May 2025 Newsletter and Table of Contents Image by Freepik Overview - Summer Arrives 🍃🌞🍉 The end of the term is coming up fast. We are wrapping up classes and beginning to look ahead. It can be a hectic time, but al…

 

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Overview - Summer Arrives 🍃🌞🍉

The end of the term is coming up fast. We are wrapping up classes and beginning to look ahead. It can be a hectic time, but also a reflective time and a planning time. We have a Canvas tip to streamline your grade book to help you wrap up your courses. If you're planning what comes next, this newsletter features several design tools to help make your planning creative and fun! Dive into working with emojis, color, sketches, and AI image generators. Speaking of planning, get ready for the Summer Institute! And don't miss Christina Goldsmith's article on applying the science of motivation to your courses. Let those ideas percolate as you enjoy your summer break, and incorporate them for summer or fall courses.

Table of Contents

• Canvas Tip: Automatically Enter Zeroes in the Gradebook for Missing Submissions
• Emoji Use Guidelines
• Applying the Science of Motivation to the College Classroom
• Working with Free AI Image Generation Tools: A Specific Journey 
  (Bonus: this article has a link to get a Canva educator account that has some pro features)
• New Faculty Resource: Digital Color Tools Guide
• Fun Tool: Sketching with Excalidraw
• Summer Institute