If you're new to teaching with Canvas, this workshop is for you! You’ll have the opportunity to customize your Canvas course, ensuring that your courses are suited to your teaching style. We will work together to explore Canvas features and best practices in course design.  Why you should attend: Use global navigation and access your course.  Customize the course settings and navigation.  Upload course files and documents.  Create and add content, assignments, and weekly modules.  Manage Gradebook & Speedgrader.  To register for this session, use the Spring 2026 CFE Session Registration Form.     Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event.  You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event. To find out more information about this session, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

If you're new to teaching with Canvas, this workshop is for you! You’ll have the opportunity to customize your Canvas course, ensuring that your courses are suited to your teaching style. We will work together to explore Canvas features and best practices in course design.  Why you should attend: Use global navigation and access your course.  Customize the course settings and navigation.  Upload course files and documents.  Create and add content, assignments, and weekly modules.  Manage Gradebook & Speedgrader.  To register for this session, use the Spring 2026 CFE Session Registration Form.     Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event.  You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event. To find out more information about this session, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.  If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event. 

In this session, you'll explore innovative classroom materials designed to enhance student AI literacy—developed by a CFE Community of Practice. Six faculty members will share practical frameworks that address key dimensions of AI learning: how generative AI works, how to craft effective prompts, how to recognize bias, how to navigate ethical questions, and how to maintain essential human oversight. You’ll engage directly with each presenter’s materials through guided discussion and hands-on activities, leaving with adaptable resources and concrete strategies you can implement right away. Discover ways to integrate AI literacy into your courses while fostering critical thinking about emerging technologies.  Why you should attend: Identify key dimensions of AI literacy relevant to your discipline.  Incorporate AI literacy concepts into your course materials using cross-disciplinary examples.  Apply strategies to promote critical thinking about emerging technologies.  To register for this event, use the Fall 2025 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event.  For more information on this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.   If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu     

Discover how intentional course design—grounded in outcome-driven planning and backward design—can transform student learning. In this session, you’ll be introduced to the Understanding by Design (UbD) framework and learn how to align learning outcomes, assessments, and instructional strategies to create coherent and impactful learning experiences. Whether you’re developing a new course or refining an existing one, you’ll leave with practical tools to ensure every element of your course contributes meaningfully to student learning.  Why you should attend: Describe the process of backward course design.  Evaluate course objectives, activities, and assessments for alignment.  Create a plan to design or redesign a course on backward design principles.  To register for this event, use the Fall 2025 Faculty Associate CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event.  For more information on this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.   If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu     

Transform aspirations into achievements—for both you and your students—through WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan), a science-based strategy for goal setting and self-regulation. This interactive session introduces WOOP through a short video, followed by hands-on exercises to help you practice and personalize the technique. You’ll explore how to apply WOOP in your teaching, advising, or daily routines to foster motivation, persistence, and purposeful action. Through scenario-based discussions and reflection, you'll leave with practical, research-backed tools to build a goal-oriented mindset and support student success—in and beyond the classroom.   Why you should attend:   By participating in this session, you will be able to:   Describe the WOOP (Wish, Outcome, Obstacle, Plan) framework and explain its relevance to student self-regulation.   Apply the WOOP strategy to a personal or professional goal to understand the process.   Design a classroom activity or assignment that incorporates WOOP to support student goal setting and persistence.   To register for this event, use the Fall 2025 Campus Partner CFE Session Registration Form.  Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event.  For more information on this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.   If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu     

Curious to know how your colleagues are using AI in their classrooms or research practices? Join an AI Exchange, a collaborative space to explore the evolving role of artificial intelligence in teaching, learning, and research. A selection of resources will be shared in advance as optional inspiration—perfect if you’d like to see examples or spark ideas before the session. Come prepared to share your own experiences, tools, and strategies for using AI—or strategies you’re interested in exploring—whether you’ve been experimenting for a while or are just getting started. Together, you and other participants will explore possibilities and walk away with actionable strategies you can apply right away.  Why you should attend: Share your own approaches, experiences, and strategies related to using AI in your academic practice.  Identify practical AI strategies or tools that you can adapt for your own work.  Connect with colleagues who share your interest in leveraging AI to enhance teaching, learning, research, and productivity.  To register for this event, use the Spring 2026 CFE-Facilitated Session Registration Form Advance registration is required. Registration will close one business day before the scheduled event. You will receive the Zoom link one day before the event. For more information on this event, visit the Session Catalog page of the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) website.    If you need special services, assistance or appropriate modifications to fully participate in the event, please contact the CFE office or Accessibility Services at access@bgsu.edu or 419-372-8495. Please notify Accessibility Services and/or the CFE office prior to the event.   If you have any questions about this event, email the Center for Faculty Excellence (CFE) at cfe@bgsu.edu