Workshops

February 2013 Training & Workshops

OIT offers training opportunities in three distinct categories to better service the needs of the DSU community. Training Types are: N-Novice is for new DSU employees or novice users, I-Intermediate is for DSU employees who are competent in the basics, but want to expand their skills set. A-Advanced is for individuals who have demonstrated mastery in execution and who desire to advance their expertise. Individuals can benefit from participation in sessions at any level.

All training sessions last approximately 30 minutes, unless otherwise noted.

Seating is limited, so please register today.

Note: If you see a workshop that you would like to take but it isn’t offered during the current term or you can’t take it because of a schedule conflict, feel free to set up a one-on-one tutorial or to organize a small group workshop at a day and time that is more convenient.

NOVICE TRAINING

BBCE6-1 Kick Starting Your Online Course

Audience: Course Designers & Instructors

This workshop is for beginners or first-time developers who want to build an online course or develop supplemental material for a hybrid course. Participants will discover how to efficiently navigate the campus LMS system (BBCE-6), get course management tips and learn how to load instructional content.

BBCE6-3 BYOE: Respondus 101

Audience: Online Instructors

Respondus is software that allows faculty to create exams using a familiar Windows environment, and then move those exams into the learning management system. Using Respondus can help save time on each project and manage test takers. BYOE-Bring Your Own Exam and get hands on training in installing and accessing Respondus.

INTERMEDIATE TRAINING

DSIGN-1 Icon Creation Workshop

Audience: Faculty & Staff

In time for the holidays, why not wrap your folders up in a pretty handmade bow? With this workshop you will learn to make your own icons for Windows, MacOS and Unix. Create Windows icons up to 256×256 for your Windows desktop and your MAC. We’ll use Photoshop to create PNGs and a Converter exchange to export your creation seamlessly.

ADVANCED TRAINING

LMS-9 Embedding Video

Audience: Online Instructors and Faculty w/traditional classes

Tired of the same presentations over and over? You Tube Videos and personal videos can enhance the messaging in your slides, but also engages learners through diverse media. Learn to embed videos in 3 quick steps easily into your Power Point presentations and move them to your course.

FEBRUARY Webinar Training Opportunities

“Virtual Tour of Adobe Connect for Virtual Classrooms”

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

3:00pm CST

OIT Faculty Lab-BAILEY 114

Duration: 60 minutes

Audience: Faculty and staff including instructors, administrators, trainers, and presenters.

If you are interested in creating virtual classrooms and/or virtual training environments, this webinar will give you a how-to with its in-depth tour of the Adobe Connect (AC) web conferencing tool. Learn AC can help you to develop programs combining live and self-paced training, to encourage interaction and active engagement among participants.

Sponsor: Adobe

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“STEM PBL: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math Project Based Learning”

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

2:00pm CST

OIT Faculty Lab-BAILEY 114

Duration: 45 minutes

Audience: STEM educators and administrators.

Description: The Buck Institute for Education (BIE) is dedicated to improving 21st Century teaching and learning throughout the world by creating and disseminating products, practices and knowledge for effective Project Based Learning (PBL). In this webinar, Michael Gorman, named STEM Educator of the Year by the Indiana US Air Force Association, will highlight several brief demos and give a tour of some amazing web sites. The results will be a project-based learning educational experience that will rev up student engagement, inquiry, creativity, and innovation. Full STEM – or should we say – STEAM ahead!

Sponsor: The Buck Institute for Education (BIE)

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