Workshops and Professional Development Sessions

2022 SPRING

Jan. 7, 2022 – 12:00-1:00 pm:  Walkthrough of all CofC academic application and how they can help you

This session will be a quick walkthrough of all of the applications CofC “owns” that may help you and your students in the teaching and learning process.  I’ll talk about each application and how you can use it.  We won’t have time to learn that software but it will give you the information you need to decide if it’s right for you.

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Jan. 14, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm:  OAKS Tips & Tricks

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Jan. 21, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Using the CofC Library’s Special Collections in your Teaching

conducted by Mary Jo Fairchild, Research Services Coordinator of Special Collections and Archives and Kelly Kerbow Hudson, Director of Special Collections and Archives

Learn how to incorporate the College of Charleston’s Special Collections into your teaching. Kelly Kerbow Hudson, Director of Special Collections and Archives, will walk you through the resources we have and how you and your students can take advantage of them.

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Jan. 28, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Top Trends in Education 2022

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Feb. 4, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Successful Group Work

Learn some tips and tricks for creating successful groups for group work in your teaching.  These tips come from years of working with CofC faculty and learning what works best in our environment.

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Feb. 11, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Qualtrics in Research (IN PERSON)

conducted by Xiushan Jiang

Learn how to use Qualtics for your research.  It will cover creating surveys but also how to use the reporting to analyze your data.

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Feb. 18, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Incorporating Student Choice

 

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Feb. 25, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Getting your students to think  deeply with the Question Formulation Technique

The Question Formulation Technique (QFT) is a strategy to encourage students to question more deeply and to look at a problem in a new and different way.

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Mar 4, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Discussions about discussions

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Mar 18, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: TBD

  

Mar 25, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Work with Assignment submission views in OAKS

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Apr. 1, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: TBD

  

Apr. 8, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Evaluating your Online Class

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Apr. 15, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: TBD

  

Apr. 22, 2022 – 12:00-1:00pm: Universal Design for Learning

conducted by various faculty who participated in a 2022 Professional Learning Club
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2021 FALL

Oct. 8, 2021 – 12:00-1:00 pm:  Improving Student Engagement

Do students appear to be engaged and motivated to learn in your class?  Whether you are teaching in the classroom, online or hybrid, you want to ensure your students are engaged in your class and motivated to learn.  In this course, we will discuss several strategies that might help to increase student engagement and motivation including ARCS, the 6 C’s and ways to make learning more fun.  Come prepared to share some of your own classroom experiences.

WATCH RECORDING: Improving Student Engagement Workshop

Oct. 15, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm:  Creating Student Learning Objects using Lumi & H5P

Learn to create interactive learning objects that you can use to help your students learn, engage them, and test their knowledge.  Lumi and H5P work together to allow you to quickly and easily create these learning objects that can be used in and out of OAKS.

 WATCH RECORDING: Creating Student Learning Objects using Lumi & H5P

Oct. 22, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Recording your classes with PURPOSE

Recording zoom sessions efficiently, both teaching fully online and hybrid. Recording your classes can benefit you in the future.

 WATCH RECORDING: Recording your classes with PURPOSE

Oct. 29, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Tricks and Treats in Zoom

Learn how to do closed captioning and transcript options in zoom. Share other tricks and treats you’ve learned!

 WATCH RECORDING: Tricks and Treats in Zoom

Nov. 5, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Best Practices in Assessment

Let’s explore some new possibilities for assessments together. We’ll focus on current, best practices such as formative assessment, active learning, and higher order thinking skills. We can also share your successes and ask for advice.

 WATCH RECORDING: Best Practices in Assessment

Nov. 12, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Customize your Online Classes

Learn some useful and fun tips and tricks within OAKS to enhance your abilities to customize your online class

 CANCELLED: Due to lack of attendance

Nov. 19, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Creating Quick Google Forms for your Teaching

Learn how to use Google Forms to easily and quickly create study guides, choose your own adventures, etc.

 WATCH RECORDING: Creating Quick Google Forms for your Teaching

Dec. 3, 2021 – 12:00-1:00pm: Ideas for Deterring Cheating

 In this session we will explore ideas on how to prevent cheating on tests, quizzes and exams.  We will talk about question types, randomization, Turnitin, and Respondus Lockdown browser.  Please come prepared to share your ideas, too!

 WATCH RECORDING: Ideas for Deterring Cheating

 

 

 

 

 

OAKS Grade Submissions to Banner Workshops

Learn how to submit your grades from your OAKS Grade book directly into Banner for Final Grade Submission.

All workshops will be online via Zoom.  Please use the Registration button to sign up for a session.  All sessions are identical and will cover how to prepare your grade book and submit your MIDTERM grades from OAKS to Banner.

TLT is holding NINE (9) Zoom training sessions from Sept. 23 – Oct. 6.  You can sign up for one of these sessions at https://events.zoom.us/e/organizations/QuNp_SJKS4GQ9vvFgtmLbA 

 

 

 PAST WORKSHOPS

 

OAKS Bootcamp Workshops

Beginner and Advanced workshops to improve your use of OAKS, CofC’s learning management system (lms).

 

  • 8/9 (Mon) 9:00-10:00 – What’s New in OAKS – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3jAvzPP
  • 8/9 (Mon) 11:15-12:15 – Getting Started with OAKS (BEGINNER) – no recording available
  • 8/9 (Mon) 12:30-1:30 – Content (BEGINNER) – 12:30pm – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/2VGD7bA 
  • 8/9 (Mon) 2:00-3:00 – Content (ADVANCED) – 2:00pm – no recording available
  • 8/10 (Tue) 9:00-10:00 – VoiceThread Assignments (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: COMING SOON!
  • 8/10 (Tue) 11:00-12:00 – Adapting Online OAKS to F2F Teaching (EVERYONE) – no recording available
  • 8/10 (Tue) 12:30-1:30 – Discussions (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/2U80omj 
  • 8/10 (Tue) 2:00-3:00 – Groups (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: no recording available
  • 8/11 (Wed) 9:00-10:00 – Rubrics (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3Dk3Xr6
  • 8/11 (Wed) 11:00-12:00 – Assignments (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/2W1kJdV
  • 8/11 (Wed) 12:30-1:30 – Turnitin for Assignments (BEGINNER) – no recording available
  • 8/11 (Wed) 2:00-3:00 – Akindi for Bubble Tests (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3AqIBGq
  • 8/12 (Thu) 9:00-10:00 – Quizzes (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/2ULdGFs
  • 8/12 (Thu) 11:00-12:00 – Quizzes (ADVANCED) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3yiAt9e
  • 8/12 (Thu) 12:30-1:30 – Intelligent Agents (ADVANCED) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3yTwMIs
  • 8/12 (Thu) 2:00-3:00 – Customizing your OAKS Course (ADVANCED) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3AGncZJ
  • 8/13 (Fri) 9:00-10:00 – Identifying At-Risk Students (EVERYONE) – Watch the recording: https://bit.ly/3CNkhAF
  • 8/13 (Fri) 11:00-12:00 – Attendance (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: COMING SOON!
  • 8/13 (Fri) 12:30-1:30 – Grade Book (BEGINNER) – Watch the recording: COMING SOON!
  • 8/13 (Fri) 2:00-3:00 – Outcomes-based Grading (ADVANCED) – Class cancelled