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Workshops

June workshops are coming... see below

Check out the selection opportunities for June 2009.  So much better than grading, planting your garden, or even teaching that summer school class.

Workshops will be located in the Bethel University Library Computer Classroom, HC level 3.

Please request a one-on-one or small group session with a Faculty Consultant or a Reference Librarian if no workshops are scheduled to meet your needs or if you reside outside the Twin Cities area. Reference Librarians are available in the IC Monday - Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Faculty Consultants are available in the IC Monday - Friday 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Saturday 12:00 - 3:00 p.m. Individual appointments can be scheduled to meet your needs.

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June 2009 Workshops - June 1 - 10

------->>>Register for one (or all) Technology Workshop(s)

Monday, June 1

10am - 12  - Basic Blackboard for Instructors

Blackboard can seem to be a very daunting tool for either new instructors or those that use it only occasionally.  This workshop will attempt to take the mystique out of Blackboard by inviting participants to "build out" an upcoming course using the basic built in Blackboard tools. Those who wish can bring their lunch and continue working with their course over the lunch hour with the faculty consultant leading the workshop.

Monday, June 1

1pm - 3pm  - Basic Web Design for Instructors

Since every Blackboard course is really a little website, it is important for instructors to have some basic knowledge of web design principles. This workshop will be geared for beginners, and will explore topics such as “how the Web works,” “best practices for organizing a website (or course-site) and working with graphics/photos and documents,” and “a few HTML tags that will make your life soooo much easier.”

Tuesday, June 2

10am - 12 Anatomy of an online course

This session will review what makes an effective online course using examples from recently taught online and blended learning classes taught at Bethel

Tuesday, June 2

1pm - 3pm - Creating online "lectures" using Audio PowerPoints and Adobe Presenter

Ever thought it might be nice for students to have already heard your lecture before they come to class, so you have more time for interaction? Or are you a hybrid or online instructor looking for an easy, effective way to create sharp content for your courses using tools and skills you already possess? This workshop will teach you how to use PowerPoint and Adobe Presenter (an add-on that Bethel supports) to create high-quality web-ready presentations for your courses.

Thursday, June 4

10am - 12 - Using the Blackboard Wikis and Blogs: Collaboration and Publishing in the (online) Classroom

Would you like learners to work together and still be able to monitor who is doing what?  Would you like to share student work within your class, but want original work?  This workshop will allow participants to build and interact using the  Teams LX Wiki and the Journal LX Blog wthin Blackboard  and consider how these tools can be used to enhance teaching and learning in blended and online classrooms.

Thursday, June 4

1pm - 2:30pm - RefWorks (Citation Manager) 

Doing research and need a better way to organize lists of articles and books? Need assistance with creating in-text citations and reference lists in the correct citation style? This workshop will familiarize you with a tool that will help you do it all!

Friday, June 5

1pm - 3pm - Transforming Face-To-Face Courses Into Online or Hybrid Courses

So you’ve just been informed that your beloved face-to-face course needs to be transformed into an online or hybrid course. Well, we feel your pain, but you probably need some helpful pointers more than just compassion. This workshop will help alleviate some of that pain by providing a combination of practical (i.e., “step-by-step”) and theoretical (i.e., “you’ll likely be even smarter than before you came”) options that will help you create a useful plan for a successful course migration.

Saturday, June 6

10am - 11am Synchronous online teaching and collaboration: Using Adobe Connect Virtual Classroom for online presentations, discussions, or virtual office hours 

Hands on session for becoming familiar with Bethel University's Adobe Connect virtual classroom and our new student collaboration and communication room. (Both f2f and ONLINE)

Online Workshop LINK

Monday, June 8

10am - 12  - Advanced Blackboard for Instructors

So you want to master Blackboard?  Has the grade center got you baffled.  Wonder what an "assignment", "scholar", "wiki", "blog", "menu", "discussion", "journal", "peer and self assessment" are all about.   This workshop will invite participants to use some of the more advanced features that can enhance the teaching and learning process in traditional to online courses.

Monday, June 8

1pm - 3pm - Transforming Face-To-Face Courses Into Online or Hybrid Courses

So you’ve just been informed that your beloved face-to-face course needs to be transformed into an online or hybrid course. Well, we feel your pain, but you probably need some helpful pointers more than just compassion. This workshop will help alleviate some of that pain by providing a combination of practical (i.e., “step-by-step”) and theoretical (i.e., “you’ll likely be even smarter than before you came”) options that will help you create a useful plan for a successful course migration. 

Tuesday, June 9

1pm - 3pm  - Basic Web Design for Instructors

Since every Blackboard course is really a little website, it is important for instructors to have some basic knowledge of web design principles. This workshop will be geared for beginners, and will explore topics such as “how the Web works,” “best practices for organizing a website (or course-site) and working with graphics/photos and documents,” and “a few HTML tags that will make your life soooo much easier.”

Wednesday, June 10

10am - 12 - Audacity: Adding audio to discussions, lectures, and podcasts

This workshop will teach the participants how to use audacity to create a simple component for online lectures or just adding some audio spice to those textual discussion boards.

Wednesday, June 10

1pm - 3pm - Creating online "lectures" using Audio PowerPoints and Adobe Presenter

Ever thought it might be nice for students to have already heard your lecture before they come to class, so you have more time for interaction? Or are you a hybrid or online instructor looking for an easy, effective way to create sharp content for your courses using tools and skills you already possess? This workshop will teach you how to use PowerPoint and Adobe Presenter (an add-on that Bethel supports) to create high-quality web-ready presentations for your courses.

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