January
January Workshops
Reading about Leading: “Step Up” A Book discussion for LDI Alumni
YuJa Video Basics: A College-Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students
Spin that Wheel! Creative Classroom Uses for the Wheel of Names App
MC Management Program (applications due Thursday, Jan. 12)
YuJa Video Basics: A College-Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students
1/13
2:30-4 p.m.
Reading about Leading: “Step Up” A Book discussion for LDI Alumni
Instructor: Cynthia Lee D. Mauris
You already know that leadership is not a job title or position but rather an action. How do you recognize moments when action is needed? The authors identify six critical moments when “you have a chance to shine or let an opportunity pass you by.” Exercise leadership wisely and when it matters most to reap the rewards. Boost your personal impact and effectiveness and make a real difference.
How to participate: Purchase the book (or obtain it from a library), read it before January 13, and attend the book discussion. You will be able to be reimbursed upon completion of the class; reimbursement will be limited to the price listed on Amazon.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify six moments where you can step up to leadership and make an impact
- Reflect on the class conversations as they relate to your experiences of stepping up to leadership
- Increase your network of LDI alumni
1/13
10-12 p.m.
YuJa Video Basics: A College-Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students
Instructor: Gloria Barron and Laurent Ndeze
Description: Are you tired of using your personal YouTube account to upload videos for your students? Would you like to eliminate the commercials that appear in the videos you have uploaded to YouTube by transferring them to another source? Have you been waiting for a college-sponsored resource for uploading videos? Are you looking for a resource that makes generating and modifying video transcripts easy to make your videos more accessible? Would you like to make minor edits, such as cutting video or merging clips, but you lack video editing software on your computer?
YuJa is a college-sponsored resource for uploading video content that takes care of these issues. YuJa allows you to upload videos without using your personal YouTube account while providing a similar value in creating auto-captions with the ability to edit those captions. YuJa is a resource for uploading a video that is commercial-free, college sanctioned, and the software provides a simple interface for editing videos.
Divided into a two-part series of training, after Part 1 of the YuJa Training, you will review the steps to:
Log onto YuJa
Upload a video onto YuJa
Organize YuJa Videos
Link to YuJa Videos in Blackboard
Embed YuJa Videos in Blackboard
Upload a YouTube Video to YuJa
Add Quiz questions to a YuJa video and score in the Grade Center
Share Media with Another User
Please note that if you are interested in learning additional advanced YuJa Features, we will offer an advanced training titled YuJa Video Advanced: Adding Captions, Editing Video, and Viewing Analytics during April and May. This advanced training will cover editing YuJa Captions, editing videos using YuJa’s built-in video editor, and YuJa video analytics.
The currently listed training, YuJa Video Basics: A College Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students, is a prerequisite for this training.
While this training will cover the needs of faculty sharing instructional materials with their students, this training will also be helpful for MC staff who need to present or share video content. If you are an MC Staff and would like to learn more about YuJa, you are welcome to attend.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Review the steps to log onto YuJa and add YuJa to the left-hand menu of a Blackboard course.
- Review the steps to upload YuJa Video and create folders to organize material.
- Demonstrate linking to YuJa Video
- Demonstrate embedding YuJa Video
- Demonstrate uploading videos from YouTube and importing to YuJa
- Demonstrate adding quiz questions to a YuJa Video
- Optional: If time allows, faculty will be provided the option for open lab zoom time to practice the skills learned.
1/26
2-3 pm
Spin that Wheel! Creative Classroom Uses for the Wheel of Names App
Instructor: Angela Lanier
Wheel of Names is an easy-to-use, online application that can be used for a variety of classroom activities (live or virtual). This workshop will highlight the features of Wheel of Names and demonstrate some of its uses, such as to build rapport, engage students equitably in discussions, prompt written responses, and assess student learning)
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Set up a Wheel of Names file
- Plan two course activities using the Wheel of Names app
1/26
MC Management Program (applications due Thursday, Jan. 12)
Instructor: Cynthia Lee D. Mauris
MC Management is an interactive cohort program designed to provide managers and supervisors with exposure to the skills and competencies necessary to do the job or “how to get things done through people” within Montgomery College. The program has six goals: 1. Develop highly skilled and competent managers who understand and manage in a strategic rather than reactive fashion. 2. Increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the Montgomery College manager by providing the tools, knowledge, and skills needed to be successful. 3. Encourage consistency in how people manage staff. 4. Prevent problems caused by ineffective supervision. 5. Improve communication within and between units at all levels at Montgomery College. 6. Facilitate networking among managers to share ideas, solve problems, and support one another. The program includes three elements presented during the classes: 1. managing oneself, 2.managing people, relationships, and situations, and 3. managing work within the system.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Identify your preferred managerial style and recognize its advantages and possible challenges
- Model emotional intelligence by demonstrating greater self- and social awareness and increased self-management and social skills.
- Discuss each stage of team development and recognize and implement different strategies to help teams progress through the stages.
- Explain how cultural diversity exists in the workplace, and how differences can lead to dilemmas that challenge relationships and management effectiveness. You will be able to reconcile cultural differences at work and demonstrate how to manage a global workforce.
- Recognize the basics of employment law and describe the responsibilities you have in your role as an agent of the College and your role in the investigative process.
- Discriminate between coaching and counseling and determine when to use coaching. You will also be able to develop your coaching skills as a management tool and demonstrate skill at using a performance coaching model.
- Compare and contrast how individuals approach conflict differently and list the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to conflict.
- Engage in risky conversations more confidently and produce better outcomes.
- Use traditional and creative tools for identifying causes and generating solutions.
1/27
2-2:45 p.m.
Tech it Out
Instructor: Michele Knight
Tech it out is your opportunity to learn about new technology with a vibrant community of practitioners. During this 45-minute tech it out, participants will have the opportunity to choose from the following brief ten-minute awareness sessions for a quick overview of a technical topic.
- Creating Task Lists and Reminders in Outlook: Use these power tools in Microsoft Outlook (your email tool) to stay organized.
- Jamboard: A digital whiteboard that lets you collaborate in real time using a web browser, mobile app, or Google’s Jamboard device.
- No Red Ink: An adaptive Learning tool that helps students improve their grammar and writing skills based on student’s interests and abilities.
For the last thirty-five minutes of tech-it-out, we will have open discussion and sharing of things that the group is already using or that look interesting in educational technology.
We welcome you to sign up for this session!
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Develop an awareness of a technical topic
- Participate in a “free-form” technical community of practice discussion
1/30
1/30 2:30-5 p.m.
1/31 8:30-11 a.m. and 2:30-5 p.m.
Getting Things Done
Instructor: Cynthia Lee D. Mauris
How would you answer these questions?
Are you constantly busy but don’t make progress on the things you need to get done?
Do you feel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work you need to do?
Do you find yourself in reactionary mode throughout the day—reacting to the latest and loudest request and/or issue instead of focusing on the most important or meaningful work?
When it comes to all the inputs in our life, we are generally overwhelmed, stressed, and out of control. The sheer number of to-dos, commitments, tasks, and projects makes it difficult to ever feel “on top” of everything. While we can’t change the amount of stuff, we have coming into our lives we can change how we engage with that stuff. Gain greater control over your work, find more focus on each task, and feel a lot less stress with these Getting Things Done, or GTD, habits taught in this certificate class.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Improve your workflow
- List the six options available for any item on your mind
- Create clearer lists from which you do all your work
- Develop a trusted, personal management system
- Accomplish more of the right tasks
- Experience less stress in your work and home life
- Experience greater confidence in your decision-making
1/30
All day
Fundamentals of Supervision
Facilitator: Richard Forrest
There are 8 FUS classes that are set in a cohort. The FUS aims to help aspiring and existing managers develop core skills and abilities to handle the complexities of modern supervision. The classes combine the ‘what’ of management with the ‘how’ of doing in the context of individuals, teams, and organizational dynamics. Participants in the FUS will strengthen communication skills to better manage relationships, tasks and delegation as well as develop coaching skills and cultural awareness competency to effectively lead diverse individuals and teams at MC.
Outcomes:
Ability to frame business issues and employee and team challenges in the context of performance and development.
Develop essential new leadership competencies needed to manage in diverse organizations
Increase confidence to communicate to different audiences with increased business acumen, cultural awareness, and effectiveness
1/31
1-3 p.m.
YuJa Video Basics: A College-Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students
Instructor: Gloria Barron and Laurent Ndeze
Are you tired of using your personal YouTube account to upload videos for your students? Would you like to eliminate the commercials that appear in the videos you have uploaded to YouTube by transferring them to another source? Have you been waiting for a college-sponsored resource for uploading videos? Are you looking for a resource that makes generating and modifying video transcripts easy to make your videos more accessible? Would you like to make minor edits, such as cutting video or merging clips, but you lack video editing software on your computer?
YuJa is a college-sponsored resource for uploading video content that takes care of these issues. YuJa allows you to upload videos without using your personal YouTube account while providing a similar value in creating auto-captions with the ability to edit those captions. YuJa is a resource for uploading a video that is commercial-free, college sanctioned, and the software provides a simple interface for editing videos.
Divided into a two-part series of training, after Part 1 of the YuJa Training, you will review the steps to:
Log onto YuJa
Upload a video onto YuJa
Organize YuJa Videos
Link to YuJa Videos in Blackboard
Embed YuJa Videos in Blackboard
Upload a YouTube Video to YuJa
Add Quiz questions to a YuJa video and score in the Grade Center
Share Media with Another User
Please note that if you are interested in learning additional advanced YuJa Features, we will offer an advanced training titled YuJa Video Advanced: Adding Captions, Editing Video, and Viewing Analytics during April and May. This advanced training will cover editing YuJa Captions, Editing videos using YuJa’s built-in video editor, and YuJa video analytics.
The currently listed training, YuJa Video Basics: A College Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students, is a prerequisite for this training.
While this training will cover the needs of faculty sharing instructional materials with their students, this training will also be helpful for MC staff who need to present or share video content. If you are an MC Staff and would like to learn more about YuJa, you are welcome to attend.
Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:
- Review the steps to log onto YuJa and add YuJa to the left-hand menu of a Blackboard course.
- Review the steps to upload YuJa Video and create folders to organize material.
- Demonstrate linking to YuJa Video
- Demonstrate embedding YuJa Video
- Demonstrate uploading videos from YouTube and importing to YuJa
- Demonstrate adding quiz questions to a YuJa Video
- Optional: If time allows, faculty will be provided the option for open lab zoom time to practice the skills learned.