Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) has launched a new set of Artificial Intelligence Training Courses to help Purdue instructors and staff use AI confidently and responsibly in their day-to-day work. The four self-paced courses cover AI policy and ethics, approved tools, and practical ways to apply AI to teaching, research, and administrative tasks. …
Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) has launched a new set of Artificial Intelligence Training Courses to help Purdue instructors and staff use AI confidently and responsibly in their day-to-day work. The four self-paced courses cover AI policy and ethics, approved tools, and practical ways to apply AI to teaching, research, and administrative tasks.
TLT built the courses in collaboration with Purdue’s Center for Instructional Excellence, Purdue Libraries, and Purdue Information and Technology’s AI and Automation team, keeping the content grounded in the tools and policies in use across campus. And because the professional development courses are built to be updated as guidance and tools change, they will stay current as AI keeps evolving.
These courses offer an excellent opportunity for instructors to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving field of AI, and find practical solutions to help save time and resources. Courses are available in Brightspace and are brief by design — offered in 30-minute to one-hour formats — so they fit into a busy week.
Executive Director of Teaching and Learning Technologies, Jason Fish, is ready for instructors and staff to jump in and learn from these courses. “These courses are packed with practical, high-value content that faculty and staff can apply immediately, all in a short format built for busy schedules,” Fish explained.
All four courses are available now in Brightspace. See the AI Teaching Resources webpage to enroll.
Purdue has launched Simple Syllabus as the university‑supported, system-wide syllabus management system for Fall 2026 courses. Integrated directly within the Brightspace learning management system, this new tool streamlines syllabus creation and updates while preserving instructor control over course content, structure, and tone. The platform helps reduce duplicated effort related to institutional information and student- versus…
Purdue has launched Simple Syllabus as the university‑supported, system-wide syllabus management system for Fall 2026 courses. Integrated directly within the Brightspace learning management system, this new tool streamlines syllabus creation and updates while preserving instructor control over course content, structure, and tone. The platform helps reduce duplicated effort related to institutional information and student- versus public-facing viewing. It also offers flexibility in design while providing a built-in accessibility checker.
Each instructor-of-record of a credit-bearing course will develop and publish a Fall 2026 course syllabus using the Simple Syllabus tool. Each participating campus – Purdue Fort Wayne, Purdue Indianapolis and West Lafayette, and Purdue Northwest – has its own syllabus template, designed in collaboration with instructors from that campus.
The template includes required components, some of which are auto populated from Purdue’s systems to provide consistent information across platforms. Some of these required components will meet Indiana State Law HEA 1001, which asserts “A faculty member shall prepare and post on the institution’s website a syllabus for each course the faculty member is teaching.” Other components are required and pre-populated with Purdue policies specific to each campus.
Completing and posting a syllabus using Simple Syllabus in the Brightspace course will automatically provide both public- and student-facing versions. Students and others enrolled in a Brightspace course will see the student-facing version under the Syllabus tab. The public-facing versions of all syllabi posted across the university are viewable by anyone at the Purdue University – Simple Syllabus repository.
The implementation of Simple Syllabus does not affect department processes in the development and/or review of syllabi at Purdue Indianapolis and West Lafayette locations or at Purdue Northwest. Departments and instructors will continue with their own internal processes before each instructor-of-record posts their course syllabus in Simple Syllabus. Purdue Fort Wayne will follow the processes outlined in the updated OAA Memorandum 25-03.
The Fall 2026 launch of Simple Syllabus is the culmination of the phased implementation announced in May. Training, documentation, and campus-based support are available at each participating campus (see details below).
For technical questions, contact Purdue University Information Technology. For questions about the Simple Syllabus implementation on your campus, contact:
Purdue Fort Wayne
Purdue Indianapolis and West Lafayette
Purdue Northwest
The Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invites instructors to join Purdue’s teaching and learning reading groups this semester. These reading groups bring together faculty from Indianapolis and West Lafayette in small groups to discuss how recent books about teaching, learning, and the classroom may inform what they do. Our book selection for the Fall 2026 semester is Designing Impactful College Courses:…
The Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE) invites instructors to join Purdue’s teaching and learning reading groups this semester. These reading groups bring together faculty from Indianapolis and West Lafayette in small groups to discuss how recent books about teaching, learning, and the classroom may inform what they do.
Our book selection for the Fall 2026 semester is Designing Impactful College Courses: Applying Self-Determination Theory to Unleash the Potential of Autonomy-Supportive Learning by CIE’s Emily M. Bonem, Daniel Guberman, and Chantal Levesque-Bristol. The book is available through Purdue Libraries.
Participants will read and discuss the book over four sessions throughout the semester. Sessions will be held both in West Lafayette and virtually through Teams on the second week of each month. Participants can choose their date and location according to their schedules for each week:
Those who would like to participate during Fall 2026 should fill out an online questionnaire by Friday, Aug.28, providing information about interest and availability.
Those who cannot make it this semester but are interested in faculty reading and learning communities, or who have suggestions for future books/topics, should contact Annika Kraft at arkraft@purdue.edu.
CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, a hub approach to connect Purdue instructors in Indianapolis and West Lafayette, to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Other members include Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.
As part of Purdue University’s system-wide initiative to support instructors as they transition their course materials in alignment with the new digital accessibility standards issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Purdue has implemented YuJa Panorama as the centrally supported digital accessibility remediation…
As part of Purdue University’s system-wide initiative to support instructors as they transition their course materials in alignment with the new digital accessibility standards issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Purdue has implemented YuJa Panorama as the centrally supported digital accessibility remediation tool in Fall 2026 Brightspace for Purdue West Lafayette and Indianapolis locations, Purdue Northwest, and Purdue Fort Wayne campuses.
Yuja Panorama has remediation capabilities to support instructors with the ability to:
The tool was selected after Purdue conducted a Request for Proposals (RFP) for a digital content remediation tool to integrate into Brightspace and assist instructors in identifying and addressing accessibility issues in instructional materials.
For additional information, getting started guides, and FAQs, instructors can visit the Yuja Panorama webpage. For information about upcoming training opportunities, please visit our workshops website. Availability for Panorama outside of Brightspace is coming soon with updates to follow.
For further questions and support at your campus, contact:
Purdue West Lafayette and Indianapolis
Purdue Fort Wayne
Purdue Northwest
Purdue Global
The six-week Fall 2026 session of the Certificate of Foundations in College Teaching runs Tues., Sept. 8, through Fri., Oct.16, and is open to all Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue in Indianapolis, and Purdue Polytechnic Statewide faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and staff. Register here. Foundations is offered by the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE)….
The six-week Fall 2026 session of the Certificate of Foundations in College Teaching runs Tues., Sept. 8, through Fri., Oct.16, and is open to all Purdue West Lafayette, Purdue in Indianapolis, and Purdue Polytechnic Statewide faculty, graduate students, postdocs, and staff. Register here.
Foundations is offered by the Center for Instructional Excellence (CIE). It provides an overview of evidence-based teaching practices and strategies.
The online program is delivered in an asynchronous format, covers central topics in college teaching, and asks participants to reflect on concepts, experiences, and applications at the end of each topic. The program consists of four main modules: Reflecting on Teaching & Learning, Defining and Assessing Student Learning, Creating a Learner-Centered Environment, and Building Upon the Foundations. Participants should plan to devote approximately three hours during each week of the program.
What a typical week will look like:
Questions about the Certificate of Foundations in College Teaching Program may be emailed to Annika Kraft and Emma Callahan at teachercertificate@purdue.edu.
CIE is a member of Innovative Learning, Purdue’s hub approach to connect Purdue instructors to the resources they need to engage students, develop courses in any instructional modality, and enhance learning across the University. Other members include Libraries and the School of Information Studies and Purdue University Online. To learn more, visit the Innovative Learning website or email InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu.
Following Purdue’s selection of Simple Syllabus as its system‑wide syllabus management tool, the University is conducting a phased implementation with a full launch for Fall 2026 courses, when all syllabi will be posted by instructors using the new tool. The implementation emphasizes instructor input, flexibility, and support as all Purdue campuses transition to a shared platform for creating, managing, and sharing course syllabi. Simple Syllabus will be integrated directly…
Following Purdue’s selection of Simple Syllabus as its system‑wide syllabus management tool, the University is conducting a phased implementation with a full launch for Fall 2026 courses, when all syllabi will be posted by instructors using the new tool. The implementation emphasizes instructor input, flexibility, and support as all Purdue campuses transition to a shared platform for creating, managing, and sharing course syllabi.
Simple Syllabus will be integrated directly within the Brightspace learning management system and is intended to support instructors by streamlining syllabus creation and updates while preserving their control over course content, structure, and tone. The platform will help reduce duplicated effort related to institutional information and student- versus public-facing viewing. It also offers flexibility in design while providing a built-in accessibility checker.
Internal development and/or review processes for syllabi will not be affected by the implementation this summer, which will proceed in stages to allow time for feedback, training, and refinement. (Summer Session instructors in West Lafayette and Indianapolis will continue to post their public-facing versions to Course Insights. All fall 2026 syllabi will be posted via Simple Syllabus).
May 2026: Technical integration of Simple Syllabus with Brightspace and development of training materials.
June 2026: Pilot of Purdue “sandbox” and training.
July 2026: Refinement of training materials and instructor support resources from the pilot. For West Lafayette and Indianapolis courses, Course Insights will be viewable and editable for Summer 2026 and prior sessions; however, Fall 2026 syllabi must be posted via Simple Syllabus.
August 2026: Full launch for Fall 2026 courses, with ongoing support available to instructors. All public-facing syllabi components required by Indiana HEA 1001 will need to be posted using Simple Syllabus. The same document, but with additional student-facing information provided by the instructor, is shared with students via Brightspace.
Throughout the rollout, Purdue will offer training, documentation, and campus-based support.
For technical questions, contact Purdue University Information Technology. For questions about the Simple Syllabus implementation on your campus, contact:
Purdue West Lafayette and Indianapolis: Innovative Learning, InnovativeLearningTeam@purdue.edu
Purdue Fort Wayne: Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, celt@pfw.edu
Purdue Northwest: Center for the Faculty Excellence, cfe@pnw.edu