What do you want to learn this week? San Francisco State University offers a wide variety of workshops to help you be prepared for all of your challenges as a student, staff or faculty member. Here's what's coming up this week. http://power.sfsu.edu Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:48:17 -0700 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:48:17 -0700 3600 Use iLearn to create a centralized learning environment for your students. Enhance student learning and collaboration with iLearn, SF State’s official online learning management system (LMS). In this workshop, participants will learn the basics on using iLearn including course design, making an iLearn course available to students, posting documents such as a syllabus, and organizing course resources with accessibility in mind. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=75ef7f10132b78ec771adc87780d8b5c Beginning Fall 2009, the iLearn team unveils a new gradebook interface featuring balanced flexibility and simplicity. We worked with SF State faculty to develop changes making the gradebook more amendable to their needs for tracking student performance. The iLearn gradebook allows instructors to track individual student progress online. Participants will learn how to set up their course gradebook including weighting categorized grades, adding extra credit points, and downloading the gradebook to use in a spreadsheet program such as Excel. Requirements: Attendance at a previous introductory iLearn workshop such as “iLearn Start Up Kit.” http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=2643416f3bf425d04903215a59100bbe iLearn introduction for CEL instructors. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=a6dc2fd4b898721acbf2886b55d535c2 A 60 min workshop. This is a fast-paced workshop designed to offer participants a speedy overview of iLearn, SF State’s official online learning management system (LMS). Facilitators will demonstrate how instructors can quickly add resources and graded activities to an iLearn course. This is a demonstration--time will not allow for hands-on participation. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=f08dcc1ec93b1d17d2fec2967c263936 Turnitin is a teaching tool that flags instances of possible plagiarism, over-reliance of cited resources, and improper citation for text-based files submitted by students online. Participants will learn how to set up a TurnItIn assignment in iLearn and retrieve originality reports which compare each student’s submission to various online databases. Requirements: Attendance at a previous introductory iLearn workshop such as “iLearn Start Up Kit.” http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=2546866c956751844d0e977d6b7590b6 Participants will plan and create online quizzes in iLearn that match course instructional objectives. The workshop includes quiz construction strategies including creating quiz questions, categorizing pools of questions, and providing students instantaneous feedback. Requirements: Attendance at a previous introductory iLearn workshop such as “iLearn Start Up Kit.” http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=f3ed50ac4dff194e194043777a114613 This workshop explores appropriate ways to incorporate technology into the basic building blocks for your class: the learning objectives. You will leave the workshop with revised learning objectives that include technology-based interaction and assessment where appropriate, as well as statements for your syllabus about your expectations for how students will use technology in your class. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=29309dd34f91b20126e60fe05232ef39 Would you like to use technology in your teaching, but don't know where to start? If this describes you, then bring your syllabus and we will help you identify classroom and digital technologies to explore for your class. You will leave the workshop with a long-range plan for where you want your class to be with respect to technology; a short-range plan for which technologies to try first based on your goals, skills, and interests; and a learning plan regarding which skills to gain in other workshops. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=0c73930fded18b27bacb7bf5199af59c This workshop explores appropriate ways to incorporate technology into the basic building blocks for your class: the learning objectives. You will leave the workshop with revised learning objectives that include technology-based interaction and assessment where appropriate, as well as statements for your syllabus about your expectations for how students will use technology in your class. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=24b0f7280006a31c6fa2f87d60ae3c38 Use iLearn to create a centralized learning environment for your students. Enhance student learning and collaboration with iLearn, SF State’s official online learning management system (LMS). In this workshop, participants will learn the basics on using iLearn including course design, making an iLearn course available to students, posting documents such as a syllabus, and organizing course resources with accessibility in mind. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=dbbd82daaad7f3084a1d7ece73d91157 Cohort 16 Orientation http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=52f670b100b5725c1220f2ff1a46cf2a This workshop explores appropriate ways to incorporate technology into the basic building blocks for your class: the learning objectives. You will leave the workshop with revised learning objectives that include technology-based interaction and assessment where appropriate, as well as statements for your syllabus about your expectations for how students will use technology in your class. http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=0f55c99f37dec3982735686d9ce98de7 Participants will create and facilitate opportunities for interaction using iLearn discussion forums. Increase student participation and interest by creating forums for students to discuss current course-related topics, or build group problem-solving skills by discussing case studies. Requirements: Attendance at a previous introductory iLearn workshop such as “iLearn Start Up Kit” http://power.sfsu.edu/index.php??p=events&a=showEvent&event_id=ae76439c85c4df45c6475b1cba58c22a