Spring 2024 Workshops and Presentations

Spring 2024 Workshop Schedule

This Spring, Online@JSU will provide professional development workshops every Monday and Tuesday from 11:00 am to Noon in Microsoft Teams. All faculty and staff are welcome to attend any session. All sessions will be recorded and archived for future viewing. 

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* All presentations are tentative. 

Date/Time

Series

Topics

ID Presenter(s)

JANUARY 2024

January 16, 2024 – Tuesday

 

 

 

 

Canvas Highlights

Canvas Global Navigation & Settings

  • Canvas Dashboard
  • Global Navigation Menu
  • User Settings
  • Notification Settings
  • Calendar
  • Inbox
  • 24/7 Help

Dr. Chris Inman

January 23, 2024, Tuesday

 

 

Canvas Highlights

 

Pages and Modules

  • Creating Modules
  • Module Components/Options
  • Creating Pages
  • Rich Content Editor (RCE)

Dr. Hungwei Tseng

January 29, 2024, 2024, Monday 

 

Special Topics

Turnitin

  • Syllabus Language
  • Originality Report
  • Creating Turnitin Assignments
  • Proper Interpretation and Usage of Turnitin Originality Report

Lori Browning and Ashley Robinson

January 30, 2024, Tuesday

 

 

Canvas Highlights

 

Canvas Assignments & Discussions

  • Canvas Assignments
  • Different types of Assignments
  • Canvas Discussions
  • Discussion Settings
  • Assignment Page

Dr. Hungwei Tseng

FEBRUARY 2024

February 5, 2024, Monday

 

 

Canvas Highlights

Canvas Course Settings

  • Settings
  • People
  • Announcements
  • New Analytics

Dr. Chris Inman

February 6, 2024, Tuesday

 

Special Topics

Canvas Studio (2nd session – same as first)

  • Studio for Faculty
  • Studio for Students
  • Collections
  • Machine Captions
  • Groups

Ashley Robinson and Lori Browning

February 12, 2024, Monday

 

 

Special Topics

Turnitin (2nd Session – same as first)

  • Syllabus Language
  • Originality Report
  • Creating Turnitin Assignments
  • Proper Interpretation and Usage of Turnitin Originality Report

Lori Browning and Ashley Robinson

February 13, 2024, Tuesday

 

 

Best Practices in Teaching Online

Regular and Substantive Interaction

  • Distance education defined by the U.S. Department of Education
  • COI Instructor Certification vs OCRC Course Certification
  • Substantive Interaction
  • Contact Hours, Non-Contact Hours, & Student Workload
  • Effective Online Course Syllabus

 

Dr. Chris Inman

February 19, 2024, Monday

 

 

Best Practices in Teaching Online

Accessibility Workshop

  • Tools in Word
  • Tools in PPT
  • Canvas
  • Studio
  • Best Practices
  • WebAIM WAVE
  • Office of Disability Resources

Dr. Chris Inman

February 20, 2024, Tuesday

 

 

Canvas Highlights

Classic Quizzes & Honorlock Classic Quizzes

  • Question Banks
  • Honorlock
  • Honorlock 3rd Pary Set-up

Dr. Chris Inman

February 26, 2024, Monday

 

 

Special Topics

New Canvas Quizzes & Honorlock

Dr. Chris Inman

February 27, 2024, Tuesday

 

Best Practices in Course Design

Backward Design, Learning Objectives, and the Course Map

  • What is backward design?
  • CLOs vs MLOs – what’s the difference and how do you write them?
  • Creating a Course Map

Dr. Chris Inman

MARCH 2024

March 4, 2024, Monday

 

Special Topics

Canvas Studio (3rd session – same as first two)

  • Studio for Faculty
  • Studio for Students
  • Collections
  • Machine Captions
  • Groups

Ashley Robinson and Lori Browning

March 5, 2024, Tuesday

 

Special Topics

New Canvas Quizzes & Honorlock (2nd Session – same as the first)

Dr. Chris Inman

March 11, 2024, Monday

 

Special Topics

Turnitin (3rd Session – same as first)

  • Syllabus Language
  • Originality Report
  • Creating Turnitin Assignments
  • Proper Interpretation and Usage of Turnitin Originality Report

Lori Browning and Ashley Robinson

March 12, 2024, Tuesday

 

SACSCOC On Site

No Session

March 18, 2024, Monday

 

SPRING BREAK

No Session

March 19, 2024, Tuesday

 

SPRING BREAK

No Season

March 25, 2024, Monday

 

Best Practices in Course Design

The Canvas Course Package from Online@JSU

  • Templates for all parts of the course
  • Parts of the package
  • How to get the package
  • Adding Content to Pages/Assignments in the package

Dr. Chris Inman

March 26, 2024, Tuesday

 

Best Practices in Course Design

The Course Review Rubric

  • Parts of the review instrument
  • How grades are reviewed
  • What IDs look for

Dr. Chris Inman

APRIL 2024

April 1, 2024, Monday

 

Special Topics

The Games Students Play!

  • Most common issues students face
  • Most common tricks students like to play!

Ashley Robinson & Lori Browning & DeShannon Hulsey

April 2, 2024, Tuesday

 

Special Topics

New Canvas Quizzes & Honorlock (3rd Session – same as the first)

Dr. Chris Inman

April 8, 2024, Monday

 

Canvas Highlights

The Gradebook, SpeedGrader, and Assignments Page

Dr. Hungwei Tseng

April 9, 2024, Tuesday

 

Special Topics

Canvas Studio (4th session – same as first three)

  • Studio for Faculty
  • Studio for Students
  • Collections
  • Machine Captions
  • Groups

Ashley Robinson and Lori Browning

April 15, 2024, Monday

 

Canvas Highlights

Microsoft Teams

  • Syncing course team with Canvas
  • Creating a meeting
  • Teams settings and features
  • Breakout Rooms

Lori Browning and Ashey Robinson

April 16, 2024, Tuesday

 

Special Topics

Turnitin (4th Session – same as first three)

  • Syllabus Language
  • Originality Report
  • Creating Turnitin Assignments
  • Proper Interpretation and Usage of Turnitin Originality Report

Lori Browning and Ashley Robinson

April 22, 2024, Monday

 

Special Topics

New Canvas Quizzes & Honorlock (4th Session – same as the first three)

Dr. Chris Inman