- Celebrate this Year’s Excellence in Assessment Recipients!by Sarah AckermannMeet the 2025 Excellence in Assessment Recognition Recipients! Ball State University’s Division of Online and Strategic Learning, Office of Inclusive Excellence, and Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs hosted the 2025 Provost’s Summit: Fostering Inclusiveness in an Evolving Educational Landscape February 6 and 7, 2025. Each spring, Ball State faculty and staff are… Read more: Celebrate this Year’s Excellence in Assessment Recipients!
- Incorporating a Mindfulness Writing Activity into Your Classby John CarterLearn about a mindfulness-based writing activity to help learners process course material and support their wellbeing beyond the classroom. I was in graduate school during the pandemic, balancing my work as a student with my work as a graduate teaching assistant, and this experience had a major effect on me and my pedagogy. Like many… Read more: Incorporating a Mindfulness Writing Activity into Your Class
- Three Ways to Monitor Attendance on Canvasby Mac ClarkAttendance policies are standard practice at Ball State. Whether individually created or departmentally assigned, most instructors keep track of their students’ absences. One way to monitor attendance is through Canvas’ Roll Call feature. Roll Call allows instructors to record attendance, while providing a grade based on the number of absences entered, but the tool does… Read more: Three Ways to Monitor Attendance on Canvas
- Join Us for the 2025 Provost’s Summit: Fostering Inclusiveness in an Evolving Educational Landscapeby Kathleen JacobiThis blog is the second in our Summit series. Stay tuned next week to learn more about The virtual Ball State Provost Summit is February 6 and 7, 2025 Ball State University’s Division of Online and Strategic Learning, Office of Inclusive Excellence, and Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs are gearing up to… Read more: Join Us for the 2025 Provost’s Summit: Fostering Inclusiveness in an Evolving Educational Landscape
- Teaching and Technology Summit 2025by John CarterThis blog is the first in our Summit series. Stay tuned next week to learn more about the virtual Ball State Provost Summit, February 6 and 7, 2025. Are you innovating with teaching and technology? Consider presenting at the fourth annual virtual 2025 Teaching and Technology Summit, hosted March 20 and 21 by the Division… Read more: Teaching and Technology Summit 2025