The TLPDC offers space to the Texas Tech Community in order to support professional development and to promote the campus commitment to teaching excellence. This is a listing of sessions facilitated by other departments on campus that take place in our center.
If you would like to see information about our available rooms, please visit our facilities page.
Please click on the session title for the description and option to register.
- Jul7Mon
RaiderCanvas Camp – (July 7, 2025 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 22
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul8Tue
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (Speedgrader) – (July 8, 2025 01:30 PM – 02:00 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGI2ZDkyYTAtYjkzOC00Zjg0LTkxNDAtMDdiMWZhNWUxOWVm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 28
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using Speedgrader and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Jul9Wed
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (Turnitin) – (July 9, 2025 09:00 AM – 09:30 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTgxMGZmYTAtYTFmMS00Y2EyLTg0OTYtOGQ1YjIxODFmNjZi%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 28
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using Turnitin and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Jul9Wed
RaiderCanvas Camp (virtual) – (July 9, 2025 01:30 PM – 03:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZDk0MWM0YzYtZWEwNi00NzUyLTk0YmEtNGMwOTZjMjVjZTA5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 25
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul10Thu
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (Quizzes) – (July 10, 2025 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_MTFkNjgzOWQtOWU4Yi00NzBmLWJhNjMtNmJjMzM1YTI0YTY0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 28
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using Quizzes and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Jul14Mon
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (aPlus+ Attendance) – (July 14, 2025 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZmM1NzQ1MDUtNGIzMS00M2U0LWJlMDEtN2U3NWM4MTBhNDc3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 28
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using aPlus+ Attendance and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Jul14Mon
TTU Human Subject Training: Introduction to the IRB – (July 14, 2025 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
Available Seats: 288
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
- Jul14Mon
AIM Testing Training for Faculty (SDS) – (July 14, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
AIM (Accessible Information Management) is the database that is used by Student Disability Services to house student data and information. We are moving forward with using AIM to schedule exams for students and would like to discuss this plan with faculty and gather feedback to streamline the process.
- Jul15Tue
RaiderCanvas Camp (virtual) – (July 15, 2025 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_OTViMGRlMTktOGVhOS00ZGE3LWJiN2MtNmVjM2Y5ZTEzNWNl%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 25
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul15Tue
TTU Human Subject Training: Navigating Cayuse IRB – (July 15, 2025 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
Available Seats: 289
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
- Jul16Wed
TTU Human Subject Training: Data Collection and Privacy, Confidentiality & Security- (July 16, 2025 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
Available Seats: 290
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
- Jul17Thu
RaiderCanvas Camp – (July 17, 2025 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 28
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul17Thu
TTU Human Subject Training: Recruitment and Consent Procedures- (July 17, 2025 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
Available Seats: 289
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
- Jul18Fri
TTU Human Subject Training: After IRB Approval & Q&A – (July 18, 2025 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
Available Seats: 290
The Human Research Protection Program is offering an Institutional Review Board training for graduate students and faculty members conducting human subject research. The training will take place over one week, and will be offered virtually through Zoom. Researchers who attend all five sessions will receive a Certificate of Completion for Texas Tech University Human Subject Training. This will count towards the training requirement for IRB submissions. Researchers do not have to complete all five trainings in one semester to receive the certificate. They can attend different trainings throughout multiple semesters. Researchers submitting to federal grants are still required to have human subject training through CITI. Join via Zoom: https://texastech.zoom.us/j/99216003389?pwd=kZwUGyoabSmCjBaXvgtS79rqctp7lx.1
- Jul28Mon
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (Groups) – (July 28, 2025 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZGEwYzVmM2ItYTczZC00MmNkLWI1NmYtMjg5MDgwZjkwMjYw%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 30
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using Groups and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Jul29Tue
RaiderCanvas Camp (virtual) – (July 29, 2025 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ODg5ZGQzNzctNzEyZC00YTg3LWI1ZjktMTU2M2Q4YjViNWEz%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 28
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul30Wed
RaiderCanvas Camp – (July 30, 2025 09:00 AM – 12:00 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 25
Get ready for the RaiderCanvas migration! TTU Online is hosting summer camps to help instructors get their courses ready for fall. This session will offer faculty the opportunity to develop a Canvas class. Faculty should identify a course to be developed. This could be a new course prep or a course that has been migrated from Blackboard to Canvas. If a participant plans to work on a migrated course, please export the course from Blackboard to Canvas prior to the Canvas class. To do so, please access the following directions: Moving Courses from Blackboard to Canvas. Additionally, faculty who need to request a development shell can go to the RaiderCanvas Support Portal. Click on Request Something and you’ll see the form for Development Shell Requests. To use your time efficiently in the Canvas Camp, please make sure that you can access your syllabus, assignments, quizzes, or any course content that you would like to add to your fall course. In this camp, TTU Online staff will go guide you through features in Canvas including adding content and creating quizzes and will make sure that you are ready to use A+ Attendance, grant accommodations to students registered through SDS, and grade student submissions. You should complete this camp with a course that is well underway for the fall!
- Jul31Thu
RaiderCanvas Virtual Pop-Up (Respondus) – (July 31, 2025 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM)
Location:Virtual Session
Room: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzZiM2Q2N2YtMDQyZS00OTU5LThlYWEtZTIxMDBlOGQ0YWVk%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22178a51bf-8b20-49ff-b655-56245d5c173c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%220718d5f4-03b7-4f66-a370-acde24c95a13%22%7d
Available Seats: 30
Join us for this mini RaiderCanvas session! TTU Online staff will walk you through using Respondus and help answer specific questions about the feature.
- Aug4Mon
AIM Testing Training for Faculty (SDS) – (August 4, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 153
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 153
Available Seats: 32
AIM (Accessible Information Management) is the database that is used by Student Disability Services to house student data and information. We are moving forward with using AIM to schedule exams for students and would like to discuss this plan with faculty and gather feedback to streamline the process.
- Aug19Tue
AI Mini Conference: Back to School – (August 19, 2025 10:00 AM – 02:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 151
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 151
Available Seats: 7
The TLPDC is hosting the next AI mini conference on Tuesday, August 19th! This “back to school” event will help instructors prepare for the fall semester and provide tangible strategies for teaching in a world of AI overload. This opportunity is for those with any level of exposure to AI tools. Whether you have little experience or you’ve already integrated AI into your course, we hope to provide strategies, resources, and support to instructors on all points of the spectrum of AI learning.
*A virtual link for those working remotely can be provided upon request. Please reach out to tlpdc@ttu.edu. - Aug20Wed
TSI Meet & Greet – Fall 2025 Kickoff – (August 20, 2025 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM)
Location:TLPDC Room 150
2802 18th Street
Lubbock, TX 79409Room: TLPDC 150
Available Seats: 39
Join the College Readiness Department for a welcoming Meet & Greet to kick off the Fall 2025 semester! This event is an opportunity for faculty and staff to come together, connect, and strengthen our shared commitment to student success. We’ll highlight the ongoing TSI partnership with math and English instructors of entry-level courses, focusing on how collaboration can better support students in their academic journey. Come meet colleagues, exchange ideas, and build meaningful relationships that will enhance support for students in developmental and corequisite math and English coursework. Let’s start the semester united and inspired!