eSAIL offers several live workshops to support your online teaching. Live workshops provide an opportunity for hands-on practice with guidance from our eSAIL staff.
Don’t have time for a workshop?
We also provide a variety of self-paced digital accessibility resources on our website. These resources include guides, tutorials, and checklists to help you create accessible course content. Whether you’re looking for tips on creating accessible documents, structuring your course for screen readers, or understanding universal design principles, our Digital Accessibility Resources page has the information you need.
📅 Upcoming Workshops
Workshop Title |
Date |
Time |
|---|---|---|
| Beyond Play: Designing Interactive Video with YuJa | Wednesday, July 15 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm |
| Canvas Quick-Start: Prepping Your Fall Course Shell | Thursday, August 13 | 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm |
July 2026 – Beyond Play: Designing Interactive Video with YuJa
Workshop Leaders and Facilitators: eSAIL Staff
Length: 1 hour
Maximum attendees: 20
Location: Online
Description: Transform passive viewing into an active learning experience. In this workshop, we will explore YuJa’s interactivity suite to build embedded quizzes, hotspots, and branching pathways within your videos. You’ll learn how to track student engagement through these interactions and sync quiz results directly with your Canvas gradebook.
August 2026 – Canvas Quick-Start: Prepping Your Fall Course Shell
Workshop Leaders and Facilitators: eSAIL Staff
Length: 1 hour
Maximum attendees: 25
Location: Online
Description: Get your course ready for Day 1! This workshop walks you through the essential pre-flight checklist: importing content, updating dates, verifying link persistence, and setting up your “Start Here” module. We’ll also demonstrate how to use the Student View tool to spot common navigation hurdles before your students do.
October 2026 – Preparing for the End of the Semester
- TBA
Length: 45 minutes
Maximum attendees: 20
Location: Online
Description: This session is for faculty using Canvas who want to learn more about setting up Gradebook and preparing for end-of-semester calculations. Topics addressed include setting up grading schemes, weighted grades, grade posting policy, assignment groups, creating extra columns, and posting grades to Howdy.
❓ Want a one-on-one session or have any questions?
- Email us at eSAIL@tamu.edu!
- Also, check out our faculty learning section and recorded workshops for immediate viewing.
