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DEIS Faculty Training Workshops in August

Update | Friday, August 7, 2020

Digital Education and Instructional Services (DEIS) has scheduled new workshops for the month of August leading up to Autumn Semester. (**Check out newly added sessions at the bottom.)

These workshops are held using Livestream.

How to enroll:

  • Log into Cornerstone
  • When prompted, choose “Cornerstone Production” in the drop-down box and click on “Sign In”:
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  • On top menu bar, go to: “Learning”
  • Select: “Events Calendar”
  • Find the workshops listed below on the calendar and register (Select “Request” box at top to register)

Blackboard help: individual live online consultation with the Faculty Assistance Center 
Do you need help with Blackboard? Would you like assistance setting up your course shell for autumn semester? Instructors with questions or in need of Blackboard training – please email your request for a personalized consultation session to teaching@cscc.edu

Days and hours available: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 
Other hours considered upon request.
(Please give us 24 hours’ notice, if possible)

While the Assistance Center is closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, there are two options for faculty Blackboard support:

  • Beyond Classrooms faculty website: click here.
  • Blackboard Knowledgebase how-to documents for Blackboard, Collaborate, Kaltura, and more: click here.

Collaborate – Basics
Wednesday, August 26 from noon-1 p.m.

Collaborate – Advanced
Wednesday, August 26 from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Collaborate – Managing Student Groups
Wednesday, August 26 from 3-4 p.m.

Kaltura Capture – Basics 
Wednesday, August 26 from 9-10 a.m.

Kaltura Capture – Advanced
Wednesday, August 26 from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

My Media – Basics 
Wednesday, August 26 from 5-6 p.m.

My Media – Advanced 
Wednesday, August 26 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

My Media – Captions, Edits, and Quizzes 
Wednesday, August 26 from 8-9 p.m.

**Below: newly added sessions for August 27 and 28

Sign in on Cornerstone. If you’re unable to log in to Cornerstone, email your registration request to teaching@cscc.edu.)

Thursday, August 27
My Media — Basics from 1-2 p.m.

My Media — Advanced from 2:30-3:30 p.m.

My Media — Captions, Edits, and Quizzes from 4-5 p.m.

Collaborate — Managing Student Groups from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Kaltura Capture — Basics from 7-8 p.m.

Kaltura Capture — Advanced from 8:30-9_30 p.m.

Friday, August 28
Collaborate — Basics from 9-10 a.m.

Collaborate — Advanced from 10:30-11:30 a.m.

Collaborate — Managing Student Groups from noon -1 p.m.

Kaltura Capture — Basics from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

Kaltura Capture — Advanced from 3-4 p.m.

Blackboard Annotate (September 3, 11, and 16)
There is a tool you may use to grade written assignments in Blackboard called Blackboard Annotate. Annotate replaces the New Box View. Annotate offers a more robust feature set for instructors to provide customizable feedback to students. Features include:

  • A sidebar summary view
  • Freehand drawing tools
  • Various color selections
  • Search
  • Content Library
  • And more!

Thursday, September 3 from 2-2:30 p.m.
Friday, September 11 from 9-9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, September 16 from 1-:30 p.m.

For more information on what these training sessions cover, go to https://cs-cc.net/training.

 

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