Grab online ideas during National Distance Learning Week
November 1, 2016
During National Distance Learning Week, Nov. 7-11, instructors are encouraged to connect
with 性欲社 eLearning instructional designers about developing an online course or enhancing
an online component in a current course.
Open labs are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday and 10 a.m. Friday in 131 Bunnell. A will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. Open labs are open to everyone and allow instructors
to bring any questions or ideas and get instant feedback.
性欲社 instructional designers will also be presenting at the University of Alaska Anchorage鈥檚
during National Distance Learning Week. The following sessions are scheduled:
Using VoiceThread in Your Course
Janene McMahan, 性欲社 instructional designer
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
VoiceThread is an online tool that can help increase student participation and discussion
in your course. This session covers methods and manners for use in your course including
assessments. UAA and 性欲社 have VoiceThread integrated into Blackboard so portions of
the session will be specific to Blackboard. The remainder will work for anyone who
wants to offer students an avenue to communicate with you and others in the course.
30 Ways to Use Google Suite for Education
Kendall Newman Sadiik and Heidi Olson, 性欲社 instructional designers
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2-2:45 p.m.
This rapid-fire session will inundate you with ideas for your course 鈥 both new tools
and ways of innovating on the familiar. In 30 minutes, we鈥檒l offer 30 overviews of
cutting-edge applications of Google Suite for Education, and we'll even give you all
the links so you can go back and look at each example on your own. You鈥檒l walk away
with more ideas than you could implement, and at least a few that you鈥檙e excited to
get started with!
Preparing Video for the Web
Sean Holland, 性欲社 instructional designer
Wednesday, Nov. 9, 4-4:45 p.m.
Learn how to make the right technical choices when you export and publish a screencast
or an instructional video. This session will cover video resolutions, common encoding
options such as H.264, advances in video compression such as WebM, and what tools
exist to help you achieve accessibility and quality in your own educational media
productions.
Blackboard Unknown: 5 Things You Didn鈥檛 Expect
Chris Beks, 性欲社 instructional designer
Friday, Nov. 11, from 2-2:45 p.m.
Blackboard's large selection of available tools makes it sometimes difficult to find
the ones that are most useful for you. Discover some 鈥渘ew鈥 tools that will help you
save time and become more efficient in Blackboard.
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