Dealing with Difficult Students
Effective class control is an essential and integral part of successful teaching and learning. How do you deal with incivility in the classroom? Or how about the student who has gone to his/her grandmother’s funeral several times? Dealing with tardy, unruly, drunk, unprepared, or angry students can be almost nightmarish, so attend this session to learn effective ways of dealing with difficult students.

Cheating on Exams: How to Prevent it, Detect it, and Handle it
In this session, you’ll get the latest statistics on cheating, learn the most common ways to cheat on exams, and learn how to prepare, deliver, and grade exams to minimize the incidence of cheating. You’ll also learn what to do if you’ve caught someone cheating and participate in simulations where you hone your proctoring skills.

Plagiarism: How to Prevent it, Detect it, and Handle it
In this workshop, you’ll learn the most common ways that students plagiarize (including new Internet-based techniques) and learn how to prevent, detect, and combat plagiarism. You’ll receive training materials that define and model plagiarism for your students and be alerted to leading sites on the Internet that promote or combat plagiarism. You’ll also participate in simulations that train you to detect plagiarized papers.

Designing Effective Syllabi
In this session dedicated to improving your syllabi, we’ll critique model syllabi and discuss current issues surrounding syllabus content, including the roles played by the syllabus in handling academic integrity issues. Attendees will receive copies of the latest journal articles on improving syllabi as well as an extensive syllabus checklist.