July Professional Development
Workshops brought to you by the Office of Electronic and Continuing Education.
Online Workshops via WebEx
To register, go to nsula.webex.com. Attendees are encouraged to have a working microphone to fully benefit from the sessions.
Educational Video
In this workshop, you will be introduced to best practices for choosing and creating video resources and implementing them in your course. We will also cover how to ensure that your video content is accessible for all learners.
Wednesday, July 1, 2 – 3 pm
Thursday, July 16, 10 – 11 am
Webex Personal Room
Your Webex Personal Room is a valuable tool for engaging with online students. In this workshop, you will learn how to open and run your personal room either as a one-on-one meeting option as well as an open office for online classes. You will also be introduced to some unique features of the room that are different from the standard training sessions.
Monday, July 6, 2 – 3 pm
Tuesday, July 14, 10 – 11 am
PowerPoint Recording
Would you like an easy (and free) tool to make your lecture presentations more engaging to your students? PowerPoint is now equipped with valuable tools to record lectures, and add video and interactive content, such as quiz questions or web sites, to any presentation. In this workshop, you will learn how to record using PowerPoint.
Wednesday, July 8, 10 – 11 am
Monday, July 20, 2 – 3 pm
Stream
Stream is the video library system available through Office365. Learn how to upload videos to your library, add interactivity, share with your courses, and caption your video content.
Friday, July 10, 10 – 11 am
Tuesday, July 21, 10 – 11 am
New! Course Design Best Practices
In this one-hour workshop, you will be presented with an overview of course design best practices. We will briefly discuss the main principles outlined in the Quality Matters rubric that, if followed, will ensure the best experience for online students. We will also introduce you to our other, more detailed workshops that explore specific standards.
Wednesday, July 15, 2 – 3 pm
Excel: Organizing Your Data
Have data in Excel that is overwhelming? Learn how to organize your data so it can be more manageable. Topics include: importing data from other Excel files and other file types such as CSV and TXT files, text to columns, removing duplication, sorting and custom sorting by multiple columns, filtering, creating subtotals, and copying/moving worksheets within and out of a workbook.
Wednesday, July 15, 2 – 3 pm
New! Teams Meetings
Microsoft Teams includes a synchronous meeting platform that is very similar to Webex, but includes some features of particular interest to instructors who regularly record their meetings to share with students. We will demonstrate the tools for scheduling, running, and recording Microsoft Teams Meetings. We will also compare the platform to Webex and discuss similarities and differences between the two meeting systems.
Wednesday, July 22, 2 – 3 pm
Wednesday, July 29, 10 – 11 am
Sharing Content in Moodle
In this workshop, we will demonstrate how to link and share videos and files stored in VIC, Stream, and OneDrive to your Moodle Courses. We will show you how to share content effectively and efficiently in your courses.
Thursday, July 23, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Thursday, July 23, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Accessible Documents
Accessibility has become a hot topic in online education and is now a required element of a course reviewed using the Quality Matter standards. Join us in this workshop and you will learn how to create accessible documents in Word and Adobe Acrobat. We will also cover some accessible elements within Moodle.
Tuesday, July 28, 2 – 3 pm
Flipgrid
Are you looking for a new tool to help engage your learners in class? Flipgrid is an online discussion forum application, free to educators, that allows students to record video responses to discussion prompts. These video discussions can be embedded within your Moodle class and offer an alternative to written discussion posts. Join us as we demonstrate how to set up Grids and share them in Moodle course shells.
Thursday, July 30, 10 – 11 am
Moodle Fundamentals
In this workshop, we will cover the breadth of available options within the LMS and demonstrate the basic tools needed for implementing a Moodle course.
Thursday, July 30, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Thursday, July 30, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
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To register for courses via WebEx:
- Go to nsula.webex.com and sign in.
- Click on the Search Bar at the top of the page and enter the name of the session you would like to attend. Click Show More Results to see all listings.
- Click the name of the session you want to attend and then click Register.
- Complete the registration.
You will receive an email confirmation after you have registered with the link you will use to join the session.
Use our Feedback Form to submit questions, comments, workshop requests, or to set up a one-on-one consultation. We look forward to connecting with you!
