December Workshops
Friday, December 1
2-4 p.m.
YuJa Basics
Instructors: Phil Bonner, Angela Lanier
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.
In this session, participants will review the following steps: logging onto YuJa and adding it to the left-hand menu of a Blackboard course, creating a folder to organize YuJa material, linking, embedding, and uploading videos to YuJa, uploading videos from YouTube into YuJa, and incorporating quizzes into YuJa videos. This will enable participants to effectively utilize YuJa’s features and enhance their teaching and learning experience.
Monday, December 4
2-3 p.m.
Introducing HyperDocs
Instructor: Phillip Bonner
HyperDocs are lesson plans created by instructors and provided to students in a digital format. These instructional materials offer access to all the necessary content and learning resources in a single digital space. The purpose of HyperDocs is to transform the learning process by encouraging students to explore the content prior to direct instruction (flipped learning) and then apply their knowledge through the application of the 4 C’s of 21st-century learning: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity. Join ELITE for this one-hour workshop on HyperDocs to learn more.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Explain what a HyperDoc is.
- Share ideas for HyperDocs for their own courses with colleagues.
- Identify which technologies are well suited for designing HyperDocs.
Wednesday, December 6
9-12 noon
Microsoft Excel Essentials Plus
Instructor: Anna Donohoe
This hands-on, small-group workshop will build on the foundational skills of Microsoft Excel Essentials with a focus on intermediate and advanced-level tasks. Participants do not need to have taken Microsoft Excel Essentials but should already know how to navigate the interface comfortably and perform basic tasks such as those listed in the Excel Essentials competencies.
The workshop will be conducted via Zoom. To fully participate, participants should be able to access both the desktop and web versions of Excel. It is also best to join from a device with two screens. Visit the Microsoft Essentials website for a full list of the functions covered in this workshop and for more details on the technology required to participate.
Outcomes will be adjusted based on a participant survey and may include:
- Identify practical applications for Excel data analysis and visualization tools
- Create formulas and use advanced built-in functions and filtering
- Import and export data for analysis and post-processing
- Use PivotTables and charts to summarize and visualize data
- Configure input data types with data validation
Wednesday, December 6
8:45 a.m.-noon
Growing Feedback to Feedforward
Instructor: Heather V. Fogg and Cynthia Mauris
Do you find yourself sparing someone’s feelings or hesitating when giving feedback to someone? What part of you tenses up when someone says to you, “I have some feedback for you.”? Although most people may personally value the perspective and information that performance feedback provides, fear and defensiveness can be tricky hurdles to overcome in the process for both givers and receivers of feedback. Everyone benefits when we adjust our feedback to become more feedforward.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Apply a growth mindset to giving and receiving feedback
- Compare and Contrast destructive criticism with constructive concern
- Practice giving clear, concise, and actionable information when giving feedback
- Practice receiving feedback and making changes to incorporate
Thursday, December 7
2-4 p.m.
YuJa Advanced
Instructors: Anna Donohoe, Laurent Ndeze
Please note that YuJa Video Basics: A College Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for Your Students is a prerequisite for this training
Were you excited when you found out about YuJa, the college-supported resource for uploading videos?
Did you attend YuJa Video Basics: A College Sponsored Resource to Upload Videos for students and are looking to do more with the software?
This second, advanced training will help faculty further meet accessibility requirements by learning the necessary skills for captioning video. It will also help you understand the basic video editing capabilities of the software and how to view analytics (or statistics on how your video is being viewed).
After this two-part training series, faculty will be able to:
- Edit video auto captions
- Perform simple edits using the YuJa Video Editor
- View YuJa Video Analytics
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 have attended YuJa Basics Training and would like to learn more about YuJa captioning and video editing features.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Review the steps for editing Video auto captions
- Demonstrate simple video edits using the YuJa Video Editor
- Describe YuJa’s Video Analytics feature and the details it provides
- Optional: If time allows, faculty will be provided the option for open lab zoom time to practice the skills learned.
During this session, participants will have the opportunity to review the steps for editing video auto captions. They will also demonstrate simple video edits using the YuJa Video Editor. In addition, the session will include a description of YuJa’s Video Analytics feature and the detailed information it provides. As an optional activity, participants may choose to join open lab Zoom sessions to practice the skills learned during the session, if time allows.
Monday, December 11
10-11 a.m.
Designing Effective and Engaging Reusable Learning Objects
Instructor: Phillip Bonner
A reusable learning object (RLO) refers to an online instructional tool that offers a digital educational resource. It can be utilized repeatedly, expanded to accommodate larger audiences, and shared through a central online repository to facilitate instruction and learning. Come to this one-hour class on creating effective and engaging RLOs and share ideas with your colleagues.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- explain what reusable learning objects (RLO) are and articulate why they are important.
- share a plan for a new RLO with colleagues.
- identify which technologies are well suited for designing RLOs.
Tuesday, December 12
1-4 p.m.
Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials Plus
Instructor: Megan Calvert
This hands-on, small-group workshop will build on the foundational skills of Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials with a focus on intermediate and advanced-level tasks. Participants do not need to have taken Microsoft PowerPoint Essentials but should already know how to navigate the interface comfortably and perform basic tasks such as those listed in the PowerPoint Essentials competencies.
The workshop will be conducted via Zoom. To fully participate, participants should be able to access both the desktop and web versions of PowerPoint. It is also best to join from a device with two screens. Visit the Microsoft Essentials website for a full list of the functions covered in this workshop and for more details on the technology required to participate.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify basic design principles for better presentations and use advanced formatting features
- Insert, modify, align, group, order, and animate objects such as audio, video, SmartArt graphics, tables, and charts
- Manage slides using the Slide Master, Zoom, the Morph transition, and more
- Present and share slides using the presenter view, the video recording feature, and workshop handouts
Tuesday, December 12
2-3 p.m.
Co-create with Me! Inviting Students to Collaborate and Innovate
Instructor: Angela Lanier
Recent movements toward Open Pedagogy and Decolonizing the Curriculum challenge educators to think differently about the traditional instructor-student relationship as well as the use of traditional course materials. New models of teaching and learning call for alternatives that value students’ voices, experiences, and contributions to the curriculum and assessment. This workshop will define what it means to have students co-create, give examples of what co-creation looks like in practice and at different levels, and highlight the benefit of co-creation for students and instructors.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Explain the different options and levels of student co-creation
- Identify the benefits of co-creating with students and strategies to address challenges
- Evaluate an existing course activity for opportunities to invite students as co-creators
Wednesday, December 13
11-12 noon
Creating Interactive Virtual Exhibits for Student Learning and Engagement
Instructor: Angela Lanier
Museums are institutions that invite inquiry, creativity, reflection, and diversity. Drawing on these values, an interactive virtual exhibit can provide students with an integrative and experiential learning experience and create opportunities for open pedagogy. During this workshop, participants will Preview samples of interactive exhibits in different formats, Play with one of the samples, share Perceptions of the experience, and Plan an interactive exhibit of their own.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Identify outcomes, soft skills, concepts, etc. to build an interactive exhibit
- Draft a plan for an interactive learning exhibit experience
- Collaborate with students and peers to gather feedback on the learning experience and foster open pedagogy
Friday, December 15
1-2 p.m.
Engaging Quiet Students: Including Silence in Active Learning
Instructor: Phillip Bonner
Faculty often wish their quiet students would take a more active role in classroom discussions and activities. This workshop examines the reasons why some students do not participate, and what faculty can do to engage and encourage them to contribute their ideas in class.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Understand why students may be quiet in the classroom.
- Explore the instructor’s role in defining and measuring participation in class.
- Learn best practices for helping quiet students participate in class.
Wednesday, December 20
9-12 noon
Microsoft Outlook Essentials Plus
Instructor: Anna Donohoe
This hands-on, small-group workshop will build on the foundational skills of Microsoft Outlook Essentials with a focus on intermediate and advanced-level tasks. Participants do not need to have taken Microsoft Outlook Essentials but should already know how to navigate the interface comfortably and perform basic tasks such as those listed in the Outlook Essentials competencies.
The workshop will be conducted via Zoom. To fully participate, participants should be able to access both the desktop and web versions of Outlook. It is also best to join from a device with two screens. Visit the Microsoft Essentials website for a full list of the functions covered in this workshop and for more details on the technology required to participate.
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
- Perform advanced email management tasks such as message recall and tracking, schedule send, and insert polls and voting buttons
- Manage individual, shared, and imported calendars
- Create contact groups and collaborate with others on shared tasks
- Personalize and set default settings for compose and reply, message handling and layout.
- Customize rules to label, categorize and organize incoming messages automatically