Summer Teaching Institute

Summer 2026 Opportunities

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Overview

Monday June 22, 20206, 1:00-3:00 In-person, KEL 2413 and Wednesday June 24, 2026 1:00-2:00 Online

Assessing Writing in a World with GenAI

Overview

Thurs June 25, 2026, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM In-Person, KEL 2413

Community of Practice: Assessing Online Writing Assignments in a World with GenAI

Overview:

Dates: May 26, 2026-June 26, 2026

Modality: Asynchronous

Time Commitment: 5 hours to 15 hours depending on chosen program track

Facilitator: Faculty Center and Instructional Design Team

This community of practice supports faculty teaching fully online, asynchronous courses who utilize writing assignments as a significant part of their assessment. The wide availability of GenAI has renewed concerns about “open assignments” and authentic learning. While some of the most promising practices to date include encouraging a focus on the learning process as opposed to the creation of a learning “product,” this paradigm shift can still leave faculty wondering what artefacts from the “process” to assess and grade, and how to determine if the process artefacts are student created.

This community will provide participants with training on how to use the Clarity Writing assignment tool from TurnItIn available on the Cougar Courses LMS platform. Clarity allows faculty to set up their writing assignments to be completed within the space of the LMS so that the writing process is visible to the instructor. Faculty will learn how to use the “writing report” tool on Clarity that shows information such as “copy and paste” ratios, time spent writing, time spent editing/revising typed text, and more.

There are 3 different topics that faculty accepted for this training and community can choose from:

How to use Clarity to access basic writing reports on student writing process
How to use Clarity with the Canvas rubric feature for additional information that may support the instructor’s grading
How to enable limited and defined GenAI access for Clarity writing assignments for those who wish to allow GenAI usage with guardrails

Session Expectations and Format:

This community is entirely asynchronous and online. Participants will complete training modules that will help them learn how to use the relevant features of Clarity and will engage in discussion forum activities with their fellow instructors to share insights and troubleshoot challenges about using these new LMS options. To complete this experience, all participants will complete an exit survey to help identify promising practices for faculty and share insights on realistic expectations for using these features. Participants are encouraged to use anonymized student surveys (IDS can provide a template for ease of use) to collect input from student learners on their experience of using Clarity and share this feedback with the community of practice to assist fellow instructors in understanding student needs. Participants may schedule 1:1 appointments as needed with an instructional designer if they need customized help.

Time Commitment and Compensation Rates:

Track 1: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports (5 Hours) $500

Track 2: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports and Rubric Integration (10 Hours) $1000

Track 3: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports and Enabling GenAI Options (10 Hours) $1000

Track 4: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports, Rubric Integration, and Enabling GenAI Options (15 Hours) $1500

Eligibility and Compensation: Open to faculty teaching fully online courses during Summer 2026 Session One. Faculty should expect to implement the tools selected from their preferred training track in their Summer 2026 Session One course. See rates in section above for hours and stipend amount for each option.

Training Stipends will be sent to eligible participants who complete the training modules for their track, complete all required discussion forum activities, and complete the exit survey by June 26, 2026.

This community can enroll up to 12 eligible faculty.

Community of Practice: Assessing Online Writing Assignments in a World with GenAI July 2026 Cohort for Summer Session Two Faculty

Overview:

Dates: July 6, 2026-August 7, 2026

Modality: Asynchronous

Time Commitment: 5 hours to 15 hours depending on chosen program track

Facilitator: Faculty Center and Instructional Design Team

There are 3 different topics that faculty accepted for this training and community can choose from:

How to use Clarity to access basic writing reports on student writing process
How to use Clarity with the Canvas rubric feature for additional information that may support the instructor’s grading
How to enable limited and defined GenAI access for Clarity writing assignments for those who wish to allow GenAI usage with guardrails

Session Expectations and Format:

Time Commitment and Compensation Rates:

Track 1: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports (5 Hours) $500

Track 2: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports and Rubric Integration (10 Hours) $1000

Track 3: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports and Enabling GenAI Options (10 Hours) $1000

Track 4: Using Clarity for Basic Writing Reports, Rubric Integration, and Enabling GenAI Options (15 Hours) $1500

Eligibility and Compensation: Open to faculty teaching fully online courses during Summer 2026 Session Two. Faculty should expect to implement the tools selected from their preferred training track in their Summer 2026 Session Two course. See rates in section above for hours and stipend amount for each option.

This community can enroll up to 12 eligible faculty.

Only Unit 3 faculty members who will be on contract with an existing Unit 3 appointment during the entire time frame of the training or professional development opportunity are eligible to be considered for a stipend. Faculty may not request or accept professional development and/or training under this program unless they are on active pay status as a faculty bargaining unit employee. Summer stipends can only be offered to faculty who will be employed the preceding spring and subsequent fall semesters. This means you must have had been on contract as a Unit 3 faculty employee in Spring 2026 and be scheduled for Fall 2026 Unit 3 faculty work to be eligible for this June 2026 professional development opportunity. FERP faculty are not eligible for training stipends.

Faculty are limited to a maximum of $10,000 in stipends for faculty training and professional development per fiscal year. Faculty cannot accept an offer for a stipend that will cause them to exceed this $10,000 annual limit.  

All faculty members accepting a stipend must fulfill all of the stated terms and expectations that constitute completion of the training or development activity to receive the stipend.  

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