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The SUNY Center for Professional Development (CPD) OTTER Institute (Online Teaching: Technology and Educational Resources) is an opportunity for practitioners, regardless of teaching modality, to learn more about online education’s innovations, trends, and challenges; see examples of best practices for course design and delivery within Brightspace; and learn about the tools and features within Brightspace that will help them create and deliver effective and engaging digital course content. 

The 2023 OTTER Institute consists of weekly two-hour webinars. The webinars are recorded, and the recordings will be available on the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) website and in the companion Brightspace course. Following the weekly webinars, participants will have an opportunity to work with instructional designers and Brightspace experts.

The following webinars will take place from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.:

Customizing Your Course with Release Conditions and Intelligent Agents
Monday, August 28

Grading and Providing Formative Assessment
Tuesday, September 5

Assessing Your Course
Monday, September 11

Making Iterative Changes/Refreshing Your Course 
Monday, September 18

Learn more and register on the SUNY CPD website.