Salisbury University |  Instructional Design & Delivery Newsletter | September 23, 2025

Practice & Play: AI-Enabled Study Buddies

Instructional Design & Delivery (ID&D) will be hosting a series of hands-on workshops that give you the opportunity to explore AI tools for specific purposes. Designed to help you integrate emerging tools into your teaching practice, each session focuses on practical, adaptable strategies for enhancing activities you already use—making your courses more engaging, efficient, and future-ready. No prior experience with AI is required—just curiosity and a willingness to experiment. Register for these sessions in the Faculty Development Calendar.

Sept. 24, 1:30–2:30 p.m.

Workshop 1: Smarter Studying Starts Here. AI-Enabled Study Buddies

Kick off your course with AI-powered support tools that help students succeed from day one! In this hands-on session, explore two approaches to building effective AI study tutors: guide students in creating their own AI Study Buddies, or design a custom AI Tutor using selected materials. Walk away with ready-to-use prompts, strategies, and ideas to boost student engagement and self-directed learning.

Facilitated by Bonni Miller and Susan Biro from UMBC, this three-week online workshop is QM's flagship workshop for the QM Rubric and the process of using the QM Rubric to review online courses. It is intended for a broad audience, including but not limited to faculty, instructional designers, administrators, and adjunct instructors who wish to understand more about the QM Rubric and process of course review.  

It is recommended for all faculty teaching an online or hybrid course in order to understand the commitment to quality of Salisbury University’s online, remote, and hybrid course offerings. Participants can expect to spend about 7-10 hours per week in this workshop to successfully complete it.  Upon completing the APPQMR workshop, participants will receive an official certificate of completion from the Quality Matters Program (QM).

To participate in this workshop, register by October 1, 2025, on the Faculty Development Calendar.

USM Digital Accessibility Remediation Sprints

The University System of Maryland (USM) is hosting a series of monthly Digital Accessibility Remediation Sprints. Hosted on Zoom, the Sprints are a cornerstone of the USM Digital Accessibility Initiative that is underway this academic year to help all USM schools meet the April 2026 Title II compliance date for fully accessible digital content and platforms. These sessions are open to all Maryland Higher Education colleagues, including faculty, staff, administrators, and teaching/graduate assistants.

Each month, a Sprint will delve into one of the 6 Essential Steps for Digital Accessibility. These Remediation Sprints will take place on Mondays between 2 and 3 p.m. ET. The Sprint will include a brief overview of that month’s step, followed by active work time to remediate your own documents.

Below is the Remediation Sprint schedule for 2025-2026:

• October 6, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Links & Navigation, Register for October Sprint 
• November 10, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Color & Contrast, Register for November Sprint 
• December 8, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Images, Register for December Sprint 
• January 12, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Tables & Data, Register for January Sprint
• February 9, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Multimedia, Register for February Sprint
• March 9, 2-3 p.m., Topic: Sprint to Finish, Register for March Sprint 

SU is an Equal Opportunity/AA/Title IX university and provides reasonable accommodation given sufficient notice to the University office or staff sponsoring the event or program. For more information regarding SU's policies and procedures, please visit www.salisbury.edu/equity.

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