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Weekly Emails
Throughout the academic year the CAFE director emails CPP faculty, offering an assortment of upcoming events, opportunities, teaching tips, career advice, important announcements, and more. Below is a collection of past emails.
Nov-18 : Winter Institutes, Accessibility Workshops, and More (pdf)
Oct-29 : Week 10 CAFE Updates: Teaching Resources, Canvas News & Campus Community Events (pdf)
Oct-14 : COOL Classes, Canvas News, and Mentoring (pdf)
Oct-1 : Teaching, Service, Accessibility, AI Survey, and More (pdf)
Sep-10 : Small Gestures, Big Impact and New CAFE Programs (pdf)
Aug-27 : Accessibility Workshops, Consultations & Fall Events (pdf)
Aug-19 : Welcome to the Fall Semester and Some Resources for a Great Start! (pdf)
May-19 : Summer writing; CAFE Exec Director search (pdf)
May-14 : Pomodoros for grading; important accessibility news (pdf)
May-6 : Submitting grades on BroncoDirect; Canvas tips (pdf)
Apr-30 : Your input sought; two paid PD opportunities (pdf)
Apr-23 : The (apparently) unnecessary (pdf)
Apr-8 : More on gAI (pdf)
Apr-2 : Spring break, Faculty Day, and a funding opportunity (pdf)
Mar-27 : Some big news and many resources (pdf)
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-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)