Moraine Valley Center for Teaching & Learning

Canvas Rubrics, Outcomes, And Grading
2019-10-18 11:00 - 23:50, 2019-09-05 14:00 - 14:50 (America/Chicago) | L243
This workshop will demonstrate how to create and attach rubrics and outcomes to course activities.

Instructional Technology Unconference
2019-10-17 15:00 - 17:00
The Instructional Technology Unconference will take place on October 17, 2019, from 3:00p to 5:00p, starting in A141.
Unlike a traditional conference, an unconference is designed to have short, quick paced sessions that get right to the point. In our case, the Instructional Technology Unconference will have two 45-minute sessions. Each presenter is asked to demonstrate their content three times over one of the sessions, with each demonstration lasting only 12 minutes. Attendees are able to cycle around to three different presentations over the 45 minute period. The presentations will be spread out across 6 rooms on the first floor of the A building.
For more information, please refer to the CTL’s post about the Instructional Technology Unconference.

MVLA: College 101 Beyond the Basics - Meeting 1
2019-10-16 15:45 - 16:35 | G270
Delivering pedagogical strategies and insight for instructors seeking to learn how to teach College Introduction (COL-101) classes at Moraine Valley. The course will provide both new and seasoned instructors with ideas and guidance for facilitating assignments and class discussions related to the COL-101 course objectives.

Online Travel Authorization Forms
2019-10-09 10:00 - 11:00 | L244
The travel authorization process is fully automated and online. Come to training and learn how to create and enter information into the new form. Approving travel authorization forms will be covered in the second half of the class.

Creating And Approving Online Travel Authorization Forms
2019-10-09 10:00 - 11:00 | L244
The travel authorization process is fully automated and online. Come to training to learn how to create and enter information into the new form. Approving travel authorization forms will be covered in the second half of the class.

Well, Almost "Everything" Recycling
2019-10-08 12:00 - 13:00 | D116, United States
Learn how to properly recycle on campus. Also, access resources to understand proper procedures at home. Finally, learn about how recycling happens; where does it go; what does it become; how much waste is actually recycled; and is it really that important to practice.

FERPA Training
2019-10-08 10:00 - 11:00 | S117B, United States
This workshop will be an overview of FERPA regulations and how they impact everyone’s daily interactions with students.

Brain-Based Methods Improve Engagement, Motivation And Performance!
2019-10-08 - 2019-10-10 | 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.

Canvas: Getting Started
2019-10-07 10:30 - 11:20, 2019-09-05 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.

Honors Course Development Workshop Begins
2019-10-01 | TBD, 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.

Engaging Students With Twitter
2019-09-25 12:00 - 12:30 | L243
Have you ever considered ways to keep your students engaged inside and outside of the classroom? Twitter can be a great way of engaging students through a medium they use.

Live Brainstorming And Word Clouds
2019-09-25 11:00 - 11:50 | L243
Have you ever wanted a way for students to quickly brainstorm a topic, or make a collaborative decision? With a little preparation, brainstorming and word clouds can be a great way of visually representing knowledge in a class.

Informal Assessment With Polling Tools
2019-09-25 10:00 - 10:50 | L243
Have you ever wanted a quick way to check student knowledge using quick & informal ways? With a little preparation, polling tools can provide a great way to informally assessing students in an engaged manner.

Best Practices For Faculty & Staff-Working With Students With Disabilities
2019-09-19 13:00 - 14:00 | L244
Participants will learn about creating an inclusive classroom , an overview of Universal Design for Learning (UDL), gain an increased understanding of accommodations in higher education and ways to collaborate with campus resources to best support students.

Accessible Video
2019-09-12 13:30 - 14:00 | L243
Creating accessible, captioned video is easy! Captioned video allows for a multitude of people to be able to watch a video, including those who may have a disability, may need easy reference to a text version of content, or are simply viewing in a crowded space. The Panopto video management system makes this easy with its speech to text feature! This session will give you time to learn about accessibility issues, and learn how to correct them

Accessibility In Canvas
2019-09-12 13:00 - 13:30 | 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.

Accessible Presentations
2019-09-12 11:30 - 12:00 | L243
Many of the presentations we use daily may not be accessible for individuals with disabilities. We will focus on using the accessibility tools within Microsoft PowerPoint to scan for accessibility issues and offer corrections, including accessible outlining/order, layouts, titles, headers, images, lists, links, tables, and color. This session will allow time for you to scan your own presentations, learn about accessibility issues, and receive assistance with corrections.

Accessible Email
2019-09-12 11:00 - 11:30 | L243
Many of the emails we send and receive daily may not be accessible for individuals with disabilities. This session will share tips to create accessible email.

Accessible Documents
2019-09-12 10:30 - 11:00 | L243
Many of the documents we use daily may not be accessible for individuals with disabilities. We will focus on using the accessibility tools within Microsoft Word to scan existing documents for accessibility issues and offer corrections, including accessible headings, images, lists, links, tables, and color. This session will allow time for you to scan your own documents, learn about accessibility issues, and receive assistance with corrections.

Moraine Valley Employee Wellness Program
2019-09-09 12:00 - 12:30 | D116, United States
Learn all about the MVCC Wellness program including the Fitrec incentive and more!

Online Course Development Begins
2019-09-09 | 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.

Collect Student Work In Canvas
2019-09-05 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 Grades: Getting Started
2019-09-05 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.

Supervisory Skills Series Begins
2019-09-04 | A280
The Supervisory Skills Series (S3) is designed to provide a variety of developmental opportunities, skills, and resources for all supervisory level staff at Moraine Valley Community College. The Supervisory Skills Series occurs each semester and is considered a blended course that is comprised of face-to-face and online workshops, which will be led by an array of supervisors from the Moraine Valley community. The program is structured in a collaborative-group led environment in which all participants will reflect upon his or her personal experiences and work to design their own supervisory approach.

College 101 - Canvas & New Text
2019-08-29 13:00 - 14:30 | 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.

Updates To Canvas Grade Book
2019-08-27 10:15 - 11:00, 2019-08-14 14:00 - 14:45 | L243
In this session, participants will learn about changes to the Canvas gradebook.

Canvas Rubrics, Outcomes, And Grading
2019-08-07 14:00 - 14:50 | L243
This workshop will demonstrate how to use attached rubrics to graded activities
