UMD Instructional Development Stipend for Spring 2022

Faculty and instructional staff can earn a $300 stipend for completing training courses.

Who is Eligible to Participate?

University of Minnesota Duluth faculty and instructional staff are eligible to receive up to a $300 stipend for completing synchronous and asynchronous training courses offered by University of Minnesota Partners. You must be teaching a course during the Spring 2022 semester.

What are the Training Topics?

They include:

  • Teaching with Access & Inclusion Program (Closed to Enrollment)
  • Canvas Essentials
  • Canvas Gradebook: Set Up
  • Room & Zoom: Teaching in a Blended Environment
  • What Multilingual and International Students are Saying
  • Classroom Reconnect: Drop-In
  • Tune up your course site with the Start of the Semester Checklist
  • Media Hub Tour
  • Accessibility Badging: Foundations
    • Digital Accessibility: Web Content
    • Digital Accessibility: Slide Presentations
    • Digital Accessibility: Documents
    • Digital Accessibility: PDFS
    • Digital Accessibility: Create Accessible Canvas Courses Sites

What is the Timeframe?

Most courses run from January 4 to January 13, excluding Accessibility Badging Courses which are asynchronous and self-paced.

Records of completion must be submitted no later than February 20, 2022.

How Do I Participate?

  1. Register for the course(s) or event(s). UMD Instructional Development Stipend for Spring 2022 provides registration links.
  2. Compete course(s) or event(s).
  3. Submit records of completion on the Spring 2022 Stipend Submission Form to receive the stipend. Participants can only submit this form one time. So, please wait until all planned workshops/webinars are completed to submit your request. Again, the deadline is February 20, 2022.

Most events will provide a completion record in the UMN Training Hub, unless otherwise noted.

For directions on how to view and download your Training Hub records:

  1. Go to Training Hub Learning Guide.
  2. Under the "Manage Training" heading, expand "View your Training History".

Questions?

Email [email protected].

Sponsors

Training is being provided by the following University of Minnesota System Partners: