Workshop « Center for Instructional Technology

(Hav) Using Respondus to Create Assessments

[ March 12, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Location: Haverhill Campus, Spurk Room C-204

Description: Respondus is a tool for creating and managing exams, quizzes and surveys. And can be imported directly to Blackboard.

Audience: Faculty who have at least basic experience with the Blackboard Quiz/Survey tool

Objectives:

create assessments with different question types (multiple choice, true/false, short answer and paragraph)
publish assessments you created into Blackboard move [...]

(Hav) Using Grading Forms in Blackboard

[ February 12, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Location: Haverhill Campus, Spurk, Room C-204

Description: Advanced workshop for Blackboard users that want to maximize the use of the grade book with the use of Grading Forms. Grading forms allows students to view ahead of time how they will be graded.

Audience:

Faculty and staff who have a Blackboard course that has graded assignments and/or assessments

Objectives:

Learn to [...]

(Law) Using Grading Forms in Blackboard

[ February 18, 2010; 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Location: Lawrence Campus, Room 106

Audience:

Faculty and staff who have a Blackboard course that has graded assignments and/or assessments

Objectives:

Learn to create [...]

(Law) PowerPoint Best Practices

[ April 29, 2010; 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Location: Lawrence Campus, Room 106

Description: Apply best practices for using PowerPoint. The focus is on the good practices to effectively deliver the message to the audience.

Audience: Faculty and staff who are interested in creating effective presentations and have experience with PowerPoint.

Objectives:

Create customized presentations with charts, graphs, clear images, or animations.
Apply pedagogical principles for maximum retention [...]

(Law) Advanced Settings in Blackboard

[ April 28, 2010; 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Location: Lawrence Campus, Franklin St, Room 106

Description:
Advanced workshop on how to personalize the course, set automatic release dates, show and hide content and backing up the course.

Audience:
Faculty and staff who have taken both the introductory and intermediate workshops or have extensive experience Blackboard in the past.

Objectives:

Show and hide content as needed
Use Release Criteria for files [...]

(Hav) Using the Blackboard Grade Book

[ April 23, 2010; 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] Location: Haverhill Campus, Spurk Room C-204

Description: Advanced workshop for Blackboard users that want to maximize the use of the grade book.

Audience: Faculty and staff who have a Blackboard course that has graded assignments and/or assessments

Objectives:

Learn grade book terminology
Create/edit columns
Show/Hide columns
Reorder columns
Enter/Override grades
Create a calculated column with a formula
View results in Student View tab
Export grade book [...]

(Hav) AuthorPoint Lite: Converting PowerPoint for the Web

[ April 1, 2010; 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. April 12, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Location: Lawrence Campus, Room 106
Description: Create a web friendly version of PowerPoint for easy viewing using the free software AuthorPOINT Lite.
Audience: Faculty and staff who would like to provide web versions of their presentations
Objectives: Create a Flash versions of PowerPoint presentations using AuthorPoint Lite
Send an email to distance@necc.mass.edu to sign up for this workshop.

(Hav) Interactive Activities with StudyMate

[ March 31, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Location: Haverhill Campus, Spurk Room C-204

Description:
StudyMate lets you create ten types of Flash-based activities and games using three simple templates. The Flash activities can be used and be published directly to WebCT. StudyMate will import items from MS Word files and publisher test banks, making it easy to create interesting, interactive activities from existing content. [...]

(Law) Using Media Manager

[ March 9, 2010; 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. ] Location: Lawrence Campus, Franklin St Room L-106

Description:
Introductory workshop on using the NECC streaming media server to store your Windows audio and video files.

Audience:
Faculty and staff who have audio and video to use in a Blackboard course, or web site.

Objectives:

(Hav) Clickers: Classroom Response Systems

[ March 8, 2010; 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] Location: Haverhill Campus, Spurk Room C-204

Description:
Introductory workshop on the Clickers system. Learn how to set up the system and incorporate this technology in your classroom.

Audience:
Faculty and staff who have basic knowledge of Word and PowerPoint.

Objectives:

Create interactive presentations in CPS for PowerPoint
Set up your class for the CPS Response System.

Send an email to distance@necc.mass.edu [...]

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