| Date/Place |
Activity |
Topic |
| Aug 1 - December 15
Call/email
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One-on-One Help: Get your Blackboard CE-8 (WebCT) shell ready for class!
Barbara Mandel, ext. 4940
b-mandel@govst.edu
or
Jan Engle, ext. 3073
j-engle@govst.edu
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Individual assistance is available to help you set up your course shell and make your syllabus available for students. COTL staff will also work with you to identify other things you can do to help save time for you and make your course more student-friendly.
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Tuesday,
September 15
Saturday,
September 19
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop
"Adding Content to your CE-8 Course Shell" |
This workshop will show you how to add lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, readings and other content materials to your course shell.
Presenter: Barbara Mandel
Presentations available:
Organizing Content for CE-8
Uploading to the CE-8 File Manager
Linking Files to Pages in CE-8
|
September 16
(Wednesday)
12:00-2:00 pm
Hall of Honors
|
GSU Luncheon Workshop:
"How Good is Good Enough?" Setting Benchmarks or Standards
|
Live, online seminar presented by Linda Suskie, VP of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Discussion to follow.
Presenter: Linda Suskie
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September 23
(Wednesday)
12 noon–2 p.m.
E-Lounge
|
GSU Luncheon Workshop:
"Principles and Profiles of Good Practice in Assessment"
|
Live, online seminar presented by Trudy Banta, Professor of Higher Education, Purdue University. Discussion to follow.
Presenter: Trudy Banta
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September 29
(Tuesday)
October 3
(Saturday)
10:00 - 12:00 am
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Setting up Quizzes and Exams in CE-8"
|
See how online quizzes are created, using Respondus software to simplify the process!
Presenter: Barbara Mandel
Presentations Available:
Quizzes: Time-Saving Strategies
Downloading Respondus
Creating a Question in Respondus
Formatting an Existing Digital Quiz
Publishing a Quiz
Setting Quiz Dates, etc.
Statistical Reports in CE-8
|
October 7 (Wednesday)
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Hall of Honors
|
GSU Luncheon Workshop:
"Summarizing and Using Assessment Results"
|
Live, online seminar on how to summarize and use assessment results, led by expert Linda Suskie, VP of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education. Discussion to follow.
Presenter: Linda Suskie
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October 14 (Wednesday)
1:30 - 3:30 pm
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Planning Your Fully Online Course"
|
This workshop wil help you identify the things you will need to think about and plan for to assure your online course is a success.
Planning Your Fully Online Course
Presenter: Jan Engle
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October 28 (Wednesday)
1:30 - 3:30 pm
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Best of Both worlds: Planning for a Blended Course"
|
Strategies for Success: Take advantage of the features of online learning but maintain face-to-face contact by utilizing a Hybrid or Blended course.
Presenter: Jan Engle
Planning Your Hybrid Course |
November 3(Tuesday)
November 7
(Saturday)
9:00 - 12:00 noon
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Podcasts, Blogs and Wikis: Engaging Tools for Teaching and Learning" |
Explore the academic use of podcasts, blogs, Google Docs and wikis for teaching and learning.
Presenter: Jan Engle
|
November 10 (Tuesday)
10:00 - 12:00 noon
D2438
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Adding Images and Graphics to your Online Course Materials"
|
Learn how to locate appropriate graphical materials and add them to your course materials.
Presenter: Barbara Mandel
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November 21 (Saturday
D2430
November 24
(Tuesday)
D2438
9:00 - Noon
|
Hands-On Workshop:
Collaborative Projects Online
|
Learn about factors that contribute to successful gropu projects and how to use the CE-8 Group Manager to organize and facilitate group work.
Presenter: Jan Engle
|
TBA
|
Hands-On Workshop:
"Creating and Streaming Video content for your courses"
|
Learn quick and easy ways to use hand-held digital audio recorders to record lecturettes, expert interviews, and other audio events you would like to make available to your students via your online course shell.
Presenter: Eric Wignall
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TBA
|
Hands-On Workshop:
Using Clickers in the Classroom
|
Learn how to integrate clicker questions into your PowerPoint lectures and utilize student responses to improve your lectures or integrate clickers into your assessments.
Presenter: Eric Wignall
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