Coming Soon: Training Workshops on Teams and Softphones

Are you confused by MS Teams, and want to walk through the basics?
Do you have specific, non-basic questions about MS Teams?
Are you getting a Teams softphone and want to use it well?

The Office of Information Technology has planned training options for faculty and staff, to
• help everyone make better use of Teams
• help our new Teams softphone users adapt from their familiar GGC cell phones to this
unfamiliar, innovative softphone technology

Office hours: Teams and softphone coaching for faculty and staff, July 14-August 31:

Our technical trainer, Chris Robinson, will be available in Teams, Mon – Thu, 3-5pm, to answer your questions about Teams and/or softphones. Here is the link to join her office hours:

Drop-in office hours for Teams questions, Mon – Thu, 3-5 PM, July 14-Aug. 31

Teams 101 in-person workshop: Make Teams work for you

These in-person workshops will be offered for faculty and staff in Library room L-1119.
You may register in Eventbrite for the date and time you want.
Tue 7/20, 10 AM
Wed 7/21, 2 PM
Mon 7/26, 2 PM
Thu 7/29, 10 AM
Tue 8/3, 11 AM
Wed 8/4, 1 PM

Teams 102: Meet your new softphone
These sessions will be held in Teams. Registration is required. To register, click your desired date.
Thu 7/22, 10 AM
Tue 7/27, 1:30 PM
Wed 7/28, 10:30 AM
Mon 8/2, 1:30 PM
Thu 8/5, 1:30 PM

Brightspace Guided Training Webinars

Brightspace Guided Training webinars help you get started quickly with Brightspace. These webinars are designed to build your skills and your confidence with the D2L Brightspace platform. Spend some time with a D2L expert who will guide you through key tools and workflows with a special emphasis on Higher Education. You’ll have the opportunity to watch and learn before practicing on your own. Registration is required for the live webinars.

The schedule for upcoming Brightspace Guided Training (Live, Instructor-led) webinars is here, from the Brightspace Community.

Selected Webinar Recordings

Here are recordings from a recent series of Guided Training webinars.

  • My Digital Classroom – recording of the May 20 Session
    Educators, are you asking these questions? How do I create and manage my virtual space so my students can learn? How do I communicate with my students? How do I post content that I have already created? How do I create a place for students to hand in their work so I can assess it and give them feedback? In this introductory session we will explore the essential tools for creating your virtual learning environment and getting ready for students the next day.
  • Session 1: Getting Started with Brightspace – recording of the May 25 Session
    This introductory session provides a live demo of key tools used in Brightspace. We will explore
    Announcements, Content, Discussions, Assignments, Quizzes and Grades.
  • Session 2: ABC’s of Content – recording of the May 25 Session
    Wondering how to add content to your course? Join us as we explore how to copy existing content into courses and learn to create new materials within your course using the HTML Editor.
  • Session 3: Assess: Assignments – recording of the May 26 Session
    Need a place for students to submit papers and projects? In this session, we will share effective practices for creating assignments.
  • Session 4: Assess: Discussions – recording of the May 26 Session
    Whether peer-to-peer or student-to-instructor, discussions are a great way for students to share what they are learning. In this session, we will create discussion forums and topics within a course.  
  • Session 5: Assess: Quizzes session – recording of the May 26 Session
    Comprehension check. Midterm. Final Exam. What do they have in common?  They can all be
    created in Brightspace Quizzes. Join us as we explore how to build a quiz in your course.
  • Session 6: Evaluate: Grades – Curious how to set up a new gradebook in Brightspace? In this session, we will explore setting up your gradebook and grade items to support course evaluation requirements.

Professional Development Opportunities: Summer Webinars and Ongoing Training

Are you enjoying your time off this summer but looking for a way to brush up on your skills and knowledge? There are several great development opportunities available over the summer, including:

Brightspace Guided Training Webinars: Brightspace Guided Training webinars help you get started quickly with Brightspace. These webinars are designed to build your skills and your confidence with the D2L Brightspace platform. Spend some time with a D2L expert who will guide you through key tools and workflows with a special emphasis on Higher Education. You’ll have the opportunity to watch and learn before practicing on your own. Registration is required for the live webinars.

USG Office of Faculty Development: Summer 2021 Webinar Series – from 06/09 – 08/04

OLC Summer Webinar Series: Trending Topics in Online, Digital, and Blended Learning – Wednesdays from 06/23 – 08/11 @ 1:00 p.m.

Ongoing ProctorU Training

Ongoing Respondus Instructor Training

Poll Everywhere on-demand training and live webinars

Kaltura Training: if you missed this spring’s KAMP: Masterclass for Kaltura Users sessions, all six recordings are now available online

ICYMI: summer is a good time to check out the CTE Summer Institute sessions, D2L spring sessions, and some of the great webinars from the past year that you may have missed; links to recordings are available on our Events page.

Poll Everywhere On-Demand Training and Live Webinars

Get to know Poll Everywhere with our new training courses designed for Enterprise. Whether you are learning more about audience engagement or onboarding faculty to your organization-wide account, we will walk you through the key features and workflows.

  • Learn about tomorrow’s product release, the new organization system, with a step-by-step course covering the key updates like Folders and refreshed navigation.
  • With our Poll Everywhere 101 and Poll Everywhere for administrators courses, you can explore a wide range of account features. Get an overview of the basics, including activity types and presentation controls, or dive deeper with advanced topics like custom branding — all at your own pace.
  • Register for the Presenting in person course to learn best practices for engaging everyone, whether they are in the room or joining virtually. 
  • Questions about Poll Everywhere? Sign up for a live webinar hosted by product experts. Upcoming webinars include Poll Everywhere for large teams.

Register for a course with your Poll Everywhere account, using your work email and SSO.

CTE 2021 Summer Institute (May 17 – 20)

The CTE Summer Institute provides an opportunity for GGC faculty to strengthen and enhance their teaching skills through a series of workshops on a variety of innovative and effective teaching practices. Feel free to sign up for any or all of the workshops listed below.

For workshop descriptions and facilitator information, please go to the CTE 2021 Summer Institute website.

Monday 05/17

Critical Thinking Training (Day 1) – 9:30 – 3:30  pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-critical-thinking-monday-tickets-150234542561

A Data Analytic Ecosystem to Drive First-Year Student Success – 10:00 – 11:00 am
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-a-data-analytic-ecosystem-to-drive-first-year-student-success-tickets-152400486959

Engaging Students in Self-Care – 11:00 – 11:30 am
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-engaging-students-in-self-care-tickets-153650008311

Tuesday 05/18

Critical Thinking Training (Day 2) – 9:30 – 3:30 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-critical-thinking-tuesday-tickets-150234843461

Turning Your Dissertation into Publication (Day 1) – 10:00 – 11:15 am
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-turning-your-dissertation-into-publication-tickets-150972852867

A Data Analytic Ecosystem to Drive First-Year Student Success – 2:00 – 3:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-a-data-analytic-ecosystem-to-drive-first-year-student-success-tickets-152401786847

Wednesday 05/19

Turning Your Dissertation into Publication  (Day 2)– 10:00 – 12:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-turning-your-dissertation-into-publication-tickets-150972979245

What are we doing today? – 11:00 – 12:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-what-are-we-doing-today-tickets-153553591927

Tech Tools for Online Engagement – 2:00 – 3:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-tech-tools-for-online-engagement-tickets-153493813127

Thursday 05/20

Student Engagement with mmhmm – 11:00 – 12:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-student-engagement-with-mmhmm-tickets-150970985281

Stress Less – Plant-Based Cooking – 12:00 – 1:00 pm
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cte-2021-si-stress-less-plant-based-cooking-tickets-152903172505

USG Office of Faculty Development – Summer 2021 Webinar Series

We are happy to announce the Summer 2021 webinar series from the USG Office of Faculty Development. These workshops, offered by experts from your teaching and learning centers, will help prepare faculty to create meaningful, intentional learning experiences for their students. For workshop descriptions and registration, please go to:

https://www.usg.edu/facultydevelopment/centers/program_spotlight/summer21_webinar_series

We hope you’ll take in one (or all).  Please pass these along to any of your colleagues you think would be interested.

Workshops:
– Reflection-Based Classroom Activities – 06/09 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Free Technology Tools to Teach YOUR Way – 06/18 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Student Readiness: Returning to Campus – 06/22 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Designing ePortfolios to Support Student Learning: The Hows, Whys, and Some Stories – 06/29 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Motivation and Gamification – 07/07 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Documenting Effective Teaching Behaviors – 07/20 @ 11:00 a.m.
– Building a Certified Peer Observation Program: Improving Teaching and Removing Biases – 07/28 @ 11:00 a.m.
– How to Help Students Write a Resume – 08/04 @ 11:00 a.m.

Webinar: One Year Later – Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Institutions Reflect on Digital Learning

 
Free WebinarOne Year Later – Higher Education Students, Faculty, and Institutions Reflect on Digital Learning

Wednesday, April 28 | 2:00 p.m. ET   Nearly a year after the pandemic created a massive shift to online learning, how have students, professors, and institutional leaders managed the new academic normal? How have best practices and feelings toward digital learning changed throughout the past year?

Starting in April 2020, Bay View Analytics, OLC, Cengage and other leading learning organizations began releasing the findings of quarterly surveys to understand the changing landscape of digital learning throughout the pandemic. The first three surveys, focusing on faculty and administrators, showcased the insights and needs of those two groups. This fourth installment reveals the student perspective as well.

During this webinar, leaders from Bay View Analytics and OLC examine how the responses have shifted throughout the year and how the students’ perspectives compare to those of faculty and administrators. Additionally, one higher ed administrator and one student will describe their personal digital learning experience over the past year.

Participants will:
Hear how views and practices of digital learning have shifted throughout 2020 and 2021 Analyze predictions and optimism for the future
Learn top strategies for the continuation of digital learning during and post-pandemic  
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EDUCAUSE Webinar: The Top Three Platforms for a True Learning Ecosystem

Tuesday, 04/06 @ 1:00 p.m.

Beyond an LMS, what makes up a modern, effective, learning ecosystem? What is the “pecking order” of platforms and solutions at most colleges or universities, and are we ensuring that these tools support student success while driving staff and faculty efficiencies? How do those platforms and solutions integrate into a seamless experience? This session will inform IT leaders about effective practices for building and leveraging a higher education learning ecosystem.

Outcomes:

  • Identify the most effective parts of a learning ecosystem
  • Leverage strategies for user-facing solutions that augment success
  • Find solutions to better connect learning to technology support

Register Now

Chronicle of Higher Ed webinar: Race, Class, and Student Voices

Monday, 03/29 @ 2:00 p.m.
Registration

The faces of student representation are changing. Presidents elected to lead student bodies at several predominantly white institutions this year are the first Black student in the role. And the leaders are emphasizing issues like diversity, inclusion, advocacy, equitable policing, and the mental health of all students. What is on their agendas, and how are they working to achieve it?

As part of The Chronicle’s series examining race and class in higher education, a panel of student-body presidents from around the country will share their goals and ideas for creating more inclusive institutions. How do student leaders think colleges are faring so far on promises they’ve made? How can colleges show they’re following through?

The panel — co-hosted by Sarah Brown, senior reporter at The Chronicle, and Jael Kerandi, student representative to the Board of Regents and former president of the Minnesota Student Association at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — will also include Danielle Geathers, president of the MIT Undergraduate Association; Assata Gilmore, president of the Purdue Student Government; and Roaya Higazi, president of the Undergraduate Student Government at Ohio State University.

They will discuss:

  • The commitments and resources students want from their colleges
  • How to involve student leaders in institutional decision-making
  • Effective forms of communication between students and administrators
  • What it means to be a “first” and why representation matters

Register Now

Teaching & Learning Day 2021

Our fifth annual and first virtual Teaching and Learning Day is on Friday, March 26, 2021! Help us celebrate the fresh thinking and pedagogies of GGC faculty and staff related to enhancing teaching and learning. The event  provides a forum for individuals and groups to share work related to teaching, learning, and technology, including but not limited to:

  • course design (face to face and hybrid),
  • assignment design,
  • engaged pedagogies (including experiential learning),
  • assessment strategies,
  • research on teaching and learning, and
  • efforts to enhance student success. 

The sessions also provide an opportunity to reach a broad audience and initiate conversations with colleagues sharing similar interests. The event will feature opening remarks by Dr. George S. Low, Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs / Provost.

Access the program by clicking here . The event starts at 12:30 PM. We look forward to seeing you there!