Retention Workshop Details

To Sign up for Perusall:

  1. Go to perusall.com, click Login, and then either log in using your Facebook, Twitter, or Google account, or create an account using your email address and password.
  2. Select “I am a student” and enter the course code you were given on the Google Form. If you have lost this code, please check your email or contact one of the project facilitators.
  3. Go to the Assignment tab. Each assignment for the asynchronous sessions will be listed there. Click on the assignment you want to complete.

Asynchronous sessions:

As soon as you’re signed up for Perusall, you can get started on the asynch work. You should plan to finish this by the day before your synchronous session at the latest.

All homework will be found on Perusall.  You will have received the code when you filled out the Google form, but if you have further questions, check your email or contact one of the coordinators so we can send it to you again.

  1. Read, annotate and discuss “Social-Psychological Interventions in Education: They’re Not Magic” on Perusall.
  2. Watch short video on in-class writing prompt on Perusall 
  3. Write response to faculty Utility Value Intervention on Perusall
  4. Familiarize yourself with Student Success Site, particularly “How to be a student” and “midterm check-in” on Perusall.
  5. Watch and respond to video on models of in-class conferences on Perusall

Please note there is also a general discussion forum on Perusall for you to ask questions.

Synchronous sessions (Zoom link will be emailed to you)

When you sign up for the workshops, you’ll choose one 1.5 hour synchronous session– choose whichever works best for you. If none of the available times work, we will contact you to schedule an alternate session. As of now, available sessions are:

  • Mon, Feb 6: 5 pm
  • Tues, Feb 7: 1 pm
  • Fri, Feb 10: 10 am

Tentative schedule of zoom sessions:

  1. Review of Utility Value Interventions
  2. Discussion of resources for students
  3. Fostering community in the classroom
  4. Developing in-class activities that address student/ faculty concerns
  5. Q and A