 CELT Active Learning Institute

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The Active Learning Institute (ALI), coordinated by Megan Myers (CELT Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures), will guide instructors to practice techniques and design strategies focused on active learning to implement in their courses.

The 2022 ALI participants will attend four 60-minute sessions held on Tuesdays (9–10 a.m., 2030 Morrill Hall): Nov. 15, 29, Dec. 6 & 13, and engage in the online asynchronous course from Nov. 15-Dec. 13. ALI includes two-course observations with feedback, and all participants will receive an Active Learning Certification from CELT. In addition, instructors who participate and provide feedback are eligible to receive $500 in professional development funds! To participate, please complete the 2022 CELT Active Learning Institute Registration form (Qualtrics) by Nov. 9 at 6 p.m.

Welcome Back to Campus from CELT (Teaching Tip)

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the Campanile on Iowa State University's Central Campus

The CELT staff welcomes you back to campus for what will be an exciting 2022-2023 academic year. 

In support of Iowa State’s 2022-2031 Strategic Plan, CELT will become home to the newly announced Iowa State Online. As we move forward with the development of Iowa State Online, CELT will continue to maintain its mission of partnering with educators to advance student-centered learning at Iowa State University. 

Be sure to register for fall programming, everything from one-hour webinars to semester-long professional development (see below). 

Also, check out our resources for the start of the semester. 

With a joy for teaching, 

Sara Marcketti

Full Teaching Tip

View the published CELT Teaching Tip: Resources for Success (August 18, 2022 – Constant Contact) page.

Prefer a Print Version?

To view the Teaching Tip as a printable document with web addresses, download the CELT Teaching Tip for August 18, 2022 (PDF).

Teaching Tip: Midterms, plus/delta, document your teaching series, and more!

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Karri Haen Whitmer, Associate Department Chair for Teaching, Teaching Professor, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology (by Christopher Gannon)

A semester’s midpoint is an essential opportunity for your students to examine their progress in a course and for us to do a check-in on teaching our course.

Midterm grades

As an instructor, you can help students become aware of their standing through the midterm grade submission. Midterm grades are due on Friday, October 14, by 2:15 p.m. and are submitted electronically via Canvas or AccessPlus. Read about grading policies on the ISU Catalog Grading website. Review the Grade Submission in Canvas guide and follow the step-by-step guide to submit grades for any midterms. For additional tips, join the Grade submission using Canvas workshop on October 5 (9-10 a.m., via Webex or 2030 Morrill)

Plus/Delta: A course check-in

The Plus/Delta tool, also known as the Midterm Assessment Technique, helps students reflect on their responsibility to your course, what they should continue doing to learn (PLUS), and what they need to change for the course to improve for them (DELTA) (Helminski & Koberna, 1995). It also gives feedback on what changes could help them within the course by asking these four open-ended questions:

Plus

  • What is helping me to learn in this class?
  • What changes are needed in this course to improve learning?

Delta

  • What am I doing to improve my learning in the course?
  • What do I need to do to improve my learning in this course?

Students complete the plus delta using paper or online (Canvas Classic quizzes, TopHat, Qualtrics, etc.) during the fourth through the eighth week of the semester. Then, you summarize the results and share themes back with the class. This feedback process sends a powerful message to students that they have responsibility for their learning. It also demonstrates that you, as the instructor, are willing to receive feedback and specify what modifications will (or will not) be implemented. To get started, review CELT’s Use formative course feedback guide.

With a joy for teaching,

Sara Marcketti, Assistant Provost and Executive Director
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Pictured above: Karri Haen Whitmer, Associate Department Chair for Teaching, Teaching Professor, Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology (by Christopher Gannon)

Full Teaching Tip

View the published CELT Teaching Tip: Midterms: How are you and your students doing? (September 29, 2022)

Prefer a Print Version?

To view the Teaching Tip as a printable document with web addresses, download the CELT Teaching Tip for September 29, 2022 (PDF).

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