Faculty Technology Institute Workshops

Information Technology

We offer one workshop per track at 9 and 10:30 each day, break for lunch, and then host a general afternoon session open to everyone in the L&C community. Below is our schedule listed by track. For an overview, check out the daily schedule and for details see our workshop descriptions. We have four types of workshops: Hands-on training, discussion and demonstration, mini “Quick Byte” sessions, and Lab sessions.

2013 Workshops By Track

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Track 1 - Everyday Essentials

May 20th, 2013

10:30am - 11:45am: Options for Faculty Websites
When you think of your web pages at Lewis & Clark, what comes to mind? Class pages in Moodle? Your “official” Livewhale page? Are there Google options? What about pages on the legacy (~) server? There are a numbers of ways to have a web presence, each one serving a different purpose and requiring different levels of expertise. In this workshop we’ll discuss your options and help you find the publishing method that will make it easy to create and maintain the Website you have in mind.

May 21st, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Get Started with Google Sites
This workshop introduces users to the basics of Google Sites, the new alternative to Moodle and LiveWhale for faculty and class web sites. This section is designed to jumpstart those who want to develop a site from scratch. Continue to work on your site or get follow up tutorials during Class Web Page Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
9:00am - 10:15am: Moving to Google Sites
Are you ready to explore moving your legacy (~) or other class web site to a Google Site? This session is geared towards helping those who already have an established web page to create and implement a strategy to move to Google Sites. Consultants will be on hand to answer questions and assist with your project during Class Web Page Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
10:30am - 11:45am: Beyond the Presentation
Creating and then giving face-to-face presentations in PowerPoint (or other presentation programs) is only a fraction of how presentations are used today in instruction. In this session, we’ll discuss using PowerPoint for pre-recorded, self-run presentations to upload to Moodle (and other systems) for your students to use outside the classroom. We’ll also discuss a variety of ways to use presentation software to produce printed classroom materials.

May 22nd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Online Tools
Class Lists – Not Just for Email! (9:00 – 9:25)
Goodbye Infonet, Hello WebAdvisor (9:30 – 9:50)
Appointment Slots (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Share and Collaborate with Google Drive
The move to Google Apps for Education opens up new ways to share and collaborate using Google’s Docs suite, which we are calling LCdocs. Come and see how easy it is to share and collaborate on docs, spreadsheets, presentations and more - especially for real-time collaboration. We’ll also discuss limitations and gotchas you may encounter.

May 23rd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Google Forms for Educators
Google Forms allow you to create customized forms that can be used as survey tools or as a means of collecting other information (i.e. RSVPs or registrations) all while saving the data directly into an exportable spreadsheet, complete with charts and summaries. Come learn what all you can do with a Google Form and the easy process to setting one up.
10:30am - 11:45am: Organization Tips & Tricks from Google Pros
How do you deal with the constant flood of information headed your way over the course of the term? There are many hidden gems in various Google Apps that can help from taming your inbox to making it more easy to manage information you need to share. This class will focus primarily on Google Drive and Gmail, but will include aspects of Calendar and Groups.

May 24th, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Office 2013
Word (9:00 – 9:25)
Excel (9:30 – 9:50)
PowerPoint (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Google & Everyday Tech
Join us for our last lab session to check in on computer backup and security, connecting from home, hooking up your Smartphone to email and online calendars and more. Take this time to finish up other projects or get an overview of sessions you may have missed!

Track 2 - Moodle

May 20th, 2013

10:30am - 11:45am: Staging Moodle for Student Progress
This is a brand new workshop for 2013. One of the unique benefits of using Moodle for your class webpages is how Moodle automatically tracks student interaction with the materials and activities you put online. Come discuss instructional opportunities created when you track student progress. This workshop assumes prior experience with Moodle.

May 21st, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Getting Started with Moodle
If you are just getting started with Moodle, this is the workshop for you. Moodle is a web-based content management system that makes it easy for groups to securely interact, collaborate, communicate and share materials on the web. First, we’ll introduce you to Moodle and tell you about the various tools it offers to help you reach your students beyond the classroom. Then we will take you through the basics of setting up your Moodle course.
9:00am - 10:15am: What’s New with Moodle
There’s a lot to like in the Moodle updates we saw over the 2012-2013 school year. In this session we’ll highlight our favorite new features!
10:30am - 11:45am: Designing in Moodle to Serve Your Syllabus
You’ve put a lot of thought into the methods by which students will approach and engage with your material in the classroom. This workshop will explore strategies for building a Moodle page that extends your classroom teaching style into the online environment, and that is integrated into the development of your course over the term. We’ll look at ways of using Moodle to stage and prepare for in-class activities, and for reflection and analysis after class. We’ll explore the potential of thematic and project-based modules. Drawing from your and other participants’ syllabi, we’ll think through concrete scenarios of how you might use Moodle to cultivate students’ skills, knowledge, and habits of mind.

May 22nd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes - Managing Moodle
Moodle Groups (9:00 – 9:25)
Scheduler (9:30 – 9:50)
Gradebook (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Moodle & Class Web Page Focus
Work on your class pages, experiment with techniques mentioned in prior sessions, and/or chat with FTI consultants about how you might use Moodle, Google Sites or other online tools in an upcoming class. FTI consultants can also help with individual and small group tutorials on Moodle, finding, editing and creating content for your web pages, and other web publishing topics.

May 23rd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Put Your Quizzes Online
Moodle Quizzes offer a variety of options for displaying questions, grading and security. You can customize your quizzes to allow students multiple attempts and determine whether they receive special feedback or see the correct answers (after they’ve taken the quiz, of course).
10:30am - 11:45am: Effective Online Discussions
When thoughtfully incorporated into your course, online discussions can extend the walls of your classroom and promote interaction. In this session, we’ll show you how to set up discussion forums in Moodle and discuss tips and techniques for structuring online forum assignments that engage and instruct. Strategies discussed apply to online discussions in general and are not Moodle-specific.

May 24th, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Moodle Favorites
Connecting to Flickr (9:00 – 9:25)
VoiceThread (9:30 – 9:50)
YouTube (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Collecting Student Work in Moodle
Moodle supports several methods for collecting student work electronically. The Assignment activity makes completing, receiving, grading and providing feedback on electronically submitted assignments easy. You can create and reuse Grading Rubrics and Marking Guides as well.

Track 3 - Focus on Teaching

May 20th, 2013

10:30am - 11:45am: Flipping the Classroom
The goal of the classroom flip or reversing the classroom is to use technology to spend more time interacting with students instead of lecturing. There are many strategies you can use to flip your classroom and technology that can help!

May 21st, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Social Media for Research and Collaboration
Social Media empowers learners to create connections, collaborate on new ideas, and build networks. We’ll establish some basic “house rules” for Social Media interaction, and examine how different types of Social Media (blogs, Twitter, Diigo) can enhance the curriculum for all disciplines.
10:30am - 11:45am: Designing Curricula with Visual Media in Mind
A recent statistic stated that the average person living in a metropolitan area sees over 10,000 images a day. Our lives are inundated with images, and as educators, we are in a position to help students engage with images on a personal, academic, and critical level: sometimes for the first time. In this workshop, we’ll discuss strategies for developing curricula and assignments that critically engage students with images, as well as assessment strategies for evaluating these assignments.

May 22nd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Student Engagement
Personal Response Systems or “Clickers” (9:00 – 9:25)
Crowdsourcing (9:30 – 9:50)
Social Bookmarking (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Tools for Student Collaborations
In this session, we’ll discuss proven tools for supporting student collaboration. Some tools, like Moodle, Google Sites and Google Drive, you may already use, but can be expanded for collaborative purposes, and others, such as Debate Graph, Show Document, and Primary Wall may be new to you. Learn how to encourage and provide rubrics for collaboration while exploring these fun tools!

May 23rd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Options for Video Conferencing
Come and learn about using interactive video in your teaching - both in and out of the classroom.
One-to-one video conferencing can be an effective, easy and inexpensive way to bring virtual Guest Speakers to your class. You may be familiar with Skype, but L&C has more robust options available.
For larger groups or more advanced applications, use L&C’s Adobe Connect virtual meeting room. Adobe Connect is great for virtual classrooms, webinars, and other video conferencing situations. Use features you expect such as sharing a presentation, web browser, and files. Extras such as polling, group and private chats, and annotation tools make Adobe Connect sessions truly interactive. Sessions can even be recorded and shared with those unable to attend in real-time.
10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Class Web Page and Teaching Tools Focus
Work on your class pages and/or chat with FTI consultants about possible how you might use Moodle, Google Sites or other online tools in an upcoming class. Experiment with and explore how you might incorporate techniques such as classroom flipping, social media integration, visual media and collaborative tools into upcoming classes and research projects.

May 24th, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Presentation Tools
Tired of PowerPoint? We’ll review popular alternatives. Check back for specifics.
10:30am - 11:45am: Video Conferencing Tips & Tricks
Come hear best practices for conducting a successful videoconference on topics including pre-meeting preparations, communicating effectively, and videoconferencing etiquette.

Track 4 - Cool Tools and Emerging Tech

May 20th, 2013

10:30am - 11:45am: iPad Tips and Tricks
The iPad is a great tool, and fairly easy to use. There are, however, some non-intuitive functions that can greatly improve your experience. Learn our favorite tips and tricks, and make your iPad even better! We’ll also share some of the best Apps we’ve found for generating, organizing and accessing documents, and spreadsheets and explore ways to organize and access files on your computer.

May 21st, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Instructional Videos: Find, Edit, and Share
Short, targeted instructional videos are becoming a staple on many class websites. There are many sources for free instructional video, but they are often too long or otherwise unsuited for sharing with students in their original form. In this hands-on session, we’ll show you some quick tips and tricks that make it easy to edit and then post video customized to your instructional needs. Consultants will be on hand to answer questions and assist with video projects during our Multimedia Lab sessions on Wednesday and Thursday.
10:30am - 11:45am: Games and Gamification
An emerging technology expected to have a significant impact on higher education is game-based learning. There is a long history of using games in instruction, but gamification, or the application of gaming elements to curricular design, is a relatively recent trend. Come and discuss best practices and strategies for how (and why) you might use games or game-like elements to engage and motivate your students.

May 22nd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – Images Online
Flickr (9:00 – 9:25)
ARTstor (9:30 – 9:50)
Creative Commons (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: Lab Session: Multimedia & Emerging Tech Focus
Work on or learn more about creating, editing and sharing video and audio. Experiment with and explore emerging tech both online and in our IT Sandbox.

May 23rd, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Lab Session: Multimedia and Emerging Tech Focus
Work on or learn more about creating, editing and sharing video and audio. Experiment with and explore emerging tech both online and in our IT Sandbox.
10:30am - 11:45am: Digital Media Projects and Collections in Omeka
Omeka is a specialized web publishing platform geared towards making it easy to create academic and cultural websites that display collections and exhibitions. Omeka has been used for a handful of Digital Iniative projects here at LC, powers many prominent Digital Humanities projects and is widely used by Museusm and Libraries. Omeka can be used in the classroom for both individual and group student projects that build a digital collection and/or constructing narrative exhibits.

May 24th, 2013

9:00am - 10:15am: Quick Bytes – The World of Tomorrow
3D Printing (9:00 – 9:25)
Augmented Reality (9:30 – 9:50)
Wearable Technology (9:55 – 10:15)
10:30am - 11:45am: eReader Book Club
Your experience with an electronic text will vary depending on both the physical eReader and software you use to access the material. In addition, how we interact with academic texts can be quite different from texts we read for pleasure. All these factors can impact your and your students experience when accessing materials through Watzek’s Ebook Collections. Of the course of the Institute, we’ll ask participants to interact in specific ways with our selected digital texts. In this session, we’ll share our experiences and hear from Jim Bunnelle and Dan Kelley about how others are using these collections.

Afternoon General Sessions - 12:45pm to 2pm

May 20th, 2013

12:45pm - 2:00pm: Class Web Page Showcase
Over 80% of our students consider class web pages a valuable resource. Students greatly value 24x7 access to the syllabus, assignments, lecture notes and class handouts. An online extension of your class can also be an important staging ground for other curricular activities and help achieve other goals such as a near paperless classroom. Come and see examples of successful class web pages and discuss best practices for establishing and maintaining a class web site that can serve as a resource for you and your students.

May 21st, 2013

12:45pm - 1:30pm: MOOCs and the Liberal Arts Classroom
This academic year saw an explosion of interest in Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), free online courses that cover the same material offered by traditional universities and colleges. Is this just the latest fad or will MOOCs transform education? Will MOOCs have an impact on how we learn and teach at L&C and how can we benefit from the broad interest in electronic learning engendered by MOOCs.

May 22nd, 2013

12:45pm - 2:00pm: iPads in Education
The Apple iPad is changing how faculty interact with technology for the purpose of teaching. Information Technology and Watzek Library were funded to explore this potential by putting iPads in the hands of faculty as part of the iPads in Education project. The Graduate School of Education & Counseling is also exploring what can happen when iPads are also in the hands of students. Come and hear from our panel of faculty about their experiences using the iPad during the 2012-2013 academic year.

May 23rd, 2013

12:45pm - 2:00pm: Fun and Useful Apps
It’s increasingly an App world whether we’re talking about your Smartphone, Tablet, or computer. Join the FTI Team as we share and demonstrate some of our favorite Apps and how you can use them for work or just for fun! Have favorites of your own? Come and share what works for you.

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Information Technology is located in Watzek Library on the Undergraduate Campus.

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Information Technology
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