Online Teaching Workshops & CGS
Learn. Explore. Apply.
The CGS Online Instructional Design Team offers workshops and roundtables focused on practical strategies, tools, and approaches for designing and teaching engaging online courses. Explore recordings and resources from past sessions below, and stay tuned for new topics and opportunities to connect with the team this semester.
Workshop Recordings & Resources
Record, Edit, Engage: Building Better Video Lectures with Panopto
Led by: Jim Reed, Senior Instructional Designer, CGS
Format: Virtual Workshop
Learn essential Panopto skills to make your video lectures crisp, professional, and engaging. This hands-on session covers basic editing techniques, adding and editing closed captions for accessibility, and embedding quizzes to engage students with multiple choice, true/false, and open-ended questions.
H5P and the Art of Active Learning: Designing Engaging Activities
Led by: Chris Longo, Instructional Designer, CGS
Format: Virtual Workshop
Move beyond passive lectures and design interactive content that brings your course to life. This session introduces the H5P toolset and guides you in creating dynamic, engaging activities that actively involve students in their learning.
New Topics Coming This Semester
We're planning a new series of workshops and conversations focused on practical approaches to online teaching, course design, student engagement, and learning.
Stay tuned for new topics and upcoming opportunities to learn with the CGS Online Instructional Design Team.
Have a topic you'd like us to explore? Send us your ideas.