Online and Strategic Learning invites you to join your teaching peers in our Remote Teaching Webinar Series, with live webinars launching this week.*
*All Webinars will be recorded and made available to the Ball State audience.
How do you build community in your courses online? How do you communicate with your students when ‘traditional’ means of communication are not available? Join us each week and ask our Instructional Consultants questions about Ball State supported technologies, how to create quizzes and post grades in Canvas, create recorded lectures, and more.
Not sure how to use WebEx? You can find step-by-step instructions in our Continuity of Instruction Canvas Community.
Build Community with Recorded Lectures, Screencasts, and Visual Demonstrations
Two dates to join:
Thursday, April 2, 2:30 p.m.
Friday, April 3, 10:30 a.m.
Join by computer: https://ballstate.webex.com/meet/dejones2
Join by phone:+1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access code: 794 339 143
Webinar Description: Join Instructional Consultant Dan Jones in this 20-minute session (with additional time for questions) as he covers how to use Mediasite, an integrated Ball State University purchased tool, to record audio and/or video overviews of your material in Canvas to provide context, record lectures with PowerPoints, visually demonstrate ideas, or complete tasks with software via a screencast. When used correctly media offers both cognitive and affective experiences and helps make a connection to theories taught remotely or online. Mediasite is already integrated into Canvas and makes for a seamless student experience.
After this session you will able to:
· Describe the different Mediasite recording types:
o Video only
o Audio only
o Slideshows
o Screencasts
· Embed your Mediasite videos into Canvas
Build Community with your Students with Communication Tools
Two dates to join:
Thursday, April 2, 10:30 a.m.
Friday, April 3, at 2:30 p.m.
Join by Computer: https://ballstate.webex.com/meet/amyount
Join by Phone: +1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access code: 790 293 214
Webinar Description: Join Instructional Consultant Angelia Yount in this 20-minute session (with additional time for questions) as she covers how to create a sense of community during this time of remote teaching. This webinar will assist instructors with easy access tools within Canvas to foster community through communication with your students.
After this session you will be able to:
· Create an announcement
· Initiate a chat conversation
· Develop a discussion forum
· Utilize Canvas message Inbox tool
Build Community Using the Group Tool in Canvas
Two dates to join:
Tuesday, April 7, 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 3:15 p.m.
Join by computer: https://ballstate.webex.com/join/sahusted
Join by phone: +1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access code: 791 941 561
Webinar Description:Join Instructional Consultant Sue Husted in this 20-minute session (with additional time for questions) as she explains how to use the Group tool in Canvas to create graded group assignments and discussions. Group learning is an effective active learning approach for online students. Students engaged in group work collaborate to apply concepts, solve problems, and engage in course content while actively participating in a community of learners.
After this session, you will able to:
· Create group sets
· Randomly or manually assign students to groups
· Create a group assignment
· Create a group discussion
· Monitor and grade group discussions and assignments
Seamless Quiz Integration for Remote Teaching
Two dates to join:
Tuesday, April 7, 3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 8, 10:30 a.m.
Join by Computer: https://bsu.webex.com/meet/katandoh
Join by Phone: +1-415-655-0002 United States Toll
Access Code:795-850-394
Webinar Description: Join Instructional Consultant Kwesi Tandoh in this 20-minute session (with additional time for questions) as he explains how to upload quiz questions from a Microsoft text document to Respondus. Respondus is already integrated into Canvas and makes for a seamless quiz integration.
After this presentation you will be able to:
· Upload quiz questions from a text document to create a quiz in Respondus
· Create a QTI zip file in Respondus
· Import a QTI zip file from Respondus to their Canvas course
· Download and install Respondus 4.0 on their computers
REGISTAR NOW for any or all of these webinars! Registration is encouraged but not required.