Faculty Workshops

This term, the Faculty Technology Center will be offering a number of workshops to assist faculty in the incorporation of technology into their courses, both face-to-face and online.

The following are the list of workshops by month for the Fall 09 term. A registration form follows each monthly listing. We ask that you register for any workshop you wish to attend so we can plan accordingly. A confirmation email will be sent to you approximately one week prior to the workshop.

November Professional Development Opportunities

Workshop	Description	Offer Date	Delivery Method
eLive Tools for engagement & collaboration	Synchronous distance classes are most effective when they are structured for engagement and collaboration by students. This workshop will focus on ideas for and examples of engagement in eLive classes. *Presenter: Lee Henrikson and Cleo Burgett*	11/4/09 9:00 – 10:30	eLive
ELI Webinar Using Electronic Course Portfolios to Support the Scholarship of Teaching	Presenter: Bridget Piernik-Yoder	11/9/2009 9:00 - 10:00	Join us in FTC for a group viewing in LIB214 or register yourself
Designing Engaging Discussion Forum Questions	This workshop will provide a framework for designing and managing engaging online discussions forums. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	11/12/09 12:00 – 1:30 Cancelled	LIB 214
Using Snagit to enhance learning materials	This workshop will focus on learning to use SnagIt to create and share screen-captures in your presentations and course materials. *Presenter: Amanda Albright*	11/13/09 10:00 – 11:00	LIB 214
Designing Engaging Discussion Forum Questions	This workshop will provide a framework for designing and managing engaging online discussions forums. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	11/17/09 5:00 – 6:00pm	LIB 214
Welcome to eLive 9.6	This workshop is designed to introduce faculty to eLive version 9.6 through a demonstration of the product. The workshop will highlight the differences between our current version and V9.6 with a particular focus on the new features/tools available to faculty. Presenter: Shane Southwick	11/30/09 11:00 – 12:00 pm	LIB 214 eLive

All workshops are open to UAA faculty and staff, but require pre-registration below.

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eLive Tools for Engagement & Collaboration

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ELI Webinar

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Designing Engaging Discussion Forums

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Using SnagIt to Enhance Learning Materials

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Welcome to eLive 9.6

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December Professional Development Opportunities

Workshop	Description	Offer Date	Delivery Method
Welcome to eLive 9.6	This workshop is designed to introduce faculty to eLive version 9.6 through a demonstration of the product. The workshop will highlight the differences between our current version and V9.6 with a particular focus on the new features/tools available to faculty. Presenter: Shane Southwick	12/1/2010 5:00 – 6:00 pm	LIB 214 eLive
		12/9/2010 2:00 - 3:00 pm
		12/11/2010 12:00 - 1:00pm
Concept Mapping	This workshop will explore the creation of visual understanding environments (VUE) utilizing digital resources for both classroom based and online courses. We will be using the VUE tool developed by Tufts University for this session. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	12/4/2009 10:00 – 11:00 am	LIB 214
PowerPoint for Teaching & Learning (beyond basics)	In this workshop we will explore designing multimedia PowerPoint presentations, creation of student outlines, and designing in DSS support tools. We recommend that you also attend the Concept Mapping and Captivate workshops since they expand on this topic. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	12/9/2009 9:00 – 11:00 am	LIB 214

All workshops are open to UAA faculty and staff, but require pre-registration below.

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Welcome to eLive 9.6

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Concept Mapping

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PowerPoint for Teaching and Learning

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October Professional Development Opportunities

Workshop	Description	Offer Date	Delivery Method
ELI Webinar Clickers and Peer Instruction	Clickers and Peer Instruction: A powerful way to improve student engagement and learning – but only if you do it right Presenter: Doug Duncan	10/5/2009 9:00 - 10:00	LIB 214 Join us in FTC for a group viewing or register yourself
Blackboard Early Warning System	The Early Warning System is a tool used to communicate warnings to students that there is a performance problem in a course. Warnings can be generated based on graded performance, late or missing course work, or attendance (accessing the online course). This session will explore adding, modifying and removing automated system rules, viewing & sending alerts, and viewing the system generated notification log. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	10/6/09 5:00-6:00pm Canceled	LIB 214 & eLive
Blackboard Early Warning System		10/16/09 10:00 – 11:00	LIB 214 & eLive
Audio Editing	In this session we will explore some of the techniques used in recording and editing audio using Audacity, a free open source audio editing program. *Presenter: Ben Chadwick*	10/7/09 9:00 – 11:00	LIB 214
Video Recording & Editing	In this session we will explore techniques that can be applied in a range of non-linear editing programs, including windows media player, Camtasia, and iMovie. We will also be exploring proper techniques behind capturing and editing video. Hands-on learning helps you explore how to apply standard principles of video editing/shooting using today's digital technology. *Presenter: Ben Chadwick*	10/14/09 9:00 – 11:00	LIB 214
Designing Learning Materials with Captivate	This workshop will look at converting static PowerPoints into interactive learning units, designing self-guided learning modules, and demonstrations. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	10/28/09 9:00 – 11:00 Session Full	LIB 214
Designing Learning Materials with Camtasia	This workshop will look at using Camtasia Studio to record your screen and capture presentations, which you can then edit and publish for use within Blackboard, webpages, and other modes of media distribution. *Presenter: Amanda Albright*	10/30/09 9:00 – 11:00	LIB 214
Using Second Life in Education	This workshop explores the use of virtual worlds for educational purposes. During this session we will explore tool and techniques that can be seamlessly integrated into classroom based and online courses. The course is designed to be completed over an 8 week period and can be accessed through Moodle at http://moodle.uaa.alaska.edu. Access code for the course will be sent upon registration.	10/15/09 -12/7/09	Self paced online course
Designing Online & Hybrid Courses	This workshop stresses the use of instructional systems design in the analysis, design, application and development of distance education. It is oriented toward the practice and practical considerations of online learning and curriculum design. During this course you will look at the unique aspects of self-directed learning, learning centered teaching practices, online community building, and virtual classroom management practices. The course is designed to be completed over an 8 week period and can be accessed through Moodle at http://moodle.uaa.alaska.edu. Access code for the course will be sent upon registration.	10/15/09 – 12/10/09	Self paced online course

All workshops are open to UAA faculty and staff, but require pre-registration below.

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ELI Webinar

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Early Warning System Session

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eLive

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Audio Editing

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Video Editing

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Designing with Camtasia

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Designing in Captivate

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Using Second Life in Education

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Designing Online and Hybrid Courses

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September Professional Development Opportunities

Workshop

Description

Offer Dates

Delivery Method

Blackboard Grade Center

This session will explore the new interface and options within the Grade Center with a particular focus on: creating a grading schema, adding grade columns, column categories, organizing columns, in-line grading, overriding/changing grades, and viewing grade history.

Presenter:Amanda Albright

9/8/09
5:00 – 6:00 pm

LIB 214 & eLive

9/18/2009 10:00 – 11:00

Blackboard Discussion Forums

This session will explore the following new forum creation and management tools in Blackboard 8: setting roles, forcing moderation, linking to discussions from content areas, copying forums within a course, searching discussion boards, creating collections, tagging posts, hiding, locking and rating posts, grading discussions, and setting release dates.

Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major

9/11/09 10:00 -11:00

LIB 214 & eLive

9/22/09
5:00 6:00 pm

CANCELED

Blackboard Grade Center, Discussions, Self & Peer Assessment, Blogs & Wikis.

This all day session will cover information about the Grade Center, Discussions, Self & Peer Assessment and Blogs and Wikis.

Presenters: Amanda Albright, JoAnn Gonzalez-Major, Tina Coulston

9/12/09
10:00 – 3:00pm

CANCELED

LIB 214 & eLive

Designing Rubric

This session will provide tips on writing clear assessment rubrics and discuss what activities they are best suited to assess.

Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major

9/10/09
12:00 – 1:30pm

LIB 214 & eLive

9/23/09
9:00 – 10:30

ELI Webinar:
Teaching Without Walls:
Life Beyond the Lecture

Presented by:
Michelle Pacansky-Brock

The Faculty Technology Center has registered for and will host faculty interested in participating in this webinar as a group. The presenter, as outline in the program announcement, “is a college educator with expertise in face-to-face and online teaching and supporting faculty in the use of emerging technologies. In 2007, she was honored with the Sloan-C Excellence in Online Teaching Award for her outstanding pedagogical achievements in online instruction and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Award for Teaching Excellence. Her innovations in online teaching were showcased in a national article about e-learning in U.S. News and World Report and her recent research has been featured in many publications, blogs, and podcasts."

9/14/09
9:00 – 10:00 am

LIB 214

Faculty wishing to register for the webinar on their own may do so by going to http://net.educause.edu/eliweb099

Blackboard Assessment Tools

This session will provide an overview of what is new in Blackboard Assessments, (Testing, Quizzes & Surveys), such as assigning questions as extra credit, specifying number of attempts and the new import/export functionality from the Test Manager. We will also explore the new Self and Peer Assessment option where students evaluate their own and/or their peer’s answers, papers or projects based on criteria set by the instructor. Presenter: Tina Coulston

9/15/09
5:00 – 6:00pm

CANCELED

9/25/09
10:00 – 11:00 am

LIB 214 & eLive

EDUCAUSE Webinar:
Digitally Literate Storytellers
Presented by:
Joan Getman

The Faculty Technology Center has registered for and will host faculty interested in participating in this webinar as a group. The narrative posted on the EDUCAUSE website for this webinar is as follows: "For the student researcher, digital literacy is about navigation, assessment, citation, and incorporation of credible digital information from ever-expanding resources. But digital literacy extends beyond intelligent consumption to encompass production and storytelling—skills that are emerging as essential to teaching, learning, and scholarship. This seminar will examine the importance of storytelling and related skills in teaching and learning."

9/16/09
9:00 – 10:00 am

LIB 214

Faculty wishing to register for the webinar on their own may do so by going to https://net.educause.edu/content.asp?SECTION_ID=466

All workshops are open to UAA faculty and staff, but require pre-registration below.

August Professional Development Opportunities

Workshop	Description	Offer Dates	Delivery Method
What’s new in Blackboard 8	This session will consist of a demonstration of the feature upgrades in Blackboard 8. *Presenter: Amanda Albright*	8/17/09 10:00 10:30	LIB 214 & eLive
		8/17/09 2:00 – 2:30
Blackboard Grade Center	This session will explore the new interface and options within the Grade Center with a particular focus on: creating a grading schema, adding grade columns, column categories, organizing columns, in-line grading, overriding/changing grades, and viewing grade history. *Presenter: Amanda Albright*	8/18/09 10:00 – 11:00	LIB 214 & eLive
		8/20/09 2:00 – 3:00
Blackboard Assessment Tools	This session will provide an overview of what is new in Blackboard Assessments, (Testing, Quizzes & Surveys), such as assigning questions as extra credit, specifying number of attempts and the new import/export functionality from the Test Manager. We will also explore the new Self and Peer Assessment option where students evaluate their own and/or their peer’s answers, papers or projects based on criteria set by the instructor. *Presenter: Tina Coulston*	8/19/09 2:00 – 3:00	LIB 214 & eLive
		8/20/09 10:00 – 11:00
Blackboard Discussion Forums	This session will explore the following new forum creation and management tools in Blackboard 8: setting roles, forcing moderation, linking to discussions from content areas, copying forums within a course, searching discussion boards, creating collections, tagging posts, hiding, locking and rating posts, grading discussions, and setting release dates. *Presenter: JoAnn Gonzalez-Major*	8/18/09 2:00 – 3:00	LIB 214 & eLive
		8/19/09 10:00 – 11:00

All workshops are open to UAA faculty and staff, but require pre-registration below.

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What's New in Bb8

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Grade Center Sessions

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Assessment Tools Sessions

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Discussion Board Sessions

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For questions about the Faculty Technology Center and what we can do to assist you, please contact us at 907-786-4646, option #4, or visit us in the Consortium Library, Suite 215, 8 am to 5 pm.