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Tuesday, 08/09, 10:00 - 10:50 am: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle UMA Courses and Course Content

Description: How to copy content from one semester to another. Once copied, we will cover how to clean up duplicate content. Course Copy, copy individual content and Delete duplicate modules/items

Facilitator: Jonathan Church, Learning Design Support Specialist, UMA

Tuesday, 08/09, 11:00 - 11:50 am: Your First Steps in Brightspace
Description: Brightspace can be as simple or as complex as you'd like. There are so many different configurations you can set up while building the learning path that your learners must complete. Brightspace is very simple to use and intuitive for students. We will look into ways where you, the Instructor,  can start utilizing this powerful tool in your teaching.

Facilitator: Andrei Strukov, Director of Faculty Development and Support Services, UMA 
Wednesday, 8/10, 10:00 – 10:50am: Kaltura My Media
Description: Kaltura “My Media” overview. Video captions and analytics. Basic Video editing. Publishing inside the course and external sharing.

Facilitator: Roman Blyzniuk, Learning Technology Development and Support Specialist, UMA
Wednesday, 8/10, 11:00 – 11:50am:  Ways to create course videos
Description:  Three video recording options to enhance your Brightspace course and increase student engagement will be compared and discussed: Kaltura Capture, Zoom and Brightspace Video notes. We will demonstrate both the instructor and student perspectives when using these technologies.

Facilitator: Andrei Strukov, Director of Faculty Development and Support Services, UMA
Facilitator: Jonathan Church, Learning Design Support Specialist
Thursday, 8/11, 10:00 – 10:50am:  Library Kung Fu for Your Course!
Description:  Learn about the ways UMA Libraries can enhance your course! Topics covered include having a personal course librarian (embedded librarian), e-reserves, information literacy sessions, and the library resources available to you in your own research.

Facilitators: Cynthia, Cory and Donna
Thursday, 8/11, 11:00 – 11:50am: Develop a Great Course
Description:  Whether you are in the process of developing a new course or revising a previously taught course, you have opportunities to make your course GREAT! Come learn some strategies for developing a great course. This workshop focuses on designing your course to best support students and learning.

Facilitator:  Tina Daigle, EdD Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Experience Designer, UMA
Monday, 08/15, 10:00 - 10:50 am: Set up your Brightspace grades: Points Grades
Description: Get a jump start on setting up your points based grade system in Brightspace for next semester! It is essential that your grades area be set up correctly to accurately reflect students’ grades and to perform other functions related to grades. Come learn how to format the Grade Setup Wizard and your grades area.

Facilitator: Tina Daigle, EdD Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Experience Designer, UMA
Tuesday, 08/16, 10:00 - 10:50 am: Set up your Brightspace grades: Weighted Grades
Description: Get a jump start on setting up your weighted (percentage) based grade system in Brightspace for next semester! It is essential that your grades area be set up correctly to accurately reflect students’ grades and to perform other functions related to grades. Come learn how to format the Grade Setup Wizard and your grades area.

Facilitator: Tina Daigle, EdD Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Experience Designer, UMA
Wednesday, 08/17, 10:00 - 10:50 am: Your Grade Book Matters
Description: A student’s grade book tells an abbreviated journey of the student’s experience in the course. When they open the Grades page, they can scroll down and see the path they took along with detailed feedback from an instructor, guiding them towards growth opportunities and providing extended learning experiences. Join Tina and Jessica as they talk about the reasons a well-organized grade book along with intentional transparent feedback support the student’s successful experience in your course.

Facilitator: Tina Daigle, EdD Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Experience Designer, UMA
Facilitator: Jessica Ludders, MA, MEd, Learning Experience Designer and Adjunct English Instructor, UMA
Thursday, 08/18, 10:00 - 10:50 am: Setting up Schemes and Importing Grades from Brightspace to MaineStreet
Description:  Are you interested in taking your grade book to the next level? Do you want to have letter grades or perhaps use a more intricate system for displaying grades? This session will also inform faculty how to use the new tool that allows you to import grades from Brightspace to MaineStreet. Once you follow a few simple steps to set up your grade book in Brightspace properly, the importing process literally takes a couple of clicks.  Join Jessica to learn how to set up Schemes in your Grades tool.    

Facilitator: Jessica Ludders, MA, MEd, Learning Experience Designer and Adjunct English Instructor, UMA
Friday, 08/19, 9:00 - 9:50 am:  Essential Questions
Description:   Using essential questions that are connected to your course objectives in your weekly modules can help you intentionally guide students through the course. These questions create spaces for students to personalize learning and draw stronger connections between their actions and the course goals, allowing them to be more active participants in their learning experience.    

Facilitator: Jessica Ludders, MA, MEd, Learning Experience Designer and Adjunct English Instructor, UMA
Tuesday, 08/23, 1:00 - 1:50 pm:  Authentic Assessments
Description: Assessments are an important component of every course. Let’s explore options for creating authentic assessments that can be used in conjunction with or in place of more traditional formative and summative assessments as a way to give students opportunities to apply learning and demonstrate mastery of skills through meaningful experiences. Authentic Assessments also help reduce issues around academic integrity.    

Facilitator: Jessica Ludders, MA, MEd, Learning Experience Designer and Adjunct English Instructor, UMA
Wednesday, 08/24, 11:00 - 11:50 am: Discussions and Groups
Description: Discussion can be an essential component of online courses if they promote engagement and interaction. Discussions are a way to collaborate, build an online community, and extend learning. Groups can be used to facilitate discussions or assignments. Join us to learn how to write and facilitate discussions and how to create groups to promote learning opportunities for your students.     

Facilitator: Tina Daigle, EdD Educational Leadership, Curriculum and Instruction, Learning Experience Designer, UMA
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