Instructional Technology faculty workshops coming up in May
Who: Instructional Technology Services
What: Faculty workshops
When: The week of May 17
Where: LIB 222 or Lommen 201
Listed below are the dates, topics and descriptions of the workshops that are being planned. Please go to the URL listed below to sign up for the workshops of your choice.
http://survey.mnstate.edu/limesurvey/index.php?sid=47745&newtest=Y
May 17th:
SoftChalk Face to Face 10-11 am, Tony Huseby, LIB 222
Workshop Description: Learn the basics of a content creation tool that allows you to create professional looking content and deliver it in a variety of ways. An easy to use application, SoftChalk puts only the tools necessary to create exciting, interactive content for your web-based documents and courses in the hands of instructors and content experts. Mobility of content is the big advantage to using SoftChalk which allows work to be used with popular IMS applications such as Desire2Learn and Moodle as well as posted to a website or burned to CD.
Respondus Face to Face 1-2 pm – Tony Huseby, Lommen 201
Workshop Description: Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Desire2Learn, Moodle, and other eLearning systems. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one eLearning system to another. Whether you are a veteran of online testing or relatively new to it, Respondus will save you hours on each project and keep your question bank mobile for a variety of uses.
May 18th:
Respondus Face to Face 10-11 am – Tony Huseby, LIB 222
Workshop Description: Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed to paper or published directly to Desire2Learn, Moodle, and other eLearning systems. Exams can be created offline using a familiar Windows environment, or moved from one eLearning system to another. Whether you are a veteran of online testing or relatively new to it, Respondus will save you hours on each project and keep your question bank mobile for a variety of uses.
SoftChalk Face to Face 1-2 pm – Tony Huseby, LIB 222
Workshop Description: Learn the basics of a content creation tool that allows you to create professional looking content and deliver it in a variety of ways. An easy to use application, SoftChalk puts only the tools necessary to create exciting, interactive content for your web-based documents and courses in the hands of instructors and content experts. Mobility of content is the big advantage to using SoftChalk which allows work to be used with popular IMS applications such as Desire2Learn and Moodle as well as posted to a website or burned to CD.
May 19th:
Moodle Face to Face 9-11 am – Tony Huseby, Lommen 201
Workshop Description: This workshop provides an overview of the Moodle instructional management system. Topics covered include basic course settings, an overview of ways to use Moodle to communicate with your students (chat, news, discussion forums, calendar), assess their work (assignment dropboxes, gradebook), and to provide opportunities for collaboration (wiki, blog, glossary, database, choice, creating groups).
Desire2Learn (Getting Started) face to face 1-3 pm – Jane Melander, Lommen 201
Workshop Description: Learn how to get started offering your course materials and activities online using the IMS system Desire2Learn. Review the steps to request a development course to use as your template, request your course shell for the next semester’s session, add content to your course, set up your gradebook, and activate your course at the beginning of the semester. As time permits, and based on participant input, we will also cover advanced topics such as how to create quizzes, small group discussions, and surveys, in addition to tips on using the dropbox, completing end of semester activities, and best practices for delivering online or blended course materials.
May 20th:
Desire2Learn (Getting Started) Face to Face 9-11 am – Jane Melander, Lib 222
Workshop Description: Same as above
Moodle face to face 1-3 pm – Tony Huseby, Lib 222
Workshop Description: Same as above