Educational Technology

A variety of intersession technology integration workshops, hosted by ITS-Educational Technology, will be offered throughout the week. Sessions will focus on technology’s role in teaching and learning. Workshops will address topics related to blended and online learning, Bb Learn & integrated third party tools, accessibility in online learning, ifolio (UNI’s eportfolio tool), the Rod Library Learning Commons project, polling technologies, plagiarism prevention technology and more.

Visit http://www.uni.edu/its/services/instructional-design-and-development/faculty-focus for a detailed schedule of workshops, descriptions and to access online registration. Registration available beginning Monday, Nov. 26.

Bb Learn 9 contains several reporting features to better inform instructors concerning student usage, performance, and to confirm visibility of course content to students. In this session we’ll acquaint you with what’s available and how to access this information. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

Learn some Grade Center tips and tricks!. We'll also address downloading/uploading your gradebook to MS Excel, pointing out some of the hazards of which to beware. If you use Scantron for testing, you'll definitely want to sit in on this session. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

Bb Learn 9 offers a number of assessment tools including an online assignment tool for students to submit assignments electronically and a tool for online delivery of tests and surveys. Additionally, UNI has licensed the Turnitin Building Block which gives Blackboard users convenient access to Turnitin’s suite of learning tools, including Originality Check (plagiarism prevention) and GradeMark™, from within the Bb Learn 9 environment. This session will address each of these tools as well as resources to assist you in using them. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

Drop in for all or just a portion of this time to get assistance with your technology teaching and learning tools. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

Bb Learn 9 offers a number of assessment tools including an online assignment tool for students to submit assignments electronically and a tool for online delivery of tests and surveys. Additionally, UNI has licensed the Turnitin Building Block which gives Blackboard users convenient access to Turnitin’s suite of learning tools, including Originality Check (plagiarism prevention) and GradeMark™, from within the Bb Learn 9 environment. This session will address each of these tools as well as resources to assist you in using them. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

During this class you will be uploading your own content into one of your courses and learning strategies to organize your content in an online environment. Other topics include discussions, the grade center and assignments. Please bring your syllabus, and any other content that you may want to upload. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

UNI has recently purchased a site wide license to Lynda.com’s vast library of training. Come to explore what is available and to see how you can leverage Lynda.com in your classes. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

With Panopto, anyone with a computer can capture expert knowledge - presentations, meetings, brainstorming sessions, product demonstrations, lectures, or visual communication too rich for email – in real time, as it’s delivered. Simple enough to learn in seconds, Panopto’s powerful capture and broadcast tools let you use anything from consumer webcams and built-in microphones to professional-grade cameras to produce content that’s published online, chaptered, searchable, and delivered to your audience seconds after you stop recording. Combined with Panopto Unison, an easy, flexible, and scalable system for uploading, managing, and publishing multimedia from any source using only your web browser, Panopto gives your audience a single destination for rich information. The days of the limited and expensive capture studio and the slow, tedious production process are over – Panopto delivers knowledge from experts to audience with one simple platform, leaving the pain and cost of yesterday’s technologies behind. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF

Come and learn about the new tools available through UNI’s implementation of Google Apps and explore how you can use them in the classroom along with your students. To register click https://access.uni.edu/cgi-bin/training/train_enroll.cgi?command=start&admin_group=ITSETF