Program History

The following programs have been offered by the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (formerly Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center):

2024 Programs, Workshops and Institutes


April 2024

  • Apr. 02 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Jeanette Rossetti, School of Nursing
  • Apr. 03 - Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Apr. 04 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Apr. 05 - **NEW - ONLINE** Disability Justice Initiative: Accessibility and Universal Design
  • Apr. 09 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Apr. 10 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Apr. 11 - **ONLINE** Book Chat: How Humans Learn: The Science and Stories Behind Effective College Learning by Joshua R. Eyler
  • Apr. 12 - **NEW - ONLINE** Disability Justice Initiative: Oppression Response: Beyond Disability Related Legislations to Empowerment in the Context of the Family
  • Apr. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Inclusive STEM Teaching: A Guide to Feminist Pedagogy in STEM
  • Apr. 17 - Curricular Innovation Grant Celebration
  • Apr. 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Organizations
  • Apr. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Beyond Basic Essays and Exams: Creating Equitable Methods of Assessments
  • Apr. 25 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook

March 2024

  • Mar. 01 - **ONLINE** Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning
  • Mar. 04 - **ONLINE** Integrating Civic Learning in Your Course
  • Mar. 05 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Mar. 06 - **ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
  • Mar. 07 - **ONLINE** Video-based Assessment Using Kaltura
  • Mar. 08 - **NEW - ONLINE** Supporting LGBTQ+ Students in the Classroom
  • Mar. 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** What's New in Blackboard Ultra
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in an Online Classroom
  • Mar. 20 - **NEW - ONLINE** Mentoring Across Differences: Using Culturally Responsive Practices to Drive Student Growth
  • Mar. 21 - **ONLINE** The Disappearing Student: Helping Students Persist and Succeed
  • Mar. 22 - **NEW - ONLINE** Disability Justice Initiative: Introduction to Disability Justice
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Mar. 27 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 28 - **ONLINE** Developing Self-Directed Learners
  • Mar. 29 - **NEW - ONLINE** Using Positionality Statements to Embrace Classroom Diversity

February 2024

  • Feb. 01 - **ONLINE** Assessment Circle Workshop 1: Writing Good Degree Program Student Learning Outcomes
  • Feb. 06 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
  • Feb. 07 - Assessment Circle Workshop 2: Alignment and Coherence of Student Learning Outcomes in the Curriculum
  • Feb. 08 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies to Enhance Learning
  • Feb. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** Supporting Underprepared Students in Your Courses
  • Feb. 12 - **ONLINE** Assessment Circle Workshop 2: Alignment and Coherence of Student Learning Outcomes in the Curriculum
  • Feb. 12 - **ONLINE** ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Feb. 13 - Assessment Circle Workshop 3: Assessment Methods for Informed Decision-Making
  • Feb. 13 - **ONLINE** Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • Feb. 14 - **ONLINE** The Secret to Classroom Engagement: Everyone Has a Voice
  • Feb. 15 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Interactive Rubrics
  • Feb. 20 - **ONLINE** Assessment circle Workshop 3: Assessment Methods for Informed Decision-Making
  • Feb. 20 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Feb. 21 - Assessment Circle Workshop 4: Analysis of Data, Decision-Making, and Gauging Impact
  • Feb. 22 - **ONLINE** Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Feb. 23 - **NEW - ONLINE** Fostering Belonging in Your Class
  • Feb. 27 - **ONLINE** Assessment Workshop 4: Analysis of Data, Decision-Making, and Gauging Impact
  • Feb. 27 - **ONLINE** Facilitating Group Work Online
  • Feb. 28 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Feb. 29 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement

January 2024

  • Jan. 09 - **ONLINE** Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** Designing an Accessible Syllabus
  • Jan. 10 - **IN-PERSON** Blackboard Ultra Drop-In Support
  • Jan. 10 - Teaching with Classroom Technology
  • Jan. 11 - **NEW - ONLINE** Spring Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Grading for Equity: What is it and Why Does it Matter?
  • Jan. 12 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jan. 12 - Teaching with Classroom Technology
  • Jan. 12 - **IN-PERSON** Blackboard Ultra Drop-In Support
  • Jan. 16 - **ONLINE** Building Engagement with a Live Synchronous Session
  • Jan. 17 - **ONLINE** Supporting Neurodiverse Students in the Classroom
  • Jan. 17 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Ultra Drop-In Support
  • Jan. 18 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Jan. 19 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Ultra Drop-In Support
  • Jan. 23 - **ONLINE** Using the NIU Quality Essentials to Evaluate Your Course
  • Jan. 24 - **ONLINE** Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning
  • Jan. 25 - **ONLINE** Inclusive Group Work: Fostering Teamwork among Diverse Identities
  • Jan. 30 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook

Previous Years

December 2023

  • Dec 01 - Blackboard Ultra Build-a-thon
  • Dec 05 - **ONLINE** Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
  • Dec 06 - **ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Dec 07 - **ONLINE** Foundations of Course Design: Learning Outcomes, Learning Activities, and Assessments
  • Dec 12 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Dec 13 - **ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning Principles
  • Dec 14 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec 15 - **NEW - ONLINE** Countering Imposter Syndrome with Positionality Statements

November 2023

  • Nov 03 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Nov 03 - **ONLINE** Implementing Linguistic Justice in Writing Assessment with Dr. April Baker-Bell
  • Nov 07 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence
  • Nov 08 - Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Nov 09 - **ONLINE** Grading and Managing the Gradebook In Learn Ultra
  • Nov 10 - Implementing Linguistic Justice in Writing Assessment: Part 2
  • Nov 13 - **ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov 15 - **NEW - ONLINE** Supporting Neurodiverse Students in the Classroom
  • Nov 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** The Secret to Equitable Classroom Engagement: Everyone Has a Voice
  • Nov 20 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Nov 28 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Nov 29 - **NEW - ONLINE** Creating an Equitable Classroom with Student Reflections
  • Nov 30 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook

October 2023

  • Oct 03 - **ONLINE** The Disappearing Student: Helping Students Persist and Succeed
  • Oct 04 - **ONLINE** Engaging Students with Online Breakout Group Activities
  • Oct 04 - **ONLINE** Q&A on Transitioning Blackboard Organization to the Ultra Course View
  • Oct 05 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Oct 10 - **ONLINE** Integrating Social Justice Education in Your Course
  • Oct 11 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ultra Time and Date Management Tools to Support Student Success
  • Oct 17 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Your Online Course
  • Oct 18 - **ONLINE** Video-based Assessment Using Kaltura
  • Oct 19 - **ONLINE** Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
  • Oct 20 - **ONLINE** Equitable Course Design: Building Courses for Diverse Learners
  • Oct 23 - Inclusive Group Work: Fostering Teamwork among Diverse Identities
  • Oct 24 - **ONLINE** Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students: Rethinking Long Lectures
  • Oct 25 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools

September 2023

  • Sep 06 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Sep 07 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
  • Sep 08 - **ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Sep 11 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Sep 12 - **ONLINE** Getting Students to Read and Respond to Your Feedback
  • Sep 13 - Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Sep 14 - **ONLINE** Formative and Summative Assessment
  • Sep 15 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement
  • Sep 19 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Interactive Rubrics
  • Sep 25 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Sep 26 - **ONLINE** Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Sep 27 - **ONLINE** Helping First Generation Student Succeed
  • Sep 27 - **ONLINE** Social Justice Training for TAs: Cultural Center Director Panel
  • Sep 28 - **ONLINE** Equitable Grading: Reducing Bias and Increasing Student Success
  • Sep 29 - **ONLINE** Meeting the Needs of Students with Disabilities

August 2023

  • Aug 08 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Aug 10 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Aug 11 - **ONLINE** Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning
  • Aug 14 - **ONLINE** Fall Teaching Assistant (online institute begins 8/14,live sessions on 8/21, 8/22, & 8/24; in-person meet-and-greet 8/24)
  • Aug 15 - **ONLINE** Designing an Accessible Syllabus
  • Aug 16 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Web Conferencing Tools
  • Aug 17 - Fall 2023 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Improving Learning and Mental Health in the College Classroom
  • Aug 22 - **ONLINE** Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Aug 23 - **ONLINE** Teaching with Classroom Technology

July 2023

  • Jul 05 - **ONLINE** Book Chat: "Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning"
  • Jul 06 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jul 11 - **ONLINE** High Impact Practices (HIPs)
  • Jul 13 - **ONLINE** Holding Virtual Office Hours
  • Jul 20 - **ONLINE** Using the NIU Quality Essentials to Evaluate Your Course

June 2023

  • Jun 06 - **ONLINE** Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
  • Jun 07 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Jun 08 - **ONLINE** Problem-based Learning
  • Jun 13 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jun 15 - **ONLINE** Case Studies and Simulation in Online Courses

May 2023

  • May 02 - **ONLINE** Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
  • May 04 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • May 11 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 16 - **ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
  • May 18 - **ONLINE** 2nd Annual NIU Fix Your Content Day
  • May 30 - **ONLINE** 2023 Online Teaching Symposium - Day 1
  • May 31 - **ONLINE** 2023 Online Teaching Symposium - Day 2 - NIU Naperville

April 2023

  • Apr. 04 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Apr. 05 - **ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Apr. 06 - **ONLINE** Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
  • Apr. 11 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Apr. 12 - **ONLINE** Authentic Assessment
  • Apr. 12 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence
  • Apr. 18 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Apr. 19 - Using Advanced Questioning Techniques
  • Apr. 25 - **ONLINE** Active Learning in Large Classes
  • Apr. 26 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Apr. 27 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies

March 2023

  • Mar. 01 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies to Enhance Learning
  • Mar. 02 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Mar. 07 - **ONLINE** Demonstrating Inclusivity and Equity in Your Course
  • Mar. 08 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 09 - **ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
  • Mar. 21 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Your Online Course
  • Mar. 22 - **ONLINE** Integrating Civic Learning
  • Mar. 23 - **ONLINE** The Disappearing Student: Helping Students Persist and Succeed
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Panel on Artificial Intelligence in Education: Looking Ahead
  • Mar. 28 - **ONLINE** Video-based Assessment Using Kaltura
  • Mar. 30 - **NEW - ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ultra Time and Date Management Tools to Support Student Success

February 2023

  • Feb. 01 - **ONLINE** Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Feb. 02 - **ONLINE** Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • Feb. 07 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Feb. 08 - Creating Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Feb. 09 - **ONLINE** Integrating Technologies to Foster Inclusive Interaction in Your Course
  • Feb. 13 - **NEW - ONLINE** Artificial Intelligence in Education Panel
  • Feb. 14 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
  • Feb. 16 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Feb. 21 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Feb. 22 - **ONLINE** Checking for Students' Understanding
  • Feb. 23 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Interactive Rubrics

January 2023

  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** Designing an Accessible Syllabus
  • Jan. 11 - **NEW - ONLINE** Spring Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Burnout 101: Understanding and Mitigating Burnout in Teaching and Learning Environments
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching with Classroom Technology
  • Jan. 12 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jan. 12 - **ONLINE** Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Jan. 19 - **ONLINE** Building Engagement with a Live Synchronous Session
  • Jan. 25 - **ONLINE** Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning

December 2022

  • Dec. 01 - **NEW - ONLINE** Flash Workshop: Creating Videos on the go with Kaltura's Mobile Application
  • Dec. 05 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Dec. 06 - **ONLINE** Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
  • Dec. 07 - **ONLINE** Foundations of Course Design: Learning Outcomes, Learning Activities, and Assessments
  • Dec. 08 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 12 - **ONLINE** Using the NIU Quality Essentials to Plan and Evaluate Your Online Course

November 2022

  • Nov. 01 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Nov. 02 - **NEW** Virtual Reality for Teaching and Learning
  • Nov. 03 - **ONLINE** Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
  • Nov. 08 - **ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 09 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Nov. 10 - **ONLINE** Making Assessment More Equitable and Inclusive
  • Nov. 15 - **ONLINE** Active Learning in Large Classes
  • Nov. 16 - **ONLINE** Instructional Tools for Problem-based Learning and Innovative Pedagogies
  • Nov. 22 - **ONLINE** Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Nov. 29 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies

October 2022

  • Oct. 10 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Oct. 11 - **ONLINE** The Disappearing Student: Helping Students Persist and Succeed
  • Oct. 12 - **ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
  • Oct. 18 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 19 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Oct. 24 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Oct. 25 - **ONLINE** Demonstrating Inclusivity and Equity in Your Course
  • Oct. 27 - **ONLINE** Video-based Assessing Using Kaltura

September 2022

  • Sep. 01 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Sep. 06 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement
  • Sep. 07 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Your Online Course
  • Sep. 08 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
  • Sep. 13 - **ONLINE** Helping First Generation Students Succeed
  • Sep. 14 - **ONLINE** Using the NIU Quality Essentials to Plan and Evaluate Your Online Course
  • Sep. 15 - **ONLINE** Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • Sep. 22 - **ONLINE** Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio

August 2022

  • Aug. 03 - **ONLINE** Using Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course
  • Aug. 08 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Aug. 09 - **ONLINE** Designing an Accessible Syllabus
  • Aug. 10 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Web Conferencing Tools
  • Aug. 11 - Fall 2022 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum
  • Aug. 12 - Fall 2022 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Motivating and Engaging Students
  • Aug. 15-19 - **ONLINE** Fall 2022 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Motivating and Engaging Students
  • Aug. 15 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Aug. 16 - **ONLINE** Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Aug. 17 - Scaffolded Support for Teaching Gateway Courses Program Launch
  • Aug. 25 - **ONLINE** Building Engagement with a Synchronous Session

July 2022

  • Jul. 12 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jul. 19 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Jul. 20 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement
  • Jul. 26 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Jul. 28 - **ONLINE** What's New and Coming Soon to Blackboard Ultra Course View

June 2022

  • Jun. 02 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Jun. 6-Jul. 1 - **ONLINE** Online Course Design Academy
  • Jun. 14 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Jun. 22 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement
  • Jun. 27 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Web Conferencing Tools

May 2022

  • May 10 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 19 - 1st Annual NIU Fix Your Content Day
  • May 16 - June 5 **ONLINE** Blackboard Ultra Transition Academy
  • May 24-25 - **ONLINE** Online Teaching Symposium

April 2022

  • Apr. 06 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Anne Britt, Department of Psychology
  • Apr. 06 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Ultra Q&A Session for Department Chairs and School Directors
  • Apr. 07 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Apr. 11 - **ONLINE** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Apr. 12 - **ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Apr. 13 - **ONLINE** Book Chat on Geeky Pedagogy by Jessamyn Neuhaus
  • Apr. 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** Active Learning in Large Classes
  • Apr. 19 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Apr. 20 - **ONLINE** Calculating Overall Grades with Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Apr. 21 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Apr. 25 - **ONLINE** Increase Access, Decrease Costs: Finding Low- or No-Cost Materials for your Course
  • Apr. 26 - **ONLINE** Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
  • Apr. 27 - **ONLINE** Instructional Tools for Problem-based Learning and Innovative Pedagogies
  • Apr. 28 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence

March 2022

  • Mar. 01 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Your Online Classroom
  • Mar. 03 - **ONLINE** Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Mar. 07 - **NEW - ONLINE**Developing Self-Directed Learners
  • Mar. 08 - **ONLINE** Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
  • Mar. 09 - **ONLINE** Integrating Civic Learning
  • Mar. 10 - **ONLINE** Engaging Students with Online Breakout Group Activities
  • Mar. 15 - **ONLINE** Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students: Rethinking Long Lectures
  • Mar. 23 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 24 - **ONLINE** Recording Software Demonstrations with Screencasting
  • Mar. 29 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Mar. 30 - **ONLINE** Book Chat on James Lang's "Districted: Why Students Can't Focus and What You Can Do About It"
  • Mar. 31 - **ONLINE** Motivating Students

February 2022

  • Feb. 01 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Feedback Strategies to Enhance Learning
  • Feb. 03 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Feb. 08 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • Feb. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Create Engaging Content in the Digital Media Studio
  • Feb. 10 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Blackboard Interactive Rubrics
  • Feb. 15 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Increase Access, Decrease Costs: Finding Low- or No-Cost Materials for your Course
  • **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Adjusting Your Teaching Approaches Based on Student Outcomes
  • Feb. 17 - **ONLINE** Using Groups in Blackboard Learn Ultra
  • Feb. 17 - **ONLINE** Special Presentation: Accessible Word Document Basics
  • Feb. 22 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Feb. 23 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Feb. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Integrating Technologies to Foster Inclusive Interaction in Your Course

January 2022

  • Jan. 06 - Teaching with Classroom Technology - CLAW (College of Law)
  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** Online Course Design Academy
  • Jan. 11 - **ONLINE** Teaching with Classroom Technology - CEET (College of Engineering and Engineering Technology)
  • Jan. 11 - **ONLINE** Designing an Accessible Syllabus
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching with Classroom Technology - CHHS (College of Health and Human Sciences)
  • Jan. 12 - Teaching with Classroom Technology - CVPA (College of Visual and Performing Arts)
  • Jan. 12 - Teaching with Classroom Technology - CLAS (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences)
  • Jan. 13 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Effectiveness Institute - A Pedagogy of Kindness
  • Jan. 14 - **ONLINE** Teaching with Classroom Technology - CEDU (College of Education)
  • Jan. 18 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Jan. 20 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Creating Multimedia to Enhance Learning
  • Jan. 25 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Engaging Underprepared Students
  • Jan. 26 - **NEW - ONLINE**Wisdom Wednesday: Supporting First-Generation Students
  • Jan. 27 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Blackboard Ally to Support Accessibility in Your Course

December 2021

  • Dec. 02 - **NEW - ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Making the Move to Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Dec. 07 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Foundations of Course Design: Learning Outcomes, Learning Activities, and Assessments
  • Dec. 08 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 14 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Using Student Achievement and Feedback to Improve Your Teaching
  • Dec. 16 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Exploring Kaltura Features

November 2021

  • Nov. 02 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesdays: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 04 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. E. Taylor Atkins, Department of History
  • Nov. 04 - **ONLINE** Social Justice Training for GTAs: Cultural Competency Part 2
  • Nov. 09 - Teaching Tuesday: Problem-based Learning
  • Nov. 16 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Increase Access, Decrease Costs: Finding Low- or No-Cost Materials for your Course
  • Nov. 17 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Trauma-Informed Teaching
  • Nov. 18 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Calculating Overall Grades with the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Nov. 23 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Scaffolding to Enhance Learning

October 2021

  • Oct. 01 - **ONLINE** Caring for Your Voice: Maintaining Vocal Health for Teaching
  • Oct. 05 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in Your Online Classroom
  • Oct. 06 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Integrating Social Justice Education in Your Course
  • Oct. 07 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Oct. 12 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Demonstrating Inclusivity and Equity in Your Course
  • Oct. 14 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 19 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Creating a Sense of Belonging in Your Online Course
  • Oct. 20 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Humanize Your Course with VoiceThread
  • Oct. 21 - **NEW - ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Engaging Students with Yellowdig Communities
  • Oct. 21 - **ONLINE** Social Justice Training for GTAs: Antiracism Teaching
  • Oct. 26 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: The Disappearing Student: Helping Students Persist and Succeed
  • Oct. 27 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Creating Wicked Students by Paul Hanstedt Book Chat
  • Oct. 28 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Engaging Students with Online Breakout Group Activities

September 2021

  • Sep. 01 - Teaching with an Interactive Flat Panel Display
  • Sep. 01 - Teaching with Classroom Technology
  • Sep. 02 - Teaching with Classroom Technology
  • Sep. 02 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Blackboard Assessment Tools to Measure Student Achievement
  • Sep. 07 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesdays: Facilitating Group Work Online
  • Sep. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Integrating Technologies to Foster Inclusive Interaction in Your Course
  • Sep. 14 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Formative and Summative Assessment
  • Sep. 15 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge to Racial Justice in Higher Education
  • Sep. 16 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Blackboard Interactive Rubrics
  • Sep. 21 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Developing Fair, Consistent, and Transparent Grading Practices
  • Sep. 22 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Sep. 23 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Take Your Feedback to the Next Level with Blackboard Annotate
  • Sep. 28 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday - Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Sep. 29 - **ONLINE** Increase Access, Decrease Costs: Find Low- or No-Cost Materials for Your Course
  • Sep. 30 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Sep. 30 - **NEW - ONLINE** GTA Training: Mental Health Resources: Importance of Being Well

August 2021

  • Aug. 05 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Aug. 10 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Designing an Accessible Course Syllabus
  • Aug. 11 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Teaching the First Day of Class
  • Aug. 12 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Managing a Hybrid Classroom
  • Aug. 12 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 13 - **ONLINE** Fall 2021 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Small Teaching with James Lang
  • Aug. 13 - **ONLINE** Fall 2021 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Teaching Distracted Learners with James Lang
  • Aug. 16-20 - **ONLINE** Fall 2021 Teaching Assistant Institute
  • Aug. 17 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Aug. 18 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Meeting Owl
  • Aug. 18 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Desktop 360 Camera
  • Aug. 19 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Desktop 360 Camera
  • Aug. 19 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Interactive Flat Panel
  • Aug. 19 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Meeting Owl
  • Aug. 20 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Meeting Owl
  • Aug. 20 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Aug. 20 - Livestreaming with Classroom Technology - Meeting Owl
  • Aug. 20 - **ONLINE** Strategies for Managing a Hybrid Classroom
  • Aug. 26 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra for Communication GTAs
  • Aug. 26 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Getting Students to Read and Respond to Your Feedback
  • Aug. 31 - Teaching with Classroom Technology

July 2021

  • Jul. 14 - **NEW - ONLINE** Connecting Faculty and Students with Teaching and Learning Support
  • Jul. 21 - **NEW - ONLINE** Strategies for Rejuvenating Yourself and Your Teaching
  • Jul. 28 - **NEW - ONLINE** Aligning Academic Technologies with Your Learning Objectives

June 2021

  • Jun. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** Innovative Teaching and Learning: Impactful Strategies
  • Jun. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Leveraging Engagement Strategies and Social Interaction to Foster Community
  • Jun. 23 - **NEW - ONLINE** Re-energize Your Teaching: Encouraging Active Learning and Using Creative Assessments
  • Jun. 30 - **NEW - ONLINE** Best Practices for Creating, Sharing and Storing Multimedia

May 2021

  • May 24-26 - **ONLINE** 2021 Online Teaching Symposium

April 2021

  • Apr. 05 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Online Teaching for Political Science Doctoral Students
  • Apr. 06 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Feedback Strategies to Enhance Learning
  • Apr. 07 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: End Your Semester with Your Students on a High Note
  • Apr. 08 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Calculating Overall Grades with the Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Apr. 12 - **ONLINE** An Introduction to Blackboard for UNIV 101 Instructors
  • Apr. 13 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Strategies for Performance-based Online Assessment
  • Apr. 14 - **ONLINE** Yellowdig: A New Way to Create Community with Your Students
  • Apr. 15 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Apr. 07 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Ozlem & DiAngelo's Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education
  • Apr. 22 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Apr. 27 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Apr. 28 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Apr. 29 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra

March 2021

  • Mar. 02 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students: Rethinking Long Lectures
  • Mar. 04 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Mar. 09 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Meaningful Assessment: Rethinking Exams
  • Mar. 11 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Mar. 15 - **ONLINE** Social Annotation with Hypothesis
  • Mar. 16 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Holding Virtual Office Hours
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Mar. 24 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: The Ethics of Online Teaching
  • Mar. 25 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Using the Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Mar. 31 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Amy Baldwin et al.'s Promoting Belonging, Growth Mindset, and Resilience to Foster Student Success

February 2021

  • Feb. 02 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Feb. 04 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Feb. 09 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course
  • Feb. 16 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesdays: Facilitating Group Work Online
  • Feb. 17 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Susan A. Ambrose's How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
  • Feb. 18 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursdays: Engaging Students with Online Breakout Group Activities
  • Feb. 23 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Feb. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Inquiry into Effective Teaching and Learning using Assessment
  • Feb. 25 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Take Your Feedback to the Next Level with Blackboard Annotate

January 2021

  • Jan. 05 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room - DuSable Hall Room 340
  • Jan. 05 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room - Cole Hall Room 100
  • Jan. 06 - Classroom Technology Open House - Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Room - Anderson Hall Room 245
  • Jan. 06 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room - Stevens Building Room 170
  • Jan. 07 - Classroom Technology Open House - Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Room - Anderson Hall Room 245
  • Jan. 07 - Classroom Technology Open House - Barsema Hall Room 301
  • Jan. 08 - **ONLINE** Spring 2021 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Creating Communities of Hope
  • Jan. 12 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Designing an Accessible Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 14 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Jan. 19 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students: Rethinking Long Lectures
  • Jan. 20 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Linda B. Nilson's Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time
  • Jan. 21 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jan. 26 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom
  • Jan. 28 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Exploring Kaltura Features

December 2020

  • Dec. 02 - **NEW - ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: One Button Video Studio Sharing Session
  • Dec. 03 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Dec. 08 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Best Practices for Designing High-Quality Courses - The Blackboard Exemplary Course Program
  • Dec. 09 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Blackboard Office Hours - Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 15 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Teaching Face-to-Face with Physical Distancing and Remote Students
  • Dec. 17 - **ONLINE** Overview of Live Streaming and Lecture Capture

November 2020

  • Nov. 2-22 - Online Course Design Academy
  • Nov. 05 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Recording Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Nov. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** TA Social Justice Training: Open Reflection Session
  • Nov. 10 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Knowing Your Online Science Lab Options
  • Nov. 12 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Calculating Overall Grades with the Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Nov. 17 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 18 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Flower Darby's Small Teaching Online
  • Nov. 19 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Nov. 24 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Formative and Summative Assessment

October 2020

  • Oct. 01 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Create Video Quizzes with Kaltura
  • Oct. 06 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Strategies for Performance-based Online Assessment
  • Oct. 07 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: University Libraries: A great Resource for Finding Content for Your Courses
  • Oct. 08 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Facilitating Small Group Discussins using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Groups
  • Oct. 12 - **NEW - ONLINE** TA Training: Cultural Competency II
  • Oct. 13 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Rethinking Exams
  • Oct. 14 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Flexible Teaching Conversations: Open Discussion and Social Hour
  • Oct. 15 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Oct. 20 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Using Rubrics for Assessment
  • Oct. 27 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course
  • Oct. 28 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Book Chat on Karen Costa's 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos
  • Oct. 29 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Take Your Feedback to the Next Level with Bb Annotate

September 2020

  • Sep. 01 - Classroom Technology Open House - Extron Room
  • Sep. 01 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room
  • Sep. 02 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Blackboard Office Hours - Meet CITL Staff
  • Sep. 02 - Classroom Technology Open House - PC or Art Cart Room
  • Sep. 02 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room
  • Sep. 03 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room
  • Sep. 03 - Classroom Technology Open House - Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Room
  • Sep. 03 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Sep. 08 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Holding Virtual Office Hours
  • Sep. 09 - **ONLINE** Wisdom Wednesday: Trauma-Informed Teaching
  • Sep. 10 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Create Video Quizzes with Kaltura
  • Sep. 14 - **NEW - ONLINE** Social Justice Training for Student Employees: Antiracism Teaching
  • Sep. 15 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students: Rethinking Long Lectures
  • Sep. 17 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Introuction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Sep. 22 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Strategies for Enhancing Instructor Presence in the Online Classroom
  • Sep. 24 - **ONLINE** Technology Thursday: Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Sep. 29 - **ONLINE** Teaching Tuesday: Flipped Classroom Methods for Active Learning

August 2020

  • Aug. 04 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Aug. 11 - **ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Aug. 13-14 - **ONLINE** Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Developing Engaging Videos
  • Aug. 17-21 - **ONLINE** Teaching Assistant Institute
  • Aug. 17 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Aug. 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** Overview of Live Treaming and Lecture Capture
  • Aug. 20 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Face-to-Face with Physical Distancing and Remote Students
  • Aug. 21 - Classroom Technology Open House - Extron or Retrofit Room
  • Aug. 21 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Aug. 21 - Classroom Technology Open House - Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Room
  • Aug. 21 - Classroom Technology Open House - PC or Art Cart Room
  • Aug. 21 - **NEW - ONLINE** Social Justice Training for Student Employees: Cultural Center Director Panel
  • Aug. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Create Video Quizzes with Kaltura
  • Aug. 25 - **ONLINE** Take Your Feedback to the Next Level with Bb Annotate
  • Aug. 26 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Lasses Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 27 - **ONLINE** Holding Virtual Office Hours
  • Aug. 31 - Classroom Technology Open House - Retrofit Room
  • Aug. 31 - Classroom Technology Open House - Interactive Flat Panel (IFP) Room
  • Aug. 31 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Aug. 31 - Classroom Technology Open House - Extron Room
  • Aug. 31 - Classroom Technology Open House - PC or Art Cart Room

July 2020

  • Jul. 6-26 - Online Course Design Academy
  • Jul. 07 - **ONLINE** Interactive Rubrics in Ultra: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Jul. 15 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Humanizing Your Online Course
  • Jul. 16 - **ONLINE** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Jul. 20 - **NEW - ONLINE** Exploring Kaltura Features
  • Jul. 22 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jul. 23 - **ONLINE** Take Your Feedback to the Next Level with Bb Annotate
  • Jul. 27-Aug. 16 - Online Course Design Academy
  • Jul. 28 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Ultra Course View Tools
  • Jul. 29 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools Using Blackboard Ultra Course View

June 2020

  • Jun. 8-28 - Online Course Design Academy
  • Jun. 24 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • **ONLINE** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Jun. 29 - **ONLINE** Holding Virtual Office Hours

May 2020

  • May 11-31 - Online Course Design Academy
  • May 26 - Online Teaching Symposium

April 2020

  • Apr. 01 - **ONLINE** Keep Teaching Conversations: Blackboard Assignments and Tests
  • Apr. 01 - **ONLINE** Characteristics of Effective Discussion Boards
  • Apr. 02 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Original Tools
  • Apr. 02 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Ultra Course View Tools
  • Apr. 06 - **NEW - ONLINE** Managing the Remote Teaching Workload
  • Apr. 07 - **NEW - ONLINE** Keep Teaching Conversations: Blackboard Assessments
  • Apr. 08 - **NEW - ONLINE** Keep Teaching Conversations: Blackboard Assessments
  • Apr. 08 - **NEW - ONLINE** Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Blackboard Collaborate
  • Apr. 09 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Apr. 14 - **NEW - ONLINE** Keep Teaching Conversations: Engaging Online Sessions
  • Apr. 14 - **ONLINE** Rethinking Exams for Virtual Instruction
  • Apr. 16 - **ONLINE** Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Blackboard Collaborate
  • Apr. 20 - **ONLINE** Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Ultra Grade Book
  • Apr. 20 - **ONLINE** Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Original Grade Center
  • Apr. 20 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Apr. 21 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Ultra Course View Tools
  • Apr. 21 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Original Tools
  • Apr. 22 - **ONLINE** Characteristics of Effective Discussion Boards
  • Apr. 23 - **ONLINE** Create, Store, and Interact with Videos Using Kaltura
  • Apr. 30 - **ONLINE** Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Original Grade Center
  • Apr. 30 - **ONLINE** Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Ultra Grade Book

March 2020

  • Mar. 02 - Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Mar. 03 - **ONLINE** Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 04 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra Course View: Hands On
  • Mar. 05 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Mar. 05 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Mar. 06 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, & Student Support
  • Mar. 13 - **NEW - ONLINE** Keep Teaching: Strategies and Considerations
  • Mar. 16 - **ONLINE** Keep Teaching: Strategies and Considerations
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Holding Class Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Facilitating Online Discussions with Your Students
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Library Resources and Services for Remote Teaching
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Library Resources and Services for Remote Teaching
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Facilitating Online Discussions with Your Students
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Keep Teaching: Strategies and Considerations
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 17 - **ONLINE** Holding Class Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Facilitating Online Discussions with Your Students
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Keep Teaching: Strategies and Considerations
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Library Resources and Services for Remote Teaching
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Holding Class Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Mar. 18 - **ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Facilitating Online Discussions with Your Students
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Humanizing Your Online Course
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Holding Class Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Mar. 23 - **ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 23 - **ONLINE** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Mar. 23 - **NEW - ONLINE** Feeling Connected While Apart: Building Community While Teaching Virtually
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Create, Store, and Interact with Videos Using Kaltura
  • Mar. 24 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Mar. 24 - **ONLINE** Creating Recorded Presentations with VoiceThread
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms
  • Mar. 25 - **NEW - ONLINE** Rethinking Exams for Virtual Instruction
  • Mar. 25 - **NEW - ONLINE** Supporting Student Success in Virtual Learning
  • Mar. 25 - **ONLINE** Create, Store, and Interact with Videos Using Kaltura
  • Mar. 25 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 25 - **ONLINE** Create, Store, and Interact with Videos Using Kaltura
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Tools
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Feeling Connected While Apart: Building Community While Teaching Virtually
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Student Presentations Online: Tools and Strategies
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Rethinking Exams for Virtual Instruction
  • Mar. 27 - **ONLINE** Keep Teaching Conversations: Open Topic
  • Mar. 31 - **ONLINE** Record Software Demonstrations with Kaltura Capture

February 2020

  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Feb. 05 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra Course View: Hands On
  • Feb. 06 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Feb. 07 - Writing Across the Curriculum: Improve Students Reading Skills Through Writing
  • Feb. 11 - **NEW** Promoting and Maintaining Classroom Civility
  • Feb. 12 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Feb. 13 - **ONLINE** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Feb. 18 - Blackboard Communication Tools Using Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Feb. 19 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Feb. 20 - Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
  • Feb. 21 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 21 - Writing Across the Curriculum: Design Short Writing Assignments That Work
  • Feb. 24 - **ONLINE** Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
  • Feb. 26 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Feb. 27 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology
  • Feb. 28 - Games and Education

January 2020

  • Jan. 07 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra course View: Hands On
  • Jan. 08 - Spring 2020 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - The Power of Active Learning: Engaging Students Through Intentional Use of Technology
  • Jan. 09 - Spring 2020 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Diversity Is Just the Beginning: Removing Barriers to Student Success in the Classroom
  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Jan. 10 - Creating Accessible Word Documents
  • Jan. 13 - Online Course Design Academy Kick-off
  • Jan. 14 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Jan. 15 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jan. 16 - Finding Your Teaching Style
  • Jan. 17 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Jan. 21 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jan. 22 - Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Jan. 23 - **ONLINE** Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students
  • Jan. 28 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement
  • Jan. 29 - **NEW - ONLINE** Bridging Generation Gaps in the Classroom
  • Jan. 30 - Interactive Lectures: Techniques for Supporting Active Learning during Lectures

December 2019

  • Dec. 03 - **ONLINE** Teaching Online with VoiceThread
  • Dec. 04 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra Course View: Hands On
  • Dec. 09 - Reflecting on Your Teaching and Professional Development
  • Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Dec. 11 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • Dec. 12 - Blackboard Office Hours: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 17 - **ONLINE** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra

November 2019

  • Nov. 04 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • Nov. 05 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra Course View: Hands On
  • Nov. 06 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Nov. 07 - **NEW** Writing Across the Curriculum: Facilitate "E-Portfolio Learning"
  • Nov. 08 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Nov. 12 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Content and Instructional Materials
  • Nov. 13 - Problem-based Learning
  • Nov. 18 - **NEW** Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Nov. 19 - **ONLINE** Library Resources and Services for Online Courses
  • Nov. 19 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Nov. 20 - Student Collaboration with Blackboard Groups in the Ultra Course View
  • Nov. 21 - **NEW** Interactive Lectures: Techniques for Supporting Active Learning during Lectures
  • Nov. 22 - Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Nov. 25 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Managing the Online Teaching Workload

October 2019

  • Oct. 01 - Getting to Know the Blackboard Ultra Course View: Hands On
  • Oct. 03 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 07 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Ross Powell, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences
  • Oct. 08 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Design Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
  • Oct. 09 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Oct. 09 - Facilitating Student Success Lunch & Learn - Framing Feedback: How to Help Students Learn From Their Mistakes
  • Oct. 10 - **NEW** Writing Across the Curriculum: Help Students Develop Visual Literacy
  • Oct. 11 - Making Effective Decisions for Enhancing Program Quality: Using Data and Information Collected from Various Sources
  • Oct. 14 - Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Oct. 15 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Oct. 16 - **NEW** Blackboard Communication Tools Using Blackboard Ultra Course View
  • Oct. 17 - **NEW** Teaching Strategies for Engaging Students
  • Oct. 22 - Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Oct. 23 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Oct. 24 - **NEW** Writing Across the Curriculum: Create Digital Writing Activities
  • Oct. 28 - Preparing for Tenure and Promotion: A Workshop for New Faculty
  • Oct. 29 - **NEW** Interactive Rubrics in Ultra Course View: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Oct. 30 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning

September 2019

  • Sep. 04 - Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra: Hands On
  • Sep. 05 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sep. 06 - **ONLINE** Using Respondus LockDown Browser for Tests in Blackboard
  • Sep. 10 - Blackboard Office Hours
  • Sep. 11 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Sep. 12 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Sep. 12 - **NEW** Writing Across the Curriculum: Teach Writing as a Process
  • Sep. 17 - **NEW** Using the Blackboard Ultra Gradebook
  • Sep. 18 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Sep. 19 - Introduction to TurningPoint Web
  • Sep. 19 - Pedagogical Applications of TurningPoint
  • Sep. 20 - Building Classroom Games and Simulations
  • Sep. 25 - Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra
  • Sep. 26 - **NEW** Writing Across the Curriculum: Design Effective Collaborative Assignments

August 2019

  • Aug. 08 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Aug. 14 - **NEW - ONLINE** Introduction to Blackboard Ultra: Navigation
  • Aug. 15 - Fall 2019 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Instruction
  • Aug. 16 - Fall 2019 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Transforming Your Students into Self-Regulated Learners and Enhancing Their Academic Performance
  • Aug. 19 - **NEW** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Aug. 20 - Fall 2019 Teaching Assistant Institute
  • Aug. 22 - 2019 New Faculty Forum
  • Aug. 23 - **NEW** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra 
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 27 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 29 - **ONLINE** Multimedia Sampler

July 2019

  • Jul. 09 - **NEW - ONLINE** Introduction to Blackboard Ultra: Navigation
  • Jul. 10 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jul. 17 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Groups
  • Jul. 18 - **NEW** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Jul. 24 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Jul. 26 - Introduction to Games and Education
  • Jul. 30 - **NEW** Converting Your Course for Blackboard Ultra 

June 2019

  • Jun. 03 - Online Course Design Academy
  • Jun. 04 - **NEW - ONLINE** Introduction to Blackboard Ultra: Navigation
  • Jun. 11 - **ONLINE** Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course   
  • Jun. 12 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jun. 13 - **NEW** Getting to Know Blackboard Ultra
  • Jun. 18 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 19 - **NEW** Building Community and Social Engagement in Online Courses
  • Jun. 25 - Designing a Writing-Infused Course in the Major or General Education
  • Jun. 27 - Write Well, Publish More!

May 2019

  • May 01 - Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
  • May 06 - **NEW - ONLINE** Preview of Blackboard Ultra: Navigation
  • May 07 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • May 09 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades 
  • May 15 - **NEW - ONLINE** Preview of Blackboard Ultra: Re-designed Ultra Course View
  • May 16 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • May 20 - **NEW** Preview of Blackboard Ultra: Hands-On
  • May 30 - 2019 Online Teaching Symposium

April 2019

  • Apr. 03 - Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2019 Virtual Conference
  • Apr. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 11 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Respond Effectively to Students' Written Assignments
  • Apr. 12 - Building Classroom Games and Simulations
  • Apr. 16 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Apr. 17 - **ONLINE** Teaching Online with VoiceThread
  • Apr. 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • Apr. 23 - **NEW** Preview of Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation
  • Apr. 24 - Expanding Your Reach: Captioning for Self-created Videos

March 2019

  • Mar. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 05 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 06 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Mar. 07 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Lighten the Paper Work Load
  • Mar. 19 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Groups
  • Mar. 20 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Joseph Scudder, Department of Communication
  • Mar. 21 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Help Students Avoid Plagiarism
  • Mar. 22 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric - School of Nursing
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, & Student Support
  • Mar. 27 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Mar. 28 - Introduction to Digital Audio Production

February 2019

  • Feb. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 06 - Reference Resource Management
  • Feb. 07 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Improve Students' Reading Skills Through Writing
  • Feb. 11 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Feb. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 14 - **ONLINE** Writing Goals and Objectives 
  • Feb. 18 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Feb. 19 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology
  • Feb. 21 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Design Short Writing Assignments that Work
  • Feb. 26 - Paperless Assessment of Student Performance with Blackboard Tools
  • Feb. 27 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 28 - **ONLINE** Designing Effective Assessments

January 2019

  • Jan. 07 - **ONLINE** Online Course Design
  • Jan. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 10 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Creating Community: Social Engagement in Online Learning
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - The Science of Learning and Why it Matters
  • Jan. 15 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 16 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 17 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jan. 23 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Jan. 29 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement
  • Jan. 30 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement

December 2018

  • Dec. 5 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Dec. 6 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 11 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • Dec. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 13 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 18 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course

November 2018

  • Nov. 7 - Turning Technologies Clickers: Best Practices and New TurningPoint 8.5
  • Nov. 7 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course 
  • Nov. 7 - Turning Technologies: Q & A for Advanced Users
  • Nov. 7 - Turning Technologies Clickers: Best Practices and New TurningPoint 8.5 
  • Nov. 8 - Reference Resource Management
  • Nov. 9 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate for OM&IS
  • Nov. 12 - Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
  • Nov. 13 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • Nov. 13 - **NEW** Making Texts Accessible: EPUBs for All Students
  • Nov. 14 - Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2018 Virtual Conference
  • Nov. 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Nov. 16 - Supporting Student Success with the Blackboard Retention Center
  • Nov. 19 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Content and Instructional Materials
  • Nov. 27 - Introduction to Games and Education
  • Nov. 28 -  **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 29 - **NEW** Introduction to Digital Audio Production
  • Nov. 29 - Special Workshop College of Law: Formative and Summative Feedback Strategies

October 2018

  • Oct. 3 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 4 - Africa's Lasting Imprint on the Heart of Steve Peifer (Class of '77)
  • Oct. 9 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 10 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Oct. 11 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching Online with VoiceThread
  • Oct. 15 - Paperless Assessment of Student Performance with Blackboard Tools
  • Oct. 16 - Problem-based Learning
  • Oct. 18 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Design Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
  • Oct. 19 - Developing Effective and Sustainable Assessment Plans for your Program
  • Oct. 23 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Oct. 25 - **NEW** Creating Accessible Word Documents 
  • Oct. 26 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Oct. 29 - Preparing for Tenure and Promotion
  • Oct. 30 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation

September 2018

  • Sept. 4 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sept. 4 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Sept. 10 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Amy Newman, Department of English
  • Sept. 13 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Sept. 14 - Using the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sept. 18 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sept. 20 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Sept. 21 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Sept. 25 - **NEW** Library Resources as Alternatives to Textbooks
  • Sept. 26 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Sept. 27 - Turning Technologies Clickers: Best Practices and New TurningPoint 8.5

August 2018

  • Aug. 14 - **NEW - ONLINE** What's New in Blackboard?
  • Aug. 16 - Fall 2018 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Instruction
  • Aug. 17 - Fall 2018 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Teaching the Selfie Generation
  • Aug. 17 - Fall 2018 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Critical Reflection in Enhancing Student Learning
  • Aug. 20 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Aug. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 30 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 31 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool

July 2018

  • Jul. 10 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 17 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Jul. 19 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jul. 25 - Building Classroom Games and Simulations
  • Jul. 26 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric

June 2018

  • Jun. 01 - Online Teaching Symposium
  • Jun. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 06 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Jun. 07 - **ONLINE** Tips for Successful Virtual Class Sessions
  • Jun. 11 - **NEW - ONLINE** What's New in Blackboard?
  • Jun. 12 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Jun. 13 - **ONLINE** Online Teaching Office Hours
  • Jun. 14 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Jun. 15 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 19 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 20 - **ONLINE** Online Teaching Office Hours

May 2018

  • May 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • May 10 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • May 14 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • May 15 - Classroom Assessment Techniques to Jumpstart the Semester
  • May 23 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • May 24 - Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint

April 2018

  • Apr. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 04 - **NEW** Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
  • Apr. 05 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: David Hedin, Department of Physics
  • Apr. 06 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Apr. 10 - Ending Your Course with Your Students
  • Apr. 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Course
  • Apr. 12 - **ONLINE** Tips for Teaching Online with Blackboard
  • Apr. 17 - Expanding Your Reach: Captioning for Self-created Videos
  • Apr. 18 - Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2018 Virtual Conference Online
  • Apr. 25 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Apr. 26 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Humanizing Your Online Course
  • Apr. 27 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center

March 2018

  • Mar. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 06 - Engaged Learning, Teaching and Scholarship Conference
  • Mar. 07 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Mar. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Course
  • Mar. 16 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Mar. 19 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, & Student Support
  • Mar. 22 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Mar. 23 - Student Collaboration with Blackboard Groups
  • Mar. 28 - **ONLINE** Characteristics of Effective Discussion Boards

Febraury 2018

  • Feb. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 07 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Feb. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 09 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 12 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Jim Young, Department of Accountancy
  • Feb. 15 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Feb. 20 - **ONLINE** Designing Effective Assessments
  • Feb. 21 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Feb. 22 - Designing and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Feb. 28 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology

Janurary 2018

  • Jan. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** TurningPoint Q&A for Advanced Users
  • Jan. 10 - **ONLINE** Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 10 - TurningPoint Clickers for New Users
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Universal Design for Learning: Beyond Accessibility
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Three Paths to Academic Integrity
  • Jan. 16 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Jan. 17 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 18 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 23 - Introduction to Live Online Classes with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Jan. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Strategies for Engaging Students in the Classroom
  • Jan. 26 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jan. 31 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement

December 2017

  • Dec.01- **NEW** Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Dec.05- **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • Dec.06- Designing or Revising a Course
  • Dec.07- Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec.08- Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Dec.12- Reflecting on Your Teaching and Professional Development
  • Dec.13- Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec.14- Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades

November 2017

  • Nov. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 02 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Murali Krishnamurthi, Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
  • Nov. 07 - Problem-based Learning
  • Nov. 08 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Design Series: Course Content and Instructional Materials
  • Nov. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 10 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Respond Effectively to Students' Written Assignments
  • Nov. 14 - Supporting Student Success with the Blackboard Retention Center
  • Nov. 15 - Strategies to End Your Course with Your Students
  • Nov. 16 - **NEW** Recording Lectures with Office Mix
  • Nov. 27 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 28 - Student Collaboration with Blackboard Groups
  • Nov. 29 - **NEW** Using Office 365 Groups to Enhance Student Collaboration
  • Nov. 30 - Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning

October 2017

  • Oct. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 05 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Oct. 06 - **NEW - ONLINE** Hidden Gems of Blackboard: Things You Never Knew Blackboard Could Do!
  • Oct. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 11 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Design Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
  • Oct. 12 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Oct. 13 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Lighten the Paper Work Load
  • Oct. 16 - **ONLINE** Tracking Student Learning Outcomes in Blackboard
  • Oct. 17 - **ONLINE** Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard
  • Oct. 17 - Creating a More Inclusive Classroom
  • Oct. 18 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 19 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Groups
  • Oct. 20 - Building Classroom Games and Simulations
  • Oct. 24 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Oct. 25 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Oct. 26 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Oct. 27 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Help Students Avoid Plagiarism
  • Oct. 30 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course

September 2017

  • Sep. 01 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Sep. 01 - **ONLINE** Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 06 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sep. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 08 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Improve Students' Reading Skills Through Writing
  • Sep. 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 12 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions
  • Sep. 14 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Sep. 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Sep. 19 - Paperless Assessment of Student Performance with Blackboard Tools
  • Sep. 20 - Connecting Knowledge Organization Structures and Learning
  • Sep. 21 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 22 - Tips to Engage Critical Thinkers & Writers - Transform Your Course Now! Design Short Writing Assignments that Work
  • Sep. 25 - Trello: Project Management for the Classroom
  • Sep. 26 - **ONLINE** Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Sep. 27 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Sep. 28 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Laura Vazquez, Department of Communication

August 2017

  • Aug. 15 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 17 - Fall 2017 Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 18 - Fall 2017 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Team-Based Learning: A Transformative Strategy for Your Courses
  • Aug. 21 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 25 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 29 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Aug. 30 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 30 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Aug. 31 - **NEW** Ways to Group and Partner Students
  • Aug. 31 - Blackboard Open Lab

July 2017

  • Jul. 11 - Classroom Assessment Techniques to Jump-start the Semester
  • Jul. 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 13 - **NEW - ONLINE** Enhancing Your Online Course with Images and Icons
  • Jul. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 18 - **ONLINE** Free Software Tools for the Classroom
  • Jul. 19 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Breakout Rooms
  • Jul. 20 - Creative Approaches to Introduce Play in Your Classroom
  • Jul. 25 - Reference Resource Management
  • Jul. 26 - **ONLINE** Developing a Course Syllabus

June 2017

  • Jun. 01 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Mobile Learning
  • Jun. 01 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Connected Learning
  • Jun. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 07 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Jun. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 13 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Jun. 14 - **ONLINE** Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course
  • Jun. 15 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Jun. 20 - Expanding Your Reach: Captioning for Self-Created Videos
  • Jun. 21 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 22 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • Jun. 29 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool

May 2017

  • May 11 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • May 15 - Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • May 17 - Blackboard Learning Communities
  • May 18 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • May 19 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • May 23 - Designing a Writing-Infused Course in the Major or General Education
  • May 24 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • May 25 - Write Well, Publish More!

April 2017

  • Apr. 04 - Ending Your Course with Your Students
  • Apr. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 07 - Respond Effectively to Student Writing
  • Apr. 10 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Dan Gebo, Department of Anthropology & Biological Sciences
  • Apr. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 17 - **ONLINE** Tips for Teaching Online with Blackboard
  • Apr. 21 - **NEW-ONLINE** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • Apr. 25 - **ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part III Multiple Means of Expression
  • Apr. 26 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Apr. 27 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Apr. 28 - Building Classroom Simulations and Games

March 2017

  • Mar. 01 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 02 - **NEW** Recognizing and Embracing Cultural Communications and Sensitivity in the Classroom
  • Mar. 03 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Mar. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 08 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Mar. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 10 - Lighten the Paper Load
  • Mar. 16 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Mar. 21 - Using PowerPoint Interactively to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Mar. 22 - Supporting Student Success with the Blackboard Retention Center
  • Mar. 24 - Help Students Avoid Plagiarism
  • Mar. 27 - Blackboard Groups
  • Mar. 28 - **NEW-ONLINE** Quality Online Teaching Series: Humanizing Your Online Course
  • Mar. 29 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, & Student Support
  • Mar. 30 - **ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part II - Multiple Means of Representation
  • Mar. 31 - **NEW** Expanding your Reach: Captioning for Self-Created Videos

February 2017

  • Feb. 01 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Feb. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 08 - Electronic Portfolios: Using the Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Feb. 09 - **ONLINE** Emerging Technologies for Online Teaching
  • Feb. 10 - **NEW** Graduate Teaching Panel Discussion: Recognizing and Embracing Cultural Communications and Sensitivity in the Classroom
  • Feb. 10 - Improve Students' Reading Skills Through Writing
  • Feb. 14 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Feb. 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 16 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Greg Long, School of Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
  • Feb. 16 - Collecting and Grading Assignments Electronically using Blackboard
  • Feb. 17 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Feb. 20 - Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Feb. 21 - **ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part I - Multiple Means of Engagement
  • Feb. 22 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Feb. 23 - Reference Resource Management
  • Feb. 24 - Design Short Writing Assignments that Work
  • Feb. 24 - **NEW - ONLINE** Evidence-based Practices for Blended Course Design
  • Feb. 28 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology

Janurary 2017

  • Jan. 10 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 11 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 12 - Spring 2017 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotions
  • Jan. 13 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 18 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 18 - Paperless Assessment of Student Performance with Blackboard Tools
  • Jan. 19 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 20 - **ONLINE** Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Jan. 23 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Jan. 24 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jan. 25 - **NEW** Creative Uses of Video in your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 31 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement

December 2016

  • Dec. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 02 - Reflecting on Your Teaching and Professional Development
  • Dec. 06 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • Dec. 07 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • Dec. 08 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 12 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started

November 2016

  • Nov. 01 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Harvey Blau, Department of Mathematical Sciences
  • Nov. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 03 - Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Nov. 04 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 07 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Nov. 08 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Nov. 09 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Nov. 10 - **ONLINE** Supporting Student Success with the Blackboard Retention Center
  • Nov. 11 - **NEW** Successful Student Writing Series: Responding Effectively to Students' Written Assignments
  • Nov. 14 - Using Lynda.com in Your Blackboard Courses
  • Nov. 15 - Games and Education
  • Nov. 16 - Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2016 Virtual Conference
  • Nov. 16 - Strategies to End the Semester with Your Students
  • Nov. 21 - **NEW** Connecting Knowledge Organization Structures and Learning
  • Nov. 22 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Content & Instructional Materials
  • Nov. 30 - **ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload

October 2016

  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 05 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
  • Oct. 06 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 10 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Oct. 11 - Testing Techniques: How To Design Better Tests
  • Oct. 12 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Breakout Groups
  • Oct. 13 - Collaborating Using Microsoft OneDrive
  • Oct. 14 - **NEW** Successful Student Writing Series: Handling and Lightening the Paper Work Load
  • Oct. 18 - **ONLINE** Tracking Student Learning Outcomes in Blackboard
  • Oct. 19 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 20 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Oct. 25 - **ONLINE** Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
  • Oct. 26 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Oct. 27 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Oct. 28 - **NEW** Successful Student Writing Series: Helping Students Avoid Plagiarism

September 2016

  • Sep. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 07 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sep. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 09 - **NEW** Successful Student Writing Series: Improving Students, Reading Skills through Writing
  • Sep. 13 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Xhi-Li Xiao, Department of Physics
  • Sep. 14 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Sep. 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Sep. 15 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Sep. 16 - **NEW - ONLINE** Teaching with Office 365
  • Sep. 19 - **ONLINE** Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • Sep. 20 - **ONLINE** Trello: Project Management for the Classroom
  • Sep. 20 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 21 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Sep. 22 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions
  • Sep. 23 - **NEW** Successful Student Writing Series: Designing Short Writing Assignments that Work
  • Sep. 27 - **NEW** Connecting Knowledge Organization Structures and Learning

August 2016

  • Aug. 09 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 10 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 11 - Fall 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Instruction
  • Aug. 12 - Fall 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - The Art of Teaching: Using Acting Techniques in the Teaching/Learning Process
  • Aug. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 16 - Fall 2016 Teaching Assistant Orientation
  • Aug. 18 - Blackboard Portfolios
  • Aug. 19 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 22 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 23 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 23 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 24 - **ONLINE** Multimedia Sampler
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 30 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course

July 2016

  • Jul. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 07 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Jul. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 13 - Developing a Course Syllabus
  • Jul. 14 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Jul. 20 - **NEW** Creative Ways to Introduce Play in Your Classroom
  • Jul. 21 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Breakout Rooms
  • Jul. 26 - Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to Jumpstart the Semester
  • Jul. 27 - **ONLINE** Free Software Tools for the Classroom
  • Jul. 28 - **NEW - ONLINE** Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course

June 2016

  • Jun. 02 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Facilitating Collaborative Learning with Microsoft Office 365
  • Jun. 02 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Innovative Teaching with New Video Technology
  • Jun. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 08 - Blackboard Portfolios
  • Jun. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 14 - **NEW** Creating Interactive Videos to 'Up' Student Engagement
  • Jun. 15 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Jun. 16 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 22 - **NEW - ONLINE** Tracking Student Learning Outcomes in Blackboard
  • Jun. 23 - Problem-based Learning
  • Jun. 30 - Designing or Revising a Course

May 2016

  • May 04 - Building Learning Communities
  • May 05 - **ONLINE** Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
  • May 12 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 16 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • May 17 - Designing a Writing-Infused Course in the Major or General Education
  • May 18 - **NEW - ONLINE** 2016 Service Learning Institute
  • May 19 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • May 19 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • May 26 - Concept Maps for Teaching and Learning

April 2016

  • Apr. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 05 - Clicker Demo: Top Hat
  • Apr. 07 - Using Group Work to Engage Students
  • Apr. 07 - Clicker Demo: iClicker
  • Apr. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 13 - Bridging Generation Gaps in the Classroom
  • Apr. 15 - **NEW - ONLINE** Tips for Teaching Online with Blackboard
  • Apr. 19 - **NEW - ONLINE** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • Apr. 20 - Ending Your Course With Your Students
  • Apr. 21 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Apr. 25 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
  • Apr. 26 - **NEW - ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part III Multiple Means of Action and Expression
  • Apr. 26 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Apr. 28 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Apr. 29 - Games in Education

March 2016

  • Mar. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 03 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 08 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 09 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Mar. 10 - Using Lynda.com in Your Blackboard Courses
  • Mar. 22 - Mobile Learning Series: Apps for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 23 - Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Mar. 23 - **NEW - ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part II - Multiple Means of Representation
  • Mar. 28 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Reed Scherer, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

February 2016

  • Feb. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 03 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 05 - **NEW** Using Social Media for Faculty, Part 1: Introduction
  • Feb. 09 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Feb. 10 - **NEW - ONLINE** Emerging Technologies for Online Teaching
  • Feb. 11 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Feb. 16 - Reflecting on Our Teaching and Professional Development
  • Feb. 17 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 19 - **NEW** Using Social Media for Faculty, Part 2: Creating Your Social Media Presence
  • Feb. 22 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology
  • Feb. 23 - **NEW - ONLINE** Universal Design for Learning: Part I - Multiple Means of Engagement
  • Feb. 24 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Charles Downing, Department of Operations Management and Information Systems
  • Feb. 25 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Feb. 26 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses

January 2016

  • Jan. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 07 - **ONLINE**Spring 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Why We Teach: Our Impact As Educators
  • Jan. 07 - **ONLINE**Spring 2016 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - How We Teach: Connecting Philosophy with Practice
  • Jan. 11 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 12 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 13 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 19 - **ONLINE** Best Practices in Delivering an Online Course
  • Jan. 20 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Jan. 21 - **NEW** Using Lynda.com in Your Blackboard Courses
  • Jan. 26 - **NEW** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Jan. 27 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement
  • Jan. 28 - **NEW** Trello: Project Management for the Classroom
  • Jan. 29 - Copyright for Online Course Materials

December 2015

  • Dec. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 04 - **NEW-ONLINE** Introduction to Lynda.com
  • Dec. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 10 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 14 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Getting students started
  • Dec. 15 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

November 2015

  • Nov. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 04 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Nov. 05 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Nov. 06 - Problem-based Learning
  • Nov. 09 - Testing Techniques: How to Design Better Tests
  • Nov. 10 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Course Content & Instructional Materials
  • Nov. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 17 - **NEW - ONLINE** Managing the Online Teaching Workload
  • Nov. 19 - **NEW - ONLINE** Preview of the New Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
  • Nov. 19 - Teaching with Games
  • Nov. 20 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric

October 2015

  • Oct. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 13 - **ONLINE** Quality Online Course Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
  • Oct. 14 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Oct. 16 - Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
  • Oct. 19 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Laurie Elish-Piper, Department of Literacy and Elementary Education
  • Oct. 20 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 26 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Oct. 28 - **NEW - ONLINE** Feedback Strategies For Your Online Course/li>
  • Oct. 30 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities

September 2015

  • Sep. 02 - Blackboard I:Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 08 -**NEW - ONLINE** Best Practices For Delivering an Online Course
  • Sep. 09 - Blackboard II:Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 10 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 11 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Sep. 15 - Educause Learning Initiative Fall Focus Session: Leadership for Teaching and Learning
  • Sep. 22 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sep. 23 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Sep. 24 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Sep. 28 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Heide Fehrenbach, Department of History

August 2015

  • Aug. 11 - **ONLINE** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
  • Aug. 13 - Fall 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Instruction
  • Aug. 14 - Fall 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Expanding Your Feedback Toolkit: Collecting Student Feedback, Conducting Classroom Observations, and Having the Important Conversations
  • Aug. 17 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 19 - Fall 2015 Teaching Assistant Orientation
  • Aug. 21 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 25 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 25 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 26 - Using PowerPoint Interactively to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Tune-Up
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab

July 2015

  • Jul. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 09 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Jul. 14 - **NEW-ONLINE** Anonymous & Delegated Grading
  • Jul. 15 - **NEW** Blackboard Portfolios
  • Jul. 16 - Developing a Course Syllabus
  • Jul. 20 - Video Everywhere: Enhancing Communication Online Using Blackboard
  • Jul. 23 - **ONLINE** Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Jul. 29 - **NEW** Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to Jumpstart the Semester

June 2015

  • Jun. 04 - 2015 Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 10 - **ONLINE** Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jun. 11 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • Jun. 18 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 19 - **ONLINE** Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 23 - Blackboard Tune-Up
  • Jun. 24 - Writing Goals and Objectives

May 2015

  • May 07 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • May 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • May 13 - Blogs, Wikis and Journals
  • May 14 - **ONLINE** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • May 15 - Five Lenses for Educating for and Assessing Cultural Competence
  • May 19 - Designing a Writing-Infused Course in the Major or General Education
  • May 20 - Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • May 21 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • May 22 - **ONLINE** Free Software Tools for the Classroom

April 2015

  • Apr. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 08 - Using Group Work to Engage Students
  • Apr. 09 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. David Changnon, Department of Geography
  • Apr. 09 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Apr. 10 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, Student Support **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 14 - **NEW** Learning Communities: Tips and Strategies for Success
  • Apr. 15 - Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Apr. 16 - Mobile Learning Series: Screencasting
  • Apr. 17 - **NEW** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 21 - Tips for Successful Virtual Class Sessions **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 23 - Ending Your Course with Your Students
  • Apr. 24 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 29 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center

March 2015

  • Mar. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 04 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 05 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 06 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 17 - Concept Maps for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 18 - Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 19 - Design Tool Series: Video
  • Mar. 20 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 25 - Mobile Learning Series: Apps for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 26 - Effective Testing Techniques
  • Mar. 30 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. David Gunkel, Department of Communication

February 2015

  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 05 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Feb. 10 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Feb. 11 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Feb. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 13 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Learning Objectives & Assessments **ONLINE
  • Feb. 18 - Reflecting About Our Teaching
  • Feb. 19 - From Cards to Cultural Understanding
  • Feb. 19 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Feb. 24 - **NEW** Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
  • Feb. 25 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
  • Feb. 26 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Feb. 27 - **NEW** Quality Online Course Series: Course Content & Instructional Materials **ONLINE**

January 2015

  • Jan. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 07 - Design a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 08 - Spring 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute- High Impact Practices: Fostering Student Engagement, Success, and Retention **ONLINE**
  • Jan. 08 - Spring 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Portfolios for Student Career Success **ONLINE**
  • Jan. 09 - Spring 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute- Getting Credit for What You Do: Designing an Evidence-Based Course
  • Jan. 09 - Spring 2015 Teaching Effectiveness Institute- Getting Credit for What You Do: Creating the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  • Jan. 12 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 12 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 14 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jan. 15 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 16 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jan. 21 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Jan. 22 - **NEW** Bridging Generation Gaps in Classroom
  • Jan. 23 - **NEW** Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course **ONLINE**
  • Jan. 29 - Blackboard Communication Tools

December 2014

  • Dec. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 03 - **NEW** Moving Beyond the Basics of Adobe Presenter
  • Dec. 04 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Dec. 05 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 09 - Design Series: Screencasting
  • Dec. 11 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 12 - Models of Online Course Instruction **ONLINE**

November 2014

  • Nov. 04 - Strategies to End Your Course with Your Students
  • Nov. 05 - Design Tools Series: Audio
  • Nov. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 07 - Prezi: Move Beyond Slides to Create Amazing Presentations
  • Nov. 10 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 11 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Nov. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 12 - Mobile Learning Series: Designing a Mobile-Friendly Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 13 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • Nov. 14 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Nov. 17 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Nov. 19 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Nov. 20 - **NEW** High-Impact Practices

October 2014

  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 07 - Research and Innovation at NIU
  • Oct. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 09 - **NEW** Adding Video to Your Blackboard Course using the Helix Media Library
  • Oct. 10 - Sharing Your Screen During and Online Lecture Using Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 14 - Tracking Student Performance in the Blackboard Retention Center **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 15 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 16 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 17 - Building a Culture of Assessment: Working Together to Enhance Student Success
  • Oct. 17 - Bridging the Assessment Gap: Collaborating and Communicating to Ensure Student Success
  • Oct. 20 - Open Access 101
  • Oct. 20 - Quick and Painless Grading
  • Oct. 21 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Stephen Martin, Department of Physics
  • Oct. 21 - Open Access 101
  • Oct. 28 - Using Interactive Rubrics in Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 29 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter

September 2014

  • Sep. 02 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Sep. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 10 - Multimedia Sampler **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 11 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 12 - Designing Exemplary Online Courses in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 16 - Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
  • Sep. 19 - **NEW** Tips for Improving Student Retention with Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 23 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Sep. 24 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Sep. 25 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Sep. 30 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Gerald Jensen, Department of Finance

August 2014

  • Aug. 13 - **NEW** Blackboard Tune-up: Introducing New Features in Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 14
  • Aug. 14 - Fall 2014 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Instruction
  • Aug. 15 - Fall 2014 Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Using Cooperative Activities to Foster Deep Learning and Critical Thinking
  • Aug. 18 - Blackboard Collaborate for Career Services
  • Aug. 18 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 19 - Fall 2014 Teaching Assistant Orientation
  • Aug. 21 - 2014 New Faculty Forum
  • Aug. 22 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 26 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard
  • Aug. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab

July 2014

  • Jul. 08 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 10 - **NEW** Video Everywhere: Enhancing Communication Online Using Blackboard
  • Jul. 14 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 16 - **NEW** Sharing and Discovering Learning Objects: An Introduction to Blackboard xpLor **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 17 - **NEW** Motivating and Recognizing Your Students with the Blackboard Achievement Tool **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 22 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jul. 24 - Developing and Effective Course Syllabus
  • Jul. 29 - Blackboard Assessment Tools **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 30 - Teaching with Infographics

June 2014

  • Jun. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 05 - 2014 Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 10 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 12 - **NEW** Blackboard Testing Enhancements **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 18 - Writing Goals and Objectives
  • Jun. 19 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 20 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 24 - **NEW** Blackboard Tune-up: Introducing New Features in Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 14
  • Jun. 25 - Blackboard Communication Tools **ONLINE**

May 2014

  • May 08 - Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grade
  • May 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • May 13 - Redesigning Course materials for Online Delivery **SIMULCAST**
  • May 14 - Intersectionality: What It Is and Ways to Address It
  • May 14 - Cultural Competence for Social Justice: A Framework for Faculty, Student, Staff, and Organizational Development
  • May 15 - Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • May 19 - Designing a Writing- Enhanced Course
  • May 22 - **NEW** Content Curation: How to Collect, Organize, and Manage Discovered Content
  • May 23 - >Write Well, Publish More!
  • May 28 - Designing or Revising a Course
  • May 29 - Free Software Tools for the Classroom

April 2014

  • Apr. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 03 - Using Group Work to Engage Students
  • Apr. 09 - Clickers in the Classroom: An Introduction
  • Apr. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 16 - Strategies to End Your Course with Your Students
  • Apr. 17 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Apr. 18 - **NEW**Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 22 - Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 24 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities for Mac Users
  • Apr. 29 - Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center

March 2014

  • Mar. 03 - Design Tools Series: Video
  • Mar. 04 - Formative and Summative Feedback
  • Mar. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 17 - Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 18 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 19 - Concept Maps for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 20 - Mobile Learning Series: Apps for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 21 - Blogs, Wikis, and Journals in Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 24 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. David Changnon, Department of Geography
  • Mar. 25 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities for Mac Users
  • Mar. 26 - Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 27 - Testing Techniques: How to Design Better Tests

February 2014

  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 05 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Feb. 06 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Feb. 11 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Feb. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 14 - Best Practices in Online Teaching **ONLINE**
  • Fab. 18 - Design Tools Series: Images
  • Feb. 19 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Feb. 20 - **NEW** Reflective Practice on Teaching
  • Feb. 24 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Ross Powell
  • Feb. 25 - Blackboard Assessment Tools **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 26 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
  • Feb. 27 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses **ONLINE**

January 2014

  • Jan. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 07 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 08 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 09 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Critical Challenges in Teaching and Learning and How to Best Address those Challenges
  • Jan. 09 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Creating Excitement in the Classroom: Teaching for More Engaged Learning
  • Jan. 10 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Incorporating Active Learning by Flipping the Classroom
  • Jan. 10 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Beyond the Textbook: Using Open Educational Resources
  • Jan. 14 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 15 - Introduction to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jan. 16 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 22 - Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
  • Jan. 23 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jan. 29 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Jan. 30 - Designing Effective Assessments **ONLINE**

December 2013

  • Dec. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 04 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • Dec. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Dec. 12 - **NEW** Blackboard Open Lab: Calculating and Submitting Final Grades
  • Dec. 17 - **NEW** Designing Exemplary Online Courses in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Dec. 19 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

November 2013

  • Nov. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 08 - Best Practices for Enhancing Course and Program Level Assessment
  • Nov. 08 - Leveraging Assessment Results to Report to Multiple Stakeholders
  • Nov. 11 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 12 - **NEW** Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Nov. 13 - Strategies for Ending your Course with Your Students
  • Nov. 14 - Designer Tools Series: Audio
  • Nov. 18 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 19 - Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms
  • Nov. 21 - Using Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 22 - Mobile Learning Series: Designing a Mobile-Friendly Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 26 - Fundamentals of Experiential and Service-Based Learning

October 2013

  • Oct. 01 - Engaging Students Online with Adobe Presenter
  • Oct. 03 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 07 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. David Hedin
  • Oct. 08 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 09 - Managing Students' Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 15 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
  • Oct. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 22 - Quick and Painless Grading
  • Oct. 23 - Sharing Your Computer Screen During an Online Lecture Using Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 24 - Blackboard Communication Tools **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 29 - Using Interactive Rubrics in Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 30 - **NEW** Finding Your Teaching Style

September 2013

  • Sep. 04 - Intro to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Sep. 05 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Sep. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 10 - Multimedia Sampler **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 11 - Managing Student Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 12 - A Leadership Guide on How to Address Employee Complaints Regarding Discrimination and/or Harassment
  • Sep. 16 - Mobile Learning Series: Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
  • Sep. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 18 - Formative and Summative Feedback
  • Sep. 19 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Sep. 24 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Sep. 25 - Using Google Tools for Productivity and Creativity in Your Course
  • Sep. 26 - Hands on Learning – From Kids to Retirees
  • Sep. 27 - **NEW** It's About Time (Management): Using the Redesigned Blackboard Calendar **ONLINE**

August 2013

  • Aug. 05 - Clickers in the Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Aug. 06 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities for Mac Users
  • Aug. 08 - The Use of Social Media in the Workplace
  • Aug. 12 - Personalizing the "Look" of Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 14 - Blackboard Tune-up: Introducing New Features in Blackboard
  • Aug. 14 - Campus Support Services & Affirmative Action Resources
  • Aug. 15 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 15 - Affirmative Action Faculty, SPS, and Civil Service Search Procedures: Guidelines for Conducting an Efficient and Successful Search
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Meta-Learning: Building Self-Directed Learners
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute - Using Formative Feedback to Drive Student Learning
  • Aug. 19 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 21 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 22 - Workplace Bullying: A Practical Guide on How to Identify and Eliminate Workplace Bullying
  • Aug. 23 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 29 - Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
  • Aug. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 30 - Blackboard Open Lab

July 2013

  • Jul. 09 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jul. 10 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 15 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jul. 18 - **NEW** Teaching with Infographics
  • Jul. 22 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Quizzing
  • Jul. 23 - **NEW** Tracking Student Performance in the Blackboard Retention Center
  • Jul. 24 - Developing a Course Syllabus
  • Jul. 25 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 31 - **NEW** Build Better Tests with Blackboard Item Analysis **ONLINE**

June 2013

  • Jun. 03 - Preparing to Teach Online
  • Jun. 05 - Teaching a New Course
  • Jun. 11 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 12 - **NEW**Blackboard Tune-up: Introducing New Features in Blackboard
  • Jun. 13 - Blackboard Tune-up: Introducing New Features in Blackboard
  • Jun. 18 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 20 - Intro to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jun. 24 - Characteristics of Effective Discussion Boards in Blackboard
  • Jun. 26 - Free Software Tools for the Classroom**ONLINE**
  • Jun. 27 - Writing Goals and Objectives

May 2013

  • May 03 - Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • May 10 - **NEW** Preview of New Blackboard Inline Assignment Grading Feature **ONLINE**
  • May 20 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • May 21 - >Designing a Writing-Enhanced Course
  • May 22 - Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • May 23 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • May 31 - Taking Your Teaching to the Next Level

April 2013

  • Apr. 03 - Testing Techniques: How to Design Better Tests
  • Apr. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 09 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Apr. 11 - Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
  • Apr. 12 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
  • Apr. 15 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 18 - End of Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 19 - **NEW** Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 23 - Active Listening Skills to Improve Communication
  • Apr. 24 - Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • Apr. 25 - Mobile Learning Series: Screencasting - Create, Explain and Share Using Your Mobile Device
  • Apr. 26 - Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
  • Apr. 30 - Controlling Student Access to Materials in Blackboard

March 2013

  • Mar. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 04 - **NEW** Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 05 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Quizzing
  • Mar. 06 - Formative and Summative Feedback
  • Mar. 19 - **NEW** Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Mar. 21 - Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
  • Mar. 22 - **NEW** Design Tool Series: Video
  • Mar. 26 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 28 - Strategies for Engaging Students in the Classroom

February 2013

  • Feb. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 04 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Feb. 06 - Rubrics for Meaningful Evaluation and Assessment
  • Feb. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 12 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 14 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things That Make a Big Difference
  • Feb. 15 - Articulate Series: Getting Started with Online Tutorials
  • Feb. 18 - Design Tool Series: Images
  • Feb. 19 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Feb. 21 - Collecting Assignments Electronically using Blackboard
  • Feb. 22 - **NEW** Best Practices in Online Teaching **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 25 - Simple PowerPoint Tricks to Improve Learning
  • Feb. 27 - Presidential Teaching Professorship Seminar: Dr. Tomis Kapitan
  • Feb. 28 - **NEW** Mobile Series: Offering Mobile-Friendly Online Lectures Using Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**

January 2013

  • Jan. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 08 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 09 - Designing a Course Syllabus
  • Jan. 10 - Getting Students to Focus on Learning Instead of Grades: Teach Them How to Learn
  • Jan. 10 - Increasing Student Motivation: Strategies that Work
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching in the Digital Classroom: Tools, Tips, and Strategies
  • Jan. 15 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 18 - Intro to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Jan. 23 - Designing Effective Assessments
  • Jan. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 31 - **NEW** Mobile Learning Series: Location-Based Learning **ONLINE**

December 2012

  • Dec. 05 - **NEW** Models of Online Instruction **ONLINE**
  • Dec. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 17 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • Dec. 18 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 19 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction

November 2012

  • Nov. 01 - Presidential Teaching Professorship Seminar: Dr. Toni Tollerud
  • Nov. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 06 - Articulate Series: Engaging Tutorials
  • Nov. 07 - EDUCAUSE Online Annual Conference
  • Nov. 07 - Veteran Students Supporter Development
  • Nov. 08 - Strategies for Ending Your Course on a High Note
  • Nov. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 12 - Prezi: Move Beyond Slides to Create Amazing Presentations
  • Nov. 13 - Maintaining Constructive Relationships In and Out of the Classroom
  • Nov. 15 - **NEW** Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Breakout Rooms **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 16 - **NEW** Design Tool Series: Screencasting
  • Nov. 19 - Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
  • Nov. 20 - Mobile Learning Series: Designing a Mobile-Friendly Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 27 - **NEW** Using Blackboard Goals and Alignments **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 28 - **NEW**Fundamentals of Experiential and Service Learning
  • Nov. 29 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Nov. 30 - **NEW** Social Media Series: Using Twitter for Teaching, Learning and Professional Development**ONLINE**

October 2012

  • Oct. 01 - Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar: Dr. William Baker
  • Oct. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 04 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • Oct. 08 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 09 - Quick and Painless Grading
  • Oct. 11 - 2012 SLATE Conference - Supporting Learning And Technology in Education
  • Oct. 15 - Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Audio
  • Oct. 16 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 17 - Providing Electronic Feedback
  • Oct. 18 - **NEW** Testing Techniques: How to Design Better Tests
  • Oct. 19 - **NEW** Communicating Visually During Online Sessions Using Blackboard Collaborate Whiteboard **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 22 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
  • Oct. 24 - Mac Series: Introduction to GarageBand
  • Oct. 25 - Articulate Series: Getting Started with Online Tutorial
  • Oct. 26 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 30 - **NEW** Mobile Learning Series: Grading on a Mobile Device **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 31 - **NEW** Social Media Series: Introduction to Social Bookmarking **ONLINE**

September 2012

  • Sep. 05 - Online Multimedia Sampler **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 06 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Sep. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 10 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Sep. 11 - University Support Expo (USE)
  • Sep. 12 - Mobile Learning Series: Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
  • Sep. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 14 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Blackboard Collaborate
  • Sep. 18 - Managing Student Grades with Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 19 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Sep. 20 - **NEW** Sharing Your Computer Screen during an Online Lecture Using Blackboard Collaborate **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 25 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Sep. 26 - Collecting Assignments Electronically in Blackboard
  • Sep. 28 - **NEW** Social Media Series: Introduction to Social Media in Education **ONLINE**

August 2012

  • Aug. 01 - Design Tool Series for Online Instruction: Audio
  • Aug. 06 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 15 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Tools of Engagement: Connecting Meaningful Moments through Technologies
  • Aug. 20 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 21 - Fall 2012 Teaching Assistant Orientation
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 27 - **NEW** Promoting Online Collaboration with Blackboard Collaborate
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 30 - Team-Based Learning

July 2012

  • Jul. 10 - **NEW** Flipping the Classroom: A Model of Blended Learning
  • Jul. 11 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 12 - Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials
  • Jul. 19 - **NEW** Using Internet Memes in the Classroom
  • Jul. 24 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 25 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations

June 2012

  • Jun. 01 - A Classroom in Your Pocket: Mobile Teaching and Learning
  • Jun. 01 - Mobile Computing: Intersections of Life, Education and Media
  • Jun. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 06 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 07 - Developing a Course Syllabus
  • Jun. 11 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jun. 12 - **NEW** Engaging Students with Interactive Quizzes
  • Jun. 13 - **NEW** Introducing New Features in Blackboard 9.1 SP8
  • Jun. 14 - Free Software Tools for the Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 20 - Teaching a New Course
  • Jun. 28 - Writing Instructional Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference

May 2012

  • May 01 - **NEW** Introduction to Blackboard Collaborate
  • May 02 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Editing Using iMovie
  • May 04 - Preview of New Features in Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 8
  • May 10 - Submitting Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
  • May 16 - Facilitating Difficult Dialogues and Diversity Dynamics in the Classroom: Dr. Diane Goodman
  • May 21 - Preview of New Features in Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 8 **ONLINE**
  • May 22 - Designing a Writing-Enhanced Course
  • May 23 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation
  • May 24 - Write Well, Publish More!

April 2012

  • Apr. 02 - **NEW** Engaging with Community Partners – Brown Bag Session
  • Apr. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 10 - **NEW** Tips for Successful Virtual Class Sessions **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 12 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Apr. 17 - Military Student Supporter Development
  • Apr. 18 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials
  • Apr. 19 - End of Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 20 - **NEW** Mobile Learning Series: Introduction to eBooks **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 24 - **NEW** Blackboard Collaborate Preview: Introduction to Next Generation Web Conferencing
  • Apr. 25 - **NEW** Active Listening Skills to Improve Communication
  • Apr. 26 - Maintaining Constructive Relationships In and Out of the Classroom
  • Apr. 27 - **NEW** Blackboard Collaborate Preview: Introduction to Next Generation Web Conferencing

March 2012

  • Mar. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 06 - Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
  • Mar. 07 - Formative and Summative Feedback
  • Mar. 08 - **NEW** Blackboard Portfolio Tool
  • Mar. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 13 - Teaching Engaging Online Courses
  • Mar. 19 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Mar. 20 - Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Audio
  • Mar. 21 - **NEW** Tips and Strategies for Implementing Successful Discussion Board Forums in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 22 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Mar. 23 - Tips for Effective Group Collaborations in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 26 - Articulate Series: Getting Started with Online Tutorials
  • Mar. 27 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Lee Shumow
  • Mar. 28 - **NEW** Strategies for Engaging Students in the Classroom
  • Mar. 30 - Timesaving Tips Using Blackboard Grade Center **ONLINE**

February 2012

  • Feb. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 03 - Developing and Assessing Quality Online Courses and Programs: Dr. Tony Piña
  • Feb. 07 - Managing Students Grades with Blackboard Grade Center
  • Feb. 08 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials
  • Feb. 09 - Getting Students to Read **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 14 - Mobile Learning Series: Designing a Mobile-Friendly Course
  • Feb. 16 - Facilitating Student Communication using Blackboard Groups and Discussion Board
  • Feb. 17 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Feb. 21 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Prof. Ronald Carter
  • Feb. 21 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Video Editing Using iMovie
  • Feb. 22 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Feb. 23 - Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 24 - Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard
  • Feb. 28 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Feb. 29 - Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses **ONLINE**

January 2012

  • Jan. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 10 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 12 - Creating Transformative Education through Experiential Learning
  • Jan. 13 - Teaching Engaging Online Courses
  • Jan. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 18 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Jan. 19 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Jan. 20 - Setting Up Student Groups for Success in Blackboard
  • Jan. 23 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jan. 24 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jan. 25 - Delivering Dynamic Lectures
  • Jan. 26 - Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Jan. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 31 - Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard

December 2011

  • Dec. 07 - Submitting Final Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
  • Dec. 08 - **NEW** Student Response System (Clickers) Panel Discussion
  • Dec. 09 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Dec. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 14 - Using Graphic Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Dec. 15 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning **ONLINE**

November 2011

  • Nov. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 07 - Articulate Series: Getting Started with Online Tutorials
  • Nov. 08 - **NEW** Facilitating Group Work in Blackboard
  • Nov. 10 - Strategies for Ending Your Course on a High Note
  • Nov. 11 - Blackboard II: Building your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 14 - Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard
  • Nov. 15 - Veteran Students Supporter Development
  • Nov. 15 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Nov. 16 - Quick and Painless Grading
  • Nov. 17 - **NEW** Mobile Learning Series: Text Messaging in Teaching **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 18 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Nov. 29 - Screencasting in the Cloud
  • Nov. 30 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students

October 2011

  • Oct. 04 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. John Hartmann
  • Oct. 06 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials
  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 10 - Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard
  • Oct. 11 - Blackboard II: Building
  • Oct. 12 - Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard
  • Oct. 13 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Oct. 17 - Facilitating Student Communication using Blackboard Groups and Discussion Board
  • Oct. 18 - Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Wimba Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 19-21 - 2011 EDUCAUSE Online Annual Conference
  • Oct. 21 - Overview of ePortfolios, Including Student Voices: Dr. Helen Barrett
  • Oct. 21 - Implementation of ePortfolios: A Conversation: Dr. Helen Barrett
  • Oct. 24 - Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Audio
  • Oct. 25 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Oct. 26 - **NEW** Bloom's "Digital" Taxonomy
  • Oct. 27 - **NEW** Mobile Learning Series: Quick Response (QR) Codes
  • Oct. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab

September 2011

  • Sep. 01 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Sep. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 06 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Sep. 07 - University Support Expo (USE)
  • Sep. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 09 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Sep. 12 - Multimedia Sampler: Reviewing Tools that can Enhance Teaching Skills **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 13 - Managing Student Grades With Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 14 - Setting up Student Groups for Success
  • Sep. 15 - Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
  • Sep. 16 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Sep. 21 - Self and Peer Assessment Made Simple with Blackboard
  • Sep. 22 - **NEW** Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 23 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Sep. 27 - Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: Dr. Daniel Gebo
  • Sep. 28 - Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Teaching and Learning
  • Sep. 29 - Scaffolding to Improve Student Learning
  • Sep. 30 - Blackboard Open Lab

August 2011

  • Aug. 04 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Aug. 08 - Introduction to Teaching with Wimba Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Aug. 09 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Aug. 09 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 10 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Blackboard NG Boot Camp
  • Aug. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 11 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Aug. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 16 - **NEW** Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
  • Aug. 17 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Aug. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 19 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Aug. 22 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 23 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 23 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 25 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Aug. 30 - **NEW** Simple PowerPoint Tricks to Improve Learning
  • Aug. 31 - Rubrics for Meaningful Assessment and Evaluation

July 2011

  • Jul. 06 - Prezi: Move Beyond the Slides to Create Amazing Presentations
  • Jul. 07 - Developing a Course Syllabus **ONLINE**
  • Jul. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 18 - **NEW** Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Audio
  • Jul. 20 - **NEW** Team-Based Learning
  • Jul. 21 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Jul. 26 - **NEW** Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
  • Jul. 27 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Jul. 28 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course **ONLINE**

June 2011

  • Jun. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 03 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Blackboard Next Generation Boot Camp
  • Jun. 06 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Jun. 07 - Blackboard Tune-up: New Features in the Next Generation of Blackboard
  • Jun. 08 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Jun. 09 - Articulate Series: Getting Started with Online Tutorials
  • Jun. 13 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 14 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 14-Jul. 19 - Online Teaching 101: Online Teaching Series **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 15 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 16 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jun. 20 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 21 - Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard NG **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 22 - Managing Student Grades With Blackboard Grade Center
  • Jun. 23 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
  • Jun. 27 - **NEW** Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 28 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jun. 30 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities

May 2011

  • May 03 - Blackboard Next Generation Preview
  • May 18 - Blackboard Next Generation Preview
  • May 19 - Teaching a New Course
  • May 24 - Designing a Writing-Enhanced Course
  • May 25 - Free Software Tools for the Classroom **ONLINE**
  • May 26 - Write Well, Publish More!

April 2011

  • Apr. 01 - **SPECIAL** Service Learning with Patrick Green, Ed. D, Loyola University
  • Apr. 04 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Apr. 08 - **NEW** Blackboard Next Generation Preview
  • Apr. 12 - **NEW** Blackboard Next Generation Assignments Preview **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 14 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Apr. 15 - **NEW** Conducting Surveys and Collecting Student Feedback Using Google Forms **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 19 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
  • Apr. 20 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Richard Orem
  • Apr. 26 - Blackboard Next Generation Preview **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 27 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Video Editing Using iMovie
  • Apr. 27 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 29 - Strategies to End the Semester with Your Students

March 2011

  • Mar. 02 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Mar. 08 - **NEW** Concept Inventories: Measuring Learning and Quantifying Misconceptions
  • Mar. 09 - Using Graphic Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Mar. 10 - Conflicts of Interest: What are they and how should they be handled?
  • Mar. 10 - Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard
  • Mar. 21 - Tips for Effective Group Collaborations in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 22 - Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar: Dr. Narayan Hosmane
  • Mar. 23 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Mar. 24 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Mar. 25 - Broadening Participation in the Assessment of Student Communication Skills
  • Mar. 25 - Strategies to Measure Student Writing Skills in Your Disciplines
  • Mar. 28 - **NEW** Blackboard Next Generation Preview **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 31 - **NEW** Getting Students to Read **SIMULCAST**

February 2011

  • Feb. 02 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Feb. 03 - Conflicts of Interest: What are they and how should they be handled?
  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 08 - Advanced Features of Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Feb. 10 - Managing Student Grades With Blackboard Grade Center
  • Feb. 11 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
  • Feb. 14 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 15 - Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Feb. 22 - Delivering Effective Lectures
  • Feb. 24 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Feb. 25 - Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard **ONLINE**

January 2011

  • Jan. 11 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 13 - Designing Courses for Significant Learning
  • Jan. 14 - Blended Course Design: Strategies for Success
  • Jan. 18 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 19 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 20 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jan. 21 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Jan. 24 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Jan. 25 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 27 - Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
  • Jan. 20 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 28 - Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard **ONLINE**

December 2010

  • Dec. 01 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Dec. 02 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 07 - Submitting Final Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
  • Dec. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard

November 2010

  • Nov. 02 - **NEW** Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Wimba Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 03 - Electronic Feedback to Enhance Teaching and Learning
  • Nov. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 09 - **ONLINE** Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard
  • Nov. 10 - Quick and Painless Grading
  • Nov. 11 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Nov. 12 - Incorporating Video Imagery in Instruction: Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Nov. 16 - Articulate series: Getting Started with Online Tutorials
  • Nov. 17 - **NEW** Prezi: Move Beyond the Slides to Create Amazing Presentations
  • Nov. 18 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Nov. 19 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Nov. 22 - **NEW** Enhanced Podcasting to Extend Teaching Opportunities
  • Nov. 30 - Articulate Series: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials

October 2010

  • Oct. 04 - Facilitating Student Communication using Blackboard Groups and Discussion Board
  • Oct. 05 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Oct. 06 - Teaching Large Classes
  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 08 - **NEW** Blackboard Portfolio Tool Preview **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 11 - Multimedia Open Lab
  • Oct. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 13 - Advanced Features of Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Oct. 14 - **NEW** Amaze, Enrich and Inspire: an Overview of the Emerging Presentation Tools (Prezi, SlideShare, SlideRocket, Zoho Show)
  • Oct. 15 - The First Steps Toward Identifying Student Learning: Dr. Marilee Bresciani
  • Oct. 15 - Baccalaureate Reform: Strategies to Move Forward: Dr. Marilee Bresciani
  • Oct. 18 - **NEW** Tips for Managing Large Classes in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 19 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. David Taylor
  • Oct. 20 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Oct. 21 - Rubrics for Meaningful Evaluation and Assessment
  • Oct. 26 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Oct. 27 - Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard
  • Oct. 28 - Incorporating Embedded Videos to Enhance Online Instruction

September 2010

  • Sep. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 08 - **SIMULCAST** Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Sep. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 10 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Sep. 14 - Designing Group Work for Meaningful Learning
  • Sep. 15 - **ONLINE** Online Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 17 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Sep. 20 - Self and Peer Assessment Made Simple with Blackboard
  • Sep. 21 - Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
  • Sep. 23 - Managing Students Grades with Blackboard Grade Center
  • Sep. 27 - Audio Podcasting to Enhance Instructor/Student Communication
  • Sep. 28 - Board of Trustees Professorship Seminar: Dr. Christine Worobec
  • Sep. 29 - Scaffolding to Improve Learning

Summer 2010

  • May 04 - Submitting Final Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
  • May 21 - Designing a Writing-Enhanced Course
  • May 25 - **ONLINE** Free Software Tools for the Classroom
  • May 26 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • May 27 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • May 28 - Teaching a New Course
  • Jun. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 03 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Teaching in the Cloud
  • Jun. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 09 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jun. 10 - **ONLINE** Introduction to the Use of Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jun. 15 - Online Teaching 101 - Online Teaching Series
  • Jun. 16 - **UPDATED** Short Focused Tutorials
  • Jun. 17 - **SIMULCAST** Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Jun. 21 - Advanced Features of Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jun. 22 - **NEW** Integrated Course Design to Improve Student Learning
  • Jun. 24 - Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Jun. 29 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jun. 30 - Blackboard 8.0 Self and Peer Assessments
  • Jul. 07 - **NEW** Screencasting in the Cloud
  • Jul. 08 - Using Social Networking Technologies to Foster Student Collaboration
  • Jul. 13 - **NEW** Teaching with a Touch of Novelty
  • Jul. 14 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 15 - **ONLINE** Multimedia Sampler
  • Jul. 19 - **NEW** Incorporating Portable Video Recording Devices into Classes
  • Jul. 21 - Electronic Submission of Assignments in Blackboard
  • Jul. 22 - **ONLINE** Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 26 - **ONLINE** Creating Tests and Surveys in Blackboard
  • Jul. 27 - Screencasting: Design, Development, and Delivery
  • Jul. 28 - **NEW** Developing A Course Syllabus “Face-to-Face and Online” **SIMULCAST**
  • Aug. 03 - Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
  • Aug. 09 - **NEW** Introduction to Teaching with Wimba Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Aug. 10 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 12 - Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction: Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 13 - Thinking Critically about the Teaching of Critical Thinking: Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 16 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 20 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 24 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course

April 2010

  • Apr. 02 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 06 - Veterans in the Classroom: A Panel Discussion by NIU Veteran Students
  • Apr. 07 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
  • Apr. 08 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Apr. 12 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. William Koehler
  • Apr. 14 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Apr. 15 - David W. Raymond Grant for the Use of Technology in Teaching Award Recipients Presentation: Using Technology to Enhance Pre-service Teachers’ Learning: Pi-Sui Hsu
  • Apr. 16 - **NEW** Strategies to End the Semester with Your Class
  • Apr. 20 - Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard
  • Apr. 21 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Apr. 22 - **ONLINE** Greener Teaching Techniques
  • Apr. 23 - **ONLINE** Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Apr. 27 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 28 - Podcast Series: Video Podcasting
  • Apr. 29 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Apr. 30 - Blackboard Open Lab

March 2010

  • Mar. 01 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions
  • Mar. 02 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 08 - Blended Course Design: Strategies for Success
  • Mar. 15 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Mar. 16 - **NEW** Screencasting: Design, Development, and Delivery
  • Mar. 17 - Working with Graduate Assistants
  • Mar. 18 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Mar. 19 - Blackboard Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Mar. 22 - Advanced Short Focused Online Tutorials with Articulate Engage
  • Mar. 23 - Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW** Designing Effective Assessments
  • Mar. 25 - **NEW** PowerPoint Open Lab
  • Mar. 29 - Social Bookmarking Using Blackboard Scholar
  • Mar. 30 - **NEW** Using Graphic Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
  • Mar. 31 - **NEW** Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard **ONLINE**

February 2010

  • Feb. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 05 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 08 - Microteaching (No, That Doesn’t Mean Tiny Classes!)
  • Feb. 09 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Feb. 10 - Electronic Submission of Assignments in Blackboard
  • Feb. 11 - Blackboard Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Feb. 12 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Feb. 16 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Feb. 18 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Display
  • Feb. 19 - Advanced Features of Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Feb. 23 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Feb. 24 - Understanding and Integrating Teaching and Learning Styles
  • Feb. 25 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Feb. 26 - **NEW** Tips for Effective Group Collaborations in Blackboard **ONLINE**

January 2010

  • Jan. 07 - Learner-centered Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Feedback = Student Success
  • Jan. 08 - Blended Course Design: Strategies for Success
  • Jan. 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 13 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 14 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jan. 15 - Delivering Effective Lectures
  • Jan. 19 - Blackboard Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Jan. 20 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jan. 21 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Jan. 22 - Mac Series: Quick and Easy Video Editing Using iMovie
  • Jan. 25 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Jan. 26 - Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
  • Jan. 27 - Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
  • Jan. 28 - **NEW** Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Jan. 29 - Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center II: Advanced Feature

December 2009

  • Dec. 01 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Dec. 02 - **NEW** Blackboard Grade Submission Tool Preview **ONLINE**
  • Dec. 03 - Podcast Series: Video Podcasting
  • Dec. 07 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Dec. 09 - Developing Discussion Board Assignments for Large Classes in Blackboard (N>40)
  • Dec. 10 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students
  • Dec. 11 - End-of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 14 - **NEW** Submitting Final Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
  • Dec. 17 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard

November 2009

  • Nov. 03 - Teaching Large Classes
  • Nov. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 05 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Nov. 06 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Nov. 09 - Podcast Series: Video Podcasting
  • Nov. 10 - **NEW** NING: Build Your Own Social Network
  • Nov. 11 - Introduction to External Funding
  • Nov. 12 - **NEW** Blended Learning: Finding the Right Mix
  • Nov. 13 - **NEW** Tips for Teaching With Blogs **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 17 - Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 18 - **NEW** Games and Simulations in the Classroom
  • Nov. 19 - Advanced Short Focused Online Tutorials with Articulate Engage
  • Nov. 20 - Controlling Student Access to Materials in Blackboard **ONLINE**
  • Nov. 30 - How to Avoid (and, if Necessary, Prevail in) Grade Appeals

October 2009

  • Oct. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 07 - Advanced Video Editing
  • Oct. 08 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 09 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Oct. 13 - Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning
  • Oct. 13 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Oct. 14 - Audio Podcasting
  • Oct. 16 - Faculty Learning Groups - More Than Just Another Committee: Dr. Catherine Wehlburg
  • Oct. 16 - Measurable Outcomes and Meaningful Measures: Dr. Catherine Wehlburg
  • Oct. 19 - Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Oct. 21 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 22 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Oct. 27 - **NEW** Teaching During a Health Crisis **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 28 - Rubrics for Meaningful Evaluation and Assessment
  • Oct. 29 - **NEW** Collecting Assignments Electronically Using Blackboard
  • Oct. 30 - **NEW** Advanced Features of Wimba Classroom in Blackboard

September 2009

  • Sep. 01 - Designing Group Work for Meaningful Learning
  • Sep. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 08 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 10 - Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Sep. 11 - Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Sep. 15 - Blackboard 8.0 Self and Peer Assessment
  • Sep. 16 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar - Dr. Jeffrey Chown
  • Sep. 17 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Sep. 18 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Sep. 22 - Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center II
  • Sep. 23 - Scaffolding to Improve Learning
  • Sep. 24 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Sep. 29 - **NEW** Using Social Networking Technologies to Foster Student Collaboration
  • Sep. 30 - **NEW** Timesaving Tips Using the New Blackboard Grade Center **ONLINE**

Summer 2009

  • May 11 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center Preview **ONLINE**
  • May 19 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Self and Peer Assessment Preview **ONLINE**
  • May 21 - Designing a Writing-Enhanced Course
  • May 27 - Teaching a New Course
  • May 28 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • Jun. 02 - **NEW** Free Software Tools for the Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Jun. 03 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jun. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 09 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Collaborating through Communication
  • Jun. 09 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Collaborating through Media
  • Jun. 09 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Collaborating through Writing
  • Jun. 09 - Teaching with Technology Institute: Collaborating through Mobile Devices
  • Jun. 10 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Jun. 11 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jun. 17 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Jun. 18 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jun. 23 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Jun. 24 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jun. 25 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 07 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Self and Peer Assessment
  • Jul. 08 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Jul. 09 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Jul. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 16 - **NEW** Quick and Easy Video Editing Using iMovie
  • Jul. 22 - Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
  • Jul. 23 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 28 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center II
  • Jul. 30 - Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
  • Aug. 05 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center Overview **ONLINE**
  • Aug. 11 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 12 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Self and Peer Assessment
  • Aug. 13 - Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction: Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 14 - Teaching Strategies to Help First-Year Students Do Their Best: Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 17 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 19 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center I: Basic Features
  • Aug. 21 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 25 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 26 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Aug. 27 - **NEW** Blackboard 8.0 Grade Center II

April 2009

  • Apr. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 03 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Apr. 07 - Advanced Video Editing
  • Apr. 09 - Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
  • Apr. 10 - **ONLINE** Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Apr. 14 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Apr. 15 - Problem-Based Learning
  • Apr. 16 - David W. Raymond Grant for the Use of Technology in Teaching Presentation and Award Reception: Using Wiki-Based Collaborative Authoring in the Lab and Classroom to Enhance Writing and Understanding
  • Apr. 21 - **NEW** Podcast Series: Video Podcasting
  • Apr. 22 - **NEW** Greener Teaching Techniques **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 23 - **NEW** Requesting and Combining Blackboard Courses Using the Blackboard Faculty Tools **ONLINE**
  • Apr. 28 - End-of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 30 - **NEW** Introduction to Online Teaching and Learning

March 2009

  • Mar. 03 - **NEW** New Tools and Features in Blackboard 7.3 **ONLINE**
  • Mar. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 06 - **ONLINE** Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Mar. 06 - Quality and Engagement in Online Courses
  • Mar. 16 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 17 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Mar. 18 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Rick Ridnour
  • Mar. 19 - Electronic Feedback to Enhance Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 20 - Leave No Outcome Behind: Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Workshop: Dr. Susan Hatfield
  • Mar. 20 - Getting Students Involved in Assessment Workshop: Dr. Susan Hatfield
  • Mar. 24 - **NEW** Tracking Student Performance in Blackboard Using the Early Warning System and Performance Dashboard
  • Mar. 25 - **NEW** Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
  • Mar. 26 - Advanced Short Focused Online Tutorials
  • Mar. 30 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Mar. 31 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions

February 2009

  • Feb. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 11 - **NEW** Microteaching (No, That Doesn’t Mean Tiny Classes!)
  • Feb. 12 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Feb. 13 - Quick and Simple Creation of Educational Tutorials
  • Feb. 17 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Feb. 18 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Feb. 23 - **ONLINE** Plagiarism Prevention Using Blackboard SafeAssign
  • Feb. 24 - Structuring Your Online Course in Blackboard
  • Feb. 25 - Understanding and Integrating Teaching and Learning Styles
  • Feb. 25 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Feb. 26 - Developing Discussion Board Assignments with Large Classes in Blackboard

January 2009

  • Jan. 07 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 08 - Teaching Inclusively: An Approach to the Dynamics of Diversity in the University Classroom
  • Jan. 09 - Appreciative Inquiry: A Positive, High Engagement Process and Philosophy for Increasing Teaching and Institutional Effectiveness
  • Jan. 13 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 14 - Words of Inspiration with Nikki Giovanni (Virginia Tech)
  • Jan. 15 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jan. 16 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 20 - Introduction to Blackboard Communications
  • Jan. 21 - **NEW** Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
  • Jan. 22 - **NEW** Delivering Effective Lectures
  • Jan. 27 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Jan. 28 - **ONLINE** Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Jan. 29 - Configuring the Blackboard Gradebook

December 2008

  • Dec. 02 - End-of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 03 - **NEW** Developing Discussion Board Assignments for Large Classes in Blackboard (N>40)
  • Dec. 04 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Dec. 10 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Dec. 15 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 18 - Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students

November 2008

  • Nov. 03 - Supportive Professional Staff Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 04 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Nov. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 06 - Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
  • Nov. 07 - Redesigning a Face-to-Face Lesson for Online Delivery - Online Teaching Series
  • Nov. 11 - **NEW** Maintaining Constructive Relationships In and Out of the Classroom
  • Nov. 12 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Nov. 13 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Nov. 14 - Using Online Assessment Tools to Facilitate Teaching and Learning - Online Teaching Series
  • Nov. 18 - **ONLINE** Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Nov. 19 - **NEW** Teaching Large Classes
  • Nov. 20 - **NEW** Mac Series: Introduction to Garageband

October 2008

  • Oct. 01 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 06 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Oct. 07 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Gerald Gabris
  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 09 - Advanced Video Editing
  • Oct. 15 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Oct. 16 - **NEW** Conducting Online Office Hours Using Wimba Classroom **ONLINE**
  • Oct. 17 - Strategies for Promoting Communication in the Online Learning Environment - Online Teaching Series
  • Oct. 22 - **ONLINE** Plagiarism Prevention Using Blackboard SafeAssign
  • Oct. 23 - Rubrics for Meaningful Evaluation and Assessment
  • Oct. 24 - Audio Podcasting
  • Oct. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Oct. 30 - **NEW** Critical Thinking for the 21st Century Student
  • Oct. 31 - Introduction to Online Course Construction - Online Teaching Series

September 2008

  • Sep. 03 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 09 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Sep. 10 - **NEW** Scaffolding to Improve Learning
  • Sep. 11 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 12 - **NEW** Accountability Pressures and Their Impact on Regional Accreditation
  • Sep. 12 - **NEW** Understanding and Using Assessment Results
  • Sep. 15 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Sep. 17 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Sep. 18 - Configuring the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Sep. 19 - Overview of Online Teaching and Learning - Online Teaching Series
  • Sep. 23 - Blackboard Communities
  • Sep. 25 - **NEW** Constructivism: A Holistic Approach to Teaching and Learning **ONLINE**
  • Sep. 26 - Principles of Effective Online Course Design - Online Teaching Series

Summer 2008

  • May 29 - Write Well, Publish More!
  • Jun. 03 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jun. 05 - **NEW** Social Networking Technologies - Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 05 - **NEW** Resource Sharing Technologies - Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 05 - **NEW** Multimedia Learning Technologies - Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 05 - **NEW** Collaborative Learning Technologies - Teaching with Technology Institute
  • Jun. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 10 - Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Jun. 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 12 - **NEW** Overview of Online Teaching and Learning - Online Teaching Series
  • Jun. 12 - **NEW** Principles of Effective Online Course Design - Online Teaching Series
  • Jun. 17 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jun. 18 - Creating and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jun. 19 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Jun. 24 - **ONLINE** Introducing Academic Resource Sharing Tools in Blackboard
  • Jun. 25 - **NEW** Introduction to Online Course Construction - Online Teaching Series
  • Jun. 25 - **NEW** Strategies for Promoting Communication in the Online Learning Environment - Online Teaching Series
  • Jul. 02 - Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
  • Jul. 08 - **NEW** Using Online Assessment to Facilitate Teaching and Learning - Online Teaching Series
  • Jul. 08 - **NEW** Redesigning a Face-to-Face Lesson for Online Delivery - Online Teaching Series
  • Jul. 09 - Plagiarism Prevention Using Blackboard SafeAssign
  • Jul. 10 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Jul. 14 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Jul. 16 - Short Focused Tutorials with Video
  • Jul. 21 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jul. 23 - Basic Video Editing
  • Jul. 29 - **NEW** Integrating Web 2.0 Tools into Blackboard
  • Jul. 31 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 06 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Aug. 07 - New Academic Administrator Forum
  • Aug. 13 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Aug. 14 - Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction: Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 15 - Overteaching: When is Less Really More? Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 18 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 20 - **NEW** New Tools and Features Coming to Blackboard **Canceled due to postponed Blackboard upgrade**
  • Aug. 22 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 26 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 27 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Aug. 28 - Designing Group Work for Meaningful Learning

April 2008

  • Apr. 01 - "What do I do When...?": An Open Discussion
  • Apr. 04 - **NEW** Promoting Online Collaboration with Wimba Classroom in Blackboard
  • Apr. 04 - Supportive Professional Staff Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 08 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Apr. 09 - **NEW** Service Learning
  • Apr. 10 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 14 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Apr. 15 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Apr. 16 - Advanced Short Focused Online Tutorials with Articulate Engage
  • Apr. 17 - **NEW** Problem-Based Learning
  • Apr. 23 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 24 - David Raymond Grant Reception and Presentation
  • Apr. 29 - **ONLINE** New Tools & Features in Blackboard

March 2008

  • Mar. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 04 - **WEBCAST** Seven Revolutions: Scanning the Word Out to 2025
  • Mar. 06 - **NEW** "What do I do When...?": An Open Discussion
  • Mar. 07 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Mar. 18 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 19 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions
  • Mar. 21 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Mar. 24 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 25 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Mar. 26 - **ONLINE** Introducing New Plagiarism Prevention Features in Blackboard
  • Mar. 27 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Mar. 31 - Blackboard Open Lab

Feburary 2008

  • Feb. 05 - Teaching with the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
  • Feb. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 12 - Podcasting Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Feb. 14 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Robert Chappell
  • Feb. 15 - Configuring the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Feb. 19 - Personalizing the “Look” of Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 20 - Dynamic Classroom Discussions
  • Feb. 22 - Accountability Pressures and Their Impact on Regional Accreditation
  • Feb. 22 - Understanding and Using Assessment Results
  • Feb. 25 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Feb. 26 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Producer
  • Feb. 28 - Blackboard Open Lab

January 2008

  • Jan. 08 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jan. 10 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Promoting Active Learning Through Blended Courses
  • Jan. 14 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 14 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Jan. 15 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Jan. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 22 - Podcasting Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jan. 23 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 24 - Controlling Student Access to Materials to Courses in Blackboard
  • Jan. 29 - Social Bookmarking Using Blackboard Scholar
  • Jan. 29 - Plagiarism Prevention Using Blackboard SafeAssign

December 2007

  • Dec. 04 - Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
  • Dec. 06 - End of Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 12 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Dec. 17 - Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
  • Dec. 18 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 19 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting

November 2007

  • Nov. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 02 - Supportive Professional Staff Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 07 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 08 - Design Principles to Create Effective PowerPoint Presentations
  • Nov. 12 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Nov. 12 - International Week Panel Discussion: "Beyond Hotel Rwanda: Peace Initiatives"
  • Nov. 13 - Advanced Video Editing
  • Nov. 15 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Nov. 19 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Nov. 20 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Nov. 26 - Advanced Short Focused Tutorials
  • Nov. 28 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery

October 2007

  • Oct. 02 - Basic Video Capture & Editing
  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 05 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Oct. 09 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Oct. 18 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Oct. 19 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 22 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Oct. 23 - Audio Podcasting
  • Oct. 23 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar Series: Dr. Carole Minor
  • Oct. 24 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Oct. 30 - Concept Mapping for Teaching & Learning
  • Oct. 31 - Blackboard Open Lab

September 2007

  • Sep. 05 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 11 - Introduction to Blackboard Communities
  • Sep. 12 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 13 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Sep. 19 - Integrating News in the Classroom
  • Sep. 20 - Setting Up Your Blackboard Gradebook
  • Sep. 25 - Podcasting with Blackboard
  • Sep. 26 - Understanding and Integrating Teaching and Learning Styles
  • Sep. 27 - Clickers in the Classroom

Summer 2007

  • May 10 - New Tools and Features Coming to Blackboard
  • May 17 - Designing Effective Instruction
  • May 21 - Teaching with Technology Institute
  • May 25 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • May 31 - Write Well, Publish More! Workshop
  • Jun. 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jun. 14 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Jun. 19 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jun. 20 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Jun. 21 - Clickers in the Classroom
  • Jul. 11 - Teaching a New Course
  • Jul. 17 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jul. 19 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jul. 24 - Creating and Using Course Wikis
  • Jul. 26 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard
  • Aug. 01 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 08 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Aug. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 17 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Engaging Community for Learning
  • Aug. 20 - New Tools and Features in Blackboard
  • Aug. 28 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 29 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Aug. 30 - Personalizing the "Look" of Your Blackboard Course

April 2007

  • Apr. 03 - Supportive Professional Staff Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Apr. 11 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 12 - Assessment Rubrics for Effective and Efficient Grading
  • Apr. 13 - Short Focused Tutorials with Video
  • Apr. 18 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Apr. 20 - Advanced Short Focused Tutorials
  • Apr. 23 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Apr. 24 - Effective Teaching with Interactive Pen (SMART Panel) Displays
  • Apr. 26 - Copyright Issues @ NIU
  • Apr. 26 - David Raymond Grant Reception and Presentation
  • Apr. 27 - End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 30 - Blackboard Open Lab

March 2007

  • Mar. 07 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Mar. 09 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Mar. 20 - Teaching with Gagne’s Nine Events of Instruction
  • Mar. 21 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Mar. 22 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Mar. 23 - Looking at Learning Objectively
  • Mar. 26 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Mar. 27 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Mar. 27 - Controlling Students Access to Materials in Blackboard
  • Mar. 28 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Mar. 29 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar Series: Dr. Rhonda Robinson
  • Mar. 30 - Pedagogical Possibilities Using Interactive Panel Displays
  • Mar. 30 - Department Chair Development Workshop

February 2007

  • Feb. 06 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Feb. 08 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Feb. 13 - Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 14 - Design Principle for Projected Media
  • Feb. 15 - Personalizing the Look of Your Blackboard Course
  • Feb. 16 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Helix
  • Feb. 20 - Configuring the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Feb. 22 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Feb. 23 - Integrating Service Learning in Courses for Multicultural Outcomes
  • Feb. 26 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Feb. 26 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Feb. 27 - Teaching with PowerPoint - Beyond the Basics

January 2007

  • Jan. 09 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Jan. 10 - Interactive Panel Displays
  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Using Cooperative Activities to Promote Learning
  • Jan. 12 - Interactive Panel Displays
  • Jan. 17 - Blackboard II: Getting Started Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 18 - Understanding and Integrating Teaching and Learning Activities
  • Jan. 19 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jan. 22 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Jan. 22 - Online Teaching Brown Bag
  • Jan. 25 - Introduction to Social Bookmarking
  • Jan. 30 - Pedagogical Possibilities of Using Interactive Panel Displays

December 2006

  • Dec. 04 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Dec. 06 - Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
  • Dec. 07 - End of Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 08 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Dec. 13 - Blackboard II: Getting Started Building Your Blackboard Course

November 2006

  • Nov. 03 - Supportive Professional Staff Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 07 - Electronic Feedback to Enhance Teaching and Learning
  • Nov. 09 - Converting Instructional Files to Digital Media on CD/DVD
  • Nov. 10 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Nov. 14 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Nov. 15 - Presentation and Facilitation Techniques
  • Nov. 20 - Blackboard II: Getting Started Building Your Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 21 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Nov. 27 - Web Accessibility: Instructional Implications
  • Nov. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab

October 2006

  • Oct. 02 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Oct. 06 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Oct. 12 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Oct. 13 - Plagiarism and You
  • Oct. 17 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Oct. 18 - The Effective Use of Graphics in Word and PowerPoint for Instruction
  • Oct. 20 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Oct. 23 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Oct. 24 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Gene Roth
  • Oct. 25 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Oct. 27 - Teaching Inclusively in Science, Math, Engineering and Related Curricula
  • Oct. 27 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Oct. 31 - Blackboard Assessment Tools

September 2006

  • Sep. 01 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 05 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Sep. 06 - Writing Goals and Objectives: There is a Difference
  • Sep. 07 - Blackboard II: Getting Started in Blackboard
  • Sep. 14 - Personalizing the "Look" of Blackboard
  • Sep. 14 - Ice Breakers and Games to Warm up the Classroom Environment
  • Sep. 15 - Audio Podcasting
  • Sep. 26 - Setting Up Your Blackboard Gradebook
  • Sep. 27 - Developing a New Course

Summer 2006

  • Jun. 12 - Publish and Flourish: Becoming a Prolific Scholar
  • Jun. 13 - Assessment Rubrics for Effective and Efficient Grading
  • Jun. 15 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jun. 20 - Getting Started in Blackboard
  • Jun. 21 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Jun. 27 - Structuring Your Online Class in Blackboard
  • Jul. 10 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jul. 12 - To Teach or Not to Teach (with PowerPoint that is!)
  • Jul. 18 - Creating Simple Online Lectures
  • Jul. 25 - Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
  • Jul. 27 - Podcast Series: Audio Podcasting
  • Aug. 02 - Creating and Using Blogs
  • Aug. 03 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 08 - Getting Started in Blackboard
  • Aug. 10 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Aug. 14 - Structuring Your Online Class in Blackboard
  • Aug. 30 - Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
  • Aug. 31 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard

April 2006

  • Apr. 04 - Blackboard Overview
  • Apr. 06 - Supportive Professional Staff Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 06 - Strategies for Managing Individual and Organizational Conflicts in Higher Education
  • Apr. 07 - Etiquette and Ethics: The Responsible Conduct of Research
  • Apr. 10 - Classroom Personal Response System Demo: InterWrite
  • Apr. 11 - Classroom Personal Response System Demo: i Clicker
  • Apr. 12 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Apr. 13 - Classroom Personal Response System Demo: eInstruction
  • Apr. 13 - Customizing Blackboard
  • Apr. 13 - 2006 David Raymond Grant Award: Dr. Teresa Wasonga
  • Apr. 14 - Classroom Personal Response System Summary Session
  • Apr. 14 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Apr. 21 - Adding Captioning to Streaming Video
  • Apr. 24 - End-of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Apr. 26 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Apr. 28 - Converting Documents to PDFs: An Easier Way to Distribute Your Online Course Materials

March 2006

  • Mar. 03 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Teaching with a Smart Podium
  • Mar. 08 - Blackboard Overview
  • Mar. 09 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Mar. 16 - Introduction to Podcasting
  • Mar. 20 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 22 - Online Teaching Brownbag
  • Mar. 23 - Creating Simple Online Lectures
  • Mar. 24 - Looking at Learning Objectively
  • Mar. 28 - Personal Response Systems: Session II
  • Mar. 31 - Creating Cultural Competencies for the Curricula

February 2006

  • Feb. 02 - Setting Up Your Blackboard Gradebook
  • Feb. 03 - Using Personal Response Systems in the Classroom
  • Feb. 07 - Blackboard Overview
  • Feb. 09 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Feb. 10 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Feb. 13 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Feb. 15 - Design Principles for Projected Media
  • Feb. 16 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Helix
  • Feb. 17 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Feb. 21 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. C.T. Lin
  • Feb. 23 - Creating and Using Blogs
  • Feb. 23 - Creating and Using Course Wikis
  • Feb. 24 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer

January 2006

  • Jan. 04 - Blackboard Updates
  • Jan. 06 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jan. 09 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Jan. 12 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Promoting Civility in the Classroom
  • Jan. 19 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard
  • Jan. 20 - Finding and Implementing Learning Objects
  • Jan. 24 - Teaching/Learning Styles
  • Jan. 27 - Integrating Digital Images to Enhance PowerPoint Presentations
  • Jan. 30 - Controlling Student Access to Materials in Blackboard

December 2005

  • Dec. 05 - Blackboard Overview
  • Dec. 07 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Dec. 13 - End-of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 13 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Dec. 15 - Blogs and Wikis and Podcasts, Oh My!: What's New in Online Communication

November 2005

  • Nov. 04 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 07 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Nov. 09 - Blackboard Overview
  • Nov. 15 - Creating an Electronic Syllabus
  • Nov. 16 - Teaching/Learning Styles
  • Nov. 17 - Getting Started in Blackboard
  • Nov. 18 - Converting Instructional Files to Digital Media on CD/DVD
  • Nov. 18 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Motivating Students
  • Nov. 28 - Web Accessibility: Instructional Implications
  • Nov. 29 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Nov. 30 - Rubrics for Effective and Efficient Grading
  • Nov. 30 - Online Cheating: Can We Stop It?

October 2005

  • Oct. 03 - Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Diann Musial
  • Oct. 04 - Blackboard Overview
  • Oct. 06 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Oct. 07 - Basic Video Capture and Editing
  • Oct. 10 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Oct. 12 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Oct. 13 - Presentations and Facilitation Techniques
  • Oct. 18 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Oct. 19 - How to Avoid (and If Necessary Prevail in) Grade Disputes
  • Oct. 20 - When Google Doesn't Find It: Web Search Strategies for the Classroom
  • Oct. 21 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Peer Assessment
  • Oct. 26 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Oct. 21 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar

September 2005

  • Sep. 08 - Blackboard Overview
  • Sep. 09 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Teaching Tips
  • Sep. 12 - Setting Up the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Sep. 14 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Sep. 15 - Instructional Goals and Objectives: Knowing the Differences
  • Sep. 16 - Integrating Digital Images to Enhance a PowerPoint Presentation
  • Sep. 20 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Sep. 22 - Personalizing the "Look" of Your Blackboard Course
  • Sep. 26 - Electronic Submission of Assignments in Blackboard
  • Sep. 28 - Instructional Considerations in Developing PowerPoint Presentations
  • Sep. 30 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer

Summer 2005

  • May 27 - Strategies for Managing Individual and Organizational Conflicts in Higher Education
  • Jun. 06 - Publish and Flourish
  • Jun. 09 - Assessment of Online Courses and Curricula: Concepts, Tools, and Frameworks
  • Jun. 21 - Basic Digital Camera Workshop
  • Jun. 23 - Electronic File Management for Effective Teaching
  • Jun. 27 - Teaching with PowerPoint: Beyond the Basics
  • Jun. 29 - Principle and Practice of Synchronous Discussion
  • Jul. 12 - Ice Breakers and Games to Warm up the Classroom Environment
  • Jul. 13 - Creating an Effective Online Syllabus
  • Jul. 14 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Jul. 21 - Visual Literacy in Teaching and Learning
  • Jul. 25 - Using PDAs in the Classroom: A Presentation Tool
  • Aug. 04 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 08 - Getting Started in Blackboard
  • Aug. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 12 - Time Management Strategies to Maximize Your Teaching Potential
  • Aug. 15 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 23 - Preparing Students for Online Learning
  • Aug. 25 - Learning to Use Graphics in Word and PowerPoint
  • Aug. 26 - Multimedia Sampler Workshop
  • Aug. 29 - Using Your Red Pen Electronically

April 2005

  • Apr. 01 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 04 - Online Cheating: Can We Stop It?
  • Apr. 05 - DSS Policy: Accommodating Students with Disabilities with Off-Campus Placements
  • Apr. 07 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Apr. 08 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Alternatives to Textbooks
  • Apr. 12 - Blackboard Overview
  • Apr. 13 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 14 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Apr. 15 - Crisis in Scholarly Communication Conference
  • Apr. 18 - Strategic Planning in the Academic Environment
  • Apr. 19 - Outstanding Teaching Awards Ceremony
  • Apr. 19 - Backing Up the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Apr. 19 - David Raymond Grant Reception and Presentation: Dr. Wei-Chen Hung
  • Apr. 20 - Mastering the Control Panel
  • Apr. 22 - Short Focused Tutorials with Video
  • Apr. 26 - Advanced Video Editing
  • Apr. 29 - Exploring Concept Map Software for Teaching and Learning

March 2005

  • Mar. 02 - Blackboard Overview
  • Mar. 03 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Mar. 04 - Conference on Portfolio Integration: Connecting Learning and Assessment
  • Mar. 08 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Mar. 11 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Midterm Course Assessment
  • Mar. 15 - Exploring Concept Map Software for Teaching and Learning
  • Mar. 21 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Mar. 21 - When Google Doesn't Find It: Web Search Strategies for the Classroom
  • Mar. 23 - Visual Planning for Effective Instruction
  • Mar. 24 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard
  • Mar. 29 - Preparing Students for Online Learning
  • Mar. 31 - CD/DVD Burner Workshop

February 2005

  • Feb. 01 - Preparing Technology-Proficient Educators in Illinois
  • Feb. 04 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Ways to Create Successful Group Projects
  • Feb. 08 - Blackboard Overview
  • Feb. 09 - Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
  • Feb. 11 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Helix
  • Feb. 14 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Jim Thomas
  • Feb. 15 - Getting Started with Blackboard
  • Feb. 16 - Storyboards for Planning Instruction
  • Feb. 17 - Ask the Experts Open Lab
  • Feb. 22 - Blackboard Assessment Features
  • Feb. 25 - Video Capture and Editing
  • Feb. 28 - Eliciting Formative and Summative Student Feedback

January 2005

  • Jan. 06 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jan. 07 - Creating an Electronic Syllabus
  • Jan. 10 - Getting Started Building a Blackboard Course
  • Jan. 13 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Levels of Prevention: Methods and Strategies for Deterring Plagiarism and Cheating
  • Jan. 21 - Converting Documents to PDFs: An Easier Way to Distribute Your Online Course Materials
  • Jan. 25 - Setting Up Your Blackboard Gradebook
  • Jan. 27 - Electronic Submission of Assignments in Blackboard
  • Jan. 28 - Working with MS Movie Maker
  • Jan. 31 - Concept Maps for Teaching and Learning

December 2004

  • Dec. 01 - Ask the Experts
  • Dec. 03 - The Principles and Practice of Synchronous Discussion (Chat)
  • Dec. 08 - Personalizing the "Look" of Your Blackboard Course
  • Dec. 09 - Copying, Archiving and Recycling Blackboard Courses
  • Dec. 10 - Creating Effective Visual Media
  • Dec. 10 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Dec. 13 - Facilitation and Presentation Techniques
  • Dec. 14 - Blackboard Overview
  • Dec. 16 - Getting Started Building a Blackboard Course

November 2004

  • Nov. 02 - When Google Doesn't Find It: Web Search Strategies for the Classroom
  • Nov. 05 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 08 - Getting Started Building a Blackboard Course
  • Nov. 10 - Design Principles for Projected Media
  • Nov. 11 - Blackboard Overview
  • Nov. 12 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 15 - Bringing Your International Experiences into the Classroom
  • Nov. 16 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. William Goldenberg
  • Nov. 16 - Blackboard Assessments and Surveys
  • Nov. 17 - Effective Use of Basic Multimedia in Blackboard
  • Nov. 19 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Using Online Course Components
  • Nov. 19 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Nov. 19 - Ask the Blackboard Experts

October 2004

  • Oct. 06 - Blackboard Overview
  • Oct. 07 - Introduction to the IRB
  • Oct. 08 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Oct. 11 - Using PDAs in the Classroom: A Presentation Tool
  • Oct. 13 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Oct. 18 - Scanning to enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Oct. 21 - What is Responsible Conduct of Research and Why Should it be Taught?
  • Oct. 26 - Advance Organizers
  • Oct. 27 - Blackboard's Gradebook
  • Oct. 29 - FacDev Friday

September 2004

  • Sep. 08 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Sep. 10 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 13 - Blackboard Overview
  • Sep. 14 - Designing Effective Instruction
  • Sep. 17 - FacDev Friday: Open Dialogue on Creating a Campus Repository of Learning Objects
  • Sep. 20 - Leading Effective Discussion Online
  • Sep. 21 - Writing Effective Instructional Objectives
  • Sep. 24 - Integrating Digital Images to Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Sep. 29 - Blackboard Open Lab

Summer 2004

  • May 10 - Requesting and Updating Blackboard Courses
  • May 10-13 - Introduction to STATA
  • May 13 - Curriculum Change & Leadership: Knowing Ourselves as Instructors
  • May 17-27 - Hierarchical Linear Modeling for Nested Designs and Growth Modeling
  • May 21 - Publish and Flourish
  • Jun. 02 - Implementing Comprehensive Faculty Evaluation
  • Jun. 09 - CD/DVD Burner Workshop
  • Jun. 14 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jun. 15-16 - Ethics Across the Curricula Institute
  • Jun. 21 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Jun. 29 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Jun. 30 - Using PDAs in the Classroom: A Presentation Tool
  • Aug. 10 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 12 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 13 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Infusing Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
  • Aug. 17 - Requesting and Updating Blackboard Courses
  • Aug. 25 - Virtual Office Hours: Anytime, Anywhere!

April 2004

  • Apr. 02 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 06 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Apr. 07 - Blackboard Gradebook
  • Apr. 09 - Responsible Conduct of Research
  • Apr. 13 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Julie Scarborough
  • Apr. 16 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 19 - Video Capture and Editing
  • Apr. 21 - Innovations in Teaching with Technology
  • Apr. 22 - David Raymond Grant Reception and Presentation: Dr. Michael Day
  • Apr. 23 - Copying, Archiving and Recycling Blackboard Courses
  • Apr. 28 - Blackboard Overview

March 2004

  • Mar. 02 - Interacting Effectively with Students and Colleagues with Disabilities
  • Mar. 03 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Mar. 08 - Using PDAs in the Classroom: A Presentation Tool
  • Mar. 12 - FacDev Friday: Whatever Happened to Perfect Attendance?
  • Mar. 17 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Julie Scarborough
  • Mar. 19 - Pedagogical Research Methods: Improving Instruction in Higher Education Classrooms
  • Mar. 25 - Blackboard Overview
  • Mar. 26 - CD/DVD Burner Workshop
  • Mar. 29 - Teaching Exhibit Poster Session
  • Mar. 31 - Virtual Office Hours: Anytime, Anywhere!

February 2004

  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard Assessment Tools
  • Feb. 06 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Feb. 09 - Blackboard Overview
  • Feb. 12 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Julie Scarborough
  • Feb. 19 - Copying, Archiving, and Recycling Blackboard Courses
  • Feb. 20 - Fresh Techniques for Teaching Large Sections of General Education Courses
  • Feb. 26 - Blackboard Gradebook
  • Feb. 27 - CD/DVD Burner Workshop
  • Feb. 27 - FacDev Friday: Can We Keep Plagiarism and Cheating in Check?

January 2004

  • Jan. 08 - Motivating the Unmotivated Learner by Cheryl Hiltibran
  • Jan. 08 - Introduction to IRB Review for Researchers
  • Jan. 14 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jan. 16 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Jan. 22 - Quick Online Assignment Turnaround
  • Jan. 26 - Using Excel for Managing Grades
  • Jan. 29 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Helix

December 2003

  • Dec. 03 - Using Excel for Managing Grades
  • Dec. 05 - Short Focused Tutorials
  • Dec. 11 - Virtual Office Hours: Anytime, Anywhere!
  • Dec. 16 - Blackboard Overview

November 2003

  • Nov. 05 - Maintaining an Online Gradebook
  • Nov. 06 - Faculty Diversity Workshop for Department Chairs
  • Nov. 07 - Integrating Digital Images to Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Nov. 10 - Entering the Virtual Classroom
  • Nov. 13 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Nov. 14 - Blackboard Overview
  • Nov. 20 - 10 Years of Multicultural Curriculum Transformation at NIU: A Panel Discussion
  • Nov. 21 - Video Capture and Editing
  • Nov. 21 - FacDev Friday: Time Management

October 2003

  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Oct. 10 - FacDev Friday: (In)Valuable Campus Resources
  • Oct. 14 - Four the Fun of It! Four: Games that Teach
  • Oct. 15 - Effective Use of Multimedia in Blackboard: Advanced
  • Oct. 17 - Blackboard Open Lab
  • Oct. 21 - College Student Mental Health: What You Need to Know to Help Your Students
  • Oct. 21 - Blackboard Overview
  • Oct. 23 - Marketing Online Courses
  • Oct. 27 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Oct. 30 - Handling Questions and Answers
  • Oct. 31 - Blackboard: Assessment Tools

September 2003

  • Sep. 03 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Sep. 05 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Sep. 05 - Faculty Evaluation Workshop
  • Sep. 09 - Importing Varying File Formats into Blackboard
  • Sep. 10 - Blackboard: Faculty Assistance Open Lab
  • Sep. 12 - Accessibility of Web Publishing Features of Microsoft Office and Adobe PDF to People with Disabilities
  • Sep. 17 - Multimedia Sampler
  • Sep. 19 - Mastering the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Sep. 22 - Blackboard Overview
  • Sep. 24 - Building an Accessible Blackboard Course: Recommended Settings and File Formats
  • Sep. 24 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Gary D. Glenn

August 2003

  • Aug. 11 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 12 - What's New in Blackboard
  • Aug. 12/14 - Departmental Review of IRB Applications and Introduction to the New NIU IRB Policies and Procedures
  • Aug. 14 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 15 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Developing and Using Cases to Teach Ethics
  • Aug. 18 - Creating an Effective Electronic Syllabus
  • Aug. 19 - Blackboard: Faculty Assistance Open Lab
  • Aug. 22 - Blackboard Overview
  • Aug. 27 - Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
  • Aug. 28 - Best Practices in Instruction

Summer 2003

  • May 12 - Publish and Flourish
  • Jun. 03 - Assessment Services' Portfolio Workshop
  • Jun. 10-11 - Summer Research Institute
  • Jun. 19 - Creating an Effective Online Syllabus
  • Jun. 25 - Preparing Students for Online Learning
  • Jun. 26 - Mind Mapping: A Versatile Tool for Increasing Instructional Effectiveness and Maximizing Comprehension
  • Jul. 08 - Blackboard Overview
  • Jul. 16 - CD/DVD Burner Workshop
  • Jul. 22 - Basic Digital Camera Fieldtrip
  • Jul. 24 - Problem Based Learning Workshop

April 2003

  • Apr. 02 - David Raymond Grant Reception and Presentation: Dr. M. Cecil Smith and Dr. Thomas J. Smith
  • Apr. 04 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard: Basics
  • Apr. 04 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 07 - Discussion and File Sharing in Blackboard
  • Apr. 10 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 10 - Online Assessment and Gradebook Issues
  • Apr. 15 - Distinguished Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. John Niemi
  • Apr. 18 - Innovations in Teaching and Technology
  • Apr. 21 - Stand-alone Web Pages to Supplement Online Teaching
  • Apr. 23 - Once Upon a Time: Using Stories to Teach
  • Apr. 25 - FacDev Friday: Top Ten Strategies for Online Teaching

March 2003

  • Mar. 03 - Best Practices: Teaching Tips for Using the Smart Podium
  • Mar. 07 - Basic Digital Audio Capturing
  • Mar. 13 - Faculty Diversity Workshop for Department Chairs
  • Mar. 18 - Dr. Jekyll Becomes Professor Hyde: Projecting a Positive Image in Online Courses
  • Mar. 19 - Delivering Effective Lectures
  • Mar. 21 - FacDev Friday: Surviving NIU
  • Mar. 27 - Blackboard: A General Overview of Blackboard's Uses and Capabilities

February 2003

  • Feb. 04 - Blackboard Communication Tools
  • Feb. 07 - Juggling, Dogs, and Assessment: The Importance of Feedback, Critical Thinking, and Punctuation
  • Feb. 07 - General Education, Assessment, and the Scholarship of Teaching: Having It All and Doing Some of It While Seeming to Do Nothing
  • Feb. 10 - Scanning to Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Feb. 12 - Blackboard: Faculty Assistance Open Lab
  • Feb. 14 - Importing Varying File Formats into Blackboard
  • Feb. 21 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Feb. 25 - Using the Control Panel in Blackboard
  • Feb. 26 - Integrating Service Learning in Courses: NIU Faculty Experiences

January 2003

  • Jan. 09 - Interactive Methods of Teaching: Using Face-to-Face and Technology-Based Strategies
  • Jan. 10 - Interactive Learning: Students and Teachers Partnering for Success
  • Jan. 15 - Four the Fun of It! Games That Teach: Session 4 of 4
  • Jan. 16 - Blackboard: A General Overview of Blackboard's Uses and Capabilities
  • Jan. 24 - Basic Video Capturing
  • Jan. 27 - Blackboard Assessment Tools

December 2002

  • Dec. 03 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Dec. 05 - Four the Fun of It! Games That Teach: Session 3 of 4
  • Dec. 06 - Blackboard Open Lab Session
  • Dec. 11 - Blackboard II: Communication Tools
  • Dec. 13 - Using the Control Panel in Blackboard

November 2002

  • Nov. 01 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 04 - PhotoShop Tips and Tricks
  • Nov. 05 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Nov. 07 - Blackboard Open Lab Session
  • Nov. 08 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Nov. 11 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Nov. 13 - Blackboard Overview
  • Nov. 15 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard - Basics
  • Nov. 21 - Four the Fun of It! Games That Teach: Session 2 of 4

October 2002

  • Oct. 07 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Oct. 09 - Basic Animations with Macromedia Flash
  • Oct. 11 - NIU Resources: Media Services/Information Technology Services
  • Oct. 15 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Oct. 16 - Four the Fun of It! Games That Teach: Session 1 of 4
  • Oct. 16 - Basics of Personnel Law for Department Heads and Supervisors
  • Oct. 17 - Responding to and Understanding the Needs of Post-Secondary Students with Mental Illness
  • Oct. 18 - Adding Closed Captioning to Streaming Video
  • Oct. 24 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Oct. 25 - An Introduction to Education Research

September 2002

  • Sep. 09 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Sep. 12 - Introduction to IRB Review
  • Sep. 17 - Mind Mapping: A Versatile Technique for Increasing Instructional Effectiveness and Maximizing Comprehension
  • Sep. 18 - Changes and Developments in Media Streaming
  • Sep. 20 - Scanning to Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Sep. 23 - Preparing Students for Online Learning Experiences
  • Sep. 24 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Kou-Huang Han
  • Sep. 26 - Interacting Effectively with Students and Colleagues with Disabilities
  • Sep. 27 - Blackboard I (Basics)

Summer 2002

  • May 31 - Conference on Accommodating Teaching and Assistive Technologies
  • Jun. 11 - Blackboard: A General Overview of Blackboard's Uses and Capabilities
  • Jun. 26 - Online Testing and Assessment in Blackboard
  • Jul. 16 - Basic Digital Camera Fieldtrip
  • Jul. 19 - Planning and Developing Academic Service-Learning Courses
  • Aug. 15 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Fundamental Principles of Effective Instruction
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Active Learning and Critical Thinking Strategies for Energizing the Classroom

April 2002

  • Apr. 02 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard - Basics
  • Apr. 03 - Teams and Document Management on the Web: An Illustration Using Chemistry Teacher Certification at NIU
  • Apr. 05 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Apr. 05 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 10 - Showcase 2002: Technology for Learning
  • Apr. 11 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Seminar
  • Apr. 12 - Scanning to Enhance Your PowerPoint Presentations
  • Apr. 19 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Apr. 23 - Creating Basic Images for Educational Web Pages
  • Apr. 24 - Self-Regulated Learning: Helping Students to Help Themselves
  • Apr. 24 - Web Design for Accessibility
  • Apr. 26 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard - Advanced
  • Apr. 29 - Blackboard III (Advanced)

March 2002

  • Mar. 01 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Mar. 05 - Rethinking and Reformatting Teaching Materials for Online Delivery
  • Mar. 11 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Mar. 15 - Basic Animations with Macromedia Flash
  • Mar. 19 - Creating and Publishing a Narrated Streaming Slide Show with Real Slide Show
  • Mar. 21 - University Instructional Design
  • Mar. 22 - Using Real Presenter Plus
  • Mar. 25 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Mar. 26 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. William A. Oleckno

February 2002

  • Feb. 05 - Securing Documents and Collecting Data Using Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Forms
  • Feb. 08 - Rethinking and Reformatting Teaching Materials for Online Delivery
  • Feb. 11 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Feb. 15 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Feb. 19 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Feb. 21 - Instructional Considerations for Students with Disabilities
  • Feb. 22 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media Real Producer
  • Feb. 25 - Adding Closed Captioning to Streaming Video
  • Feb. 26 - Managing Online Discussions
  • Feb. 28 - Ethics and/or Management in the University

January 2002

  • Jan. 15 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Jan. 18 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Jan. 22 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Jan. 25 - Creating Images for Educational Web Pages
  • Jan. 28 - Beginning Adobe Acrobat

December 2001

  • Dec. 04 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Dec. 05 - "Semester of Discontent" - Video Presentation and Discussion
  • Dec. 06 - Effective Use of Multimedia in an Online Course
  • Dec. 14 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Dec. 17 - Blackboard 5.5 Preview
  • Dec. 18 - Blackboard III (Advanced)

November 2001

  • Nov. 02 - Basic Animations with Macromedia Flash
  • Nov. 05 - Blackboard I (Basics) Month, Day - Program Title
  • Nov. 06 - Basic Video Capturing
  • Nov. 07 - The Online Teaching and Learning Experience
  • Nov. 09 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Nov. 09 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Nov. 13 - Creating and Publishing a Narrated Streaming Slide Show with Real Slideshow
  • Nov. 16 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Nov. 20 - Basic Video Capture
  • Nov. 27 - Basic Video Capture
  • Nov. 27 - Adobe Acrobat Basics: Copyright Issues
  • Nov. 30 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard

October 2001

  • Oct. 03 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Oct. 05 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard
  • Oct. 11 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Oct. 16 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Oct. 17 - Technology and Teaching: Transforming the Classroom Experience
  • Oct. 19 - Using Interactive Whiteboard
  • Oct. 22 - Multicultural Curriculum Transformation Presentations
  • Oct. 25 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Producer
  • Oct. 29 - Teaching in the Diverse Classroom

September 2001

  • Sep. 01 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Sep. 07 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Sep. 10 - Redesigning Websites for Accessibility
  • Sep. 11 - Basic Video Capturing
  • Sep. 12 - Effective Syllabus Design
  • Sep. 17 - A Geographers Fascination with Place and Space
  • Sep. 18 - Basic Image Scanning for the Web
  • Sep. 21 - Using Interactive Whiteboard
  • Sep. 24 - Adobe Acrobat 5.0
  • Sep. 27 - Rethinking and Reformatting Teaching Materials for Online Delivery

Summer 2001

  • Jun. 14 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Jun. 26 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard (Basics)
  • Jul. 06 - Advanced Photoshop I: Image Correction Tools
  • Jul. 10 - Multimedia Integration into Blackboard (Advanced)
  • Jul. 13 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Jul. 17 - Accessibility and Universal Web Design
  • Aug. 07 - How to Prepare Your students for Virtual Learning in the Online or Blended Course
  • Aug. 16 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Principles of Teaching
  • Aug. 17 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute: Cooperative Learning
  • Aug. 20 - How to Prepare Your Students for Virtual Learning in the Online or Blended Course

April 2001

  • Apr. 03 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Apr. 04 - Redesigning Websites for Accessibility
  • Apr. 06 - Peer Teaching: Students Thinking Together
  • Apr. 10 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Producer
  • Apr. 13 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Apr. 18 - Teaching in America (Video Presentation and Discussion)
  • Apr. 18 - Creating and Publishing a Narrated Streaming Slide Show with Real SlideShow
  • Apr. 19 - Staying the Course: Retaining Online Students (PBS Telecast)
  • Apr. 20 - SPS Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Apr. 24 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Apr. 27 - Portfolio Workshop

March 2001

  • Mar. 01 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Mar. 02 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Mar. 07 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Mar. 13 - Creating and Publishing a Narrated Streaming Slide Show with Real SlideShow
  • Mar. 15 - Macromedia Flash
  • Mar. 21 - Service Learning: Building the Possibilities at NIU
  • Mar. 29 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. John Beachy
  • Mar. 30 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer

February 2001

  • Feb. 02 - Basic Image Scanning for the Web
  • Feb. 07 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage
  • Feb. 09 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage
  • Feb. 16 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Feb. 21 - Streaming Media
  • Feb. 23 - The Online Teaching Series

January 2001

  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Jan. 16 - Redesigning Websites for Accessibility
  • Jan. 24 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Jan. 26 - Blackboard I (Basics)
  • Jan. 31 - Planning and Creating an Effective Electronic Syllabus

December 2000

  • Dec. 01 - Blackboard II (Intermediate)
  • Dec. 06 - Simplifying for Clarity: Video Presentation on Enhancing Lecture Techniques
  • Dec. 07 - Blackboard III (Advanced)
  • Dec. 07 - With a Little Help from My Friends: Implementing Information Technology into the Curriculum
  • Dec. 15 - Blackboard Basics

November 2000

  • Nov. 03 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Nov. 07 - Blackboard Basics
  • Nov. 15 - Redesigning Websites for Accessibility
  • Nov. 17 - Planning and Creating an Effective Electronic Syllabus
  • Nov. 21 - Creating and Publishing a Narrated Streaming Slide Show with Real SlideShow
  • Nov. 28 - Presidential Teaching Professor Seminar: Dr. Clark Neher

October 2000

  • Oct. 03 - Supportive Professional Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Oct. 05 - Dealing with Academic Dishonesty and Difficult Students: Continuing the Dialogue
  • Oct. 10 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage
  • Oct. 13 - Blackboard Basics
  • Oct. 17 - Survey Construction
  • Oct. 19 - Partnerships that Work: Conferences on Student Learning and Outcomes
  • Oct. 27 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Oct. 27 - Creating and Publishing Streaming Media with Real Producer

September 2000

  • Sep. 08 - Capturing Audio on Your Computer
  • Sep. 12 - Creating a Web Syllabus
  • Sep. 18 - Making Larger Classes Work
  • Sep. 20 - Finding Funding Sources at Your Fingertips
  • Sep. 25 - Motivate Your Students to Revise through Effective Response

Summer 2000

  • May 03 - MPEG 2 and DVD
  • May 30 - Teaching and Learning Online: A Preparatory Workshop
  • Jun. 01 - Teaching and Learning Online: A Preparatory Workshop
  • Aug. 07 - Accommodative Teaching Workshop
  • Aug. 17 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute
  • Aug. 18 - Distance Learning Workshop
  • Aug. 24 - Video Capture Workshop
  • Aug. 24 - New Faculty Forum

April 2000

  • Apr. 05 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage I
  • Apr. 06 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage II
  • Apr. 06 - How to Customize an Online Course: A PBS Telecast
  • Apr. 07 - Making Larger Classes Work (Video Presentation)
  • Apr. 13 - Teacher Talk
  • Apr. 17 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage I
  • Apr. 18 - Creating a Web Syllabus
  • Apr. 19 - Media Streaming Technologies at NIU: Success Stories
  • Apr. 19 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage II
  • Apr. 27 - Setting Up an Electronic Grade book

March 2000

  • Mar. 01 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage
  • Mar. 01 - Learning How to Learn
  • Mar. 02 - Preparing the Writing Across the Curriculum Grant Proposal
  • Mar. 14 - Creating a Web Syllabus
  • Mar. 15 - Setting Up an Electronic Gradebook
  • Mar. 21 - Learning Technologies Showcase 2000
  • Mar. 22 - Teacher Talk
  • Mar. 30 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Workshop

February 2000

  • Feb. 08 - Teacher Talk
  • Feb. 10 - Creating a Web Syllabus
  • Feb. 16 - Effective Design and Evaluation of Writing Assignments
  • Feb. 23 - Planning an Effective Syllabus
  • Feb. 24 - Advising Students for Success
  • Feb. 29 - Basic Web Design Using Netscape and FrontPage

January 2000

  • Jan. 11 - Teaching Effectiveness Institute

1999

  • Jan. 20 - Electronic White Boards and Document Cameras: What's New?
  • Jan. 21 - The Electronic Grade book: Options and Variations
  • Jan. 22 - Using the Course Webpage Template
  • Jan. 25 - Using the Course Webpage Template
  • Jan. 27 - Selecting a Video Projector: What to Look For
  • Jan. 28 - Selecting a Video Projector: What to Look For
  • Feb. 09 - Alternatives to the Textbook
  • Feb. 16 - Handling Academic Dishonesty and Difficult Students
  • Feb. 17 - Real's G-2 Producer: A Demonstration of Real's New Generation of Production and Publishing Tools
  • Feb. 22 - Publishing Your Course Webpage
  • Feb. 24 - Teaching with Streaming Media: Some Success Stories
  • Feb. 25 - Advising Underrepresented Students
  • Mar. 04 - Experiences in Multicultural Curriculum Transformation
  • Mar. 10 - Selecting a Video Capture Board and Software: Identifying the Functionality
  • Mar. 15 - How to Deliver Effective Lectures in the Classroom
  • Mar. 18 - Learning Technologies Showcase
  • Mar. 22 - Integrating Active Learning Strategies into Your Courses
  • Mar. 23 - Publishing Your Course Webpage
  • Mar. 24 - Small Group Video Conferencing: Some New Tools & New Techniques
  • Mar. 30 - Finding Funding Sources at Your Fingertips
  • Mar. 30 - Setting up an Electronic Grade book
  • Apr. 08 - Internet Course Support Tools
  • Apr. 14 - Internet Course Support Tools
  • Apr. 14 - SPS Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Apr. 13 - Plan to Teach a New Course?
  • Apr. 21 - Internationalizing Your Courses and Curricula
  • Apr. 27 - The Future of Digital Multimedia on Campus
  • Sep. 14 - Internationalizing Your Curricula: Experiences from the International Development Seminars
  • Sep. 22 - Using the Course Webpage Template
  • Sep. 24 - Make Your Slides Talk: Real Slide Show
  • Sep. 27 - Techniques for Teaching Large Classes
  • Sep. 28 - Enhancing Instruction Using Online Discussions
  • Sep. 30 - Teacher Talk!
  • Oct. 05 - Enhancing Web-based Teaching Using WebCT
  • Oct. 07 - Now THIS is Great! Creating Interactive Lessons and Presentations in Author ware
  • Oct. 11 - Using Online Discussion to Maximize Student Interaction
  • Oct. 13 - Teaching on the Web and Fair Use
  • Oct. 14 - Creating an Online Syllabus
  • Oct. 14 - Copyright and the Internet: A PBS Satellite Telecast
  • Oct. 20 - Setting Up an Electronic Grade book: It's Easier Than You Think!
  • Oct. 21 - What's Possible--What's Coming: Electronic Grading at NIU
  • Oct. 26 - Gender Issues in the Classroom
  • Oct. 27 - Sending Your Digital Files Around the Internet: An Introduction to FTP
  • Oct. 29 - SPS Grant Writing Workshop
  • Nov. 01 - Faculty Development Grant Writing Workshop
  • Nov. 02 - What Makes a Good Proposal: Perspectives of Reviewers and a Program Director
  • Nov. 04 - Finding Funding Sources at Your Fingertips
  • Nov. 10 - Making Digital Pictures: Tips for Basic Scanning
  • Nov. 18 - Finding Help on Issues Faced by Faculty
  • Nov. 30 - Teacher Talk
  • Dec. 01 - Putting Video and Audio on the Web: Tips for Instant Playback
  • Dec. 02 - Online Testing: Assessment and Evaluation of Distance Learners/li>

1998

  • Nov. 07 - Panel Discussion: What Information Technology Issues Affect Your Disciplines?
  • Nov. 11 - Using NIU Smart Podia
  • Nov. 16 - Enhancing Student Learning: Effective Uses of List servs, Newsgroups, and Virtual Study Groups
  • Nov. 23 - Promoting Classroom Discussions

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