Instructional Technology Workshop Information

Due to space limitations registration is required for our workshops and faculty are given first priority in registration. Please email ITI@maryvillecollege.edu to make a reservation for any workshop you are interested in.

If you find that you would like to attend a workshop at the last minute, please call Denise at x8803 or Steve at x8802 to see if space is available. If no registration requests are received by 2pm on the day prior to a scheduled workshop, the workshop will not be offered on that date.

October Faculty Development Opportunities in Instructional Technology

The following workshops are offered to Maryville College faculty members for the month of October. Register for all workshops by emailing your request to iti@maryvillecollege.edu or directly to Steven James or Denise Beach.

 

Prevent Plagiarism with Turnitin and Blackboard

Learn to use Blackboard and Turnitin to encourage students to create original work. This powerful tool provides instructors with a quick and easy way to verify the originality of written work (including computer code) against a database of nearly 900,000,000 documents, and provides a report in a matter of seconds.

10/2/2006

10/3/2006

10/6/2006

10/18/2006

10/31/06

Monday

Tuesday

Friday

Wednesday

Tuesday

Noon

3:30 pm

Noon

3:30 pm

3:30 pm

ITC

ITC

ITC

ITC

ITC

Learning to Use Smart Classrooms

Learn how to teach in Smart Classrooms with confidence. This workshop will teach participants how Smart Classrooms work and show how to correct simple audio and video malfunctions that can impact teaching.

10/9/2006 

 Monday

Noon 

FAY 205

ePortfolios in Blackboard

An introduction to Blackboard's ePortfolio tool and the possibilities it holds for Maryville College

10/10/2006 

 Tuesday

 3:30

ITC

Monitoring Student Performance

Blackboard provides instructors with tools to create custom learning paths through course content. It also offers an at-a-glance view of students' online activity and performance in the class. This workshop features Adaptive Release, Performance Dashboard, and Review Status tools.

10/16/2006 

 Monday

 Noon

ITC

Getting Started with Blackboard: An Orientation for Beginners

For those unfamiliar with all things Blackboard, this workshop builds knowledge and skill at a gentle pace

 10/17/2006

 Tuesday

3:30 pm 

ITC

Managing Learning Objects

The Blackboard Academic Suite provides an effective way to collect, share, and discover educational content. This presentation will demonstrate how to drag and drop content into Blackboard and organize files into personal, course and institutional folders. It introduces capabilities such as sharing and workflow, tracking, and searching.

 10/23/2006

 Monday

Noon

ITC

Using the Online Gradebook in Blackboard

The online Gradebook in Blackboard is a powerful tool for encouraging students to be responsible for their progress in class. This workshop teaches faculty to exploit the features of the Gradebook to achieve course goals and encourage active learning.

 10/24/2006

 Tuesday

 3:30

ITC

Beginning Excel

Learn the basics of spreadsheets, cells, and formulas in Excel

 10/25/2006

 Wednesday

3:30 pm 

ITC

Encouraging Students to Participate in Class Discussions: Successful Strategies in Blackboard

Learn to use online quizzes, discussion boards and adaptive release of content to encourage student preparation and participation in class discussions

 10/30/2006

 Monday

Noon 

ITC

 

 

 

If you have any suggestions for workshops you would like to see offered in the future or if you would like to request a repeat of any listed workshop, please contact Denise Beach (x8803) or Steven James (x8802). We will make every effort to accomodate the interests of everyone when possible.