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Center for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence (CAFE)

IMPORTANT: In-person or phone support for Canvas and other learning technologies support will be available by appointment only during Spring Break (March 31 – April 4, plus weekends). Service requests and emails will be answered as usual; please make a request or send email to set up an appointment. CAFE will be entirely closed on March 31 for the observance of Cesar Chavez Day.

Weekly Emails

Approximately once a week throughout the academic year CAFE director Victoria Bhavsar emails CPP faculty, offering an assortment of upcoming events, opportunities, teaching tips, career advice, important announcements, and more. Below is a selection of past emails.

Mar-19: Several tech-related items and much more (pdf)
Mar-12: Staying up with news; lots of programs (pdf)
Mar-6: Workload idea; Faculty Day!! (pdf)
Feb-27: Warm-up drill tip; conversations about grading (pdf)
Feb-19: Distraction in the classroom and lots of opportunities to talk (pdf)
Feb-12: Useful observation rubric and lots of programs (pdf)
Feb-5: Teaching microtip; amplifying an important message from Student Affairs (pdf)
Jan-27: "StudentLingo" resource; lots of programs & events (pdf)
Jan-17: First day of class, syllabus packet, PUBLISH your Canvas course, and more! (pdf)

Dec-9: Save time with final grades! Plus, lots of opportunities (pdf)
Dec-4: A special message; lots of programs and resources! (pdf)
Nov-25: Talking about grading; workshops & office hours (pdf)
Nov-20: Helping students recognize what they gained (pdf)
Nov-13: Post-election resources (pdf)
Nov-6: Student evaluations, individual consultations (pdf)
Oct-31: Music at Week 10 (pdf)
Oct-24: Ten minutes or less? Here's an idea (pdf)
Oct-2: Dealing with academic integrity issues; grant program for Ethnic Studies (pdf)
Sep-25: StudentLingo workshops and a time management tip (pdf)
Sep-17: Mid-semester feedback and last call for peer coaching (pdf)
Sep-11: Acknowledging Sept. 11 and fires; AI detectors (pdf)
Aug-19: Welcome back! Resources to get started (pdf)
Aug-7: Welcome back! News you can immediately use (pdf)
May-15: Tip for spending and not spending time during finals week; CAFE's summer schedule (pdf)
May-8: Gradebook workshops for end of semester; Summer series on AI (pdf)
May-2: Last week of class idea (pdf)
Apr-22: Week 13 refresh; lots of support to end the year (pdf)
Apr-17: Student evaluations (pdf)
Apr-10: Free Speech recording; last call for Equity in Practice Symposium (pdf)
Mar-28: "Work plan" and many new items (pdf)
Mar-20: Before Spring Break (pdf)
Mar-12: Free speech in the classroom (pdf)
Feb-29: The value of small practices (pdf)
Feb-22: Gathering mid-semester early student feedback (pdf)
Feb-14: Student success early alert; the value of NCFDD membership (pdf)
Feb-7: Student participation; just-in-time reminders (pdf)
Jan-30: Grades in Canvas and many programs & resources! (pdf)
Jan-23: Four useful notes including why not to suggest to students to withdraw (pdf)

Dec-13: AI use at the end of the semester (pdf)
Dec-6: A productivity hack for Week 15 & Finals (pdf)
Nov-30: A concept-integration activity, "Save the Date" and more (pdf)
Nov-21: Happy Thanksgiving holiday and two paid opportunities (pdf)
Nov-15: Talking to students about grades (pdf)
Nov-9: Student evaluations, resources & programs (pdf)
Nov-1: Lots of ideas from fellow faculty! (pdf)
Oct-24: Last call for registering for the Nov. 3 AI Symposium! (pdf)
Oct-19: Resources if you need help; last call for Campus Symposium on AI (pdf)
Oct-10: Gradescope, Wall of COOL, Fearless Classroom, and an "unconference" (pdf)
Oct-5: Update your CPP 411 Directory info, lots of upcoming programs & resources (pdf)
Sep-26: A growth-focused activity, Technology Tuesday, & Wall of COOL! (pdf)
Sep-20: Early-mid-semester feedback; individual consultations (pdf)
Sep-13: Progress reports for students; lots of new scholarly and career resources (pdf)
Sep-7: "Power Hour"; Registration open for the AI symposium! (pdf)
Sep-1: A valuable professional asset (pdf)
Aug-24: Useful first day activity, Canvas reminder, and LOTS of cool opportunities (pdf)
Aug-14: Syllabus language for AI; news from IT, Instant Access, and Canvas (pdf)
May-4: Four useful notes including why not to suggest to students to withdraw (pdf)
Apr-25: Faculty Day 2.0, ideas for student evaluations (pdf)
Apr-18: Responding to AI-generated work; upcoming events & programs (pdf)
Apr-11: Two special events and a helpful action (pdf)
Mar-16: A discussion strategy; CAFE's Summer Institute 2023 (pdf)
Feb-27: CPP Care Center, another Canvas tip (pdf)
Feb-21: Canvas tips for midterm, new programs and resources (pdf)
Jan-31: Resource for holding good discussions; upcoming programs & resources (pdf)
Jan-23: Just-in-time reminders for getting started (pdf)
Jan-19: Two great ideas as you finalize spring plans (pdf)
Jan-9: Spring Syllabus, ChatGPT, the end of Blackboard, and more (pdf)

Dec-20: End of semester, end of year notes (pdf)
Dec-13: Thoughts on final grades; uploading grades to Canvas gradebook (pdf)
Dec-6: The END of Blackboard approaches! plus, update on grade information (pdf)
Nov-30: WU's vs F's vs I's; end-of-semester checklist, and a couple of new things! (pdf)
Nov-16: Strategies to get high completion rates for student evaluations (pdf)
Nov-9: Waking up knowledge from early on; upcoming events & programs (pdf)
Oct-24: "Must do, should do, could do" and an early special event announcement (pdf)
Oct-17: The "Active learning library" and "Solo Success" workshop (pdf)
Oct-13: "Colleging" support; correction from last week; Wall of COOL (pdf)
Sep-29: Checking in with students; "Increase Your Writing Productivity," and first call for 2023 Wall of COOL nominations (pdf)
Sep-21: Mid-term feedback, last call for "peer to peer coaching" program (pdf)
Sep-14: Supporting students with covid; upcoming programs and resources (pdf)
Sep-7: Teaching microtip, upcoming programs, and "Everybody's Mentor" (pdf)
Aug-31: Teaching microtip; upcoming programs (pdf)
Aug-25: Idea for first day, Canvas news, and program highlights! (pdf)