Professional Development Schedule
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Professional Development Schedule
Professional Development Zoom link:
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Meeting ID |944 3392 8143
Password |614328
Use the link above to join any of the sessions that have a virtual option
(Excluding Zoom Training, which is held in Teams. Find the Teams link in the calendar)
Registration is not required for virtual sessions
Sessions will be in the Flex format. Session descriptions can be found below the calendars at the bottom.
The following sessions are in Blue Bell (CH 179) or Zoom: Getting Started with Canvas, Gradebook and Rubrics, Grading and SpeedGrader, Yuja Verity, Canvas Outcomes, Canvas Quizzes and Test Banks, Zoom for Canvas.
The following sessions are in Pottstown (please see calendar for room) or Zoom: Canvas Roll Call and Attendance and Canvas Communication Tools + Groups and Collaboration
November 2024
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Canvas Communication Tools and Groups/Collaboration 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM SH 205 |
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Canvas Quizzes and Test Banks 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
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Canvas Outcomes 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Gradebook and Rubric 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Grading and SpeedGrader 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
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Zoom for Canvas 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM |
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Canvas Roll Call and Attendance 3:00 - 3:30 PM SH 214 |
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Yuja Verity 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
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Professional Development Session Details
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Assignments and Discussions
This session will review the assignment and discussion tools. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Creating an Assignment
- Assignment Settings
- Creating a Discussion
- Discussion settings
- TurnIt In Basics
Canvas Roll Call and Attendance
This session will cover how to take attendance using Roll Call and will include:
- Adding Attendance to your course menu
- Reviewing the Attendance (Roll Call) settings
- Linking Attendance to the Gradebook
- Attendance reporting
Communication tools + Groups and Collaboration
This session will review communication tools in Canvas that will help you communicate with your students and the use of groups for collaboration. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Canvas Inbox (internal messaging system)
- Course Calendar
- Announcements
- Setting up groups
- Office 365 Collaboration
Course Analytics and Reports
This session will review the reports available to you as an instructor. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Where to access reports
- What reports are available
- How to run reports
- Sample reports
Getting Started with Canvas
This will be an introductory session on how to get started with Canvas. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Accessing and logging into Canvas
- Canvas Navigation Basics
- Suggestions on how to approach reviewing and updating your courses
- Basics of adding and re-arranging content
- Review Course Evaluation Checklist
- Creating and Adding Content
Gradebook and Rubrics
This session will cover setting up your gradebook and using rubrics. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Setting up gradebook
- Managing categories
- Setting up Weighted Total
- Overall gradebook management
- Creating Rubrics
Grading and SpeedGrader
This session will cover to how grade assessments in Canvas and the use of SpeedGrader. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Grading each assignment type (assignment, quiz, etc)
- Grade settings and grade management
- Using SpeedGrader
- Providing feedback to students (with/without a rubric)
- Student view of feedback
Kahoot!
This session will cover how to use Kahoot! in the classroom. It will include:
- Creating a Kahoot!
- Sharing with students
- Using in PowerPoint
- Tips for use in the classroom
Quizzes and test banks
This session will cover Canvas quizzes and test banks. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Reviewing Quizzes from Blackboard
- Creating a new quiz
- Quiz settings
- Working with test banks
- Student view of quizzes
Student View
This session will show what a course looks like from the student view. This will allow you to better understand students questions about their experience. Topics covered in this session will include:
- Dashboard
- Course Stream
- Reviewing Content
- Discussions
- Inbox
- Groups
- Assessments
- Grades
- Grade Predictor tool
Turnitin (replacement for SafeAssign) and Draft Coach
This session will demonstrate how to use TunritIn (the replacement for SafeAssign) as a faculty member and how to interpret the scores. This includes setting up an assignment with Turnitin. Draft Coach, an interactive online coach for citations, grammar, and similarity will be demonstrated. Draft Coach is available for both faculty and students.
Verity (Replacement for Lockdown Browser)
This session will review Verity, which is the replacement for Lockdown Browser:
- how to set up Verity in Canvas for both faculty and students
- how to set up a quiz with Verity
- the features and functionality of Verity quiz settings
- accessing and reading the Verity data dashboard
Yuja Basics/Refresh
This session will review how to begin using Yuja. Topics include:
- Library Organization
- Recording a Yuja video
- Editing Basics
- Closed-captioning Basics
- Sharing with students
Zoom Basics
Blackboard Collaborate will be sunsetting for the College on June 30, 2023. This session will review how to use Zoom for synchronous sessions.