2008 Workshops

Spring 2008 Workshops

Creating Podcasts to Support Instruction

This two-hour workshop will provide an overview of how to utilize podcasting to support instruction effectively.  Participants will learn to create and post a podcast to the campus server, to BeachBoard and ITunes. Attention will be paid to incorporating a transcript in ADA accessible format, and utilizing free software throughout the podcasting development process.  Limited enrollment - register here for the workshop.

  • Friday, February 8 - for PCs
    12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Friday, February 15 - for PCs
    12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS.

Creating Live Online Classrooms using Elluminate Live!

Elluminate Live! is a real-time virtual classroom environment designed for both distance education and online collaboration. Instructors can use Elluminate Live! to add real-time interaction to distance learning, extend the boundaries of the traditional classroom, and engage more students in more ways. For more information on Elluminate, please visit the following URL: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/elluminate.html

The following workshops will be taught in Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Tuesday, January 8
    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday, January 16
  • 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Thursday, January 24
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

The following workshops will be taught in the Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Friday, February 1
    9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Monday, February 11
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Tuesday, March 11
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April 9
    9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Thursday, May 8
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS. 

Calibrated Peer Review (CPR)

This one hour workshop will introduce you to software called Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) that makes implementing writing assignments both more effective and more practical.  CPR is a web based (http://cpr.molsci.ucla.edu) writing and critical thinking instructional tool that delivers writing assignments to students and facilitates a structured anonymous peer review. It is platform independent as students and instructors access CPR through a web browser. It is also discipline independent since one can create a writing assignment on any topic. Since this program was developed through the Molecular Science Project, most of the prepublished assignments are chemistry or mathematics based, the this workshop will show you how its possible to modify existing assignments and even create your own.
This workshop is taught in Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.
  • Friday, February 29  (Facilitator: Mike Myers, Faculty and eLearning Consultant)
    12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 
  • Customized workshops and one-on-one consultations also available.  Contact Mike Myers.

Calibrated Peer Review (CPR) Campus Coordinators
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    • Florence Newberger, Math Department - 985-5675 - fnewberg*csulb.edu
    • Mike Myers, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry - 985-4865 - mmyers2*csulb.edu

Incorporating Information Literacy Learning Activities and Assessment

This 90-minute workshop/coaching will focus on incorporating information literacy learning activities and assessment into courses.  Faculty should bring in their syllabi or share their BeachBoard course to collaborate with the participants. 

  • DATE REVISION - Wednesday, April 30 (Facilitator:  Lesley Farmer, Faculty and eLearning Consultant)
    2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Adobe Captivate - Enhancing Instruction with Short Videos

In this one-hour workshop you will learn about an innovative piece of screen capture software.  The power of this software lies in its ability to not only capture screen shots, mouse movements and typing, but its ability to integrate into your powerpoint presentations.  Your slides come alive as a Quicktime movie with the added sound of your voice, text boxes, highlights, and more.  You will see real course examples being used here at CSULB by faculty.  You can even learn how to edit your final work and provide a text script for your projects (ADA compliant) that you can add later, not having to start your project from scratch.

This workshop is taught in Instructional Technology Support Services lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

The Instructor’s Guide to BeachBoard Basics: Creating and Posting Course Documents

Ready to start using BeachBoard in your classes? This workshop is for you! In this hands-on, workshop you’ll learn the basics of how to use BeachBoard, everything you need to know to get up and running in BeachBoard. In particular, you’ll learn how to login to BeachBoard, how to access your courses, and even how to post your syllabus and course handouts to BeachBoard.

The following workshops will be taught in Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Friday, January 18
    10:00 AM to Noon
  • Friday, January 25
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Tuesday, January 29
    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

The following workshops will be taught in the Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Wednesday, January 30 (Facilitator: Ruth Chambers, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Thursday, February 14
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Monday, February 18 (Facilitator: Ruth Chambers, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Wednesday, March 12 (Facilitator: Ruth Chambers, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    1:00 PM to 2:00 PM
  • Wednesday, March 17
    9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday, April 16
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • Thursday, May 1
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS. 

Assessing Student Performance using BeachBoard’s Quizzes, Surveys, and Gradebook

BeachBoard lets you easily create and deliver online, automatically-scored assessments and surveys using over a dozen different question types: calculated formula, calculated numeric, hotspot, jumbled sentence, Likert scale, true/false, multiple choice, multiple answer, ordering, matching, fill-in-the-blank, short answer, essay, file upload, and binary choice. Assessment questions can be given all at once or one at a time, can be timed or un-timed, and assessments can be taken multiple times or only once.

You can also store student performance results in your BeachBoard Gradebook. Scores from assessments delivered through Blackboard are automatically recorded in the Gradebook, and the Gradebook supports custom grading scales, grade weighting, item analysis, and multiple Gradebook views. Best of all, you have the options of letting your students view their own grades (but no one else’s) inside of BeachBoard.

The following workshops will be taught in Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Thursday, January 17
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

The following workshops will be taught in the Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Monday, February 18
    10:00 AM to Noon
  • Tuesday, March 18
    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday, April 23
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, May 7
    10:00 AM to Noon
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS.

The Instructor’s Guide to Turnitin: Detecting and Discouraging Student Plagiarism using Turnitin and BeachBoard

This hands-on workshop introduces you to Turnitin.com, an online plagiarism detection service supported by the Faculty Technology Center. Students submit their work—term papers, lab reports, computer programming assignments, group project summaries, or any other original material students create in your class—to Turnitin through BeachBoard. Turnitin then compares the students’ work to billions of other student papers and documents, including documents in both Google’s and ProQuest’s databases. Whenever a match is found, Turnitin highlights the suspect paragraph(s).

While Turnitin is an effective plagiarism detection tool, particular attention will be paid to ways you can use Turnitin as both a deterrent to student plagiarism and as a tool to teach your students proper citation techniques.

The following workshops will be taught in Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Tuesday, January 15
    Noon to 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday, January 30
    2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

The following workshops will be taught in the Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Thursday, February 21
    11:00 AM to Noon
  • Friday, March 14 (Facilitator: Marc Simoes, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    Noon to 1:00 PM
  • Monday, April 14
    10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
  • Friday, April 18  (Facilitator: Marc Simoes, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    Noon to 1:00 PM
  • Friday, May 9  (Facilitator: Marc Simoes, Faculty/eLearning Consultant)
    Noon to 1:00 PM
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS.

Creating BeachBoard Assessments and Surveys with Respondus for Windows

Respondus is a Windows application that lets instructors create and manage exams and surveys that can be printed to paper or published directly to BeachBoard. Instructors create exams and assessments offline using a Windows interface, spell check the exams, preview the questions, and then publish the exams or surveys directly to a BeachBoard course. In addition, over 1,000 publisher test banks are available to instructors who use Respondus.  For more information on Respondus, please visit the following URL: http://www.csulb.edu/lats/itss/bb/faculty/respondus.html 

The following workshops will be taught in Spidell Electronic Classroom on the first floor of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Wednesday, January 9
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Tuesday, January 22
    11:00 AM to 1:00 PM

The following workshops will be taught in the Instructional Technology Support Services (ITSS) lab on the lower level of the University Library. Reservations are not necessary.

  • Friday, February 22
    10:00 AM to Noon
  • Thursday, March 20
    2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
  • Monday, April 21
    1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
  • Tuesday, May 6 –
    1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
  • One-on-one consultations also available.  Contact ITSS.

Workshops are facilitated by ITSS or eLearning consultants. Questions? Contact ITSS.