Keeping Students Engaged
CATE Workshops
March 5, 2026
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM
Location
Virtual event
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Have you ever wondered whether your students truly grasp the material you are teaching? Do your students seem disengaged and zoned out while you go over content? Or, do your students ask for more feedback than you can provide? If any of these scenarios sound familiar, you should consider incorporating Classroom Assessment Techniques or CATs into your teaching toolkit. CATs are activities that are often non-graded and used to gauge student learning and provide timely feedback to both students and instructors. Workshop participants will explore a variety of CATs and examine ways to integrate them into their courses as a way to engage students and gather feedback on the teaching-learning process.
After participating in this workshop, you will be able to:
- Identify applications of CATs that engage students and gauge their learning
- Apply CATs to your own courses
WORKSHOP FORMAT: This workshop will be online on Zoom.
EVENT LEAD: Lauren Woods, lmwoods@uic.edu
Inclusion and Accessibility Information: CATE is committed to making events as accessible as possible. CATE’s online events are delivered through Zoom, will use Zoom auto-captions, and may include breakout rooms and group discussion. If you have any accessibility questions, requests, or to coordinate accommodations, please contact the CATE team at teaching@uic.edu.
Date posted
Dec 17, 2025
Date updated
Dec 17, 2025