Moraine Valley Center for Teaching & Learning

COL101 CANVAS AND NEW TEXTBOOK
2019-04-02 10:30 - 12:00 (America/Chicago) | L243
This training is designed to help COL101 move smoothly into the new textbook while incorporating one of the courses new objectives, MVCC Technology. A course shell has been created to allow easy adoption of the material and get students and instructors comfortable with the online tools through the introduction of college life, success skills, and transitions.
All COL101 instructors will be provided a course shell to copy into their own master course shell.

ACCESSIBILITY IN CANVAS
2019-04-04 13:45 - 14:45 | L243
Accessibility is an important aspect in the success of all students, especially those using Canvas. We will focus on utilizing the easy-to-use UDOIT tool in Canvas, which can help scan courses for accessibility issues and offer corrections. This session will allow time for you to scan your own classes, learn about accessibility issues, and receive assistance with corrections.

ORGANIZE MATERIALS IN CANVAS
2019-04-08 14:45 - 15:15 | L243
This workshop will share strategies to simplify module content and duplicate modules for consistency.

COPYRIGHT FOR INSTRUCTORS
2019-04-09 12:00 - 13:30 | L243
Copyright in nonprofit public education is flexible, but becomes troublesome when using digitized media and online distribution. Librarian Lee Semmerling will present an easy-to-understand overview of copyright in education. Strategies for making the best choices in using other people?s material and presenting your own copyrighted work.

REVIEW/REFRESH ONLINE COURSE
2019-04-09 14:15 - 15:15 | L243
This workshop will introduce existing online faculty to the Open SUNY Quality Review Rubric (OSCQR) standards to review and refresh online courses.

LOCATING QUALITY FREE CONTENT
2019-04-16 11:15 - 11:45, 2019-04-24 15:15 - 15:45 | Online Webinar, United States
Today?s Internet offers a wealth of information for instructors, including free content to use with courses. This session will focus on finding various sources of media and other instructional content that can be used to engage students.

TITLE IX TRAINING
2019-04-17 13:00 - 14:00 | TBD, United States
Members of the Moraine Valley community have the right to be free from all forms of sexual discrimination, harassment and misconduct, examples of which include acts of sexual violence, sexual harassment, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. This session will give an overview of Moraine Valley?s comprehensive policy, including: reporting options, interim measures, investigation and resolution procedures, and resources and support services. Participants will leave with everything they need to effectively respond, refer and report.

UPDATES TO CANVAS GRADE BOOK
2019-04-30 15:00 - 15:45, 2019-05-10 09:00 - 09:45, 2019-05-13 17:00 - 17:45, 2019-05-20 15:00 - 15:45, 2019-06-13 10:15 - 11:00 | L243
In this session, participants will learn about changes to the Canvas gradebook.

FACULTY/STAFF/RETIREE RECOGNITION RECEPTION
2019-05-07 15:00 - 17:00 | Moraine Rooms, United States

FERPA Training
2019-05-14 10:00 - 11:00 | S225, United States
This workshop will be an overview of FERPA regulations and how they impact everyone’s daily interactions with students.

FERPA Training
2019-05-23 16:00 - 17:00, 2019-06-11 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-06-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2019-07-09 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-07-24 16:00 - 17:00 | S117B, United States

Canvas: Getting Started
2019-06-06 10:30 - 11:20 | L243
This workshop will provide an introduction to the Canvas learning management system from an instructor perspective. In this session, participants will learn how to navigate Canvas, post a course syllabus, create a simple module, edit the course menu, post announcements, and make the course and its resources available to students.

Canvas Grades: Getting Started
2019-06-06 11:30 - 12:00 | L243
This workshop will provide an introduction to the assignments and grades tools in Canvas. In this session, instructors will create a simple assignment, enter student grades and feedback, and setup grading policies.

Collect Student Work In Canvas
2019-06-06 13:00 - 13:50 | L243
This workshop will demonstrate how to create an assignment to accept various types of digital submissions and how to view and grade student work using SpeedGrader.

Canvas Rubrics, Outcomes, And Grading
2019-06-06 14:00 - 14:50 | L243
This workshop will demonstrate how to create and attach rubrics and outcomes to course activities.

MVLA: External Tools To Enhance Your Canvas Course - Runs through August 2, 2019
2019-06-10 | A280
In “MVLA: External Tools to Enhance Your Canvas Course,” participants will be exposed to various technologies they can use to improve student learning and make information more accessible to students through their Canvas courses. This MVLA course will focus on providing faculty with information and strategies that may be used to improve their Canvas courses. We will explore various technologies that go beyond the basics that are provided in Canvas. Many students are already familiar with many of the technologies that will be addressed in this course. By ensuring that faculty members are familiar with such technologies, we are able to meet students where they are.

Transforming Your Use Of The Traditional Textbook - Runs through August 2, 2019
2019-06-10 | A280
There are a number of reasons why faculty may want to consider alternatives to the traditional textbook. The rising cost of textbooks and related online publisher content are often a barrier to students’ completion and success. Faculty also note that textbooks may provide useful content in one area of their course but not others or provide too much information outside the scope of the class. Additionally, textbooks may present concepts in ways that are confusing to students or that don’t reflect the course structure. Open textbooks, articles, videos, podcasts, and other media can replace or supplement traditional textbooks to engage students and ease their financial burden.

What's New In Windows 10 And Office 2016
2019-06-26 14:00 - 15:00, 2019-07-25 10:00 - 11:00 | L243
In this hands-on workshop, participants will acclimate to the changes in Windows 10 and Office 2016.

Outlook Calendar
2019-07-25 11:00 - 11:30 | L243
This workshop will demonstrate how to use the Outlook Web App to create calendar items and use the scheduler to invite others to meetings.

Excel Filters
2019-07-25 11:30 - 12:00 | L243
This workshops will demonstrate how to use custom sort and how to convert Excel data to tables to apply filters.
