Workshops Archive

When/Where	Event
Friday Apr 1, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Multimedia alternatives to final papers Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) We will discuss tools that students can use to create alternatives to papers, and introduce Genially as an example tool that allows integration of text, images, audio, and video. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online - Please register	Calculating final grades in Blackboard’s Grade Center Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) Join us at this workshop to learn how to assign student work to categories, understand the differences between the “Total” and “Weighted Total” columns, and set up a column to calculate final grades. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 30, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	The cure for discussion board fatigue: VoiceThread, Padlet, FlipGrid Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) At this workshop, we will explore a variety of creative activities designed and implemented by Hunter professors. [Details...]
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022 9:00 am - 10:00 am Online - Please register	Padlet for resource collection & interactive activities Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) In this workshop, we will review samples of successful and innovative activities designed by Hunter professors, and discuss appropriate formats and settings for different kinds of assignments. [Details...]
Monday Mar 28, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	EdTech Brainstorm Hour Presenter(s): Educational technologists, instructors, and you! Meet with colleagues and educational technologists to brainstorm and talk through ideas. [Details...]
Thursday Mar 24, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Creating question pools for quizzes that draw questions randomly Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This is an advanced workshop on Blackboard’s testing functions. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register	DIY captioning for Zoom, VoiceThread, and YouTube Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Join us for a workshop on where to find captions and how to edit them on Zoom, VoiceThread, and YouTube. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 23, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Zoom tools to interact with students Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) Workshop participants will take part in interactive activities using chat, reactions, whiteboard annotations, polls, and breakout rooms. [Details...]
Monday Mar 21, 2022	EdTech Brainstorm Hour Presenter(s): Meet with colleagues and educational technologists to brainstorm and talk through ideas. [Details...]
Friday Mar 18, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Checking for plagiarism using SafeAssign and Turnitin Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) At this workshop, we will discuss the differences between SafeAssign and Turnitin, and help participants to create an assignment link to collect students’ work. [Details...]
Thursday Mar 17, 2022 9:00 am - 10:00 am Online - Please register	Social annotation with Hypothesis Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Join a workshop in which you will learn how to create and grade a Hypothesis assignment in Blackboard. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 16, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Sway for portfolios and presentations Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) Sway is one of the applications in the Office 365 Suite. Expand your toolbox with this alternative to PowerPoint, Google Slides, or Prezi. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 9, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register	Creating tests in Blackboard and choosing test settings Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This is an introductory workshop on how to create a test, add questions, and make it available to students. [Details...]
Wednesday Mar 9, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Recipes to add joy to hybrid & online courses Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (Center for Online Learning) Let’s cook up some ideas to incorporate whimsy, surprise, competition, and teamwork into your courses! [Details...]
Monday Mar 7, 2022 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Online - Please register	Basic video-editing with Screencast-o-matic Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Participants will learn how to make edits to a video by adding or deleting clips, inserting graphics and images, and blurring a portion of the screen to protect sensitive information. [Details...]
Friday Mar 4, 2022 10:00 am - 11:00 am Online - Please register	Facilitating discussions in Blackboard Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) Join to learn how to create forums and threads and how to grade them on Blackboard. [Details...]
Friday Feb 25, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register	Padlet for resource collection & interactive activities Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) In this workshop, we will review samples of successful and innovative activities designed by Hunter professors, and discuss appropriate formats and settings for different kinds of assignments. [Details...]
Wednesday Feb 23, 2022 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Online - Please register	Setting up your Blackboard Grade Center Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) Join us to learn how to customize your “instructor view” of the Grade Center. [Details...]
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Online - Please register	Spicing up your course with banners & infographics Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (Center for Online Learning) Join us at a workshop where we discuss how to create a course banner with PowerPoint and how to create infographics with tools that might be new to you—Piktochart and Genially. [Details...]
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Online - Please register	Creating tests in Blackboard and choosing test settings Presenter(s): Mowmita Jabir (Technology Resource Center) This is an introductory workshop on how to create a test, add questions, and make it available to students. [Details...]