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Instructional Technology Training Options:
Adobe InDesign
InDesign is a sophisticated page layout and graphic design tool geared toward print publication.
- TBD
Harmonize Discussion for Canvas
We’re excited to share that instructors at UMass Dartmouth can use Harmonize, a discussion & collaboration tool that integrates with Canvas, to improve student engagement in your online discussions while saving you time in grading and managing your classroom!
- Wed, 1/22/25 at 11:30 am – Better Discussions + Easier Grading
- Tue, 2/18/25 at 11:30 am – Better Discussions + Easier Grading
- Mon, 3/24/25 at 12:00 pm – Better Discussions + Easier Grading
- Tue, 4/22/25 at 1:30 pm – Better Discussions + Easier Grading
Free recorded training for advanced topics!
Upcoming events hosted by Harmonize.
Visit our Harmonize webpage to learn more.
Canvas-led Training:
This workshop provides a detailed exploration using Canvas’ main content-building tool, the “Rich Content Editor” known simply as the RCE. The RCE is what you will use to build most of the content in your courses, including Homepages, Announcements, Content Pages, Assignment Instructions, Quiz Questions & Answers, Discussion Topics & Replies, Calendar Events, and more! We will use Content Pages as our “canvas” to practice adding links, images, media, and documents (hard drive or cloud-based) for several use cases in your classroom. Along the way, we will share best practices for formatting, accessibility, and tips for building content using the RCE.
- Tues, 3/11/25 at 12:00 pm – Content Creation in Canvas
Kahoot! Game-based Learning for Blackboard or Canvas
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform that allows you to create, share, and play learning games or trivia quizzes in minutes. Unleash the fun in face-to-face classrooms and online courses! Kahoot! functions as an interactive technology to engage students in the learning environment through Games, Interactive synchronous and asynchronous lessons, Polls, Quizzes, and Interactive lectures. Join us for a training and demonstration offered by a Kahoot! education specialist.
- Wed, 1/1/25 at 9:30 am – Kahoot! 101: Getting Started
- Wed, 2/5/25 at 9:30 am – Kahoot! 101: Getting Started
- Wed, 3/5/25 at 9:30 am – Kahoot! 101: Getting Started
Free, live, and on-demand webinars are also available
Kaltura – Creating Online Lectures in Blackboard or Canvas
A lecture capture and personal recording solution built into Blackboard and Canvas. Kaltura can record content on your computer screen, as well as audio narration and webcam video. After recording, your video is automatically processed and stored in your personal Kaltura media space. This workshop will walk participants through initiating Kaltura, recording, and embedding videos into a Blackboard or Canvas site.
- Register for Kaltura Learning: Blackboard Building Block Essentials
- Register for Kaltura Learning: Canvas Extension Essentials
More Sessions are available at Kaltura Training Services
Qualtrics – Getting Started
UMass Dartmouth has selected Qualtrics as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their surveys. Students may also use Qualtrics under the direction of a Faculty or Staff member. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail. No previous survey experience is necessary.
- TBD
Qualtrics – Branching
An intermediate Qualtrics workshop that explores different means of skipping or repeating questions in a survey. Topics covered include skip logic, display logic, blocks, block branching, and loop and merge. Previous survey experience equivalent to the Getting Started with Qualtrics workshop is required.
- TBD
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Excel is a program in the Office 365 suite typically used to store, sort, and manipulate data. Although Excel is not a database, it is often used in data analytics and finance careers to assess large amounts of information and create visualizations.
- Fri, 12/13/24 at 10 am – Excel Formulas and Functions
VoiceThread – Humanized Media-Rich, Online Discussions in Blackboard
VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool for engaging in rich, asynchronous conversations around images, documents, presentations, and videos. Learn how to take your online discussions to the next level! Attend or watch a workshop hosted by our service provider, VoiceThread.
- Tue 12/10/24 at 12:00 pm – Dr. Raelynna Hale: Using VoiceThread in Language Courses
- Fri, 1/14/25 at 1:00 pm – Using VoiceThread in Blackboard
- Tue, 1/21/25 at 1:00 pm – Using VoiceThread in Canvas
Upcoming VoiceThread workshops
Previously Recorded VoiceThread workshops
YuJa Panorama for Accessibility in Canvas
We’re excited to announce that YuJa will host a series of webinars designed specifically for faculty and staff. These sessions are a great opportunity to refresh your knowledge of our tools, as well as to ask any questions directly to our experts.
- Wed, 2/26/25 at 12:00 pm – Getting Started with YuJa Panorama
- Thu, 3/6/25 at 2:00 pm – Getting Started with YuJa Panorama
Online and Blended Teaching Courses:
Online Teaching and Learning Strategies (in Blackboard)
A rigorous four-week, fully online course introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction on a Blackboard site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s).
- TBD – Pending Canvas transition
Visit Teaching Online for more information.
Blended Teaching: Designing Meaningful Content Connections (in Blackboard)
An engaging two-week, fully online course introduces faculty to current research and best practices for blended teaching and learning. Using their discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, and collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of blended instruction that can be incorporated into their course(s), to enhance student engagement and meaningful content connections. This instruction unit will meet the Quality Blended Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming blended course(s) on a Blackboard site.
- TBD – Pending Canvas transition
Visit Teaching Blended for more information.
Other Fully Online Teaching Educational Opportunities:
Online Teaching Resources
A fully online, independent, and self-paced learning opportunity that has been adapted from our rigorous Online Teaching and Learning Strategies certification course. Faculty can self-enroll and navigate resources at their own pace. While samples, course design templates, and assessment models are available to enrollees, submissions, grading, feedback, and certification are unavailable.
Instructional Continuity
Explore tools and strategies that can be leveraged to keep your class(es) on track and maintain instructional continuity in the event of disruption due to weather-related incidents, campus emergencies, or closures.
Visit the Instructional Continuity site to learn more!
Getting Started in Blackboard
Highlights the most useful features of Blackboard. Viewers are guided through creating their Blackboard site(s), populating a course menu, incorporating communication tools, and adding and organizing course content based on industry best practices for online teaching and learning. Viewers will also learn how to use Student Preview Mode to ensure that they are creating a streamlined and engaging learning environment.
Visit our Getting Started in Blackboard site to learn more!
Other Blended Teaching Educational Opportunities:
Blended/Online Course Prep
A recorded workshop series that explains the differences between instructional modes and identifies which course components can be conducted online. Viewers will learn how to create a course and organize electronic materials for online delivery. Popular assessment strategies are showcased and technologies for creating online content are explored. Each session builds upon the last and provides helpful guidance, templates, and samples for faculty to use as they plan for their upcoming online and Flipped course(s):
- Session 1: Building a Base
- Session 1.5: Blending for Lab, Clinical, and Studio Courses
- Session 2: Developing and Curating Course Content
- Session 3: Online Engagement and Wrap-up!
Visit our Workshop Series: Online Course Prep site for session recaps and resources!
Fundamentals of Flipping
A fully online and independent learning opportunity that allows faculty to self-enroll and navigate resources at their own pace. Enrollees are guided through workshop recordings, tutorials, and templates to organize and design their Flipped course.