Informative, researched articles on teaching and pedagogy.

• Teaching with Generative AI
• Spotlight on Student Engagement
• Spotlight on Virtual Reality
• Spotlight on Turnitin

Enroll in one of UM3D's Canvas courses and learn at your own pace. Choose from:

Teaching & Learning with Generative AI

This course will help you consider how you may wish to implement Generative AI in your teaching and research, and how to guide your students' use of the technology. Earn completion badges!

Growing with Canvas

Canvas basics, all in one place. Earn completion badges! This course is designed as an interactive reference resource.

Advancing with Canvas

Learn advanced Canvas tools to engage students and monitor their progress; create more engaging pages within your Canvas courses; use surveys to increase student engagement; create adaptive learning modules; and use external learning tools within your Canvas courses.This course is designed as an interactive reference resource. We add new modules to this course every semester.

Academic Integrity

Discover best-practices in the design, development, and delivery of your courses to: reduce student motivations to act dishonestly; leverage Canvas tools to prevent and detect specific dishonest acts; and meaningfully engage your students in a conversation about the importance of academic integrity.

Summer Institute

Led by UM3D's team of instructional designers and technology trainers, our latest event focused on using Canvas analytics and improving student engagement. We built a companion Canvas course for those who couldn't attend in person, linked above in the On Demand section.

Winter Summit

In our Winter Summits, faculty across the University of Memphis demonstrate their innovative programs, courses, and projects that target instructional approaches in hybrid and online learning environments. Come see what your peers are up to and learn how to turn your great ideas into great instruction.

AI Community of Practice

Founded in Fall, 2023, the UM3D sponsored AI Community of Practice is a forum for invited UofM faculty and staff to discuss the potential benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence (AI), in particular Large Language Models (LLMs), in teaching and learning

One-on-one Consultations

UM3D Instructional Designers regularly consult one-on-one with instructors and faculty. Here's how to make an appointment.

Departmental Presentations

Have a UM3D instructional designer present in person or virtually at your department's faculty meeting. Choose from one of the presentations below or work with an ID to create a custom presentation. Contact um3d@memphis.edu for more information.

Generative AI in the Classroom: Policies, Detection, and Pedagogy - 45 minutes

This presentation provides guidance for faculty and staff navigating the use of generative AI in the classroom including policies, detection tools, and pedagogical considerations. After participating in this presentation, you will be better prepared to:

• establish clear AI policies and communicate them effectively to students,
• promote responsible and ethical use of generative AI in the classroom, and
• engage in open dialogue with students and colleagues about the challenges and opportunities of AI.

 

Generative AI in the Classroom WORKSHOP: Using Khanmingo to enhance course design and create content - 45 minutes

Khanmingo Teacher Tools is an AI app within Canvas you can use to create or improve existing course content including objectives, rubrics, clear instructions --- even letters of recommendation.

In this workshop, you’ll first see how UM3D instructional designers used Khamingo AI tools to redesign an UofM M50 asynchronous online course. You’ll then have an opportunity add Khanmigo to your Canvas courses and explore using its tools to design or redesign a lesson, a module, or even an entire course of your own. After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:

• Add Khanmingo to your Canvas courses and use its tools to ensure better course design basics, such as :
• write/rewrite objectives,
• create syllabi and course outlines,
• write clear assignment instructions,
• create practice problems, case studies and quiz questions,
• craft better discussion boards, and
• create comprehensive rubrics.

 

Rethinking & retooling discussion boards - 45 minutes

Online discussion boards can be key to encouraging student interaction, widening participation, and fostering deeper thinking, especially in online courses. So why do you dread reading and grading them? Join UM3D instructional designers as they reveal what makes a good discussion, best practices, and how to use Canvas to make your current discussions work better instantly.

Course design basics - 45 minutes

Great courses all have one thing in common: great course design. Learn the essentials and best practices from seasoned UM3D instructional designers.

Student engagement best practices - 45 minutes

Students who are curious, interested, or inspired are said to be engaged in their learning. In on ground classes, instructors often rely on visual cues to determine student interest levels, but what about online courses? Join UM3D instructional designers as they reveal strategies to promote engagement that work both on ground and online.

Academic Integrity - 45 minutes

Join instructional designers from UM3D to discuss what motivates students to engage in academically dishonest behavior and its prevalence in in-person and online learning. We'll explore how course design, development, and delivery considerations can undercut these motivations and substantially reduce the prevalence of cheating within your courses, both on ground and online.