Schedule of Workshops: Teaching with Technology (online and on campus)

Recordings of the workshops will be available on this page after the completion of each workshop.

• September 24, Ackerman 210. Fall faculty orientation:
  • 12:30 - 1:30. Creating personal presence in online courses.  Current research indicates that students are more satisfied with their online learning experience and show greater success in achieving course learning objectives when they have a strong sense of the instructor’s presence and involvement in teaching the online course.  During this hour David Komito will discuss some techniques which faculty have utilized for increasing “personal presence” in online courses.  Ample time will be allotted for discussion. Resources: Article; Placing Videos in Blackboard; Screencasting (you can use Elluminate for this).
  • 2:00 - 3:00. Web conferencing with Elluminate.  Elluminate is now integrated with all Blackboard course shells.  During this hour Jon Norris and David Komito will demonstrate how to create an Elluminate web conference from within Blackboard and demonstrate some of the salient features of Elluminate for both live, internet based interaction with students and for creating recordings of lectures, discussions or tutorials. Resources: Creating Elluminate Sessions in Blackboard; Recordings: Quick Reference
  • 3:30 - 4:30. Posting documents; receiving and returning student assignments in Blackboard.  All courses in the Banner registration system have associated Blackboard shells.  During this hour David Komito will demonstrate various ways faculty teaching both on-campus and online courses can use Blackboard to post documents for student review as well as create links where students can submit electronic assignments to faculty, and faculty can return them to students. Resources: Webcasts: How Students Submit Assignments; How Faculty Receive and Return Assignments Printable reference: Assignment Submission Function in Blackboard
• October 15; 12:15 to 12:45; Ackerman 104:
  Basic Skills for Using Elluminate: Live Web Conferencing and Recording Your Session
• November 5; 12:15 to 12:45; Ackerman 104:
  Point to Point Video Webcasting in Gmail: Real Time Office Hours and Tutorials
• November 19; 12:15 to 12:45; Ackerman 104:
  Extensions of the Bb Discussion Board: YouTube Videos and Podcasts
• December 3; 12:15 to 12:45; Ackerman 104:
  Basic Skills for Using Elluminate: Live Web Conferencing and Recording Your Session