Learn how lecture capture with Echo360 can be used to deliver online lectures, reinforce classroom material, to “flip” the classroom, make the classroom a more accessible space for students, or for instructors to watch and improve their teaching styles.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the ways Echo360 can capture and share material through Automatic Classroom Capture, Universal Capture (Personal), and uploading existing material. We will also briefly cover student engagement tools, creating mini lectures, and other ways you may enhance student learning.

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Summer 2019 brings an upgrade to Moodle at UMass Amherst. Moodle 3.5 has a new, clean and compact look and feel, with a more mobile-friendly interface. It also has several new features you may want to consider for grading, creating interactive exercises and practice quizzes, and more!

In this brief hands-on workshop, we’ll help those of you who have already been using Moodle learn your way around Moodle 3.5’s new menus and features.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of building a course Web site using Moodle. Instructors will be introduced to basic navigation, learn how to configure course settings, and practice adding content and activities to a Moodle course. This workshop does not cover the Moodle gradebook but provides a good foundation for further exploration. NOTE: In-depth discussions of grading and individual Moodle activities are outside the scope of this workshop.

Prerequisite: Must be a teacher or a TA with course-designer access in Moodle.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Summer 2019 brought an upgrade to Moodle at UMass Amherst. Moodle 3.5 has a new, clean and compact look and feel, with a more mobile-friendly interface. It also has several new features you may want to consider for grading, creating interactive exercises and practice quizzes, and more!

In this brief, hour-long workshop, we’ll help those of you who have already been using Moodle learn your way around Moodle 3.5’s new menus and features.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Summer 2019 brought an upgrade to Moodle at UMass Amherst. Moodle 3.5 has a new, clean and compact look and feel, with a more mobile-friendly interface. It also has several new features you may want to consider for grading, creating interactive exercises and practice quizzes, and more!

In this brief, hour-long workshop, we’ll help those of you who have already been using Moodle learn your way around Moodle 3.5’s new menus and features.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of building a course Web site using Moodle. Instructors will be introduced to basic navigation, learn how to configure course settings, and practice adding content and activities to a Moodle course. This workshop does not cover the Moodle gradebook but provides a good foundation for further exploration.

NOTE: In-depth discussions of grading and individual Moodle activities are outside the scope of this workshop.

Prerequisite: Must be a teacher or a TA with course-designer access in Moodle.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Summer 2019 brought an upgrade to Moodle at UMass Amherst. Moodle 3.5 has a new, clean and compact look and feel, with a more mobile-friendly interface. It also has several new features you may want to consider for grading, creating interactive exercises and practice quizzes, and more!

In this brief, hour-long workshop, we’ll help those of you who have already been using Moodle learn your way around Moodle 3.5’s new menus and features.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the basics of building a course Web site using Moodle. Instructors will be introduced to basic navigation, learn how to configure course settings, and practice adding content and activities to a Moodle course. This workshop does not cover the Moodle gradebook but provides a good foundation for further exploration.

NOTE: In-depth discussions of grading and individual Moodle activities are outside the scope of this workshop.

Prerequisite: Must be a teacher or a TA with course-designer access in Moodle.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Summer 2019 brought an upgrade to Moodle at UMass Amherst. Moodle 3.5 has a new, clean and compact look and feel, with a more mobile-friendly interface. It also has several new features you may want to consider for grading, creating interactive exercises and practice quizzes, and more!

In this brief, hour-long workshop, we’ll help those of you who have already been using Moodle learn your way around Moodle 3.5’s new menus and features.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Learn how lecture capture with Echo360 can be used to deliver online lectures, reinforce classroom material, to “flip” the classroom, make the classroom a more accessible space for students, or for instructors to watch and improve their teaching styles.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the ways Echo360 can capture and share material through Automatic Classroom Capture, Universal Capture (Personal), and uploading existing material. We will also briefly cover student engagement tools, creating mini lectures, and other ways you may enhance student learning.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Learn and get hands on experience creating activities and exploring ways to engage students in Echo360 beyond just recording a classroom lecture. This workshop will cover how to make engaging supplemental videos using UniversalCapture, how to create and use activity slides, manage discussions, and measure student engagement.

This workshop is designed for users who have experience with Echo360 in the classroom, or who have already taken a Getting Started in Echo360 workshop.

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Come explore the future of teaching technology at UMass Amherst with hands-on experience in the Experimental Classroom in the Du Bois Library. We’ll have a demonstration of flexible classroom set-ups, multi-camera recording, working with digital whiteboards and casting on Promethean screens, and more.

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H5P is an open source platform for creating interactive educational content, and is now available in Moodle. Join us to explore the features of H5P and how to create interactive content on your course. This workshop’s purpose is to show you the different types of H5P activities available for instructors at UMass Amherst and making you comfortable in creating interactive content to meet your pedagogical goals.

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Explore the features of Zoom videoconferencing for teaching. In this introductory workshops, we’ll cover the basics of scheduling and running meetings, as well as creating engaging discussions with tools like screen sharing, whiteboards, breakout rooms and more. You’ll also be introduced to features to help you take attendance and integrate your Zoom meetings into Moodle.

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Join us to explore how to manage group work online and hands on experience using the tools in the Google Suite (APPS at UMass). This workshop is designed to give you an introduction to the tools (Teams, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets), their strengths and limits, and get you comfortable building an online space for your students to successfully collaborate to meet your pedagogical goals

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Explore the features of Zoom videoconferencing for teaching. In this introductory workshops, we’ll cover the basics of scheduling and running meetings, as well as creating engaging discussions with tools like screen sharing, whiteboards, breakout rooms and more. You’ll also be introduced to features to help you take attendance and integrate your Zoom meetings into Moodle.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

In this interactive technology workshop, we will explore pedagogical approaches that draw from different feminist frameworks to think together about how we use and could use Moodle. We will include, for example, a selection of the transnational feminist technology principles. In this workshop we will review specific activities in Moodle that can be harnessed and offer resources for tools that might be integrated or used in conjunction. While this workshop is designed for current or future faculty and TAs, anyone who is interested is welcome!

Note: For this workshop we will expect participants to engage with provided content prior to the workshop (expected to take less than 30 minutes).

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Learn how lecture capture with Echo360 can be used to deliver online lectures, reinforce classroom material, to “flip” the classroom, make the classroom a more accessible space for students, or for instructors to watch and improve their teaching styles.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the ways Echo360 can capture and share material through Automatic Classroom Capture, Universal Capture (Personal), and uploading existing material. We will also briefly cover student engagement tools, creating mini lectures, and other ways you may enhance student learning.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Join us to explore how to manage group work online and hands on experience using the tools in the Google Suite (APPS at UMass). This workshop is designed to give you an introduction to the tools (Teams, Drive, Docs, Slides, Sheets), their strengths and limits, and get you comfortable building an online space for your students to successfully collaborate to meet your pedagogical goals

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Learn how lecture capture with Echo360 can be used to deliver online lectures, reinforce classroom material, to “flip” the classroom, make the classroom a more accessible space for students, or for instructors to watch and improve their teaching styles.

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce the ways Echo360 can capture and share material through Automatic Classroom Capture, Universal Capture (Personal), and uploading existing material. We will also briefly cover student engagement tools, creating mini lectures, and other ways you may enhance student learning.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

H5P is an open source platform for creating interactive educational content, and is now available in Moodle. Join us to explore the features of H5P and how to create interactive content on your course. This workshop’s purpose is to show you the different types of H5P activities available for instructors at UMass Amherst and making you comfortable in creating interactive content to meet your pedagogical goals.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Trello is an easy-to-use, visual project management tool that streamlines a clear course of action to get you organized, whether it is for plotting out short vs. long term goals, or step-by-step directions for individual vs. group purposes. Possible uses include overall project management, curating materials for the building of new curriculum, and more. In this hands-on introductory workshop, you’ll learn to begin partitioning your workload in the best way that suits the project at hand.

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Come explore the future of teaching technology at UMass Amherst with hands-on experience in the Experimental Classroom in the Du Bois Library. We’ll have a demonstration of flexible classroom set-ups, multi-camera recording, working with digital whiteboards and casting on Promethean screens, and more.

Register for this event (If you are asked to create an account, remember to register for the workshop after that!) 

Record a lecture presentation, narrated tutorial, or a software demonstration and then post the resulting “screencast” on your Moodle course or class website. In this hands-on workshop we will use Camtasia. We will also discuss the different ways screencasting is being used to enhance classroom and online instruction.

This workshop is focused on the Mac version of Camtasia. The Windows version of Camtasia looks very similar and Windows users are welcome to attend, but the devices may not have the exact same functionality.

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Connect with instructors across departments and colleges to share ideas and learn new ways to design curricula using games and game-like activities. Folks who are broadly interested in scholarship on games and game design are welcome, too. Co-hosted with Professor Krista Harper (Anthropology). Appetizers and soft drinks will be provided courtesy of UMass Dining.

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Create a public web presence for your teaching or research with WordPress, an easy-to-use platform for building websites and blogs. Common uses by faculty include scholarly portfolios, personal blogs, blogs authored by students as part of a course, public-facing course websites, and informational websites for labs, centers, or research groups.

In this hands-on introductory workshop you’ll learn the basics of the Dashboard control panel on Blogs at UMass, the WordPress service provided by UMass Amherst Information Technology.

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73 million Americans, or 26% of the US population, listen to podcasts monthly, and 17%, or 48 million people, listen weekly. If you’ve thought about doing your own podcast to promote your scholarship or research, but don’t know where to start or how to make it accessible, this workshop will walk you through the basics. We’ll cover how to plan, record, publish, and promote your podcast in a way that is accessible for all listeners.

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