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Welcome to CAT Base, the new and improved CAT+FD wiki, designed to support programming by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development at Xavier University of Louisiana.

Brightspace: Instructors Quick Start Tutorial — To successfully teach your courses, you must be able to utilize basic Brightspace tools. If you are not already familiar with Brightspace, or if you need a refresher, start here.
Customize Your Course Homepage in Brightspace — Customize your course homepages to enhance the course experience for your students.
Utilize Brightspace to Help Students Stay on Track
Allow Learners to Reflect on Their Learning
Engagement Strategies for Online Discussions in Brightspace
Facilitating Group Work in Your Brightspace Course
Inclusive Teaching in Mixed-Mode
Instructional Continuity — Anything from extreme weather to family emergencies can disrupt scheduled courses. An instructional continuity plan will assist you with continuing course delivery in the event of a disruption by minimizing the effects of the disruption.
#LearnEverywhereXULA (Online/Hybrid Instructor Tutorial)
Brightspace Small Plates — Timely tips from our award-winning blog.
See also our Brightspace FAQ as well as our Brightspace documents.

Achieving HTML Literacy — The mysterious code of web pages doesn't have to be so mysterious anymore.
Content Curation for Teaching & Learning — The content curator is emerging as an important role in the 21st century.
How to create a personal website — These simple step-by-step instructions will guide you through the process of setting up a free personal website on WordPress.com.
Everybody's a Visual Learner
How to Make Excellent Video Lectures
Using Camtasia
Using Feedly
Using VoiceThread for Teaching and Learning
Video help

Faculty Portfolio Working Group: Develop a portfolio as a scholarly project that provides documented evidence of teaching from a variety of sources.
Fall Faculty Book Club: During the fall semester CAT sponsors a book club for Xavier faculty.
#LearnEverywhereXULA Advanced Certification
P-MAX (Preparing Mentors and Advisors at Xavier): P-MAX is a training program that is designed to provide participating faculty with the knowledge and skills needed to mentor and advise undergraduate students, especially those engaged in research.
Part-time Faculty Support: Links and resources for new and returning part-time faculty members.
Xavier Faculty Writing Group: Each semester, the Xavier Faculty Writing Group provides a supportive community for teacher-scholars to further their academic writing.

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-Welcome to the new and improved CAT+FD Wiki, designed to support programming by the [http://cat.xula.edu/ Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development] at [http://www.xula.edu/ Xavier University of Louisiana].
+Welcome to '''CAT Base''', the new and improved CAT+FD wiki, designed to support programming by the [http://cat.xula.edu/ Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Faculty Development] at [http://www.xula.edu/ Xavier University of Louisiana].
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+[[File: CATFD-Color-Seal.png|400px|CAT+FD]]
 ==Brightspace Tutorials==