Oakland University Workshop Calendar

e-LIS Streamline Your Moodle Course Design

Description: Let's get spiffy! Your general area will be clear, your communication crisp and direct, your weekly topic headings neat and chronological, required versus optional readings clear (files, folders, pages), your assigned activities understood. But wait - how do we do those things? Step 1: Come to this workshop!

e-LIS: Advanced - Media Management: where to store your videos

Description: If you have videos, or are planning to have videos in your Moodle course, this workshop will cover options for storing your Zoom, YuJa, Panopto, and YouTube. To help you decide which is best, the accessibility of your videos will be discussed as well as the ability to embed interactive questions.

e-LIS: Benefits & Strategies for a Properly Setup Moodle Gradebook

Description: Have you ever been confused setting up your gradebook in Moodle? Are your students asking you to put your grades in Moodle and you aren't sure how to do it? Have you never used the Moodle gradebook because it seems too complicated? Are you an experienced Moodle gradebook user curious to learn more about this powerful feature? This workshop is designed to give you the knowledge to construct your gradebook confidently in Moodle. Learn how to create weighted or non-weighed gradebooks and how you can simplify the gradebook for you and your students.

e-LIS: Best Practices - Create a Variety of Engaging Discussions Using Moodle Forums

Description: Let’s face it - online discussion boards can get stale for faculty and students. Students tire of the “one original post and two reply” format, and instructors disengage from the grading overload online discussions create. Let us help you spice up your discussions by using free technologies and different teaching approaches. Learn about tools you can use to create video chat discussions and how to use Moodle to disrupt the monotony.

e-LIS: Best Practices - Moodle Introduction for New Users

Description: Are students asking you to use Moodle more in your face-to-face course? Have you avoided using Moodle because you are just not a techie? Then this workshop is for you! We will explore simple ways to use Moodle that will make life easier for any level computer user. You will learn about Moodle’s main communication tools, ways to organize class content, resources and the gradebook. We will also look at the advantages of using Moodle for faculty and students, as well as other training services available through e-LIS.

e-LIS: Best Practices - Pedagogical approaches to instructional videos

Description: A vital component of online teaching and learning is creating instructional videos for your students. In this workshop we will discuss the process of creating effective instructional videos and the pedagogical approaches that can be applied to videos.We will demonstrate some best practices when it comes to creating instructional videos. If you are looking to up your instructional video content for your online course, then this workshop is just for you!

e-LIS: Best Practices - PreAssessments with H5P quizzes

Description: A weekly pre-assessment quiz will allow you to gather info on what students know what parts your students are familiar with prior to instruction. It also gives your students some areas to pay closer attention. Setup, scoring, and feedback will be demonstrated in this workshop.

e-LIS: Best Practices - Your first week of online: What does your course look like

Description: For new and veteran teachers, the first week of online classes can feel daunting. Is my course ready? What activities should I do in the first week? In order to hit the ground running, it is important to have solid course organization and some activities in the first week to allow for students to get accustomed to your course and get to know their classmates. In this workshop, we will discuss some best practices on structuring your Moodle course and demonstrate a few ice-breaker activities you can utilize in your first week of online teaching.

e-LIS: Create and Deliver Quizzes with Ease

Description: Come learn the three easy steps to create Moodle quizzes: create question bank categories, populate your question bank, then add questions. You'll learn how to import multiple choice questions directly into Moodle, how to minimize potential cheating, and how to use other tools like Camtasia and H5P for student engagement quizzes. Even experienced Moodle quiz users can learn new tricks in this workshop!

e-LIS: Teaching Presence - Creating Community in your Online Class

Description: In online classes, some students may feel isolated and mention a lack of “human connection.” In this workshop, we will discuss strategies to create and build community in your online classes so all of your students can shine. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to foster different types of interactions in your online class and begin to build a strong community where your students can succeed.

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Easy Grading with Moodle Rubrics and Grading Guides

Description: Are you looking for a simpler, faster way to grade your students' Moodle Assignments and Forums? Moodle Rubrics and Grading Guides might be right for you! No more manually checking off boxes in a Word Doc! Instead, we'll show you how to rebuild your old rubrics into interactive online ones that automatically add up totals and transfer grades to your gradebook. This will help you save time and grade each student consistently. The rubrics and guides can also be displayed to students for their reference, to ensure your expectations are clear and reduce students' frustration and confusion. Sign up to learn more! If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Gmail Tips to Eliminate Inbox Overwhelm

Description: Overwhelmed with emails? Learn how you can make the most of your OU Gmail account! After this workshop, you’ll be able to send and receive less emails, keep your inbox organized, and easily find any email you’re looking for. We’ll cover how to use Gmail features like search, filters, labels, undo send, signatures, vacation responders, and more, as well as a few bonus tips for Google Calendar. If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Group Activities with Google Slides

Description: Are you looking for an easy tool to facilitate group activities? Whether you are teaching in person, fully online, hybrid, or HyFlex, Google Slides might be the right fit for you! With Google Slides, students can build collaborative presentations and work on other visually engaging activities, regardless of where they are in the world. You and your students can simultaneously edit files and communicate in real-time, making remote collaboration easy and low-stress. In this hands-on workshop, you'll participate in an introduction activity where you will build a simple slide to introduce yourself to the other workshop participants. You'll walk away with a template for facilitating your own Google Slide activity, and resources for learning more. We'll also spend a bit of time discussing Google Jamboard. Space is limited, so sign up today! If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Moodle Assignments for Papers, Projects, and Much More!

Description: Even if you're teaching fully online, partially online, in-person, or even HyFlex - Moodle Assignments are great to incorporate into your courses! They are perfect for papers, projects, journal reflections, sharing resources, and more. They are also easy to grade, annotate, and provide feedback, all without having to print or download a single file. Sign-up to learn about the variety of ways you can use Moodle Assignments in your course. If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Sharing Podcasts and Accessible Audio Content

Description: Do you love listening to podcasts? Maybe you've started incorporating them into your courses, or maybe you want to. In this workshop, we'll cover the best practices for sharing podcasts in your course. In this hands-on session, you'll build your own Moodle Page with an embedded podcast player, so students can listen right in Moodle! We'll also talk about important accessibility considerations, the basics of finding or making a transcript, and a few tips for recording your own audio content. Space is limited, so sign up today! If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Social Annotation with Google Docs

Description: Social annotation allows students to read a text and write their thoughts, questions, and comments directly on the text, all together in one digital space! There are some great tools out there for this, like Hypothes.is, but in this workshop, we're going to focus on one you may already be familiar with - Google Docs. Since both you and your students already have an OU Google account, it's quick and easy to set up a social annotation activity with Google Docs. In this workshop, we'll cover how to create and share a Doc, how to paste and format text for students to review, and how to use Google features like comments and chat to facilitate conversations both synchronously and asynchronously. Space is limited, so sign up today! If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus - Weekly Overviews with Moodle Pages

Description: How do your students know what's happening each week? Do you send an announcement, or tell them to check the syllabus? What if you made them a weekly welcome / overview page that explained exactly which topics you'll be covering and what students have to do. In this hands-on workshop, you'll build your own Moodle Page with a week's learning objectives, a to-do list for assignments, and other useful reminders to help students feel confident going into each week. We'll also talk about how you can level-up your Weekly Overview Page by recording and embedding videos! Space is limited, so sign up today! If you have any questions, you can reach out to idteam@oakland.edu. The Zoom link can be found in our e-LIS Workshop eSpace: https://espace.oakland.edu/course/view.php?id=1573

e-LIS: Tech Focus-Interactive and engaging live lectures with Kahoot and more!

Description: Are you looking for some strategies to make your live lectures more interactive and engaging for students? Then look no further! In this workshop, we will discuss and demonstrate using Kahoot! And Zoom polling that instructors can use synchronously in class as a comprehension check, quiz review or even a pre-test to gauge their students' knowledge about a topic or subject. In this hands-on workshop, we will cover the functionality of the basic (free version) Kahoot and zoom polling and show you how you can design interactive activities for your classes.