Event Archive

When/Where	Event
Thursday Oct 29, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for details	Thoughtful Thursdays - Caregiving and Teaching: Let’s Talk About the OTHER Work You’re Doing Presenter(s): Paul McPherron (English and ACERT); Stephanie Margolin (Hunter College Libraries) Since moving to remote teaching and working in March, we have been balancing our work, home, and personal lives in the same place and often at the same time. Often, we are also caring for someone else as well, adding additional stress to an already stressful situation. Join us for an open discussion of how we are balancing all of this work and share strategies for ways you are coping with the chaos. [Details...]
Thursday Oct 29, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register for more information	Collect & Grade Assignments in Blackboard Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This workshop will introduce tips for using Blackboard to collect and grade assignments in online, hybrid, or in-person classes. [Details...]
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for details	Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom Presenter(s): Gina Riley (Special Education) Join us for a special presentation and discussion with Gina Riley (Special Education) about her new book Unschooling: Exploring Learning Beyond the Classroom. For this special event, Gina will begin with a presentation covering the main topics in her new book which will be followed by an open discussion and Q&A. [Details...]
Wednesday Oct 28, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register for more information	Set-up your Final Grade in Blackboard Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This workshop will introduce tips and provide clarifications on best practices for using Blackboard to help navigate and set up the final grades in Blackboard. [Details...]
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for more details	Tech Tuesdays - Dropbox for the Win! Presenter(s): Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages); Jeff Allred (English) In this quick tech talk we will focus on CUNY Dropbox, the cloud storage available to students and faculty. We will discuss various ways to use Dropbox: share class materials (including large video files!), collect student work, and provide them quick or extensive feedback. Plus: Dropbox can be integrated into Blackboard! [Details...]
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020 9:00 am - 10:00 am Online - Please register for more information	Hypothesis for Annotations Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Hypothes.is is an annotation tool now available in Blackboard that [...] [Details...]
Thursday Oct 22, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for more details	Thoughtful Thursdays - Assessment during the Pandemic: What is Different, What Remains the Same? Presenter(s): Joel Bloom (Provost Office & Assessment), Gina Riley (Special Education), and Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) Some of us approach assessment with a degree of trepidation even under the best of times; in this session, we’ll discuss some familiar elements, some new opportunities, and give you a chance to brainstorm ideas on what might work well this year! [Details...]
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	Making your PowerPoint slides accessible Presenter(s): Scott Lipkowitz (Library) This workshop will teach participants how to create accessible Powerpoint slides that can be used for live lectures or uploaded to asynchronous online course activities. [Details...]
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for online	Tech Tuesdays - Using Book Creator and Manifold in the College Classroom Presenter(s): Gina Riley (Special Education); Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages) Book Creator is an easy way students can create and publish their own book. It is usually used within the K - 12 classroom, but there are so many easy ways to use it effectively within the university space as well (and as a teaching tool!). Manifold is an open CUNY publishing platform that can be used to create OER textbooks and enriched editions, and publish student work. Let’s explore the different things that can be done with Book Creator and Manifold. [Details...]
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register for more information	Interaction Tools in Zoom Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) This workshop will introduce you to interaction tools in Zoom that will help with engagement throughout your course. [Details...]
Monday Oct 19, 2020 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	DIY Captioning for Busy Professors (VoiceThread & Youtube) Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) At this online workshop, we will show you how to modify the automatically generated captions provided by VoiceThread and YouTube so that they are accurate. [Details...]
Saturday Oct 17, 2020 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Online - Please register for more details	Camp Review and Improve Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) and many others We are about half way through a challenging semester. Do you need new ideas for activities in your synchronous and asynchronous class sessions? Are you ready to learn and use a new tool? Or perhaps you need a refresher on tools you currently use? Join us for a two-day camp on revising and improving your courses. [Details...]
Thursday Oct 15, 2020 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	Hypothesis for Annotations Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Hypothes.is is an annotation tool now available in Blackboard that can be used by students in your classes to highlight and comment on blogs, articles, pdfs, and any other webpages that you would like your students to engage with together. Come find out more about this useful tool and how to use it through your course Blackboard page. [Details...]
Thursday Oct 15, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for more details	Thoughtful Thursdays - Embracing (Tech) Teaching Fails and New Ways of Creating Community Presenter(s): Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages), Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) We already know that not every lesson or activity is an immediate hit, but teaching fully online means that so many more things can go wrong! How can you use these fails to create a broader sense of community in your class? Join us for an open discussion on embracing failure in online teaching. We’ll share experiences and tips, and also reflect on how the semester is going so far: what’s working and what’s not, and what can/should be adapted mid-semester? [Details...]
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	Making your Word documents accessible Presenter(s): Scott Lipkowitz (Library) In this workshop, you will learn about best practices for creating and designing accessible MS Word documents. [Details...]
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	VoiceThread for audio and video discussions Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) This workshop will introduce you to tips for using the Voicethread tool in Blackboard to hold asynchronous audio and video discussions in your online or hybrid classes. [Details...]
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for details	Tech Tuesdays - Superquick Presentation Recording using Zoom! Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) When you need to create a video voicing over a powerpoint, show students how to navigate a site or program, or to see you solving a problem, Zoom is a fast and easy way to quickly create a video with a link to share with students. [Details...]
Friday Oct 9, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Online - Please register for details	Introduction to National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD) Presenter(s): Jenny Tuten (Provost's Office) With Hunter's institutional membership to NCFDD, we have access to a wealth of resources to support faculty professional and personal growth in academia. Join this Zoom conversation to explore the resources, learn how Hunter faculty have used the webinars, writing challenges, and discussions boards and share ideas for further meetings or study groups. [Details...]
Thursday Oct 8, 2020 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online - Please register for more information	Create a Test re-using Blackboard Questions Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This workshop will introduce you to tips for using Blackboard to create tests re-using Blackboard questions. [Details...]
Thursday Oct 8, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register for details	Thoughtful Thursdays - Peer Observation when the Class Session is Online Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Curriculum and Teaching) In this session we will discuss how observation practices need to shift to be able to provide meaningful feedback when the instruction is online--both synchronous and asynchronous, while still keeping within the parameters of our approved peer observation protocols. [Details...]