Spring 2008 Faculty Development Week

All workshops will be in
Merrill Learning Center
Room B132 (formerly LN 20)
Just come on in, no RSVP needed!

January 14 (Monday)

9:00 - 10:00 am
Blackboard: Ready-Set-Go

Do you want to get a jump-start on using My.Gallaudet to enhance your course? Come to this workshop to learn how to upload your syllabus to My.Gallaudet, 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.

11:00 am - 12:00
Video Compressing and MyMedia

We will show you how to compress your video for for more efficient online web streaming and using Gallaudet's MyMedia to store your streaming video files.

1:00-1:30 pm
Course Evaluations for Department Secretaries

Department Secretaries (and department chairs in some cases) are responsible for conducting and managing course evaluations at the end of each semester. We strongly encourage all academic departments to use Blackboard to conduct their course evaluations. Come to this session to learn how to conduct and manage your evaluation tasks through the use of Respondus and Blackboard.

2:00 - 3:00 pm
Building your ePortfolio

Why not build an eportfolio to showcase your work or a special project? Or create a template for your students to help them 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.

January 15 (Tuesday)

9:00-10:00 am
Orientation to the Content Collection

Learn how to use the Blackboard Content System as a virtual hard drive with file storage for course and organizational content. Tools for creating eReserves are introduced in this session.

**RESCHEDULED** to Tuesday, January 22 from 11:00 am-12:00
Building your ePortfolio

Learn how to build an eportfolio to showcase your work or for your courses. Or create a template for your students to help them 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.

1:00-1:30 pm
Orientation to Echo³⁶⁰ Classrooms (formerly Apreso)

Learn how to use Echo³⁶⁰ classrooms in all aspects of capturing your classroom lecture for web-based, interactive playback. Learn how to use the doc camera, capture cameras and PC display for enhanced recording and playback. Through this system, students benefit from greater retention and comprehension of course materials.

For this date, the orientation will be held in SAC 1210.

2:00-3:00 pm
Build your Course Assessment Rubrics with Waypoint

Learn how to build your course assessment rubrics with Waypoint.

January 16 (Wednesday)

**RESCHEDULED** to Wednesday, January 23 from 11:00 am - 12:00
Blackboard 7.3 - What's new?

We've just upgraded our My.Gallaudet platform to Blackboard 7.3, adding some great new features such as:

• Emailed Announcements!
• Improved Discussion Board!
• Simplified Document Management!
• Enhanced Communication Options!
• Document Links move with you!
• Early Warning System!
• Observer Roles and Functions!
• Portfolio Enhancements!
• Assessment Feedbacks!

Come to this workshop to learn about what's new and improved in My.Gallaudet.

11:00 am-12:00
Blackboard: Ready-Set-Go

Do you want to get a jump-start on using My.Gallaudet to enhance your course? Come to this workshop to learn how to upload your syllabus to My.Gallaudet, 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.

1:00-1:30 pm
Orientation to Echo³⁶⁰ Classrooms (formerly Apreso)

Learn how to use Echo³⁶⁰ classrooms in all aspects of capturing your classroom lecture for web-based, interactive playback. Learn how to use the doc camera, capture cameras and PC display for enhanced recording and playback. Through this system, students benefit from greater retention and comprehension of course materials.

For this date, the orientation will be held in HMB A104.

2:00-3:00 pm
Video Compressing and MyMedia

We will show you how to compress your video for for more efficient online web streaming and using Gallaudet's MyMedia to store your streaming video files.

January 17 (Thursday)

9:00-10:00 am
Build your Course Assessment Rubrics with Waypoint

Learn how to build your course assessment rubrics with Waypoint.

**RESCHEDULED**to Thursday, January 24 from 11:00 am-12:00
Orientation to the Content Collection

Learn how to use the Blackboard Content System as a virtual hard drive with file storage for course and organizational content. Tools for creating eReserves are introduced in this session.

1:00-1:30 pm
Orientation to Echo³⁶⁰ Classrooms (formerly Apreso)

Learn how to use Echo³⁶⁰ classrooms in all aspects of capturing your classroom lecture for web-based, interactive playback. Learn how to use the doc camera, capture cameras and PC display for enhanced recording and playback. Through this system, students benefit from greater retention and comprehension of course materials.

For this date, the orientation will be held in HMB S136.

January 18 (Friday)

9:00-10:00 am
Blogs and Wikis!

Come see a new way for your students to add content to your Blackboard course site and beyond. Then let them do their own thing - give them them the Blog tool for personal journaling, or keep internship and practicum logs. Or let them use the wiki tool to collaborate on projects, which allows the instructor to easily track and assess the contribution of each team member.

11:00 am-12:00
Social Bookmarking

We have a new feature of Blackboard called 'Scholar' that will help you further share information with your students through "social bookmarking." del.icio.us is a social bookmarking third-party support that also provides a shortcut link collection of your favorite websites, articles, blogs, and more and share them with your students through Bb that you can use in addition to Bb's Scholar.

1:00-1:30 pm
Course Evaluations for Department Secretaries

Department Secretaries (and department chairs in some cases) are responsible for conducting and managing course evaluations at the end of each semester. We strongly encourage all academic departments to use Blackboard to conduct their course evaluations. Come to this session to learn how to conduct and manage your evaluation tasks through the use of Respondus and Blackboard.

2:00-3:00 pm
Using Respondus for My.Gallaudet

Respondus is an useful tool for creating and managing exams and surveys that can be either printed out or published directly into My.Gallaudet.

January 22 (Tuesday)

11:00 am-12:00
Building your ePortfolio

Learn how to build an eportfolio to showcase your work or for your courses. Or create a template for your students to help them 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.

January 23 (Wednesday)

11:00 am - 12:00
Blackboard 7.3 - What's new?

We've just upgraded our My.Gallaudet platform to Blackboard 7.3, adding some great new features such as:

• Emailed Announcements!
• Improved Discussion Board!
• Simplified Document Management!
• Enhanced Communication Options!
• Document Links move with you!
• Early Warning System!
• Observer Roles and Functions!
• Portfolio Enhancements!
• Assessment Feedbacks!

Come to this workshop to learn about what's new and improved in My.Gallaudet.

January 24 (Thursday)

11:00 am-12:00
Orientation to the Content Collection

Learn how to use the Blackboard Content System as a virtual hard drive with file storage for course and organizational content. Tools for creating eReserves are introduced in this session.

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Also available on request

Capture your presentations with Echo³⁶⁰ (formerly Apreso)

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

Smart Classrooms in SAC and HMB

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 from Students using TurningPoint

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!

Course Evaluations for Department Secretaries

Department Secretaries (and department chairs in some cases) are responsible for conducting and managing course evaluations at the end of each semester. We strongly encourage all academic departments to use Blackboard to conduct their course evaluations. Come to this session to learn how to conduct and manage your evaluation tasks through the use of Respondus and Blackboard.