°®ÒºAƬ

Connections with CTLD #19

Fall is in the Air

Fall is in full swing, and we’re excited to share some CTLD news and tidbits with you in this issue.
Want to read into the insights of last semester’s CTLD book club? How about checking out how accessible instruction benefits all learners? Looking for a new way to navigate assignments, or how to make more effective quizzes in Canvas?
It’s all in Connections with CTLD #19! We’re glad you can join us.

Executive Director's Corner

From Homework To Practice Assignments – GenAI in PHY 1000

In this month’s Executive Director’s Corner, Jeff shares how he rebuilt homework in his Physics of Nature course as three-step Practice Assignments. Students make an honest first attempt, then get help (which can come from GenAI with Learning Prompts), and finish by revising and explaining what changed in their thinking. He also lays out the course’s AI policy, component by component.

Instructional Design Corner

Designing Effective Quizzes in Canvas

Well-designed quizzes reinforce learning, help students spot gaps in understanding, and give you a clearer picture of their progress. This spotlight walks through how to design effective quizzes in Canvas, whether you’re using Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes. Topics include writing questions that hold up in an AI-available world, organizing questions into reusable banks, giving meaningful feedback, and keeping accessibility in mind. Whatever your goals, thoughtful design matters more than which tool you pick.

Teaching and Learning Corner

Remembering and Forgetting: Book Club Recap

Why do we forget? Should we use technology to help us remember? What are the truths and myths about technology and distractions? CTLD’s Spring 2026 Book Club tackled these questions by reading and discussing Michelle Miller’s Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology. Read some of the groups teaching takeaways, notable insights, and thoughts on productive struggle in the age of AI.

Smiling woman wearing headphones and using a laptop, learning and taking notes while remotely working or studying from her spacious, bright home office desk. Adobe Stock.

Instructional Accessibility Corner

Accessibility Benefits Everyone

Curious as to how proactive accessibility helps everyone? Today’s article briefly lists how accessibility practices benefit more people than one may think and suggests next steps for faculty working on improving their course accessibility.