Online Teaching & Learning Series Fall 2020
During Fall 2020 and Spring 2021, Online@JSU and online teaching faculty at JSU will provide engaging and interesting presentations and discussions about online teaching and learning. They will discuss best practices in teaching online and provide strategies and techniques that they are currently using in the field to effectively teach online. You are invited to attend and be part of the conversation about quality teaching in the online environment and learn and implement new strategies and techniques to improve your teaching online.
New to online teaching and learning? Visit the Orientation to Online Learning at JSU,
If you have any questions, please contact us at online@jsu.edu. We will gladly answer any questions.
Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
8/24 |
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Monday |
What’s New in Canvas? |
Overview of new Canvas features for Fall 2020 |
Dr. Chris Inman, Online@JSU |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
8/28 |
10:00 am to 11:00 am |
Friday (Special Event) |
Turnitin: Everything You Want to Know about Turnitin |
Free training directly from Turnitin. |
Turnitin |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
9/4 |
10:00 am to 11:00 am |
Friday |
Being Present in Your Online Course and Creating a Supportive Online Course Community |
Instructor presence is key to student success in an online course, and so is creating a supportive online course community. |
Dr. Missy Duckett, College of Health Professions and Wellness, Nursing |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
9/11 |
10:00 am to 11:00 am |
Friday |
Microsoft Teams: Tips and Recommendations from the Field |
Tips and recommendations from a veteran Teams instructor. Andrea has been using Teams to teach online students at JSU since it's adoption. |
Andrea Rains, College of Health Professions and Wellness, Kinesiology |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
9/17 |
3:30 pm to 4:30 pm |
Thursday |
Empowering Student Voices with FlipGrid |
FlipGrid is an app that can be enabled in your Canvas course. Record and share short videos with students. Students can record and share short videos with each other. |
Sean Creech, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Department of Social Work |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
9/22 |
9:30 to 10:30 am |
Tuesday |
High Impact Learning |
What is “high impact learning?” What does it look like? How do you do it? |
Dr. Dana Ingalsbe, College of Business and Industry, Applied Engineering |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
10/1 |
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm |
Thursday |
Eliminating the Course Scavenger Hunt: Simplifying Your Course Organization |
This workshop will provide guidance to improve student navigation within Canvas. With multiple areas for course content, students can become overwhelmed when trying to locate information and assignments, much like a scavenger hunt. Through simplifying the course organization, you can help empower your students to feel more confident in navigating the course. |
Cassie Ward, Business Advisor, College of Business and Industry, Department of Finance, Economics, & Accounting |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
10/14 |
3:00 to 4:00 pm |
Wednesday |
Coming Attractions: Lights, Camera,….Course Trailers? |
Creating engaging, fun multimedia course “trailers” to promote your online course to students. |
Rodney Bailey, College of Arts and Humanities, Department of English |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
10/19 |
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Monday |
Kaltura Media Platform: Getting it Started |
Kaltura Media Platform is a video capture/screen capture system that is fully integrated into Canvas. In this session, you will learn how to enable Kaltura in your Canvas course, basic functions of Kaltura, and how to leverage it in your course. |
Dr. Stephanie Douglass and Dr. Chris Inman, Online@JSU |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
10/29 |
9:30 am to 10:30 am |
Thursday |
CIDI Plus Design Tools – Getting Started |
Enabling CIDI tools in your Canvas course, features of CIDI tools, creating basic Canvas page templates. |
Dr. Chris Inman, Online@JSU |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
11/5 |
9:30 am to 10:30 am |
Thursday |
CIDI Design Tools - Advanced |
A look at the advanced course design and course build features that CIDI tools offers to enhance Canvas courses. |
Dr. Chris Inman, Online@JSU |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
11/12 |
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm |
Thursday |
New Canvas Quizzes |
Detailed overview and presentation of the New Quizzes Canvas quiz tool. The New Quiz tool will go into effect in July 2021. |
Dr. Stephanie Douglass, Online@JSU |
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Date |
Time |
Day |
Title |
Topic |
Presenter |
11/16 |
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm |
Monday |
Digital Measures |
A look at Digital Measures. |
Dr. Hungwei Tseng, Online@JSU |