Moraine Valley Center for Teaching & Learning

BRAIN-BASED LEARNING-IT WORKS! - Runs Online through Fri.
2019-03-20 | A280
If you would like to improve student engagement, motivation and performance, this is the ‘online’ workshop for you! Thanks to strides in technology, 12 principles of student-centered, active brain-based methods founded in neuroscience are proven to trigger learning in engaging and exciting ways. Create memorable lessons in any area or subject! Explore brain-based: movement, five senses, patterning, collaboration/secure environment, parallel processing and peripheral perception; music, down-time: mid-line breaks, celebrations, energizers; visualization, imagery/relaxed alertness, and emotions. Your students will benefit from great rewards of engaged, energized, on-task, and active learning. A recent study at Moraine Valley resulted in 13.46 percent performance improvement, and 71 percent of students preferred brain-based learning. Workbook, resources, and ‘how to’ with examples are included.Participants may work at their own pace and complete the workshop at any point during the three day time-frame.

TITLE IX TRAINING
2019-03-14 16:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago) | 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.

NO TECH OPTIONS
2019-03-14 13:00 - 13:50 | L243
Are you looking for strategies to engage your student that you can begin using immediately without technology? This workshop will focus on no tech options to engage your students including collaborative and active learning techniques.

CAREER CONNECTIONS YOUTH PGM
2019-03-08 11:00 - 12:00 | TBD, United States
Career Connections helps young adults to win at work and win at life through attending the FOCUS workshop.
FOCUS stands for Financial and Occupational Coaching for Universal Success. This workshop focuses on 7 values that will make every employer want to hire you and fight to keep you. Come and see how.

CANVAS COMMUNICATIONS
2019-03-07 13:45 - 14:45 | L243
Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, this training has been developed to provide an introduction to the various communication features available in Canvas.

PIE Training
2019-03-07 10:00 - 11:30, 2019-03-04 14:00 - 15:30 | L243
Training will include:

An introduction to the PIE process and form.
Personalized assistance for your department’s FY20 PIEs. This could include a draft PIE form or your notes/thoughts about anticipated plans for FY20. Trainers will be available to assist you with formalizing your PIE plan(s), including defining the 1) current situation/baseline data/objective; 2) action steps; and 3) evaluation measures.
Instructions on how to enter a PIE form into the MVConnect Portal.
An opportunity for you to enter your own PIE form into the portal.

UPDATES TO CANVAS GRADE BOOK
2019-03-06 12:00 - 12:45, 2019-01-22 14:15 - 15:00 | L243
In this session, participants will learn about changes to the Canvas gradebook.

NEW STAFF WELCOME RECEPTION
2019-03-05 15:30 - 17:00 | L-Atrium, United States

ARAB-AMERICAN STUDENTS
2019-03-05 15:30 - 16:45 | TBD, United States
With the large and growing number of Arab students at Moraine Valley and the growing Arab population in the surrounding community, it is important to understand their background, culture and traditions. This workshop will offer some basic information about Arab community demographics, cultural norms, language, and religion. Participants will walk away with a better understanding of the Arab students they interact with.

CANVAS: GETTING STARTED
2019-03-04 16:15 - 17:05 | 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.

ADVANCED EXCEL USING STUDENT DATA
2019-03-01 10:00 - 12:00 | L243
We will discuss various tips and tricks to make your work with Excel quicker and more efficient. This session will be customized to working specifically with student data. Topics include:- Automate Reporting with Macros
– Advanced Charting and Visualizations
– Data Validation, functions, arrays, and what-if analysis.
– Intermediate Pivot tables and charts

LEARNING COLLEGE DAY
2019-02-26

FY20 Budgeting Workshop
2019-02-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2019-02-19 14:00 - 15:00 | L243
This session is designed for budget owners and will cover how to use budget developer to complete the FY20 budget.

GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES AND FILM
2019-02-20 15:30 - 17:00 | L243
Learn of free digital resources and lesson plans for incorporating global perspectives and diversity through high impact film, photo essays, and articles.

CANVAS FOR CLUBS AND GROUPS
2019-02-12 11:00 - 12:00 | L243
Through demonstrations and hands-on experience, this training has been developed to help faculty and staff use Canvas as a resource site with clubs, organizations, and meeting groups.

ACCESSIBILITY IN CANVAS
2019-02-08 10:15 - 11:15 | 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.

CHROME FOR PRODUCTIVITY
2019-02-07 16:45 - 17:15 | Online Webinar, United States
The Google Chrome web browser offers the ability to add new features through extensions, found through the Chrome Web Store. This session will discuss how to install these extensions, along with a few to help with your own productivity.

REVIEW/REFRESH ONLINE COURSE
2019-02-07 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.

Honors Course Development Begins - Hybrid Course Running through March 1
2019-02-04 | Hybrid, United States
This hybrid workshop is a component of the honors course development process. Faculty interested in teaching in honors need to complete the workshop as a part of their course development. It includes web instruction and a final meeting where faculty share sample assignments to use in their courses.

Online Course Development (OCD) Begins
2019-02-04 | A280
Online Course Development is the program dedicated to teaching instructors how to create, revise, or facilitate online and hybrid courses. The program occurs over 8 weeks and is completely online. This course is required for instructors who, with the permission of their department, want to learn how to teach online. Prior comfort with using Canvas is recommended before enrollment in the program.

Webinar - "We Are Not White: Racial Identity Construction of Arab American College Students"
2019-01-30 15:00 - 16:30 | L244
Come view an NCORE webinar presented by Dr. Nina Shoman-Dajani. She will be exploring the issues Arab American college students face as they construct their identities in a system that renders them “invisible” in the “White” category of applications. This session is particularly beneficial to those interested in race demographics, retention, support services, and student sub-populations.

CANVAS: KEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK
2019-01-28 14:30 - 15:20 | L243
This workshop will share techniques to help students be prepared engaged, and connected to their course.

FIRST FIVE MINUTES OF CLASS
2019-01-24 17:00 - 17:50 | L243
Are your students focused and on task at the beginning of each class? If so, this workshop is not for you. Are you searching for no tech or low-tech options to engage your students during the first five minutes of your class? If so, we invite you to join the discussion as we share student engagement activities to help students focus their attention on your course content during the first five minutes of class.

NEW IN WINDOWS10 & OFFICE2016
2019-01-24 11:00 - 12:00 | L243
In this hands-on workshop, participants will acclimate to the changes in Windows 10 and Office 2016.

CANVAS ATTENDANCE TOOL
2019-01-24 09:45 - 10:45 | L243
Come learn how to use the Canvas Roll Call tool to track student attendance. Participants will log attendance, use the seating chart, edit attendance grade information, generate an attendance report, and leverage Excel to analyze attendance report data.

CANVAS GRADES: GETTING STARTED
2019-01-16 12:00 - 12:30 | 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.

STARTING A CLASS OR LESSON
2019-01-15 16:45 - 17:15 | L244
When we first meet a class, one of the best ways to acclimate students is not to dive straight into a syllabus, but instead to have an activity. These activities can also be used to start individual course lessons. This session will discuss activities to start a class or a lesson to keep students engaged.
