Before the start of each term, watch for an announcement in your email or contact its@spu.edu for dates and times.
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What's so fun about Blackboard 9.1 - This workshop introduces current Blackboard users to the new features in Release 9.1.
Blackboard: The Basics - For new users or those who need a refresher on basic uses of Blackboard with students.
Blackboard: Assessment Tools - Learn how to set up and evaluate quizzes, surveys, and test within Blackboard.
Blackboard: Collaborative Learning - Learn how to make use of Blackboard and complimentary Web 2.0 tools to enhance collaborative learning.
Blackboard: Discussion Board - Learn how to set up a discussion forum, discuss best practices for facilitating online discussions, explore methods for assessing student contributions, and consider ways to improve efficiency when reading and responding to student messages
Blackboard: Grade Center - For existing users of Blackboard interested in keeping track of student grades online.
Blackboard: Rubrics
This workshop is for existing Blackboard users who are interested in using Blackboard’s new Rubric tool to assess student work.
Blackboard: Wikis and Blogs - Learn how to enhance student interaction in online and blended courses.
PowerPoint: Active Lecturing - This workshop provides tips for actively engaging students during lectures.
Using Video in PowerPoint 2010 and 2011
This workshop is for existing users of PowerPoint who are interested in using video content as part of their presentations.
Screencasting with Camtasia Relay: Recording Lectures to Gain Flexibility - For faculty who are interested in recording lectures and screencasts for students to view online at a later time.
Poll Everywhere – Learn how to use cell phones as clickers.
Minimalist Approaches to Preventing Death by PowerPoint - For existing PowerPoint users who are looking for ways to enhance their presentations.
Prezi or PowerPoint? - Learn how to use Prezi and why you might use it instead of PowerPoint
Blackboard: SafeAssign Plagiarism Detection Tool - For existing Blackboard users interested in learning to use the SafeAssign plagiarism detection tool. The workshop will include demonstrations of how students submit papers and view plagiarism detection results, how instructors can view student results, how instructors can create a SafeAssignment, and how instructors can submit documents to be checked for plagiarism. The workshop will also include a discussion of the pedagogical issues related to using plagiarism detection software.
