Attend workshops from members of the CAES staff on pedagogy and how to's about specific online learning software. Also provided are workshops from our vendors, such as Blackboard, Respondus, and VoiceThread.
This week's workshops
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 11:00AM CST
This session is no longer available
Additional Times:
3/5/2021 |
3/10/2021 |
3/16/2021 |
3/25/2021 |
3/31/2021
Faculty: Blackboard Open Session
Drop in to ask the CAES staff any questions (big or small!) you have regarding online instruction, course development, and Blackboard.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 10:30AM CST
This session is no longer available
Additional Times:
3/10/2021
Faculty: Respondus 4.0 and Test Bank Network
Find out how Respondus 4 allows you to create and manage exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to your LMS, and how the Test Bank Network enables instructors to create online tests from official publisher test banks.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 2:00PM CST
This session is no longer available
Faculty: Creating and Using Rubrics
Rubrics are essential to assessing student work, and they help students understand the criteria in which they are being evaluated. This workshop will outline how to create a rubric in Blackboard and how to grade assignments against the rubrics. Sample rubrics that may be used in your course(s) will be provided. If you have an existing (paper) rubric, please bring it!
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 2:30PM CST
Access the Creating and Using Rubrics session
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 2:00PM CST
Register for the LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor session
Additional Times:
3/10/2021 |
3/16/2021 |
3/25/2021 |
3/31/2021
Upcoming workshops
Faculty: Blogs, Wikis, Journals
Have you thought about using a “Blog” for your student class introductions? Wikis for group projects? What about challenging your students to write a weekly reflective journal to support your learning objectives? If you are looking to add engaging instructional activities into your online course design, this workshop is for you. We will discuss tools that are already available in Blackboard, that provide alternate ways of assessing your students.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 2:30PM CST
Access the Blogs, Wikis, Journals session
Faculty: VoiceThread New Assignment Features
We'll explore how to turn new assignments on for your courses and begin using them with your students. We will review all of the workflows, new features, and options for your VoiceThread assessments.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 12:00PM CST
Register for the VoiceThread New Assignment Features session
Faculty: Blackboard Open Session
Drop in to ask the CAES staff any questions (big or small!) you have regarding online instruction, course development, and Blackboard.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 10:30AM CST
Access the Blackboard Open Session
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 1:00PM CST
Register for the LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor session
Additional Times:
3/16/2021 |
3/25/2021 |
3/31/2021
Faculty: Connecting with Students via WebEx
This workshop will discuss Cisco’s WebEx, GSU's newest web conferencing tool. WebEx can be used for live lectures, recorded lectures, virtual office hours, virtual meetings, and chat rooms for students. ***WebEx is not replacing Collaborate Ultra. Both software are available***
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 4:00PM CST
Access the Connecting with Students via WebEx session
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 12:00PM CDT
Register for the LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor session
Additional Times:
3/25/2021 |
3/31/2021
Faculty: Managing and Storing Course Content Files
Do you have existing files on the Blackboard archive server that you need to retrieve? Do you solely rely on Blackboard to store your course content files? This workshop will assist faculty with retrieving files from Blackboard and storing them using cloud-based storage that is available to all faculty. Please join this workshop to learn how to use the Microsoft OneDrive, and university storage space to organize course content.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 2:30PM CDT
Access the Managing and Storing Course Content Files session
Faculty: Connecting with Students via WebEx
This workshop will discuss Cisco’s WebEx, GSU's newest web conferencing tool. WebEx can be used for live lectures, recorded lectures, virtual office hours, virtual meetings, and chat rooms for students. ***WebEx is not replacing Collaborate Ultra. Both software are available***
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 6:00PM CDT
Access the Connecting with Students via WebEx session
Faculty: Preserving Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom w/ Faculty Guest Speaker Shelly Kumar
Come join the discussion on academic honesty with GSU Faculty, Shelly Kumar! We will engage in a discussion about the importance of academic integrity and the challenges faculty may encounter in the day to day classroom. Strategies and suggestions for managing academic integrity issues will be discussed.
This workshop will also demonstrate the key features of Respondus Lockdown Browser and Monitor, as well as walk you through the steps needed for students to complete an exam! Best practices and considerations for using exam proctoring will also be discussed.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 2:30PM CDT
Access the Preserving Academic Integrity session
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 1:00PM CDT
Register for the LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor session
Additional Times:
3/31/2021
Faculty: Engaging Students with VoiceThread w/ Faculty Guest Speaker Janet Brewer
VoiceThread can help faculty provide multiple means of engagement, representation, and action for their courses. VoiceThread allows you to use this interactive communication tool for lessons or assessments. Already integrated into Blackboard, VT is readily available to all faculty.
Our faculty guest speaker, Janet Brewer, will demonstrate how she has used VoiceThread in her courses, how students have engaged with the software, and share her overall experience of integrating VT.
Location: CAES Virtual Session
Time: 10:30AM CDT
Access the Engaging Students with VoiceThread session
Faculty: LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams. The session provides a detailed demonstration of both applications, including enhancements that make Respondus Monitor even more effective and easy to use.
Location: Vendor Virtual Session
Time: 11:00AM CDT
Register for the LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor session