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The Office of Information Technology offers DSU faculty members a number of opportunities to hone their instructional technology skills. Consider attending some of the two-hour workshops we're offering this semester. To sign up, just fill out the form (right) or email the director (shines@deltastate.edu). Have a look at the calendar view, too. Workshops are limited to 8 participants.

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.


Beginning Level

ELN 101: Teaching Online with Blackboard-CE6

This workshop is for beginners—for faculty who, in general, have little or no experience with online course management systems. Participants will learn how to set up key course features in Blackboard Campus Edition 6 (BB-CE6) as well as install instructional content.* Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Kirkland

*Note: The university will begin upgrades to to Blackboard 9 sometime in 2011.

Date Day Time
January 11 Tuesday 2-4 pm
January 19 Wednesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 102: Transitioning to Blackboard 9

With the Blackboard 9.2 upgrade coming sometime in 2011, this workshop will be offered to introduce faculty to the new course management interface and to assist faculty with course revisions that optimize the use of the new system and its assorted tools. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
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ELN 103: An Introduction to Web Design

Faculty learn basic web development and design skills in a project-based workshop that adapts print CVs for online delivery. The workshop explores the potential of web-based CVs to include teaching- and research-related media that may be useful during evaluations and job searches. Faculty will be exposed to HTML editors, graphic manipulation software, and FTP clients. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
January 13 Thursday 2-4 pm
April 26 Tuesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 104: Graphic Imaging for the WWW

Faculty are introduced to graphic imaging applications; they learn to resize and crop images, and to create useful course features, including diagrams and banners. All graphic imaging techniques are geared toward Web-based imaging and may not be useful for pre-press or print media. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Kirkland

Date Day Time
January 25 Tuesday 2-4 pm
March 21 Monday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 105: Cloud Computing with Google

Faculty experience "cloud computing" as they set up Google accounts and learn how to leverage a number of Google tools, such as iGoogle, Google Gadgets, Docs, Video, Calendar, Reader, and Sites/Wiki in their research and teaching. Note: DSU student mail ("Okramail") now uses the Google Gmail interface and provides students access to a similar suite of online tools. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 4 Friday 8-10 am
April 18 Monday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 106: Creating, Distributing and Acquiring Forms Online

A wise and sardonic administrator said once, "It all starts with a form." If you would like to make it easier for your public, peers, and students to access, complete and return forms via the Internet, this short course on form making will help you get it done. Faculty will examine form workflow, and will learn techniques for creating interactive and online forms with MS Word, Adobe Acrobat and Google Documents. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 2 Wednesday 1-3 pm
March 8 Tuesday 2-4 pm
     

 

Beginning-to-Intermediate Levels

ELN 201: Effective (and Efficient!) e-Pedagogies

This session focuses on online teaching (as opposed to online course development). Faculty learn about e-pedagogy methods that optimize student retention, interaction, and learning—but do so in ways that create welcome efficiencies in course management. A significant portion of the workshop will expose faculty to the online assessment application Respondus. Faculty who sign up for the workshop are encouraged to acquire the application for their office computers. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
January 31 Monday 2-4 pm
March 10 Thursday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 202: Grading Faster, Grading Better

Too many papers to grade, beleaguered faculty member? So, how would you like to spend less time grading them while grading them with more accuracy, consistency and richer commentary? Participants learn how to use MS Word strategically in tandem with voice recognition software (Dragon Naturally Speaking). Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 14 Monday 1-3 pm
April 20 Wednesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 203: Web Design 2: Designing Learning Objects

This workshop builds upon the skills acquired in ELN 103, and introduces faculty to interactive design techniques that are useful in online instruction. Among other techniques, faculty will learn to create and deploy image maps, rollovers, and other interactive features that involve basic scripting. Prerequisite: ELN 103, or sufficient web-design skills (i.e., facility with an HTML editor). Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
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ELN 204: The Electronic Gradebook

Faculty will learn how to use the course management system's Grade Book feature in a manner that improves upon course efficiency. Among other things, faculty learn time-saving strategies for automating grade calculations, streamlining attendance inquiries, editorial and back-up-to-spreadsheet efforts, and reporting grades to DSU's Banner system. Facilitator: Kirkland

Date Day Time
February 8 Tuesday 1-3 pm
March 23 Wednesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 205: Making Your Online Courses Exemplary

Wondering if your online course is making the grade? This workshop introduces faculty to a variety of well-worn rubrics, checklists and techniques that assure quality and accessibility in online courses. During the workshop, faculty members will review one of their own courses and evaluate it across key standards criteria, such as learner engagement, interaction logistics, communications and community, assessment design, and accreditor, copyright and ADA compliance. Prerequisite: Faculty member has developed and taught at least one online course.. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 10 Thursday 1-3 pm
March 25 Friday 8-10 am
     

 

Intermediate-to-Advanced Levels

ELN 301: Designing Hybrid and Fully Online Courses

Faculty are introduced to course-development templates that facilitate modular structures and optimized designs. They learn to use a basic HTML editor to develop content in order to meet key quality standards, including accreditor, ADA and copyright. Prerequisite: ELN 102 and 201, or experience developing courses and teaching with BB-CE6. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 16 Wednesday 1-3 pm
March 29 Tuesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 302: Lecture Online: Podcasting for Professors

Get ready to lecture from anywhere—and learn how to censor your off-topic comments and cue your words with symphony or song! This workshop exposes faculty to the strategies, tools and technologies required to produce a podcast-ready lecture in an MP3 audio format. Prerequisite: None. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 22 Tuesday 1-3 pm
March 31 Thursday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 303: Beyond Powerpoint: Screencasting

This workshop introduces faculty to podcast's engaging cousin, the screencast. Faculty will develop and deploy a short screencast and learn about the applications that facilitate screencasts as well as the contexts appropriate for screencasting, such as tutorials, hybrid and fully online courses. Prerequisite: ELN 302, or sufficient knowledge of audio podcasting. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 24 Thursday 1-3 pm
April 4 Monday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 304: Leveraging eBooks in Your Courses

If you're wondering how to make education more rich yet less expensive, it's time to consider e-books, seriously. This workshop covers e-book delivery systems, free book websites, and the methodology and applications you may use to publish your own e-books. Prerequisite: None, but ELN 103 would prove helpful. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 25 Friday 8-10 am
April 6 Wednesday 2-4 pm
     

Advanced Levels

ELN 401: Social Networking and Syndication

Participants learn to use aggregators for academic research and get experience producing "syndication feeds" for their own websites. A few "social networking" tools are also examined for their research and instructional potential. The tracking/tagging features in tools, such as Twitter and Flickr, and the bibliographic-amassing and sharing features of del.icio.us will be demonstrated. Prerequisite: ELN 203 or ELN 302, or sufficient web-design skills (i.e., facility with an HTML editor). Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
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ELN 402: Basic Video Editing

Faculty will learn basic video editing techniques for instructional video, including multimedia integration, voice overs, timeline edits, cuts, fades, trims, splits, loops, and some best practices for organizing and maintaining source files. Prerequisite: ELN 302 and/or 401. Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
February 28 Tuesday 1-3 pm
April 14 Thursday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 403: Web Video Post-production and Distribution

Basic web video post-production and distribution technique is the primary focus of this workshop. However, faculty are exposed to a few video production and acquisition methods, as well. Two post-production and distribution techniques will be covered, specifically; these will include Flash progressive-streaming (a technique for deploying video that does not require a streaming server) and Google-hosted streamed and embedded video (a technique that requires a streaming server). Prerequisite: ELN 103, or sufficient web-design skills (i.e., facility with an HTML editor). Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
March 2 Wednesday 2-4 pm
April 12 Tuesday 2-4 pm
     

ELN 404: Embedding Learning Objects

In addition to its coverage of techniques for embedding images, animation and video into web pages, this workshop will explore the potential of Java applets (calculators, simulations, games) and database-driven applications (AIM, Flickr, Voicethreads, and YourMinis) in instructional media. Faculty will discuss ways to optimize the written context for such media, including directions for use and methods for directing students to any ancillary applications required to play or render the media. Prerequisite: ELN 203 or sufficient web-design skills (i.e., facility with an HTML editor). Facilitator: Hines

Date Day Time
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