Fall 2023 Faculty Workshops
Game On! August 14 - 18, 2023
We are happy to announce Instructional Technology's Fall faculty workshop series, Game On!
Set your students on a path to success pairing classroom and cloud technologies with proven strategies to foster engagement and deep learning.
Monday, August 14 |
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| Time / Location | Title of Presentation | Description | Presenter(s) | Zoom Link | Calendar Links |
| 10-10:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Geared up & Ready to Win: Tools for Success | An overview of technology resources for teaching and faculty support, including new services and features offered through Instructional Technology | Eric Donath, Director of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 11-11:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Professor Plum in Canvas with the Gradebook: Take the Mystery Out of the Canvas Gradebook | The session will show how to set up the Canvas gradebook to match your syllabus and Clue you into some advanced gradebook features. | Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Pictionary: Making an Engaging Homepage | A brief demonstration on how to use images and embed them into your course homepage to establish relationships with students early on. | Anushka Boyd, Instructional Technologist | Link | |
| 2:00- 2:45 PM IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Free Play (with supervision!): Get Personalized Help with Course Building | Use a computer in the room (or bring your own device) to work on building your courses. Canvas experts will be there to help. | The Awesome Instructional Technology Staff! | No Zoom Session | Link |
Tusday, August 15 |
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| Time / Location | Title of Presentation | Description | Presenter(s) | Zoom Link | Calendar Links |
| 10-10:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Simon Says: Communicate with Confidence | Best practices for the many ways to communicate with students through Canvas. | Eric Donath, Director of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 11-11:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Twisted in Knots: Organizing Modules for a User-Friendly Experience | This session covers best practices for organizing modules, which settings to use, and content creation for each module | Anushka Boyd and Christina Glore, Instructional Technologists | Link | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Connect Four (minus one): How Canvas, Zoom, and Panopto Work Together Seamlessly. | An overview of how Canvas, Zoom, and Panopto work together for recording and making lectures available to students. | Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 2:00- 2:45 PM IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Free Play (with supervision!): Get Personalized Help with Course Building | Use a computer in the room (or bring your own device) to work on building your courses. Canvas experts will be there to help. | The Awesome Instructional Technology Staff! | No Zoom Session | Link |
Wednesday, August 16 |
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| Time / Location | Title of Presentation | Description | Presenter(s) | Zoom Link | Calendar Links |
| 10-10:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Beyond Deep Blue: The state of AI in Education | An open discussion about emerging AI technologies and their impact on teaching and learning. | Eric Donath, Director of Instructional Technology and Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 11-11:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Operation: Streamlining Class Time by Using a Flipped Model | Class time lost is an ailment! Tips on how to make higher quality pre-recorded videos to maximize in-class exercises | Anushka Boyd, Instructional Technologist | Link | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Keeping Score: Using PollEverywhere to Get Students Engaged | Poll Everywhere is a web-based audience response system that lets teachers embed interactive activities directly into their presentations. The audience can respond in real time using any mobile device. | Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 2:00- 2:45 PM IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Level-Up Your Videos: Introduction to PlayPosit | Scale your time and resources by using PlayPosit interactive video. Interactive video is highly engaging and provides immediate feedback to learners. Best part - it can be automatically graded! | Stephanie Gates, PlayPosit Expert Trainer | Link | |
| 3-5 PM Various Classrooms: Crawford 210,220, & 230 | Ready Player One: Test Out the Classroom Tech | This is your chance to play with the classroom technology under adult supervision. | The Awesome Instructional Technology Staff! | No Zoom Session | Link |
Thursday, August 17 |
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| Time / Location | Title of Presentation | Description | Presenter(s) | Zoom Link | Calendar Links |
| 10-10:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Hide and Seek, Student Tracking, Advising and Alerts, Using the HUB. | Using the HUB as an advising tool. Academic alerts, progress reports and more. | Rodd A. Newcombe, Director of Student Support Services and Instructor of Business | Link | |
| 11-11:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Twisted in Knots: Organizing Modules for a User-Friendly Experience | This session covers best practices for organizing modules, which settings to use, and content creation for each module | Anushka Boyd and Christina Glore, Instructional Technologists | Link | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | (Don't Be) Sorry!: Make Sure Your Courses Meet the Canvas Minimum-Use Policy | An overview of the Canvas minimum-use policy and how to get your courses student ready. | Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 2:00- 2:45 PM IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Mastermind: Cracking the Code of Using Canvas Tools to Support Student Success | Use Grades, Conditional Messaging, and the Canvas Help Center to Support Student Success | Eric Donath, Director of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 3-5 PM Various Classrooms: Crawford 210,220, & 230 | Ready Player One: Test Out the Classroom Tech | This is your chance to play with the classroom technology under adult supervision. | The Awesome Instructional Technology Staff! | No Zoom Session | Link |
Friday, August 18 |
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| Time / Location | Title of Presentation | Description | Presenter(s) | Zoom Link | Calendar Links |
| 10-10:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Hide and Seek, Student Tracking, Advising and Alerts, Using the HUB. | Using the HUB as an advising tool. Academic alerts, progress reports and more. | Rodd A. Newcombe, Director of Student Support Services and Instructor of Business | Link | |
| 11-11:45 AM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Professor Plum in Canvas with the Gradebook: Take the Mystery Out of the Canvas Gradebook | The session will show how to set up the Canvas gradebook to match your syllabus and Clue you into some advanced gradebook features. | Jason O'Neal Griggs, Manager of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 1:00 - 1:45 PM, IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Geared up & Ready to Win: Tools for Success | An overview of technology resources for teaching and faculty support, including new services and features offered through Instructional Technology | Eric Donath, Director of Instructional Technology | Link | |
| 2:00- 2:45 PM IT Training Room (Crawford 110) | Don’t get Boggle’d: Search & Find with the Evans Library! | Four top tips and resources to help faculty get the most out of the Evans Library. | Chelsea Carroll (Assistant Librarian / Head of Library Instruction) & Bill Bowman (Assistant Librarian / Engineering and Science Librarian) | Link | |
| 3-5 PM Various Classrooms: Crawford 401, 402, 403, & 404 | Ready Player One: Test Out the Classroom Tech | This is your chance to play with the classroom technology under adult supervision. | The Awesome Instructional Technology Staff! | No Zoom Session | Link |