Event Archive

When/Where	Event
Tuesday Apr 21, 2020 10:00 am - 10:50 am Online – register for details	Zoom 101 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) This session is designed for beginners and will go slowly over the basics: setting up a zoom session, inviting participants, recording the session and managing them in a group conversation or presentation with screen sharing. [Details...]
Friday Apr 17, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online – register for details	Tips for recording mini-lectures and looking good on camera Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center) How long should my video lectures be? What can I do if I’m camera shy? What’s more important–audio or video? Join us for a workshop on best practices for recording mini-lectures. You’ll learn how to prepare and record an effective lecture for a course that you are teaching remotely. [Details...]
Thursday Apr 16, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online – register for details	DYI video captioning for busy professors Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (ICIT) Are you creating video lectures or review sessions for your classes? Are they captioned and accessible? At this online workshop, we will show you how to modify the automatically generated captions provided by VoiceThread and YouTube so that they are perfectly accurate. [Details...]
Wednesday Apr 15, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online – register for details	Helping your students be successful online learners Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center) During this period of remote teaching, many of your students have become reluctant online learners. They may not have the time management or the study skills needed to succeed in an online course. Come to learn strategies that you can use and tips you can offer to help your students succeed in your class despite these challenging circumstances. [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Online – register for details	Helping your students learn educational technology Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center) How can you help your students learn new tools and adapt to a new mode of instruction? You can curate or create training materials. You can also model and scaffold the learning process. At this workshop, you will see examples of how Hunter professors have helped their students learn tech tools as they learned course content. [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020 11:00 am - 11:50 am Online – register for details	Zoom 201 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) Zoom 201 - This session is designed to provide practice using the breakout rooms features, annotations, and more advanced settings for hosting meetings, webinars or classes. [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 14, 2020 10:00 am - 10:50 am Online – register for details	Zoom 101 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) Zoom 101 - This session is designed for beginners and will go slowly over the basics: setting up a zoom session, inviting participants, recording the session and managing them in a group conversation or presentation with screen sharing. [Details...]
Monday Apr 13, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online – register for details	Organizing your Blackboard course site for online learning success Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center) What kind of course navigation works best for online courses? Where do you put course materials and assignments for clear and easy access? Join us for a review of Hunter’s online course template and learn ways to organize course content and place course tools. You will learn about course links, tool links, embedding videos and orientation modules. Come see Blackboard with fresh eyes! [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 7, 2020 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm Online – register for details	Zoom 301 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) Zoom 301--Learn to use: whiteboard + annotation, require attendees to register, co-hosting, advanced settings, managing participants (muting, removing, putting on hold) and other instructional ideas. [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 7, 2020 11:00 am - 11:50 am Online – register for details	Zoom 201 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) Zoom 201--Learn to use: waiting-room, record, break-out room, send file, save chat, find chat and find recording after the meeting (for attendance) [Details...]
Tuesday Apr 7, 2020 10:00 am - 10:50 am Online – register for details	Zoom 101 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) Zoom 101--Learn to: set up account, basic settings, create meeting room, send invitation, use emoticons, chat, share screen, and get different views of participants. [Details...]
Monday Apr 6, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm Online - register for details	What's going well? What needs to be re-calibrated (again)? Presenter(s): Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages); Shiao-Chuan Kung (Online Learning Center); Paul McPherron (English, ACERT) What's worked, what hasn't, and what more support do we need? Come join an open discussion of how you are doing as we enter week three of teaching and working remotely. [Details...]
Friday Apr 3, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm https://zoom.us/j/956279521	Online assessments Presenter(s): Michi Soyer (Sociology), Sarah Byosiere (Psychology) Open discussion and Q and A about using various online assessment tools in Blackboard (e.g. Blackboard discussion forums, Blackboard Quizzes, and VoiceThread) [Details...]
Friday Apr 3, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am https://zoom.us/j/246299668	VoiceThread for presentations and discussions Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) VoiceThread is a presentation and discussion tool that allows professors to record mini-lectures and create asynchronous conversations around course content. Join us for an online workshop where you can see how Hunter colleagues are using the tool and how you can integrate it to the course that you are teaching remotely. [Details...]
Thursday Apr 2, 2020 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/246299668	Tips for recording mini-lectures Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) How long should my video lectures be? What can I do if I'm camera shy? What's more important--audio or video? Join us for a workshop on best practices for recording mini-lectures. You'll learn how to prepare and record an effective lecture for a course that you are teaching remotely. [Details...]
Thursday Apr 2, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm https://zoom.us/j/956279521	How can faculty help students with educational technology? Presenter(s): Gina Riley (Special Education), Abby Torres (Center for Online Learning), Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) How can we help students most in this transition to online learning? What issues are coming up in your classes? Discussion and solution based Q & [Details...]
Thursday Apr 2, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am https://zoom.us/j/8985889046	Zoom 101 Presenter(s): Laura Baecher (Dept of Curriculum & Teaching) This session is designed for beginners and will go slowly over the basics: setting up a zoom session, inviting participants, recording the session and managing them in a group conversation or presentation with screen sharing. [Details...]
Wednesday Apr 1, 2020 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm https://zoom.us/j/956279521	Joys and challenges of teaching your children at home Presenter(s): Jenny Tuten (Provost’s Office/literacy education), Nicora Placa (SOE, math education), Michi Soyer Open discussion and Q and A with former elementary school teachers to support you as you add your children to your roster! [Details...]
Wednesday Apr 1, 2020 10:00 am - 11:00 am https://zoom.us/j/246299668	Creating asynchronous online modules Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) As you plan the course that you are teaching remotely, consider building some asynchronous learning modules. Learning modules are collections of subject-related teaching materials that are carefully sequenced and chunked. They are guided learning experiences containing learning outcomes, directions, materials, activities and assessments. Join us for a workshop where you can see sample modules from different disciplines and learn how to build them for your courses. [Details...]
Tuesday Mar 31, 2020 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm https://zoom.us/j/246299668	VoiceThread for presentations and discussions Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) VoiceThread is a presentation and discussion tool that allows professors to record mini-lectures and create asynchronous conversations around course content. Join us for an online workshop where you can see how Hunter colleagues are using the tool and how you can integrate it to the course that you are teaching remotely. [Details...]