Spring 2010 Seminars
To register, please email fcld@hartford.edu
or call 768-4661
FCLD also offers live online instruction via web conferencing - call for details
Getting Started with Blackboard – Every Tuesday
Tuesdays, 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
(Please Note: Getting Started will NOT be held on Feb. 2nd or Feb. 16th).
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library) or FCLD Faculty Lab
Prerequisites: Basics of personal computing and surfing the Internet.
This session is designed as a general orientation to Blackboard, the application used to put courses online. You’ll learn strategies for organizing your Blackboard course, review the many tools and features available in Blackboard, and start adding course content items like your syllabus and web links to your Blackboard course. Be sure to bring a digital version of your syllabus; this is desigsned as a hands-on seminar.
Teaching Online: “What You Really Need to Know About Teaching Online”
Friday, February 19, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Diane Goldsmith, Executive Director for the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium shares her insights and expertise on what it takes to teach online, which teaching strategies work best in the online classroom, and tips for success.
Teaching Online: Planning and Organizing an Online Course
Friday, February 26, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Where do I put my Syllabus? Should I organize course materials by date or by file type? Good organization of course materials around clearly articulated course objectives are essential ingredients for student success in the online environment. FCLD will share ideas and best practices for setting up a Blackboard course to meet these criteria, and demonstrate how to transform a syllabus into a table layout so that students have a complete, easy-to-read roadmap for completing an online course.
Teaching Online: Facilitating and Grading Online Discussions
Friday, March 5, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Discussion boards are commonly used to assess student learning in the online classroom because they require the use of higher-order thinking skills such as analysis and synthesis. In this session you will learn how to set up a Blackboard discussion board, share strategies for facilitating online discussions, and show how a rubric can be an effective tool for grading student contributions in online discussions.
Teaching Online: Submitting and Grading Assignments Online
Friday, March 26, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Blackboard’s Assignment Tool is the perfect way for students to ‘hand in’ assignments digitally. In this session, you’ll learn why Blackboard’s Assignment Tool is superior to the Digital Drop Box, and then learn how to use Microsoft’s comments and tracking to give feedback on student’s papers – without ever having to pick up a pen.
Teaching Online: Conducting Online Tests and Surveys
Friday, April 9, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
Although there are several other methods you can use to assess student learning in your course such as case study analysis, discussion board responses and journals, or group projects, a simple quiz or survey is still a great assessment tool. In this session, you will learn the step-by-step creation of quizzes and surveys in Blackboard, as well as discuss innovative ways to gauge student progress and learning in an online course.
Teaching Online: Grading Online using Blackboard’s Grade Center
Friday, April 16, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
In this seminar, you’ll learn how to set up Grade Center items based on your syllabus, post grades and comments, and create a final grade calculation. In addition, you’ll learn about more advanced Grade Center features such as adding extra credit, dropping lowest grades, using Grade Center’s evaluative tools, and exporting to an Excel spreadsheet.
Teaching Online: Tips and Tricks from Experienced Online Instructors
Friday, April 23, 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Woods Classroom (Mortensen Library)
Prerequisites: Familiarity with adding course content and navigating Blackboard.
One of the best ways to learn about teaching online is hearing about the experiences of instructors who have taught online in the past. University of Hartford instructors will share their online courses, tips, and tricks they’ve learned, as well as field questions from audience participants in this informal Q & A session.
To register, call FCLD at 768-4661 or email fcld@hartford.edu