Past Active Teaching Labs
Whether you couldn’t make it to an Active Teaching Lab or simply want to rewatch it and download the handouts, this is place! Recaps, videos and handouts for our past labs are listed below.
New tools and new ways to use current tools are always developing so if you don’t see a topic, submit your suggestion to our program manager, John Martin.
News & Recaps
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Flexible and fair course design
Wed April 28, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Improve Canvas Navigation
Wed April 21, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Support Struggling Students
Wed April 7, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Improve synchronous student engagement
Wed March 31, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Engage students with the internet
Thu March 25, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Improve student participation
Wed March 17, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Students Want You to Know
Wed March 10, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Student Feedback — 10 Ways to Get It
Wed February 24, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Inclusive Teaching — 10 Ways
Wed February 10, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Media — 10 Ways to Teach Better with It
Wed February 3, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Remote group projects — 10 ways to improve
Thu January 28, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Independent learners — 10 ways to develop (01.21.2021)
Wed January 20, 2021
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Plain Language and Syllabi Design
Wed December 2, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Direct Evidence of Student Learning (DESL)
Wed November 18, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: The First 60 Seconds in Canvas
Wed November 11, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
Wed November 4, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Nine Days after Thanksgiving
Wed October 28, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Feedback Tools in Canvas
Wed October 21, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: The Art of the Breakout Group
Wed October 14, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Remote Proctoring
Wed October 7, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Engaging Students in Remote Instruction
Wed September 30, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Adapting the Wisconsin Experience for Fall Teaching
Wed September 23, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Adapting discussions to an online medium
Wed September 16, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Challenges in hybrid synchronous instruction
Wed September 9, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Flexible Course Design
Wed September 2, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Fast, Effective & Good DIY Video
Wed August 26, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Effective Laboratory & Clinical Experiences
Tue August 18, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Healthy & Safe Teaching
Wed August 12, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Teaching with Equity and Inclusion
Mon August 10, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Course Showcase
Wed June 17, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Discussions and Forums for Remote Learning
Wed June 10, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Projects for Remote Learning
Wed June 3, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: UDL and Inclusion in Remote Learning
Wed May 27, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Backwards Design for Remote Learning
Wed May 20, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Student-Centered Remote Learning
Wed May 13, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Practical Applications for Rubrics
Thu March 5, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Student-Curated Content
Fri February 28, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Peer Review with Canvas
Thu February 27, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Project-based Learning and the Wisconsin Experience
Fri February 21, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Connect to Students with Personalized Content
Thu February 20, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning From and About Students
Fri February 14, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning Analytics
Thu February 13, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: H5P in Pressbooks
Fri February 7, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Effective Online Discussions
Thu February 6, 2020
Active Teaching Labs Energize Instructors to Use Tech to Teach Better
Mon February 3, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Rubrics and Universal Design for Learning
Thu January 30, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Managing Files in Canvas
Fri January 24, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Supporting Students’ Mental Health in Canvas
Thu January 23, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas as a Course Hub
Fri January 17, 2020
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning (II)
Wed December 11, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Using Video in Canvas
Fri December 6, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Team Teaching, Feedback & Redesign
Wed December 4, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Commons (II)
Fri November 15, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Wisconsin Experience: Activities & Assignments
Wed November 13, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: OER-Adding Interactivity
Fri November 8, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Teaching the Google Generation (II)
Wed November 6, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Effective Peer Learning
Fri November 1, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning Analytics
Wed October 30, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Evaluating Learning (II) — Rubrics and Grading Feedback
Fri October 25, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Piazza
Wed October 23, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Personalized Learning (II)
Fri October 18, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: OER & Pressbooks
Wed October 16, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Students’ Tech Choices (II)
Fri October 11, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Open Educational Resources — Canvas Commons
Wed October 9, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Building the Wisconsin Experience into your course
Fri October 4, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Students’ Tech Choices
Wed October 2, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Instructor- and Student-Created Video
Wed September 25, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning
Fri September 20, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Personalized Learning
Wed September 18, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Teaching the Google Generation
Fri September 13, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Peer-to-Peer Learning
Wed September 11, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning Analytics
Fri September 6, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Rubrics for Better Grading
Fri August 30, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Supporting Student Success in Canvas
Wed August 28, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Managing Your Canvas Course
Sat August 24, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Module 0 – Preparing Students in Canvas
Tue August 20, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Students’ Tech Choices
Fri May 3, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Course Design for Mobile
Thu May 2, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Quizzing in Canvas
Fri April 26, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Team Teaching
Thu April 18, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: “A dark and learny night”
Fri April 12, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Pressbooks
Thu April 11, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Purposeful Action
Fri April 5, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Self-Assessing Your Classroom
Fri March 29, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Tech for Soft Skills
Thu March 28, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Engage eTexts
Fri March 15, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Online Teaching
Thu March 14, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Social Learning in Canvas
Fri March 8, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Kaltura MediaSpace Updates
Thu March 7, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Top Hat
Mon March 4, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Using Canvas in Class
Fri March 1, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google in Canvas
Thu February 28, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Peer Review in Canvas
Fri February 22, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Beyond Accessibility — UDL and Inclusive Learning
Thu February 21, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Engaging Students
Fri February 15, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Online Resources vs. Handouts
Thu February 14, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Programmed Learning in Canvas
Fri February 8, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Group Work
Thu February 7, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Rubrics
Fri February 1, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Accessibility in Canvas
Thu January 31, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Evidence-Supported Learning
Thu January 24, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Week 0 — Teach Students to Succeed
Fri January 18, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Course Management Tips for Canvas
Thu January 17, 2019
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Active Learning vs. Gimmicks
Fri December 14, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Using Social Media
Thu December 13, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: File Organization in Canvas
Fri December 7, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: eTextbooks
Thu December 6, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Course Design Templates
Fri November 30, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Virtual/Augmented Reality
Thu November 29, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Makerspaces and Beyond
Fri November 16, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Watching Yourself Teach
Thu November 15, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Interactive Content
Fri November 9, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Engaging Online Activities
Thu November 8, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: ePortfolios
Fri November 2, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Peer Review
Thu November 1, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Top Hat in Canvas
Fri October 26, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Audio and Podcast Assignments
Thu October 25, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Outcomes Tool
Fri October 19, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: BBCollaborate Ultra
Thu October 18, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: In-class Screens and Collaboration
Fri October 12, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Discussions
Thu October 11, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Kaltura MediaSpace
Fri October 5, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Drive in Canvas
Thu October 4, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Rubrics
Thu September 27, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Quizzing
Fri September 21, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Case-based Learning
Thu September 20, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Trigger Warnings
Mon September 17, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning Analytics
Fri September 7, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Course Design
Thu September 6, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Embedding Digital Lab Manuals in Canvas
Fri April 27, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Pinterest as a Teaching Tool
Fri April 20, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Creativity to Deter Cheating in Canvas
Wed April 18, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Effective Discussion Boards
Fri April 13, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: In-Lecture Online Activities
Fri April 6, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Creating a Multimedia Website
Fri March 23, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Smartboards for Poster Presentations
Fri March 16, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Blackboard Ultra
Wed March 14, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Learning Outcomes in Canvas
Fri March 9, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Student Polling with Kahoot and Padlet
Fri March 2, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Orientation Template
Wed February 28, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Weebly.com
Fri February 23, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: kbAdmin
Fri February 16, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Tools, Google Community
Wed February 14, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Ultra Conference
Fri February 9, 2018
Active Teaching Exchange Recap: Calibrated Peer Review
Thu February 8, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas on iPad
Fri February 2, 2018
Active Teaching Exchanges Feature Deeper Discussions
Tue January 30, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Large Enrollment Lessons
Fri January 19, 2018
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Getting Student Feedback
Fri December 8, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Active Learning Activities
Thu December 7, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Building Interactivity through SCORM
Fri December 1, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Universal Design for Learning
Wed November 29, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Rubrics II
Fri November 17, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Rubrics I
Fri November 10, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Instructional Materials and Lectures
Thu November 9, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Asynchronous Discussions in Canvas
Fri November 3, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas and Assessment
Fri October 27, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Using Digital Media Effectively
Thu October 26, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Top Hat in Canvas
Wed October 25, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Feedback Manager Challenge
Fri October 20, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: CATME (automatic group creation)
Fri October 13, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Assessments, Assignments and Rubrics
Thu October 12, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Scheduler for Office Hours with Naomi Salmon
Fri September 29, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Blueprint with Daniel Pell
Wed September 27, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Wayfinding and the Canvas Homepage with Lane Sunwall
Fri September 22, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Course Design with Stephanie Graham and Maria Widmer
Thu September 21, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Organizing in Canvas with Elise Davis
Fri September 15, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Quizzes with Elisa Torres
Thu September 14, 2017
6 Ways DoIT Academic Technology Helps Instructors
Fri September 8, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Groups in Canvas with Andrea Porter
Fri May 5, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas SpeedGrader with Laura Grossenbacher
Thu April 27, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Group Discussions with John Zumbrunnen
Fri April 21, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Collaboration in Canvas
Mon April 17, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Peer Grading with John Zumbrunnen
Fri April 7, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Case Scenarios with Jen Reinhart
Mon April 3, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Syllabus/Calendar with Charles Dill
Fri March 31, 2017
DoIT AT Presents at UW System Virtual Conference
Wed March 22, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Quizzing and Surveys with John Parrish
Fri March 17, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Grade Schemes with Cathy Middlecamp
Fri March 10, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Large Class Solutions with Miguel Garcia-Gosalvez
Fri February 24, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Navigation Solutions with Greg Downey
Fri February 17, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Peer Review with Tim Paustian
Mon February 13, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Embedded Content with Evan Nelson
Fri February 10, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas Rubrics with Dan Pell
Tue February 7, 2017
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Pattern with Rachel Bain
Mon December 19, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Analytics & Recommendations with Sharon Thoma
Tue December 13, 2016
Active Teaching Lab recap: WordPress with Kevin Ponto
Fri December 2, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Articulate Storyline with Andrea Mason
Thu December 1, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Hangouts with Nicole Olthafer
Tue November 15, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Pressbooks with James McKay
Tue November 8, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Online Rubrics with Beth Fahlberg
Wed November 2, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Kaltura with Rob Beattie
Tue October 18, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: SoftChalk with John Hollenbeck
Mon October 10, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Padlet, Tricider, Dotstorming with Lauren Rosen
Fri September 30, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Sway with Ian Muehlenhaus
Wed September 28, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Slack with Vanessa Simmering
Tue September 20, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Universal Design with Ruben Mota and Mike Mohr
Tue September 6, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Drive with Tanya Buckingham
Fri May 6, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Timeline Software with Bronwen Masemann
Fri April 29, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: CSCR with Margene Anderson
Wed April 27, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Top Hat with Laurie Brachman
Fri April 22, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Apps in D2L with John Martin
Wed April 20, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Genius.com with Jeremy Morris
Fri April 15, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Adobe Captivate with Dan LaValley and Josh Harder
Wed April 13, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Omeka.net with Anna Andrzejewski
Fri April 8, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Kaltura MediaSpace with Josh Harder
Wed April 6, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Forms with John Martin
Wed March 30, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Electronic Lab Notebooks with John Puccinelli
Fri March 11, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: GoPro Cameras with Kristen Pickett
Thu March 3, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Piazza with John Gillett
Fri February 26, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Design Thinking with Pamela McGranahan
Fri February 19, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Imaginez with Andrew Irving
Fri February 12, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Canvas with Catherine Arnott-Smith
Fri February 5, 2016
Active Teaching Labs Announced for Spring 2016
Tue February 2, 2016
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Blackboard Collaborate with David Feldstein
Fri December 4, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: MakerSpaces with Catherine Stephens
Tue December 1, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Skype with Andrew Irving
Fri November 20, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Flipping Lectures in CSCR with Aurelie Rakotondrafara
Fri November 13, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Popplet with Margene Anderson
Tue November 10, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Maps with Colin Connors
Fri November 6, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Forms with John Martin
Tue November 3, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Flipped Learning with Lauren Rosen
Fri October 30, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Kaltura MediaSpace with Josh Harder
Tue October 27, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Siftr Photo Mapping with Margene Anderson
Fri October 23, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Critical Readers in CSCR WITH Cid Freitag
Tue October 20, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Moodle WITH Shiela Reaves & Jenny Chung
Fri October 16, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Case Scenarios in CSCR with Dan LaValley
Tue October 13, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Apple iBooks with Colin Connors
Fri October 9, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Adobe Captivate with Dan LaValley and Josh Harder
Tue October 6, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Twitter and Social Media with Catalina Toma
Fri October 2, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Apps in D2L with John Martin
Tue September 29, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google Docs with Tim Paustian
Fri September 25, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Course Design in D2L with Margene Anderson
Tue September 22, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Diigo with Duncan Carlsmith
Fri September 18, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Twitter with Shawn Peters
Fri May 8, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Scapple with Nick Balster
Fri May 1, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Top Hat with Ed Hubbard
Fri April 24, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Siftr with Cathy Middlecamp
Fri April 17, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Webquests with Lane Sunwall
Fri April 10, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Student-Produced Videos with Ryan Martinez
Fri March 27, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Wikipedia Editing with Tom Dubois
Fri March 20, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: WordPress with Linsey Steege
Fri March 13, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Open Lab Hours
Fri March 6, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: D2L Chat with Morton Gernsbacher
Fri February 27, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Piazza with Brian Esselman
Fri February 20, 2015
Active Teaching Lab Recap: Google+ Communities with Michael Maguire
Fri February 13, 2015