Teaching and Learning Month

If you are interested in partnering with us to promote Teaching and Learning Month, 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/events 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 events. 
• 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 events 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. Ideally, we’d like to know about your event by April 14 so we can send you resources to help promote the initiative.  
• We will continue accepting events up until April 21 – but we cannot guarantee that events submitted after this time will be included in all promotion. 
  

Who else is participating?

• In previous years we have received support from: 
• CUPE 3906 
• Equity and Inclusion Office 
• Faculty of Health Sciences 
• Faculty of Science 
• Lewis & Ruth Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship 
• McMaster Continuing Education 
• McMaster Libraries 
• McMaster Students Union 
• McMaster University Waterloo Regional Campus 
• Office of Community Engagement 
• Student Success Centre 
• University Technology Services

Overview of Zoom Events

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

During Teaching and Learning Month, Zoom Events will be the hub of activities. The virtual lobby is now open and 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 building an itinerary of events you want to attend.

Events will be a mix of in-person, hybrid and online. Attendees should pay close attention to the format of their event 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 events 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 events 
• Partners will then receive a link to their event so they can add an event 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 event they wish to attend 
• Once registered for Teaching and Learning Month, participants can create their own schedule for all the events they wish to attend
  

Schedule Overview

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. 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. The virtual lobby is now open and 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 building an itinerary of events 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 schedule of activities by clicking the “Sessions” tab.  
  

Itinerary 

• Create your own itinerary by opening the “Sessions” tab. 
• To add a session to your itinerary, simply click the bookmark button on the right side of the session block (next to “Start” button).  
• 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.

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. 
  

Health and Safety

McMaster’s health and safety guidance strongly encourages masking in areas where larger groups of individuals are expected. We continue to follow this guidance during Teaching and Learning Month, but individual sessions may vary.