Teaching and Learning Month

If you are interested in partnering with us to promote Teaching and Learning Month in the future, send us an email at mi@mcmaster.ca. The MacPherson Institute will follow up with more instructions about how you can share the details about your upcoming programming and event(s). 

If you are planning to offer training sessions in May but aren’t ready with all the details – that’s fine! Let us know that you plan to participate, and we’ll determine how to connect with you when you are ready.  

Why should I partner with the MacPherson Institute?

• Partnering with the MacPherson Institute means we will help promote your event through our website, e-newsletter, social media and cross-promote throughout May during our own MacPherson Institute teaching and learning training sessions. 
• We will also ask you to promote Teaching and Learning Month through your communications channels, to help generate further awareness about the variety of programming available across the university.  
• All partner sessions will be listed on the MacPherson Institute – Teaching and Learning Month webpage for easy reference throughout May.  

When is the deadline to submit events/programming?

• We will begin promoting Teaching & Learning Month in mid-April.  
• Submit your session by Tuesday, April 7th.  
• We will continue accepting session beyond the deadline, but we cannot guarantee that sessions submitted after this time will be included in all promotions.  

Who else is participating?

In previous years we have worked with these campus partners:

• CUPE 3906 
• Equity and Inclusion Office 
• Faculty of Engineering
• Faculty of Health Sciences 
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Science 
• Faculty of Social Sciences
• McMaster Continuing Education 
• McMaster Libraries 
• McMaster Students Union 
• Office of Community Engagement 
• Office of the Provost
• Office of the Vice-Provost, Teaching & Learning
• Student Success Centre 
• University Technology Services
  

Session Formats

Teaching and Learning Month will offer sessions in both in-person and virtual formats. When selecting a session to attend, please pay close attention to whether it is being offered virtually or in-person. Most virtual sessions will be automatically recorded in Zoom Events. In-person sessions are not recorded.   

Introduction to Zoom Events

During Teaching and Learning Month, Zoom Events will be the hub of activities. Once registered, attendees can join the lobby by clicking the event link hub and clicking “Join Lobby.” From here you can create a profile for yourself and start reserving a spot session to session(s) you want to attend. 

Lobby 

• The “Lobby” is where you can see the chat from the Teaching and Learning Month committee. 
  

Sessions 

• View the entire list of activities by clicking the “Sessions” tab.  
• To add a session to your itinerary, simply click the “Reserve a Spot” button on the right side of the session block. This will automatically bookmark the session and add it to your itinerary. 
• Please note – users should reserve a spot in advance to hold their space in a session. Once a session is live, users who have not reserved a spot can still join by clicking “reserve a spot.” If capacity allows, the “join” button will appear and the user can enter the session. 

Itinerary 

• Create your own itinerary by opening the “Sessions” tab.  
• Once you have built your itinerary, you can view your whole schedule in Zoom Events by selecting the “Itinerary” tab in the navigation bar at the top of your screen.  
• Export your schedule to Outlook from the “Itinerary” tab navigation by clicking “Export Itinerary as ICS file” – open the ICS file using Outlook and add it to your calendar for easy reference throughout the month. 

Campus Partners 

• Learn more about our Teaching and Learning Month partners by clicking the “Partners” tab in the navigation bar at the top of your screen. 
  

Speakers 

• Learn more about all of the speakers for Teaching and Learning Month by clicking the “Speakers” tab in the navigation bar at the top of your screen. 
  

Registration and Overview of Zoom Events

This year, the MacPherson Institute will use Zoom Events to coordinate and promote all its events. The Zoom Events platform will help to streamline partner participation and attendee registration for sessions happening in the month of May.  

Register for Teaching and Learning Month through Zoom Events using your Zoom account. If you don’t have a Zoom account, see the instructions in the “Setting up your Zoom account” section below.

During Teaching and Learning Month, Zoom Events will be the hub of activities. Once registered, attendees can join the lobby by opening the event link and clicking “Join Lobby.” From here you can create a profile for yourself and start reserving a spot to session(s) you want to attend. 

Sessions will be a mix of in-person, hybrid and online. Attendees should pay close attention to the format of their session to ensure they can plan to join the session using the appropriate method.  

What does this mean for hosts of events?

• Partners will need to have an active Zoom account (see below for more details) 
• Partners will still be asked to complete the submission form 
• Once sessions are submitted, they will be created in Zoom Events as part of a month-long event listing that will include all Teaching and Learning Month sessions 
• Partners will then receive a link to their session so they can add an session description and information about the speaker(s) 

What does this mean for attendees of events?

• Attendees will need to have an active Zoom account (see below for more details) 
• Attendees will only have to register for Teaching and Learning Month*, rather than registering for each individual session they wish to attend. 
• Please note:  there may be some partner sessions that have a separate registration link. This will be noted on the schedule.
• Attendees will need to reserve a spot for the session(s) they wish to attend. When a spot is reserved, the session will be automatically added to their itinerary. 

Week 1 (May 4 – May 8)

Week 2 (May 11 – May 15)

Week 3 (May 18 – May 22)

Week 4 (May 25 – May 29)