Faculty/Staff Program Descriptions
Teaching and Learning Programs
Workshop Topics:
- Applying the Quality Matters Rubric
- Best Practices for delivering an Online Course
- Board of Trustees Professor Seminar: David Hedin, Department of Physics
- Bridging Generation Gaps in the Classroom
- Building Learning Communities
- Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to Jumpstart the Semester
- Concept Mapping for Teaching and Learning
- Connecting Knowledge Organization Structures and Learning
- Creating Authentic Experiences for Your Online Course
- Creating Branching Tutorials in PowerPoint
- Creative Uses of Video in your Blackboard Course
- Creative Ways to Introduce Play in Your Classroom
- Delivering Meaningful Lectures
- Designing Effective Assessments
- Designing Group Work for Meaningful Learning
- Designing or Revising a Course
- Developing a Course Syllabus
- Dynamic Classroom Discussions
- Effective Delivery Techniques: Little Things that Make a Big Difference
- Effective Testing Techniques
- Ending Your Course with Your Students
- Enhancing Your Online Course with Images and Icons
- Expanding your Reach: Captioning for Self-Created Videos
- Finding Your Teaching Style
- Formative and Summative Feedback for Teaching and Learning
- Fundamentals of Experiential and Service Learning
- Gagne's Nine Events of Instruction
- Games and Simulations in the Classroom
- Games in Education
- Learning Communities: Tips and Strategies for Success
- Learning on the Go: Introduction to Mobile Learning
- Online Learning Consortium Innovate 2018 Virtual Conference
- Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
- Problem-Based Learning
- Quality Online Course Series: Accessibility, Usability, & Student Support
- Quality Online Course Series: Course Activities & Student Engagement
- Quality Online Course Series: Course Content & Instructional Materials
- Quality Online Course Series: Ensuring Quality in Your Online Course
- Quality Online Course Series: Getting Students Started
- Quality Online Teaching Series: Humanizing Your Online Course
- Quality Online Course Series: Learning Objectives and Assessments
- Quality Online Course Series: Promoting Learning with Technology
- Quality Online Teaching Series: Best Practices for Delivering an Online Course
- Quality Online Teaching Series: Feedback Strategies for Your Online Course
- Quality Online Teaching Series: Managing the Online Teaching Workload
- Reflecting on Your Teaching and Professional Development
- Revising a Course
- Rubrics for Meaningful Evaluation and Assessment
- Scaffolding to Enhance Learning
- Strategies to End the Semester with Your Students
- Teaching with the Revised Bloom's Taxonomy
- Universal Design for Learning: Part I - Multiple Means of Engagement
- Universal Design for Learning: Part II - Multiple Means of Representation
- Universal Design for Learning: Part III Multiple Means of Action and Expression
- Using Advance Organizers to Help Students Construct Meaning
- Ways to Group and Partner Students
- Writing Goals and Objectives
Blackboard Programs
Basic Blackboard Workshop Topics:
- Blackboard I: Introduction to Blackboard
- Blackboard II: Building Your Blackboard Course
- Blackboard Open Lab
- Introduction to Blackboard Communities
Intermediate Blackboard Workshop Topics:
- Assessing Student Learning with Blackboard Tests and Surveys
- Blackboard Assessment Tools
- Blackboard Communication Tools
- Blackboard's Portfolio Tool
- Blogs, Wikis and Journals: New Ways to Collaborate and Communicate with Students in Blackboard
- Calculating Final Grades with the Blackboard Grade Center
- Characteristics of Effective Discussion Boards
- Creating and Sustaining Groups in Blackboard
- Creative Uses of Video in your Blackboard Course
- End-Of-Semester Considerations for Your Blackboard Course
- Facilitating Small Group Discussion Online Using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Breakout Groups
- Hidden Gems of Blackboard: Things You Never Knew Blackboard Could Do!
- Interactive Rubrics: Providing Consistent and Quality Feedback in Blackboard Courses
- Intro to Live Online Classes Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Managing Students' Grades With Blackboard Grade Center
- Mobile Series: Designing a Mobile-Friendly Blackboard Course
- Mobile Series: Offering Mobile-Friendly Online Lectures Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Paperless Assessment of Student Performance with Blackboard Tools
- Personalizing the "Look" of Your Blackboard Course
- Preview of New Features Coming to Blackboard
- Sharing Your Computer Screen during an Online Lecture Using Blackboard Collaborate
- Student Collaboration with Blackboard Groups
- Submitting Final Grades Automatically from Blackboard to MyNIU
- Supporting Student Success with the Blackboard Retention Center
- Tips for Assessing Student Learning Using Blackboard
- Tips for Communicating Effectively Using Blackboard
- Tips for Effective Group Collaborations in Blackboard
- Tips for Engaging Online Sessions with Blackboard Collaborate
- Tips for Teaching Online with Blackboard
- Tracking Student Learning Outcomes in Blackboard
- Using the Blackboard Content Collection to Manage Your Course Content
- Using Blackboard Goals and Alignments
- Using Lynda.com in Your Blackboard Course
Advanced Blackboard Workshop Topics:
Technology Programs
Basic Technology Workshop Topics:
- Adding Video to Your Blackboard Course Using the Helix Media Library
- Clickers in the Classroom
- Collaborating Using Microsoft OneDrive
- Creating Instructional Videos with Your Mobile Device
- Creating Interactive Videos to ‘Up’ Student Engagement
- Designing and Delivering Effective PowerPoint Presentations
- Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Audio
- Design Tools Series for Online Instruction: Screencasting
- Electronic Feedback to Enhance Teaching and Learning
- Emerging Technologies for Online Teaching
- Free Software Tools for the Classroom
- Online Multimedia Sampler
- Prezi: Move Beyond Slides to Create Amazing Presentations
- Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities
- Screencasting to Facilitate Learning Opportunities for Mac
- The Use of Social Media in the Workplace
- Trello: Project Management for the Classroom
- Using PowerPoint to Engage and Motivate Students
Intermediate Technology Workshop Topics:
- Getting Started with Adobe Presenter
- Recording Lectures with Microsoft PowerPoint
- Recording Lectures with Office Mix
- Redesigning Course Materials for Online Delivery
- Teaching with Infographics
- Tips for Teaching with Blogs
- Using Office 365 Groups to Enhance Student Collaboration
Advanced Technology Workshop Topics:
- Mac Series: Quick and Easy Video Editing Using iMovie
- Moving Beyond the Basics of Adobe Presenter
- Tips for Successful Virtual Class Sessions
Last Updated: 12/7/2016
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