The Center for Innovative Teaching, Learning, and Engagement (CITLE) provides professional development opportunities to engage faculty in innovation and excellence in teaching, learning, and scholarship that will further the goals of the undergraduate curriculum at the University.
Thus, this initiative will provide professional development activities that support CAU academic and online programs, advance faculty innovative teaching, support faculty scholarship opportunities, and enhance their engagement in major and career pathway explorations. CITLE’s mission is to support the advancement of teaching best practices, transformative and research-based learning.
CITLE Programming and Professional Development Opportunities
We offer a number of programs and services to support the professional development needs of CAU faculty. We offer year round opportunities to help faculty improve their pedagogy to engage learners.
CITLE Support Services
Kahoot! Game-based learning platform.
Portfolium Platform that allows university students and recent graduates to connect with businesses and employers to present academic work . Contact online@cau.edu for support.
Qualtrics Platform that makes it simple to for any organization to collect and understand survey data. Contact citle@cau.edu for account.
Respondus Assessment tools for learning systems within Canvas LMS. Contact online@cau.edu.
Thinglink Platform that allows users to save and share notes and observations about real-world spaces, situations and artifacts. Ideal for classroom. Contact online@cau.edu for account and support.
turnitin Promote academic integrity, streamline grading and feedback, deter plagiarism, and improve student outcomes. Contact online@cau.edu for support.
zoom Video conferencing platform. Contact online@cau.edu for support.
Canvas 101
This self-guided online course walks you through the basics of our learning management system, Canvas. This is also the prerequisite course for tTEC. Participants must score an 80 or higher in Canvas 101 to be eligible for tTEC certification (explained in the next section). If you are interested, please contact online@cau.edu.
tTEC (technology to Transform Educational Content-deliver) Online Teaching Certification
tTEC is CAU’s online teaching certification. As indicated in the SACS COC approval for CAU to operate online programs, faculty assigned to teach online courses MUST be tTEC certified.
tTEC certification requires the successful completion of Canvas 101 (self-paced course in which learners demonstrate proficiency with key features of Canvas) and the 5-week online tTEC course. CITLE’s Online Instructional Technologists facilitate these courses 4-6 times each calendar year.
Faculty Support
Faculty Development Institutes
Faculty Development Institutes are intensive professional development opportunities open to full-time and part-time faculty.
Faculty Development Walk-In Support
Appointments can be scheduled by emailing citle@cau.edu.
CITLE Staff
Dr. Charmayne Patterson, Director
Liaison to Deans, Department Chairs, Unit Heads, and the Office of the Provost
Robert Swift, Jr., Sr. Instructional Designer and Quality Assurance Manager
Provides instructional design services for HyFlex and Online offerings.
Conducts quality assurance reviews of online and blended courses, based on Quality Matters standards.
Dr. Jessica Ruiz, Instructional Technologist
Provides direct technical support on the Canvas learning management system (LMS)
for all online instructors and students.
Brooke Jones, Instructional Technologist
Provides direct technical support on the Canvas learning management system (LMS)
for all online instructors and students.
Frank A. Edwards, Manager, Digital Content Studio
Provides audiovisual services to support HyFlex and Online offerings.
