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2026 Winter Institute

The Teaching Effectiveness Framework: Teaching with Integrity

Jan. 7, 2026, 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pius Library, room 010 (lower level)

Please join us for our 2026 Winter Institute, open to all full- and part-time instructors and graduate students at SLU. The theme for this year is SLU’s Teaching Effectiveness Framework and Teaching for Integrity.

The keynote session will be a book discussion with author Tricia Bertram Gallant, one of the authors of The Opposite of Cheating: Teaching for Integrity in the Age of AI. Following the discussion, participants will engage in three interactive mini workshops, each focused on an area of the Teaching Effectiveness Framework. Registrants may request a hard copy of the book provided by the Reinert Center (quantity limited), or may access the e-book, provided by Pius Library. Full workshop details and registration link can be found on the Winter Institute event page.

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Distance Learning Workshop Series: Technology for Teaching

Noon to 1 p.m. on select Fridays via Zoom

The Reinert Center’s Distance Learning Workshop Series offers an interactive space to explore, reflect on, and enact new ideas in distance teaching. Each semester features a themed series of workshops, where guest speakers present on key topics and participants are invited to apply new pedagogical ideas in their online teaching context.

Our Spring 2026 theme, Technology for Teaching, focuses on four University-supported instructional tools. Each 60-minute virtual (via Zoom) workshop is dedicated to one teaching tool focusing on how it can be harnessed intentionally to enhance student learning. Sessions include an overview of the tool, discussions on its pedagogical uses, and opportunities for participants to explore how it can fit into their own distance teaching practices.

Jan. 30: Using Canvas Media for Feedback (GO)

Short videos (about five minutes or less) can be effective ways to comment on assessments and discuss topics. This workshop introduces participants to the Canvas Media Tool for recording and uploading short videos. Participants will explore options for using Canvas Media to give student feedback, to support student learning, and to establish instructor presence in distance courses.

Feb. 20: Zoom Essentials for Effective Distance Teaching (LF)

This workshop offers a deep dive into Zoom's functionalities to show how its capabilities can effectively support both asynchronous and synchronous remote learning environments. The session will cover a variety of tools, including breakout rooms, whiteboard features, polling, and other advanced settings. Participants will learn practical tips and techniques to complement effective digital pedagogical practices and encourage student interaction.

Mar. 20: Canvas Tools: Discussions (LF)

This workshop explores the Canvas Discussions tool, with a focus on using discussions as a collaborative space for student learning. Participants will reflect on the use of discussions in their students' learning and explore different discussion functionalities and strategies in their online teaching practice.

Apr. 17: Using Ally to Improve the Accessibility of your Course Materials (MA)

This workshop explores the Ally accessibility tool in Canvas. A focus is placed on how the tool can be used to remediate instructional content to better meet the learning needs of all online students. Participants will reflect on how they can incorporate Ally and other accessibility practices in their online courses.

Registration is required

Courses in Online Teaching

The Reinert Center supports instructors for the full continuum of teaching online including: preparing to teach online for the first time, designing online courses, assessing one's own online courses, as well as implementing strategies and techniques for effective online teaching. Below is our current list of full, online course offerings. These courses can be used for credit in our Online University Teaching Skills Certificate or they may be taken by individuals not enrolled in the certificate. For a full list, and additional descriptions, of all our online courses, please visit the program page

Jan. 27-Feb. 3: Assessing the Online Student*

Assessing the Online Student is a week-long asynchronous course that surveys strategies and practices for assessing student learners in online/distance formats. By the end of the course, participants will distinguish between different types of online assessments, consider practices for creating inclusive assessments, and explore strategies for providing online feedback to students. Participants are encouraged to think about course topics and strategies in an online/distance course of their choosing by drafting or re-drafting a course assessment plan. (O)

Feb. 10-24: Introduction to Distance Teaching**

The Introduction to Distance Teaching is a fully-online asynchronous course that provides a pedagogical foundation for Saint Louis University faculty who are new to the online teaching environment. The course provides faculty an opportunity to gain the experience of an online “student” and to experience a fully-online course that has been designed to align with the University’s Online Course Design Rubric while developing a plan for an online course. (F/P/O)

March 17-24: Rubric Construction: It’s a Process***

This course is a week-long asynchronous experience that will allow participants to intentionally apply a specific process for rubric construction for online courses. This course is open to any university instructor interested in constructing or revising an assignment rubric including but not limited to rubrics for online discussion. By the end of the course, participants will be able to distinguish the differences among analytical, holistic and single point rubrics; discern which rubric type would best suit the intention of their assignments; construct a rubric to apply to the assignment for which it was designed and assess their rubrics with the rubric for rubrics. (O)

March 17-31: Introduction to Distance Teaching

April 7-14: Dynamic Discussions*

This one-week, asynchronous course explores the role of online discussions for Distance Learning, and shares suggestions on designing effective asynchronous discussions that boost student engagement, build community, and meet the standards of SLU’s Online Course Design Rubric. The course will guide participants in drafting their own dynamic discussion for use in an online course and offer tips on facilitating student-led discussions. (O)

Registration is required

Universal Design and the ADA

Feb. 10-24

Universal Design and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a joint, two-week asynchronous course offered in Canvas by the Reinert Center and the Center for Accessibility and Disability Resources (CADR). The course begins by surveying key components of the ADA and the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), with a particular focus understanding the role of accommodations in higher education classrooms. The course then examines Universal Design and the Universal Design for Learning framework as pedagogical approaches to removing barriers to student learning.

Participants will work independently on four modules at their own pace. There are weekly deadlines for submissions in order to keep participants on track and engaged in conversations with other participants. Consideration is given to any faculty or graduate student instructors currently teaching at SLU.

Registration is required