Fall 2006 Faculty/Staff Development Week

August 14-31, 2006

All workshops will be in IKJ SAC 2210

August 14, 2006 (Monday)

10:00-11:00
Intro to Blackboard: Ready-Set-Go

Do you want to get a jump-start on using Blackboard to enhance your course? Learn how to upload your syllabus to Blackboard, send a quick email to the entire class at once, or make announcements in your online course. You'll never have to reprint a syllabus again.

August 15, 2006 (Tuesday)

10:00-11:00
Orientation to the Content System

Would you like to know about the newest component of Blackboard? Learn to use the Bb Content System as a virtual hard drive with file storage for personal use, course content and organizational content. Tools for creating eReserves, workflow communications and ePortfolio development are available as part of this new addition to the Blackboard system

August 16, 2006 (Wednesday)

10:00-11:00
Interaction Tools: Discuss or Just Chat

Do you find yourself running out of class time to discuss important topics with students? Want to expand opportunities for course interaction outside of class? Bring the discussions online! Talk in real-time or asynchronously.

August 17, 2006 (Thursday)

10:00-11:00
Blogs and Wikis with Journal LX and Teams LX

What's the difference between a blog and wiki?
Come see a new way for your students to add content to your Blackboard course site and beyond. Use to collaborate on projects, keep a journal online and express yourselves!

August 18, 2006 (Friday)

10:00-11:00
Respondus and Studymate: Test and Learning Activity Authoring Software

Isn't making a test in Bb a hassle? Come find out about our nifty test creation and learning activity software. Respondus and StudyMate are easy to use and your tests and activities can be directly exported into Blackboard! So, create online evaluations or surveys. Then create fun learning activities with the same content with a simple import. With one step, create multiple versions of online or printed tests!

August 21, 2006 (Monday)

10:00-11:00
Blogs and Wikis with Journal LX and Teams LX

August 22, 2006 (Tuesday)

10:00-11:00
Building your ePortfolio

Why not build an eportfolio to showcase your work or a special project? Or create a template for your students so that they can create their own? Come to this workshop to learn how to upload your portfolio materials to the Content Collection, and then get up and running with the Portfolio Creation Wizard. Don't forget to share and archive your ePortfolio too.

August 23, 2006 (Wednesday)

10:00-11:00
Assignment Manager and Safe Assignment

Stacks and stacks of papers weighing you down? Why not collect assignments online? Come to this workshop and find out how you can create assignments that are easy for your students to submit and weightless for you to collect and grade. You can also use our anti-plagiarism software,SafeAssignment, to check student papers submissions (this tool can also be used be students as citation check). Free yourself from the tyranny of paper!

August 24, 2006 (Thursday)

10:00-11:00
Electronic Books with Diana Gates

Learn about a new world of online resources available to the Gallaudet community! Did you know that there are over 23,000!!! books available online through eLibrary and our other ebook vendors? We'll show you how to perform searches for ebooks as well as copy and print with automatic citations. Led by Diana Gates, Gallaudet librarian.

August 25, 2006 (Friday)

10:00-11:00
eReserves and eJournals with Laura Jacobi

In collaboration with your departmental resource librarian, use the Blackboard Content System to allow students to access their readings through My.Gallaudet. Use ALADIN to find online articles in any one of the 20,000+ peer-reviewed journals that Gallaudet subscribes to.

August 28, 2006 (Monday)

10:00-11:00
Linking to electronic articles through eReserves folders and LinkMaker

Set up an online resources for students so that they can access their readings through your Blackboard course. Link to your eReserves folder from your Bb course or use LinkMaker to set up direct links to online articles in any one of the 20,000+ peer-reviewed journals that Gallaudet subscribes to.

August 29, 2006 (Tuesday)

10:00-11:00
Instant Feedback with the TurningPoint Student Response System

TurningPoint enables students to respond interactively to questions in a PowerPoint presentation. Responses are collected wirelessly and displayed on the spot. Come find out more about how to make your Powerpoints exciting!

August 30, 2006 (Wednesday)

10:00-11:00
Building your ePortfolio

August 31, 2006 (Thursday)

10:00-11:00
Orientation to the Content System

Also available on request

Capture your presentations with Apreso

Do you want to capture a presentation in ASL for students to review later? Learn how to add a video of your signed presentation synced with a powerpoint or computer demonstration and link from your Blackboard course.

Smart Classrooms in IKJ SAC, HMB and FH

Are you planning to teach with videos, DVDs, PowerPoints or other rich multimedia? Learn how to manage and project rich media with the advanced visual displays in Gallaudet's Smart Classrooms.

Instant Feedback with the TurningPoint Student Response System