September Professional Development
Online Workshops via Webex
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Creating Groups in Moodle
Have you ever wanted to design a discussion or assignment that can be done by students as groups? In this workshop, we will define Moodle groups and demonstrate how to set up groups and how to use them in your courses.
- Thursday, September 3, 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. (Registration)
- Friday, August 4, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m. (Registration)
Clipchamp
In this workshop, we will demonstrate some of the tools of Clipchamp, a free video editor that is part of Microsoft 365 and now integrated into Stream. Topics discussed will include an orientation to working with the timeline, bringing media files into the program, cutting pieces of video, adding transitions, and screen recording within Clipchamp. We will also demonstrate how to export video out of the program and upload to Stream to add captioning and share with students.
- Wednesday, September 9, 3:00-4:00 PM (Registration)
- Friday, September 25, 10:00-11:00 AM (Registration)
Creating Turnitin Assignments in Moodle
In this workshop, you will be introduced to creating Turnitin assignments within Moodle. You will be shown how to create the assignment, how students will submit, how to check the submission for originality, and how to grade the submission.
- Thursday, September 10th, 3:00- 3:30 pm (Registration)
- Friday, September 11th, 10:00-10:30 am (Registration)
Assessment & Measurement
In this workshop, which is part of the Master Course Creator series, we will discuss the importance of alignment between your objectives and your activities and assessments. We explain how to ensure alignment of assessments with course and module objectives. To earn the badge for the workshop, you will complete an assignment that shows your ability to create effective assessments that demonstrate the skills that you are teaching.
- Wednesday, September 16, 3:00-4:00 PM (Registration)
- Monday, September 21, 10:00-11:00 AM (Registration)
Creating Rubrics in Moodle
In this workshop, you will be introduced to creating rubrics within Moodle and how to download the data once you have used the rubric in an assignment or forum.
- Thursday, September 17th, 3:00- 3:30 pm (Registration)
- Friday, September 18th, 10:00-10:30 am (Registration)
Teams Meetings
Microsoft Teams includes a synchronous meeting platform that is very similar to Webex but includes some features of particular interest to instructors who regularly record their meetings to share with students. We will demonstrate the tools for scheduling, running, and recording Microsoft Teams Meetings. We will also compare the platform to Webex and discuss similarities and differences between the two meeting systems.
- Monday, September 28, 10:00–11: 00 AM (Registration)
- Wednesday, September 30, 3:00-4:00 PM (Registration)
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