Upcoming Workshops
August 2020
The Flexible Teaching Webinar Series
The FDIC is offering nine webinars before the start of the Fall semester (August 10 - August 17, 2020). Join us by registering now at https://eiu.gosignmeup.com. Each 45 minute session will be recorded. The recordings will be available on the Past Workshops page after the session has ended.
- How to Communicate Asynchronously with your Students in D2L, Monday, August 10, 10:00 AM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- Social presence and strategies to promote social presence
- Asynchronous Communication including the News Widget, Activity Feed in D2L
- Personalized messages with string replacement in D2L.
- How to Conduct Asynchronous Online Discussions, Monday, August 10, 2:00 PM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- How to design online discussion topics
- How to give feedback for online discussions
- How to create online discussions in D2L including Regular online discussions, Grid view, and Group online discussions.
- How to Communicate Synchronously with your Students using Collaborate, Tuesday, August 11, 10:00 AM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- How to use the tools in Collaborate Ultra for online synchronous meetings in a course in D2L
- How to record online meetings or presentations for use asynchronously.
- How to Create Lecturing Videos via Kaltura Capture, Tuesday, August 11, 2:00 PM
- Topics for this webinar include
- Best practices for creating videos
- How to engage your students in your videos
- How to create videos through Kaltura Capture
- How to embed videos in D2L.
- How to Use Microsoft Stream to Caption Recorded Videos, Wednsday, August 12, 10:00 AM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- How MS Stream can be used to create a caption file for use in Kaltura and D2L.
- How to Promote and Maintain Student Engagement in Online Courses, Wednsday, August 12, 2:00 PM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- Practical strategies for designing online courses through three interactions: students-teachers, students-materials, and students-peers.
- How to Conduct Group activities in Online Courses, Thursday, August 13, 10:00 AM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- Design of group activities
- Synchronous group activities in Collaborate Ultra
- Asynchronous group activities in D2L.
- How to Teach face-to-face while Socially Distanced, Thursday, August 13, 2:00 PM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- A simulation of teaching face-to-face with socially distancing and masking protocols in place
- Possibilities and limitations of active learning and other tools of engagement with this setup and protocols
- Some simple techniques and technological adaptations possible.
- How to Communicate with Microsoft Teams at EIU, Monday, August 17, 10:00 AM
- Topics for this webinar include:
- Introduce the features and capabilities available to every faculty, staff, and student at EIU for communication and collaboration purposes using Microsoft Teams.
- Learn more about how asynchronous text-based conversations and synchronous audio/video calls can help you stay in touch with colleagues and students during these challenging remote learning times.
