Previous Workshops
Here you will find a list of previous workshops for your viewing. If you would like more information for a particular workshop, please feel free to reach out to the host of the workshop or someone else in our department and they will be able to assist you on the topic.
Learning Technology
- Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Dr. Mirwais Azizi, Dr. Denise Kaye, Dr. Minyan He, Kaitlin Hodgdon, Jonathan Pacheco)
- Blackboard - Creating/Uploading Course Content/Assignment Submissions (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Topics)
This workshops were offered by Jon Pacheco from March-September 2020.
- Blackboard: Grade Center (February 7, 2018)
- Blackboard: TurnItIn (February 28, 2018)
- Blackboard: Quizzes/Tests (March 21. 2018)
- Zoom: Web Conferencing Platform (April 11, 2018)
- Interactive Discussions: Voicethread (May 2, 2018)
- Blackboard: Copy and Move Course Content (May 23, 2018)
These workshops were offered by Natalina Parker in Spring 2018.
- Blackboard: Getting Started (October 11, 2017)
- Blackboard: Grade Center (October 18, 2017)
- Blackboard: Assignments (November 1, 2017)
- Blackboard: Discussion Boards (November 15, 2017)
- Blackboard: Quizzes/Tests (November 29, 2017)
- Blackboard: Copy and Move Course Content (December 13, 2017)
- These workshops were offered by Natalina Parker in Fall 2017.
These workshops were offered by Natalina Parker in Fall 2017.
- Blackboard: Getting Started (February 1, 2017)
- Blackboard: Grade Center (February 8, 2017)
- Blackboard: Assignments (February 15, 2017)
- Blackboard: Discussion Boards (February 22, 2017)
- Blackboard: Groups (March 1, 2017)
- Blackboard: Quizzes/Tests (March 8, 2017)
- Blackboard: Adding Media with Kaitlin Hodgdon (March 15, 2017)
- Blackboard: Blogs (March 22, 2017)
- Blackboard: Journals (March 29, 2017)
- Flipping over to the Flipped Classroom: The Technologies that can Help with Kaitlin Hodgdon (April 5, 2017)
- Blackboard: Copy and Move Course Content (April 12, 2017)
- Blackboard: TurnItIn (April 19, 2017)
- Blackboard: Wikis (April 26, 2017)
- Blackboard Ultra Collaboration (May 3, 2017)
These workshops were offered by Natalina Parker in Spring 2017.
Lecture Capture
All documents that were provided during or after the workshops are attached to the videos. Just click the paperclip!
All documents that were provided during or after the workshops are attached to the videos. Just click the paperclip!
- Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Dr. Mirwais Azizi, Dr. Denise Kaye, Dr. Minyan He, Kaitlin Hodgdon, Jonathan Pacheco)
- Video Recording: The Value of VidGrid (February 19th, 2020)
- Perfecting Your Presentation Series Part 1: Organizing and Designing Your Slides (March 4th, 2020)
- Video Recording: Digital Learning Studio Tour (CANCELLED)
- Perfecting Your Presentation Series Part 2: Image Editing In PowerPoint (May 27th, 2020)
- Video Recording; The Value of VidGrid (June 3rd, 2020)
- Perfecting Your Presentation Series Part 3: Create Your Own Graphics (July 1st, 2020)
- Video Recording: Digital Learning Studio Tour (CANCELLED, August 5)
- Video Recording: The Value of VidGrid (September 2, 2020)
- Media Madness: Getting Videos and Audio into Blackboard (October 7, 2020)
- Video Recording: Light it up with the Lightboard (November 18, 2020)
- Video Recording: Tools for Recording (December 2, 2020)
If you have interest in attending the upcoming sessions, please check the university calendar or reach out to Kaitlin Hodgdon through email at khodgdon@CalLutheran.edu.
Remote Teaching Workshops
- Zoom Training - Instructor lectures, student projects and presentations
- Zoom Breakout Rooms - Activating, Using, and Best Practice
- Zoom Lectures: FERPA, Accessibility, & Best Practices in the Remote Classroom
- VidGrid - Recording Lectures, Tracking Views, and Video Assignments
- Best Practices for Recording Videos - Audio and Visual Quality, Slide Organization, and Chunking
- Best Practices for Recording Videos - Chunking, Captioning, Captivating Students
All documents that were provided during or after the workshops are attached to the
videos. Just click the paperclip!
- Lecture Recording: Prepared with Panopto (April 24th, 2019)
- Perfecting Your Presentations Series Part 1: Organizing and Designing Your Slides (May 29th, 2019)
- Lecture Recording: Light Up Your Lectures with the Lightboard (June 19th, 2019)
- Perfecting Your Presentation Series Part 2: Image Editing in PowerPoint (July 24th, 2019)
- Media Madness: Getting Videos and Audio into Blackboard (August 2st, 2019)
- Lecture Recording: The Value of VidGrid (September 18th, 2019)
- Perfecting Your Presentation Series Part 3: Create Your Own Graphics (October 17, 2019)
- Lecture Recording: Capture with Camtasia (November 20, 2019)
If you have interest in attending the upcoming sessions, please check the university calendar or reach out to Kaitlin Hodgdon through email at khodgdon@CalLutheran.edu.
All documents that were provided during or after the workshops are attached to the videos. Just click the paperclip!
- Light Up Your Lectures: The Lightboard (February 2, 2018)
- Flipping over to the Flipped Classroom: Recording Lectures and Using Quizzes (February 22, 2018)
- Creating a Pre-Recorded Lecture in Panopto (March 14, 2018)
- Camtasia: Record and Edit Your Own Videos (April 17, 2018)
- Why ADA? A Conversation on Video Compliance (May 7, 2018)
- Part 1: Record Before, During, and After Class (September 5, 2018)
- Part 2: Creating Perfect Presentations for Recording (September 19, 2018)
- Part 3: Recording Before and After Class (October 17, 2018)
- Part 4: A Special Before and After Class Resource - The Lightboard (November 7th, 2018)
- Part 5: At the End of it All - Editing Videos and Giving Students Access (November 21st, 2018)
These workshops were offered by Kaitlin Hodgdon in the Spring and Fall 2018.
- Using Pre-Recorded Lectures to Enhance the Classroom Experience (February 10, 2017)
- Recorded Lectures - Solutions for Your Subject Walk-In Workshop (February 22-24, 2017)
- Creating a Pre-Recorded Lecture in Panopto (March 13, 2017)
- Blackboard: Adding Media with Natalina Parker (March 15, 2017)
- Flipping over to the Flipped Classroom: Technologies that Can Help with Natalina Parker (April 5, 2017)
- Strategies for Improving Your PowerPoints (April 26, 2017)
- Plenty of PowerPoints in the Sea (May 3, 2017)
- Using Pre-Recorded Lectures to Enhance the Classroom Experience (October 10, 2017)
- Flipping over to the Flipped Classroom: Recording Lectures (October 25, 2017)
- Creating a Pre-Recorded Lecture in Panopto Online (November 9, 2017)
- Creating a Pre-Recorded Lecture in Panopto In Person (November 14, 2017)
- Strategies for Improving Your PowerPoints (December 1, 2017)
These workshops were offered by Kaitlin Hodgdon in Spring and Fall 2017.
Course Development
- Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Dr. Mirwais Azizi, Dr. Denise Kaye, Dr. Minyan He, Kaitlin Hodgdon, Jonathan Pacheco)
- Remote Teaching and Quality Matters (QM) Minimum Standards (Dr. Denise Kaye, Dr. Minyan He)
- Create Active Learning Activities for Your Virtual Classroom (Dr. Minyan He)
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Building a Remote Community and Motivational Strategies (Dr. Denise Kaye)
- Transitioning to Remote Teaching and Building Your Online Class with Quality Matters Rubrics (Dr. Minyan He)
- Pedagogical Considerations for Planning and Teaching Remote Courses (Dr. Minyan He)
- Secrets to Remote Communication (Dr. Denise Kaye)
- Discussion Board - Create and Facilitate Online Discussions (Dr. Denise Kaye)
- VoiceThread - Facilitating Dynamic Video, Audio, and Text Discussions (Dr. Minyan He)
These workshops are on going.
- Develop an Effective Online learning Community for Your Students with Dr. Minyan He (September 19, 2018)
- Increasing Rigor While Maintaining Flexibility and Accommodation with Hong Kha (September 20, 2018)
- Emerging Instructional Technologies with Hong Kha (March 22, 2018)
- Create a Robust Syllabus With Quality Matters Benchmarks with Dr. Minyan He (April 18, 2018)
- What You Need to Know to Gamify Your Course with Hong Kha (April 26, 2018)
- Write Solid Student Learning Outcomes that are Measurable with Dr. Minyan He (May 16, 2018)
- Create Your Lecture Slides Like a Graphic Designer with Hong Kha (May 24, 2018)
Training and Development
- Emergency Preparedness Workshop (Dr. Mirwais Azizi, Dr. Denise Kaye, Dr. Minyan He, Kaitlin Hodgdon, Jonathan Pacheco)
- Remote Teaching and Quality Matters (QM) Minimum Standards (Dr. Mirwais Azizi)
- Proctoring - Quizzes, Midterm, and Finals (Dr. Mirwais Azizi)
- Syllabus Walk-In Hours with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (August 24, 2018)
- Syllabus Improvement Workshop with Sam Thomas and Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (August 24, 2018)
- Syllabus Walk-In Hours with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (August 27, 2018)
- Quality Matters Faculty Success Stories with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (September 12, 2018)
- Mindfulness in Education Settings Talk and Lunch with Victor Thasiah and Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (September 26, 2018)
- OER and Intellus with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino & Margaret Cook from Intellus (October 9, 2018)
- Gauging Your Technology Skills with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (October 10, 2018)
- Why Students Cheat and What We Can Do About It with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (November 11, 2018)
- Course Design that Welcomes Your Learners with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (November 14, 2018)
- Syllabus Improvement Workshop with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (December 5, 2018)
- Help Your Faculty and Staff Manage Mental Health Concerns with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (February 7, 2018)
- Metacognition: The Key to Developing Academically Capable and Confident Students with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (March 7, 2018)
- Increase Motivation by Increasing Students' Connection to a Community of Scholars with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (March 8, 2018)
- Effective Online Learning Strategies with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (March 14, 2018)
- Giving Constructive Feedback to Online Learners with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (April 11, 2018)
- Adjunct Faculty Retreat: Promoting Academic Habits of the Mind with Dr. Cynthia DeMartino (April 28, 2018)
- What is Quality Matters? with Dr. Mirwais Azizi (June 6, 2018)
PLTS
- Part 1 Applying Moodle's Essential Features in Course Design: Getting Started (February 18, 2021)
- Utilize Zoom Meeting Tools for Synchronous or Asynchronous Teaching Ideas (March 16, 2021)
- Gamification with Language Learners in Education (April 8, 2021)
- Creating VoiceThread in Moodle: Gradebook Options (April 20, 2021)
- How to Utilize Slack (ITS and Digital Learning does not support Slack. You are welcome to utilize it, but we cannot answer questionsor provide tech support for this platform.)
These trainings were offered by the Digital Learning team's Learning Technology Coordinator, Ada Crutchfield at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS).
- Overview of Accessibility & Copyright Course Content (February 19, 2020)
- How to Use Zoom's Features & Setup Security Measures (April 23, 2020)
- Developing a Presentation Recording with VidGrid at PLTS (September 16, 2020)
- How to Utilize Google Drive Collaborative Tools (October 21, 2020)
- Engaging Discussion Forums with Moodle and Padlet/VoiceThread (November, 2020)
These trainings were offered by the Digital Learning team's Learning Technology Coordinator, Ada Crutchfield at the Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS).