The Faculty Technology Center provides a range of workshops for faculty and staff in using a variety of technology tools to support instruction. Monthly workshops covering a range of tools include WebCT (beginner and advanced sessions), Elluminate Web Conferencing (beginner and advanced), Turning Point Clickers, and Turnitin. Specialty topic workshops include using ePortfolios, Web 2.0 technologies, and Podcasting. Workshops are provided by faculty and staff who have experience using the tools/applications. Best practice tips, case studies, and applications of how it is used are embedded in each workshop. If you have a tool that you would like to see provided in a future workshop, please feel free to e-mail the Faculty Technology Center at ftc@csun.edu
Academic Technology Training Class Descriptions
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We welcome opportunities to provide tailored training sessions for colleges and departments based on specific department need.
Please contact us at ftc@csun.edu to make arrangements for a tailored training session.
Elluminate Live! – Using a Synchronous Web Conferencing Environment (Introduction)
Hands–on introduction to Elluminate Live! real-time virtual environment for e-learning. This class will teach you how to schedule a session, imbed it in a LMS system, use audio, load PPT files, use whiteboard tools, test audio, and use polling for interaction. Best practice tips from faculty on effective use to increase interaction will be shared.
Instructor(s): Prof. Ashley Skyler & Kate Berggren. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
Elluminate Live! – Using Advanced Tools in a Web Conferencing Environment (Advanced) – Sessions are Held Online
Hands–on advanced workshop in Elluminate Live real–time virtual learning environment. This class will teach you how to use break–out rooms, web tours, and application sharing. This class will take place online. Make sure and test your audio before the session. Best practice tips from faculty will be shared.
ONLINE SESSIONS
Instructor(s): Prof. Ashley Skyler & Kate Berggren. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
Integrating Web Communication Technologies into your Curriculum
This workshop will demonstrate how the latest Web technology can be integrated into the classroom to help instructors better connect with their students. These technologies aim to facilitate communication, secure information sharing and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Concepts such as web-based communities, hosted services, and applications such as social– networking sites and video–sharing sites like YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, wikis, and blogs are a few examples of the types of technologies.
Instructor(s): Talin Saroukhanian & Hillary Kaplowitz. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
Moodle – First Look
Join us for a first look demonstration of Moodle, the University’s newly adopted Learning Management System. It contains activities and resources to support teaching and learning in an online environment.
Instructor(s): TBA. Class Length: 1 hour.
Moodle – Basics
Moodle is the University’s newly adopted Learning Management System (LMS). It contains activities and resources to support teaching and learning in an online environment. In this workshop, participants will learn how to set-up and navigate a Moodle Course site as well as how to add resources such as files and links to web pages.
Instructor(s): Cecile Bendavid. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
Moodle – Activities
Building on the material presented in Moodle Basics, this workshop will cover adding activities for communication, collaboration and assessment. This will include forums, quizzes, assignments and an introduction to the gradebook and activity logs. Completion of a Moodle Basics workshop or previous knowledge of Moodle is highly recommended to get the most from the Moodle Activities workshop.
Instructor(s): Cecile Bendavid. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
SoftChalk Lesson Builder – Introduction
Hands–on workshop turning a small section of your course content into a useable SofChalk module. Learn how to make interactive web pages, self–assessment quizzes, pop–up annotations, and interactive learning games. Prior to the session, visit the Online Instruction Faculty webpage at http://www.csun.edu/~webteach/faculty, enter your Userame and Password and download Lesson Builder. Bring your laptop and some concrete lesson content (PPT notes or Word documents) to the session.
Instructor(s): Rachel Friedman-Narr & Sally Spencer. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
Turning Point Clickers: New User
Clickers are student response systems used to foster interaction with students in the classroom by using response pads to reply to faculty questions. Results are recorded and can be displayed by the instructor in real time. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of using Clickers in their classroom including setting up the hardware, creating polling slides, generating participant lists, running classroom sessions and using the reporting tools. This workshop is appropriate for new users as well as faculty considering adopting Clickers.
Instructor(s): TBA. Class Length: 2.0 hours.
Turning Point Clickers: Advanced
This workshop is geared to toward faculty who have been using Turning Point Response System Clickers in their classrooms. In this workshop, participants will learn about inserting objects, priority ranking, comparative links, competitions, data slicing and demographic comparisons, more complex reporting functions and session management as well as an introduction to the test taking functionality available through Testing Point. Additional topics will be geared toward the participants with ample time for questions.
Instructor(s): TBA. Class Length: 2.0 hours.
Turning Point Clickers for the Mac
Bring your own laptop to this Clickers training geared especially for Mac users using the Turning Point Anywhere software. In this workshop, participants will learn the basics of using Clickers in their classroom including setting up the hardware, creating polling questions, generating participant lists, running classroom sessions and using the reporting tools. This workshop is appropriate for new users as well as faculty considering adopting Clickers.
Instructor(s): TBA. Class Length: 2.0 hours.
Turnitin – Check Your Student’s Work for Originality (Beginner)
Have you ever wondered if your student’s work was plagiarized/original? Hands–on introduction to Turnitin: Learn how to set up an account, check student’s work for improper citation or plagiarism, how to edit and grade papers online. General tips from faculty on effective use will be shared.
Instructor(s): Prof. Pat Swenson & Nancy Taylor. Class Length: 1.0 hour.
WebCT 4.1 – Introduction
WebCT is an e–learning tool which offers a wide range of options. This course is for Faculty who want to learn about and how to utilize a courseware product containing 20 online teaching tools.
Instructor(s): Kate Berggren, Barry Cleveland, Angie Giordano, Ashley Skylar or Anne Cleveland. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
WebCT 4.1 – Using Assessment Tools (Intermediate)
Hands–on intermediate workshop using the assessment tools in WebCT. Learn how to create quizzes (M/C, T/F, matching, and essay), use quiz settings, grade essay items, post grades online, and use the assignment drop-box. Faculty tips on effective use of the assessment tools will be shared.
Instructor(s): Prof. Ashley Skylar. Class Length: 1.5 hours.
WebCT 4.1 – Using Communication Tools (Intermediate)
Hands–on workshop in using the threaded discussion board and chat room in WebCT. Faculty tips on facilitating a chat using the chat rooms (Rooms 1–4, Main) and structuring a threaded discussion in WebCT will be shared. Rubrics for assessing student participation in a chat room and student postings to a discussion will be shared and discussed.
Instructor(s): Prof. Ashley Skylar. Class length 1.5 hours.
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