2012-2013 Center for Teaching and Learning Calendar of Events

Spring 2012 Faculty Workshops Co-Sponsored by the Center for Online Learning and the Center for Teaching and Learning

TeaTeTea D2L Overview - Basic

Teaching Online Colloquia

D2L Overview - Basic

Using 3rd Party Tools to Expand the Range of Online Activities

D2L Overview - Intermediate

D2L Overview - Intermediate

Teaching Online Colloquia

Creating Quizzes - Beginning

Creating engaging activities with LodeStar

D2L Overview - Advanced

Teaching Onlie Colloquia

Teaching Online Spring Institute Pre-workshop

Teaching Online Spring Institute Workshop

February

D2L Overview - Basic (2 hours)

This workshop provides an overview of D2L navigation and tools for in-class, hybrid and online courses for instructors who are new to D2L.

Workshop includes:

Creating and editing modules and topics
Surveying D2L features such as news items, drop box, discussion forums, quizzing
and grading. Participants will be able to navigate to these items and describe their
funtion. (Hands-on work with these features is included in D2L Overview - Inter-
mediate) Direction sheets will be provided.

Presenter: Travis Morgan
Date: Feb. 2, 2012
Location: STP Lib. 321
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Teaching Online Colloquia

The colloquia present an opportunity for instructors to hear from other instructors who teach online. The colloquia are offered the second Wednesday of each month. This month’s colloquium features:

Creating instructor presence Leveraging audio; Reviewing good project development Questions and answers

Presenter: Renee Cedarberg
Date: Feb. 8, 2012
Location: STP New Main (NM) L212
Time: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

D2L Overview - Basic (2 hours)

This workshop provides an overview of D2L navigation and tools for in-class, hybrid and online courses for instructors who are new to D2L.

Workshop includes:

Creating and editing modules and topics.

Surveying D2DL features such as news items, drop box, discussion forums, quizzing and grading. Participants will be able to navigate to these items and describe their function. (Hands-on work with these features is included in D2L Overview – Intermediate)

Direction sheets will be provided.

Presenter: Aliou Toure
Date: Feb. 9, 2012
Location: MPLS M2500
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Using 3rd Party Tools to Expand the Range of Online Activities in D2L (2 hours)

This workshop explores free or inexpensive web 2.0 applications that instructors can embed in a D2L topic to engage students in a variety of ways. Instructors will learn how to find Web 2.0 applications that meet their needs and how to embed them in D2L. Although the Web 2.0 applications will vary, some of the current tools of interest include Prezi, VoiceThread and and ZebraZapps.

Presenter: Bob Bilyk
Date: Feb. 16, 2012
Location: STP Lib 321
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

March

D2L Overview – Intermediate (2 hours)

This workshop builds on the D2L Overview – Basic workshop.

Workshop includes hands-on creation and configuration of:

News items

Drop box

Discussion forums

Basic Quizzing

Basic Gradebook

Direction sheets will be provided.

Presenters: Chaitanya Raj, Divya Baireddy, and Mathew Nyamagwa
Date: Mar. 1, 2012
Location: STP Lib 321
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

D2L Overview – Intermediate (2 hours)

This workshop builds on the D2L Overview – Basic workshop.

Workshop includes hands-on creation and configuration of:

News items

Drop box

Discussion forums

Basic Quizzing

Basic Gradebook

Direction sheets will be provided.

Presenters: Luv Joshi and Aliou Toure
Date: Mar. 8, 2012
Location: MPLS M2500
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Teaching Online Colloquia

An opportunity for instructors to hear from other instructors who teach online. The colloquia are offered the second Wednesday of each month. This month’s colloquium features:

Using Jing to incorporate audio and video in an online class
Followed by QA

Presenter: Anne Aronson
Date: Mar. 14, 2012
Location: STPL NM L212
Time: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Creating Quizzes - Beginning (2 hours)

This hands-on workshop provides introductory information on how to create quizzes in D2L for in-class, hybrid or online courses. Instructors will see sample quizzes and can create their own quiz.

Presenter: Mathew Nyamagwa
Date: Mar. 15, 2012
Location: STPL SJH L11
Time: 2 to 4 p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Creating Engaging Activities with LodeStar ( 1day )

This workshop introduces instructors to creating interactive multimedia learning activities with the LodeStar eLearning authoring tool, licensed to all MnSCU faculty.

Presenter: Bob Bilyk
Date: Saturday, Mar. 17, 2012
Location: STPL Lib 312
Time: 9a.m. to 2:30 p.m. p.m.
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

April

D2l Overview - Advanced (2 hours)

This workshop builds on the D2L Overview – Intermediate workshop.

Workshop includes:

Uploading and editing files

Hands-on creation and/or advanced configuration of:

Rubrics

Intelligent agents

Discussion forums

Groups

Gradebook (weighted system versus point system, grading scheme, optional assignments)

Direction sheets will be provided.

Presenter: Mathew Nyamagwa
Date: April 5, 2012
Location: STPL Lib 321
Time: 2-4p.m..
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.

All workshops are free of charge.

Teaching Online Colloquia

An opportunity for instructors to hear from other instructors who teach online. The colloquia are offered the second Wednesday of each month. This month’s colloquium features:

Inquiry-based instruction using WebQuests Followed by QA

Presenter: Bob Bilyk
Date: April 11, 2012
Location: STPL NM L212
Time: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m..
Registration: For any of the workshops listed by sending an email to online.learning@metrostate.edu with the name of the workshop and the registrant.