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| Sept 2 |
What's New in Instructional Technology: We have many "new" tools for you to use this year. Come to this session for a show-and-tell and group discussion about the following "new" goodies:
- Blackboard Enterprise Edition (course management system)
- Turn It In Building Block (check originality of work, mark-up papers for grading, which integrates with Blackboard)
- Classroom Clickers (audience response system which integrates with Blackboard)
- LockDown Browser ("lock down" your online assessments, also integrates with Bb).
- StudyMate (create 10 different styles of "games" or activities for your students, also integrates with Bb).
- Mimio Interactive Whiteboard (captures work written on your classroom whiteboard into graphic format AND interact with the computer via the whiteboard)
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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| Sept 3 |
Blackboard for Dummies: Come learn  how to set up a Blackboard classroom, put your materials on the Internet, communicate online with students, and even evaluate their performance.
Discover how to
* Navigate the Blackboard environment
* Customize your course menu
* Add and organize course materials
* Give online assignments
* Conduct online discussions and chat rooms
* Keep track of grades
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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| Sept 4 |
Blackboard Grade Center: One of THEE most exciting tools in the new Blackboard System, the Grade Center includes many new tools that instructors can use to support improved student learning.
In this workshop we will discuss and practice strategies for setting up a Grade Center. Topics include organizing the Grade Center, adding, modifying and deleting items, weighting grades, changing the grade display option, adding comments to a grade, using Smart Views and viewing the Grade History (see additional topics listed below). If you have used the Bb Gradebook in the past, you may be interested in some of the new features. If you have never used the Gradebook, this would be a good time to learn what the new Grade Center is all about.
· Grade Center categories
· weighting grades and custom calculations
· select Grade Center views
· drop grades
· import/export Grade Center data
· inline editing of grades
· extra credit
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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Before the Start of Term Trainings:
During the two weeks before the term begins, the following face-to-face training events are available.
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| Sept 8 |
What's New in Instructional Technology: We have many "new" tools for you to use this year. Come to this session for a show-and-tell and group discussion about the following "new" goodies:
- Blackboard Enterprise Edition (course management system)
- Turn It In Building Block (chek originality of work, mark-up papers for grading, which integrates with Blackboard)
- Classroom Clickers (audience response system which integrates with Blackboard)
- LockDown Browser ("lock down" your online assessments, also integrates with Bb).
- StudyMate (create 10 different styles of "games" or activities for your students, also integrates with Bb).
- Mimio Interactive Whiteboard (captures work written on your classroom whiteboard into graphic format AND interact with the computer via the whiteboard)
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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| Sept 9 |
Better Living with Technology: This training is designed for new full-time faculty at COCC. At this session, we will cover:
- Usernames & Passwords to Our Systems
- Banner Basics
- Email
- Email access & "tricks"
- Blackboard Introduction
- Reaching the Network from Off Campus
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200A, 1:00 to 2:30
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| Sept 15 |
Blackboard Grade Center: One of THEE most exciting tools in the new Blackboard System, the Grade Center includes many new tools that instructors can use to support improved student learning.
In this workshop we will discuss and practice strategies for setting up a Grade Center. Topics include organizing the Grade Center, adding, modifying and deleting items, weighting grades, changing the grade display option, adding comments to a grade, using Smart Views and viewing the Grade History (see additional topics listed below). If you have used the Bb Gradebook in the past, you may be interested in some of the new features. If you have never used the Gradebook, this would be a good time to learn what the new Grade Center is all about.
· Grade Center categories
· weighting grades and custom calculations
· select Grade Center views
· drop grades
· import/export Grade Center data
· inline editing of grades
· extra credit
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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| Sept 18 |
Better Living with Technology: This training is designed for part-time faculty at COCC. At this session, we will cover:
- Usernames & Passwords to Our Systems
- Banner Basics
- Email
- Email access & "tricks"
- Blackboard Introduction
- Reaching the Network from Off Campus
Location: Pioneer 200A
Time: 5:30 to 7:30
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| Sept 19 |
Marking-Up Assignments (GradeMark) & Rubrics: Now, in Blackboard, you can mark up student papers/assignments using Turn It In's GradeMark tool. You can also grade assignments using rubrics you create in Turn It In. All of the grades you mark display directly to the Bb Grade Center. You have GOT to see this! I am certain many will want to use it!
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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During Term Daily Training Events:
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| Sept 24 |
Blackboard for Dummies: Come learn how to set up a Blackboard classroom, put your materials on the Internet, communicate online with students, and even evaluate their performance.
Discover how to
* Navigate the Blackboard environment
* Customize your course menu
* Add and organize course materials
* Give online assignments
* Conduct online discussions and chat rooms
* Keep track of grades
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Metolius 214, 3:00 to 4:00
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| Sept 26 |
Blackboard Grade Center: See description above.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: PIO200D, 2:00 to 4:00
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| October 3 |
Blackboard Grade Center: See description above.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: PIO200D, 9:00 to 11:00
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October 3
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Blackboard Grade Center: See description above.
Presenter: Peter Casey
Location: PIO200D, 2:00 to 4:00
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| October 10 |
GradeMark: Learn how to mark your papers and create and use rubrics ELECTONICALLY!
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: PIO200D, 9:00 to 10:00
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| October 10 |
Cricket Clicker Audience-Response System: Learn how to use clickers with your students so that you can receive their input/responses during lectures.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: PIO200D, 2:00 to 3:00
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On-Demand Training (ones you can watch at any time):
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Office 2007 Software Applications (Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Outlook, Project): At times that fit in YOUR schedule, you may want to watch recorded training sessions on how to use the various Office 2007 software applications.
Please visit: Atomic Learning (if you are on campus, you won't have to log in...you'll automatically be recognized). Additional tutorials are available from Microsoft at: http://programs.cocc.edu/Microsoft+Products/default.aspx and click on the hyperlink to the software application of your choice. There, you will find links to many excellent tutorials (created by MicroSoft...the experts in the products) to watch at your convenience.
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Blackboard Assessment Tools: Learn how to place assessments in Blackboard. We will cover quiz reaction and survey creation AND the LockDown Browser.
The LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. When students user LockDown Browser, they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL (unless you have given permission for them to visit another URL) or access other applications (unless you have given permission for them to visit a specific document in an application). When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 10:30
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FrontPage to Community Web Training & Work Session: At this session we will discuss options and ideas to help users migrate content from FrontPage / Expressions Web over to COCC's . NET Community System.
Presenter: Scott Paulson
Back-up "Singers": Barbara Klett & Scott Donnell
Location: TBD
Time: 1:00 to 2:00
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SMART Ideas - Concept Mapping Software (view the recording of the session): Learn how to use a new software to COCC that helps you:
- Present information from a variety of perspectives using the diagram, outline, global or presentation views.
- Use interactive clip art, connectors, patterns and images to bring ideas to life and encourage creative thinking.
- Enhance lessons using multilevel maps and multimedia tools.
SynchronEYES (view the recording of the session): This classroom management software connects the instructor's computer with every computer in the networked classroom. This software helps you keep students focused on learning and redirect their attention if they go off track. You can communicate, monitor, or collaborate with students individually or as a group.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 10:15 to 11:45
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Adobe CONNECT Professional: Learn how to record your class lectures, record tutorials or help videos, and how to hold meetings (e.g., office hours, department meetings, group meetings) in an online environment using Adobe Connect Professional. You will be amazed! This is my #1 favorite new item we have available at COCC this year! Adobe Connect is the replacement tool for Elluminate Live!.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 10:30
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Turn It In / GradeMark & Originality Reporting Tools: Classes have started and you are needing to mark papers. Come and learn how to use Turn It In to mark students' work, online. This is a wonderful tool! We will also cover the Originality Reporting Tool in Turn It In.
View the GradeMark Recording.
View the Originality Report Recording.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200D, 9:00 to 10:30
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StudyMate: (I have a GREAT recording from this session, but I'll need to email you the link, for licensing information is included in the recording, and that isn't available for the "public" to view. So, email me if you'd like to see the recording of this session) Learn how to use this authoring tool that creates Flash-based activities and games using three simple templates. The Flash activities can be published directly to Blackboard courses.
Presenter: Barbara Klett
Location: Pioneer 200C, 9:00 to 10:30 |