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Tune into Teaching Series

Tune into Teaching Series

CTSI’s Tune into Teaching series is for instructors preparing to teach in the upcoming academic year. These sessions, open to all new and returning faculty and librarians, cover topics such as teaching with technology, working with teaching assistant teams, active learning, and so much more.

Summer 2025 Sessions

The sessions below represent the 2025 Tune into Teaching lineup. Dates for future offerings will be posted when available.

Course Design and Classroom Strategies

  • Active Learning Anywhere: Tips and strategies for incorporating active learning that can be used in any learning environment
  • Making Your Syllabus Work for You and Your Students: This practical, interactive session considers the essential elements of an effective syllabus and reviews current best practices
  • Setting the  Tone for Success: Strategies for the First Day of Class and Beyond: This interactive session will equip instructors with effective strategies to create a welcoming and productive classroom environment from day one

Accessibility and Inclusion

  • Integrating Universal Design for Learning: From Theory to Practice Within and Beyond the Classroom: This workshop offers an examination of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and its integration into higher education
  • What’s my role in accommodating students with disabilities?: This session addresses common concerns and examines what instructors can do while keeping in mind the essential requirements of their courses

Assessment and Grading

  • Myths and Realities About Grading: This session considers misconceptions about institutional grading procedures and provides clarification and common scenarios related to grading at U of T

Teaching Teams

  • Building and Managing Your Teaching Team: Strategies for working effectively with your TAs, including training opportunities and priority areas for TAs

Educational Technology

  • Quickstart Quercus: This webinar is geared toward faculty, staff and TAs who are brand new to Quercus and those who are looking to review the basics
  • Introduction to the Academic Toolbox: Provides an overview of the Academic Toolbox, including Quercus and other tools that can support teaching and learning goals, for all course modalities

Teaching with Generative AI

  • Critically Engaging with AI Literacy in Teaching and Learning: Ideal for anyone (and all disciplines) interested in enhancing their own AI literacy skills and integrating AI literacy into their teaching practices
  • Top Things to Know about Teaching and Generative AI at U of T: This session focuses on which AI tools are officially supported, University guidelines, and practical strategies for setting clear expectations with students
  • Generative AI Sandbox: Exploring Course Uses for Instructors: Explores how instructors can make use of Generative AI tools available within the University of Toronto environment to support teaching and learning
  • “Can I use this content in this tool?”: Navigating the Nuances of Copyright and Generative AI: This workshop introduces instructors to integrating approved and non-approved GenAI tools into teaching within U of T’s protected digital environment
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