| | Innovations in Teaching and Learning |
| Date | Location | Title | Description | Instructor | Datatel ID# |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 3-5 hours) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | A-Train (Only these employees are eligible to take this workshop: Credit-teaching adjuncts and ESL/GED adjuncts). | A-Train This is an required online workshop, only for CMC Credit-teaching adjuncts and ESL/GED-teaching adjuncts. After you register for the A-Train in WebAdvisor, you will be able to access the course in the Canvas learning management system the next day. For information on how to log in or how to use Canvas, go to the CMC main website at www.coloradomtn.edu and HOVER over "CANVAS/TOOLS" at the top left. In the drop-down menu that appears you can click "Canvas" to log in or "Help for Canvas" for log-in information and FAQs. This workshop contains the following modules:
There is one quiz per module. | Suzanne Thompson | 13/SU TRN901 CS10 (SYN: 77185) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 6-8 hours) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | A-Train Platform 2 Pre-req: A-Train (Only these employees are eligible to take this workshop: Credit-teaching adjuncts and ESL/GED adjuncts). | A-Train Platform 2 This is an optional online workshop, only for CMC Credit-teaching adjuncts and ESL/GED-teaching adjuncts. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of (part 1) A-Train. If you have taken the A-Train, please make sure you successfully completed/passed it. You can verify this by logging into Canvas, and then going into the course to view your grade / course requirement for passing. Or if that semester is over and the registrar has processed grades, you can check your employee training transcript in WebAdvisor to see if you earned a P (pass) or NP (no pass). After you register for the A-Train Platform 2 in WebAdvisor, you will be able to access the course in Canvas the next day. For information on how to log in or how to use Canvas, go to the CMC main website: www.coloradomtn.edu and HOVER over "CANVAS/TOOLS" at the top left corner of the page. In the drop-down menu that appears you can click "Canvas" to log in or "Help for Canvas" for log-in information and FAQs. The content for this workshop is from "Getting Results" by League for Innovation in the Community College. Modules:
There is 1 quiz per module. This course asks you to keep a notebook and jot down your ideas. Your notebook can be on paper or a digital document--whatever works for you! Nothing gets the creativity going like putting pen to paper (or hands to keyboard)! You'll come up with lots of great ideas as you go through these modules. Be sure to capture them in your notebook so you can refer back to them. | Suzanne Thompson | 13/SU TRN901 CS18 (SYN: 77404) |
| Monday, May 20- Thursday, May 23 (Estimated completion time: 3-4 hours) | ONLINE via Canvas | Canvas: Quizzes and Rubrics | Take your assessment to the next level with quizzes and rubrics! This course introduces participants to creating quizzes and rubrics in Canvas. Prerequisite: experience using Canvas, or completion of Canvas: Basics Online or another Canvas training. This session will take place completely online in the Canvas learning management system, at coloradomtn.instructure.com. It will take place over 4 days: it begins on Monday morning and ends Thursday afternoon. There are deadlines for each day's work to keep the group moving forward together, but participants may work on the assignments at any time of day or night, from any computer (PC or Mac) with an Internet connection and either Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Internet Explorer. This course will include:
| Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS11 (SYN: 77186) |
| Thursday, May 23, 2:00-3:30pm | CMC Breckenridge Campus, Room 129 | Using your i-Pad, smartphone, i-Pod and Kindle to teach: Apps in the Classroom | Please bring your iPad, smartphone, Kindle or iPod to the class in order to fully participate. | Rachel Pokrandt | 13/SU TRN901 CS27 (SYN: 77588) |
| Monday, June 3, 11:00am-12:30pm | ONLINE via webconference | Collaborate web-conferencing program (formerly called "Elluminate Live") | Haven't tried Collaborate, formerly known as Elluminate Live!, yet? It's an amazing way to communicate real-time with your students online. And it's now available in all Canvas courses. Think of the possibilities—online office hours, study sessions, class meetings…You can chat (type), speak with audio to the class, use a webcam to transmit your video to the group, show a PowerPoint, webpage, video, draw together on a whiteboard...
This session will be held online. You will be emailed the information you'll need to join the session after you register. Prerequisite: Before our session, you will need to watch this 7-minute Participant Orientation tutorial video for Collaborate Version 12. Required equipment: This is a live online course, so you will need a computer with internet access. You will also need computer speakers (built-in or separate) or a headset to hear the instructor and group. Suggested equipment:
| Michelle Lefebvre | 13/SU TRN901 CS19 (SYN: 77504) |
| Monday, July 8-Thursday, July 11 (Estimated completion time: 3-7 hours) | ONLINE via Canvas | Canvas: Basics Online | This session will take place completely online in the Canvas learning management system, at coloradomtn.instructure.com. It will take place over 4 days: it begins on Monday morning and ends Thursday evening. There are deadlines for each day's work to keep the group moving forward together, but participants may work on the assignments at any time of day or night, from any computer (PC or Mac) with an Internet connection and either Firefox, Safari, Chrome, or Internet Explorer. In Canvas: Basics Online we will cover how to:
| Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS42 (SYN: 77738) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1 hour) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Respondus 4.0 & StudyMate Licensing | This session will take place completely online in the Canvas learning management system, at coloradomtn.instructure.com. This course is only open to CMC faculty and staff who wish to obtain the official license through Colorado Mountain College for the Respondus 4.0 test authoring software and/or the Respondus StudyMate Author software, an authoring tool that creates web-based learning activities and games that can be added to Canvas. Both are PC-only. Enrolling in this course will enable you to obtain CMC's license key and installation files necessary for installing this software on your computer. A free 30-day trial version of Respondus 4.0 is available at respondus.com. If you have any questions about this course or CMC's license for Respondus software products, please contact the instructor, Dr. Gabrielle Orsi, at (970) 947-8359 or via email at gorsi@coloradomtn.edu | Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS04 (SYN: 77179)
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| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1.5 hours) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Have a Sip of MERLOT | Join CMC Instructional Designer Loretta Driskel for an introduction and overview of MERLOT, Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, which is online at www.merlot.org. MERLOT is a free and open resource repository of peer-reviewed learning materials created for faculty and students in higher education. Get a taste of how you might use these discipline-specific learning materials (which often include sample assignments) in your online, hybrid or face-to-face classroom. In addition you will see what makes MERLOT stand out among other open educational resources and how you can become involved in MERLOT to beef up your resume and professional standing. This workshop will cover MERLOT materials and information and explain how to use these tools to enhance teaching and learning for you and your students. This self-paced, asynchronous training is held via Canvas and is open throughout the semester, with a final deadline of noon (12pm) on Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. | Loretta Driskel | 13/SU TRN901 CS41 (SYN: 77724) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1 hour) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Beyond PowerPoint: Cool Tools | How can you avoid the dreaded “Death By PowerPoint”? This self-paced online training will cover a variety of cool — and often FREE! — tools that facilitate teaching and learning online without PowerPoint overload. You'll be able to use these tools in your Canvas course. This session will present an overview of these tools:
| Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS43 (SYN: 77739) |
Self-Paced | ONLINE via Canvas | Flipped Courses 101: Online | Many educators are experimenting with the "Flipped Classroom" model of learning. This brief, self-paced, work-at-your-own-schedule online workshop will provide a basic overview of what a "flipped classroom" is and will provide you with additional resources if you are interested in flipping a meeting, a lesson, a unit, or even your entire course. Get your feet wet and learn the basics here! | Suzanne Thompson | 13/SU TRN901 CS13 (SYN: 77223) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 3-4 hours) Any day or time during the Spring 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Lecture Capture for Teaching and Learning Online & In The Classroom | Lecture capture means recording what's happening in your classroom or as you lecture. Some faculty use lecture captures to introduce material, to include guest speakers, to film their students and in other creative ways. This self-paced online training will focus on learning how to capture what's going on in (or out of!) your classroom. We will be using the Collaborate webconferencing tool. This training will include creating a short lecture capture of your own. During this course you'll learn:
| Michelle Lefebvre | 13/SU TRN901 CS16 (SYN: 77226) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 2-4 hours) Any day or time. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Khan Academy (Coach Workshop) | The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit with free online videos and exercises for learning math and other topics. All of the site's resources are available to anyone. Learners can create a free account to track what videos and lessons they have completed. As an instructor, you can ask your students to list you as their "Coach" in their Khan Academy account. Then you can view charts, graphs, and helpful data to see exactly which videos and exercises each student has completed, what topics they are finding difficult, and what their strengths are.
| Suzanne Thompson | 13/SU TRN901 CS14 (SYN: 77224) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 2 hours.) Any day or time. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Respondus StudyMate: Online | Want help making new and creative study sheets for your course? Take advantage of StudyMate, CMC's new software product from Respondus.com, which can help students master the basics of course material using learning activities, self-assessments and games. Students select activities that appeal to their learning style, making the whole experience personalized and effective. You'll enjoy some hands-on practice with StudyMate at this session. Please note: CMC faculty and staff who wish to an official copy through Colorado Mountain College for the Respondus 4.0 test authoring software or the Respondus StudyMate software must enroll in the licensing course offered by CMC listed on this training calendar (13/SU TRN901 CS04, SYN: 77179). Free 30-day trial versions of Respondus 4.0 or Respondus StudyMate are available at respondus.com. If you have any questions about obtaining a Respondus software product license, please contact Dr. Gabrielle Orsi at (970) 947-8359 or via email at gorsi@coloradomtn.edu. | Suzanne Thompson; Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS17 (SYN: 77332) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 2 hours.) Any day or time. Must be completed by noon on Friday, August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Quality Matters Rubric: Overview | In this workshop, you will become familiar with the Quality Matters rubric and explore ways to apply these standards to your own online or hybrid courses. We will also ask you to suggest additional rubric standards or CMC-specific elements you would recommend to create a more comprehensive rubric for CMC instructors. *For more information about Quality Matters, visit their website by clicking here. | Suzanne Thompson | 13/SU TRN901 CS15 (SYN: 77225) |
| Ongoing | ONLINE via webconference | Canvas Best Practice Webinar Series | A series of free recorded webinars on Canvas-related topics and best practices; upcoming live webinars will be publicized! | Instructure staff | No WebAdvisor registration; please visit this site to find these free webinars |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1 hour, 39 minutes for watching the recording of this webinar plus a short quiz. Any day or time during the Spring 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Canvas Webinar for Instructors | This recorded webinar introduces instructors to Canvas, CMC’s new learning management system from Instructure. This recorded webinar was taught by staff from Instructure, and covers in detail many features of Canvas that are useful for teachers. We recommend that you practice using Canvas before you watch this webinar. If you have any questions about this course, please contact the instructor, Dr. Gabrielle Orsi, at (970) 947-8359 or via email at gorsi@coloradomtn.edu | Instructure staff; Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS06 (SYN: 77181) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 45 minutes to 1 hour) Any day or time during the Spring 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Jing Online: Create simple narrated screen capture tutorial videos AND create still screen shots with arrows, text, and emphasis boxes with this FREE program | Wish you could record everything you are doing on your computer screen, as well as your voice, so you could make online training videos with just the click of a "start" button? You can! Come see how easy it is to make a video tutorial and post it online or in Canvas. Or did you ever wish you could take a still picture of what's on your screen, add arrows, text and emphasis boxes? You can! Come see how easy it is to make a screen shot that explains your point, then paste it in an email or in a Word document. In this session we will learn how to:
--------------------------- Jing is free and easy to use, and allows you to create simple, up to 5-minute-long, narrated screen capture videos. If you need to add special effects or create and edit longer videos, you may want to consider using Camtasia. Camtasia is approx. $179 for the educational price, but CMC has purchased a volume license. Contact CMC's Office of Innovations in Teaching and Learning for more information. Both products are made by Techsmith. Learn more about both at www.techsmith.com NOTE: This session will be held online in Canvas. After you register for this session in WebAdvisor, log into Canvas later that day or the next morning and you will see the Canvas course listed. Enter the Canvas course and follow the directions. This course is self-paced. Estimated completion time: 45 minutes to 1 hour. If you have any questions about this course, please contact the instructor, Dr. Gabrielle Orsi, at (970) 947-8359 or via email at gorsi@coloradomtn.edu | Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS07 (SYN: 77182) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 2 hours) Any day or time during the Spring 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Google Docs Online: Learn how to use the Google Docs cloud-based office suite of online software applications. Google Docs is easy, free, and can be used in Canvas! | Some of the best things in life are free! This session is an overview of the Google Docs cloud-based office suite of online software applications which can be used on their own and inside Canvas too! We will address:
| Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS08 (SYN: 77183) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1-2 hours) Any day or time during the Spring 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on Tuesday, April 30, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas and VoiceThread.com | VoiceThread Online: Learn how to use VoiceThread's collaborative online platform to create and share multimedia slide shows with images, documents, videos, and commenting. This is a FREE program for CMC users! | Interested in creating more dynamic slideshows online that will truly spark a group conversation among your course members? You can with VoiceThread!Learn in this self-paced online course how easy it is to use VoiceThread's collaborative online platform to create and share multimedia slide shows with images, documents, and videos. With VoiceThread, participants can leave written, audio, or video comments as they navigate through your slideshow, and the VoiceThreads can be incorporated into Canvas, embedded elsewhere, or shared publicly. In this course you will learn how to:
| Gabrielle Orsi | 13/SU TRN901 CS09 (SYN: 77184) |
| Self-Paced (Estimated completion time: 1-2 hours) Any day or time during the Summer 2013 semester. Must be completed by noon on August 2, 2013. | ONLINE via Canvas | Lecture Capture for Teaching and Learning Online & In The Classroom | Lecture capture means recording what's happening in your classroom or as you lecture. Some faculty use lecture captures to introduce material, to include guest speakers, to film their students and in other creative ways. This self-paced online training will focus on learning how to capture what's going on in (or out of!) your classroom. We will be using the Collaborate webconferencing tool. This training will include creating a short lecture capture of your own. During this course you'll learn:
| Michelle Lefebvre | 13/SU TRN901 CS16 (SYN: 77226) |
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