Monday, May 15th 9:45am-10:45am Canvas Design Syllabus and Assignments Location: AS192 Presenter: Jeff Anderson Tags: TL, Tech Do you need a quick set up of a course shell in Canvas for the purpose of covering the basics? Come learn about some helpful tips that will satisfy the needs of your students, program director, department chair, and administration for electronic syllabus distribution and online grade book.
Monday, May 15th 10:55am-11:55am Presentation Tools for Faculty & Staff Location: AS175 Presenter: Jennifer Strickland Tags: TL, SA Come discover a few tools and tricks for effective presentations! Whether you want to present information online or real time, in person, collaborate with peers, or ask users questions - discover some new programs to make it happen. Some presentation tools examined may include: Slides, Nearpod, Plickrs, and more!
Collaboration in the Classroom Location: AS194 Presenter: Megan Garvy Tags: FPG, TL Explore strategies to foster a collaborative classroom environment inclusive of diverse learners. After practicing techniques that elevate critical-thinking, academic discourse and cooperative learning, participants will experience problem-based learning within the context of science. This includes investigation, research, negotiation and articulating ideas to demonstrate at least one scientific solution for a determined problem.
Developing and Assessing an ENG091 Universal Exit Essay Exam Location: AS193 Presenter: Cynthia Kiefer Tags: FPG, TL, DevED, ISLOs In this session, the presenter will discuss how and why SCC's Developmental English instructors developed its universal ENG 091 assessment to align with the revised 2015 competencies. No assessment implementation occurs without a few issues, and those will be discussed as well. The presenter will share the assessment rubric, prompts, and the data to date and current modifications under consideration.
Canvas Updates and Commons Location: AS192 Presenter: Jeff Anderson Tags: TL, Tech Learn about what Instructure has added to Canvas since the last release. Also Canvas Commons is an open repository where other Canvas customers have shared resources for possible adoption into your course. A brief overview of Canvas Commons and how the Canvas new feature release cycle works. Also learn how to see up-comping release notes and participation in the Canvas Community feedback process.
Monday, May 15th 12:50pm-1:50pm Increase Department Efficiency with Google Apps Location: AS175 Presenter: James Bowles Tags: TL, SA, Tech Login to Maricopa email system and access the benefits of Google apps. Explore tools for efficient planning, organization and communication.