A&II Workshops [accordions]
A&II presents our catalog of workshops!
In July and August, you'll have eight opportunities to participate in our 30-minute Panopto Overview webinar. See below for details, and sign up on our registration page.
We'll be offering face-to-face Canvas Basics workshops on Monday, July 15, from 1-2:30pm and Friday, August 9, from 10:30am-12pm. See below for details, and sign up on our registration page.
If you're at the Sacramento or San Francisco Peninsula campus, see our calendar of workshops and office hours for our offerings on your campus.
To have us present one of these workshops for your group or department, please contact A&II Director Ellie Hoffman. And let us know if there’s a workshop you’d like but don’t see listed here.
Canvas Basics
This introductory workshop is designed for new faculty or faculty who are ready to take the next steps in adding and organizing content to a Canvas shell. SMU Canvas Best Practices will be introduced. Bring your laptop.
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Canvas Quizzes
Create thought-provoking quiz questions you can use to assess student learning. Include images, websites, videos, and more in your quizzes. Provide immediate constructive feedback to students for each answer they select. Learn how you can build question banks and reuse questions you've created in any of the courses you teach.
We’re going to create a short Canvas quiz, so bring your laptop and a few questions for a quiz.
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Canvas Best Practices
Take the first steps in re-organizing your courses using Canvas best practices. Learn how to save time updating your syllabus and the rest of your course for future terms. Discover how to enable your students to quickly find the content they're looking for. Familiarize yourself with Canvas features that clarify student expectations. Bring your laptop for this hands-on workshop.
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Assignment Design
Explore the use of new digital course-level curriculum mapping and assignment design tools to visualize and provide insight for improving teaching and learning.
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Panopto Overview
Panopto is a robust, student-centered, one-stop video management system enabling you to record, store, edit, and share videos. You can add video quizzes, PDFs, weblinks, and embed YouTube videos in Panopto. In this session you'll see how students can control their learning experience using the Panopto player’s interactive features, enabling you to design your recordings to make learning with video active and engaging.
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Flipping the Classroom with Panopto
Demystify the flipped classroom. Learn about different approaches to learning and learning techniques where the students uncover, practice, and explore the flipped classroom experience. We'll discuss the benefits and drawbacks, as well as tips for student buy-in of the flipped classroom, and explore the video features and tools that Panopto offers to make learning active and engaging.
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Beyond Lecture Capture: Content Reviews on Video
Produce engaging and educational video content that will stick with students. Learn how you can create supplemental material not covered in class, review complex concepts, or reinforce content. Learn about the time saving benefits for faculty and students, and how video makes a difference for “B” and “C” students. No previous video experience is required. We will get your computer set up for recording short videos, so be sure to bring your laptop and your ideas.
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Anywhere, Anytime: Mobile Video with Panopto
Take advantage of mobile device efficiency, flexibility, anywhere, anytime. Discover the video apps and tools on your mobile device that can help mainstream your lectures, presentations, and skills demonstrations. See how you can do screen captures while speaking, annotating and marking content.
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Students Behind the Camera: Assess with Video Assignments
Assess student skills and knowledge with video assignments. Learn how students can demonstrate clinical skills, present clinical cases, or do a class presentation on video. Learn the easy steps for creating a video assignment in Canvas and the differences between Canvas Media and Panopto videos. Become familiar with how students submit videos. Learn how to grade video assignments in Speed Grader.
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[For Students] Beyond Passive Viewing: Interact and Engage while Viewing Panopto Videos
Panopto is a robust, student-centered, one-stop video management system enabling you to view, take notes, discuss, and bookmark. You can take video quizzes, download PDFs, access web links, and even view embedded YouTube videos in Panopto. In addition, you can record, edit, and submit video assignments. In this session you'll learn how to control your own learning experience using the Panopto player’s interactive and engagement features.
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[For Students] Students Behind the Camera: Submit Video Assignments
Explore different tools for recording and submitting video assignments. Learn how you can demonstrate clinical skills, present clinical cases, or make a class presentation on video using your computer. Learn about best practices for making an impacting video.
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[For Students] Anywhere, Anytime: Mobile Video with Panopto
Explore different tools for recording and submitting video assignments. Learn how you can demonstrate clinical skills, present clinical cases, or make a class presentation on video using your mobile device. Learn about best practices for making an impacting video.
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Design & Deliver Impactful Presentations
Learn simple and proven strategies to make your PowerPoint presentations pop and engage your audience’s attention. Become the person known for clearly communicating your big ideas in ways your audience will remember.
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