New and Returning Faculty Development Day 2025

Canvas Basics

Learn how to add content, modules, assignments, and set up the gradebook for your Fall course! This is an ideal session for faculty new to using Canvas. The session is for those who set up their own Canvas courses.

Canvas Basics Helpful Links PDF.pdf

Canvas Basics – Faculty Training 08.06.2025.pptx

Canvas Basics – Video Recording

Canvas Quizzes, Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor, and TurnItIn software

This session will show how faculty can create tests in Canvas using common question types. Then the session will cover Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor. Faculty will learn the difference between LockDown Browser and Monitor, and how to enable the appropriate settings based on where students take the test. Faculty will also learn about TurnItIn and how to use it as a plagiarism and AI detector for students’ written work.

Navigating_Quizzes_in_Canvas_Workshop_CUW_BrandAligned.pptx

Respondus LockDown Browser with Monitor, and TurnItIn software – Video Recording

Faculty Resources

Learn what resources are available to you as faculty, including research/scholarship support, where to find them, and who to contact if you need more help.

ORSP Faculty Resources Handout 08-2025.docx

Instructional Resources Handout 2025.docx

Faculty Resources – Video Recording

Designing/Refreshing Your Course and Syllabus

Learn about and incorporate best practices in course design and syllabus development. Discussion includes how to improve your objectives, align course objectives with assessments, how to post your syllabus in Canvas, and how to connect to program outcomes and the University Cornerstones.

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Designing/Refreshing Your Course and Syllabus – Video Recording

Engaging Your Learners

Effective teaching fosters learning; students need to be engaged for learning to happen. This session introduces strategies to engage students in multiple instructional modes.

FINAL Engaging Your Learner 08062025.pptx

Engaging Your Learners – Video Recording

Luther’s Large Catechism

“There is, arguably, no better text to serve as an introduction to Lutheran theology and spirituality than the Catechisms of Martin Luther. Luther’s Large Catechism is an engaging and profound guide into the truths of Scripture. Participants in this seminar will read part of the Large Catechism each month and then come together to discuss the reading and its significance for our Christian life and our work together at Concordia. Come to grow in your knowledge of God, His Word, and how it shapes our life and work.”

Session 2 reading guide

session 3 reading guide

Session 4 reading guide

Session 5 reading guide

Session 6 reading guide

Session 7 reading guide

Canvas and Camaraderie for Adjunct Faculty

Led by:  Rob Balza and Kate Robertson

Dates: April 10 from 5-7 pm

Location:  RP 320

All adjuncts welcome! Please join members of the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for a pizza dinner to show our appreciation for your work as adjunct faculty!  We will also conduct some training about our new learning management system, Canvas, so you will be prepared for the changes in your courses starting in May.  Please bring a laptop.

Christ in the Classroom Lunch n’ Learn Panel

April 10, 2025

Presenters: Rachel Pickett, Heather Fortuine, Jonathan Balsman, Aaron Moldenhauer

12:00 – 1:00 Lakeshore Room


Our Christian faith is central to who we are, but bringing this faith into classrooms is an ongoing challenge. If you’re looking for creative ways to integrate activities and discussions about faith into your course, please join your colleagues Aaron Moldenhauer, Rachel Pickett, Jonathan Balsman, and Heather Fortuine for a Lunch ‘n Learn panel discussion. They will share proven strategies that have been successful in their disciplines and offer insights on how Christ informs their teaching. Please bring questions or ideas to share with the group as well! 

Christ in the Classroom book recommendations

Spring Faculty Book Group


Led by: Kate Robertson, Rob Balza

Dates: All sessions meet Thursday from 8:30-9:30 on January 30, February 20, March 13, and April 3

Location: Robert Plaster Free Ent Center – RP 125 Groth ConfFelten, P. & Lambert, L.M. (2020). Relationship-rich education: How human connections drive success in college. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

Join this semester’s faculty book club focused on building an excellent educational experience for our students through fostering human relationships. Drawing on their research across hundreds of interviews and visits to 30 universities across the country, the authors provide strategies for how relationship-rich environments can exist for all students in higher education. Specific topics include mentoring conversations with students and building relationship-rich classrooms. Reading schedule (please read the following prior to each meeting): Jan. 30 – Intro and Chapter 1 Feb 20 – Chapter 2&3 March 13 – Chapter 4&5 April 3 – Chapter 6 and conclusion

Canvas Introductory Session via Zoom

If you were unable to attend our on-campus Intro to Canvas trainings, join the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) for an evening session via Zoom. This hour-long training, which includes a Q&A, is perfect for adjunct faculty who couldn’t attend the in-person sessions, or anyone looking to enhance their Canvas skills. 

March 18th from 7:00-8:00 pm

Recording Link: https://cuwaa.zoom.us/rec/share/ZvLCVt32MiSppgces4sarf_XQyz8bJdKA8zzbFfyGmQbhMDw4mRn0gRsYqynHOA7.Ft2EGQV5B_DWlSif

Canvas Lunch & Learn – Modules, Course Organization, Assignments, Blackboard v. Canvas, Due Dates

Join the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) team for training and worktime in Canvas, our new Learning Management System.  The hour includes a brief presentation on modules, course organization, assignments, Blackboard v. Canvas, and due dates in Canvas.

Canvas Lunch & Learn – Modules, Course Organization, Assignments, Blackboard v. Canvas, and Due Dates Session Recording

Session Slides

_Canvas How-To Video Series Lunch and Learn 2