With Pitt's end-of-term teaching survey period underway, here's a quick checklist to help you increase response rates and generate as much meaningful student feedback as possible. First, verify that a survey is scheduled for your class. You can do this…
Curious About GenAI? Learn More at the Idea Lab. Join us at the University of Pittsburgh for an innovative and transformative half-day Idea Lab event, designed to explore the potential of Generative AI (GenAI) in shaping the future of discourse-based…
Every month, the Teaching Center features individual staff members so you can get to learn a bit about who we are and what we do. Today, we’re featuring Joy Hart, manager of Strategic Initiatives.
The Teaching Center would like to congratulate Vita Santa Pastorius, senior instructional designer, and Lisa Votodian, survey assessment manager, for earning a 2023 Teaching Center Staff Excellence award! The staff awards program began in 2017 and is a peer-driven recognition…
Starting Jan. 22, faculty can go to the Teaching Survey Dashboard to request a midterm course survey. The deadline to request is Feb. 26. Midterm surveys are a formative tool that provide information about students’ learning experiences while there’s time…
Are you leveraging the power of AI by designing student assignments that incorporate the technology in innovative ways? The Teaching Center is compiling a repository of AI-based assignments from every field and discipline, and we’d like to include your assignment…
Many of us take a fast and steady internet connection for granted. We go about our day hopping between wi-fi signals across campus and in our residences, some of the buses we take to campus even offer hotspots. However, there…
Starting on Dec. 18, faculty can request a Pre-course Survey to collect important information about incoming students prior to the beginning of class(es). This survey option can help you learn valuable information, such as... Why students enrolled in the course.…
The teaching survey period begins on Nov. 20 and runs through Dec. 10. Instructors should access the teaching survey dashboard now to confirm surveys are scheduled for your course. Instructors can add custom questions to their surveys through Nov. 19.…
Every month, the Teaching Center features individual staff members so you can get to learn a bit about who we are and what we do. Today, we’re featuring Ed Gyurisin, manager of learning space design, who retired Oct. 31 after…