Center for Teaching, Learning, and Online Education
Fall 2024
Faculty and Staff Professional Development Series
All sessions are virtual.
Join Link: https://westliberty.zoom.us/my/ctloe
Session length varies, but typically, they will be no longer than 60 minutes.
Click HERE to register.
Registration is not required but preferred.
Schedule
Tuesday, August 13th at 10 AM — Creating Assignments, Tests, and Quizzes in Sakai
During this webinar, participants will learn how to use both the Assignments and Tests & Quizzes tools in Sakai. Topics include Respondus Lockdown Browser, Creating Exceptions, Sending Grades to Gradebook, Turnitin, and Adding Images to Test Questions.
Thursday, August 15th at 10 AM — Sakai Gradebook and Attendance
Do you dread calculating grades at the end of the term? Are you looking for an easy way for students to monitor their progress in your course? Sakai Gradebook can help on both fronts! It’s a simple, secure tool available to all faculty members whether you teach online or not. This webinar covers all the basic and some of the advanced functions of Sakai Gradebook. It also covers recording student attendance in the Attendance tool.
Thursday, September 5th at 1 PM — What’s New in Sakai 23?
This webinar will explore the changes to Sakai as well as new functionality that are a result of our recent upgrade.
Thursday, September 12th at 1 PM — Sakai Gradebook and Attendance
Do you dread calculating grades at the end of the term? Are you looking for an easy way for students to monitor their progress in your course? Sakai Gradebook can help on both fronts! It’s a simple, secure tool available to all faculty members whether you teach online or not. This webinar covers all the basic and some of the advanced functions of Sakai Gradebook. It also covers recording student attendance in the Attendance tool.
Thursday, September 19th at 1 PM — Turnitin Originality
In this webinar, we will explore Turnitin Originality. Learn how the tool integrates with Sakai, how to read the Similarity report, and what the AI Score means as well as tips for addressing suspected plagiarism and AI use with your students.
Thursday, September 26th at 1 PM — Using Google Workspace for Education
Explore ideas and tips designed to help you make the most of Google’s classroom technology including Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Forms.
Thursday, October 3rd at 1 PM — Mixing It Up: Creating Different Question Types in Sakai Tests & Quizzes
Tired of using only multiple choice and true/false questions in your exams? This webinar will show you how to create a variety of question types including fill in the blank, hotspot, matching, audio response, and survey.
Thursday, October 10th at 1 PM — Structuring Content Pages in Sakai 23 for Classroom-Based Courses
This webinar will show you how to structure course content for maximum effect. Topics include: adding text, formatting text following accessibility guidelines, changing page layout, embedding items on the page, inserting images, and adding alternative text.
Thursday, October 17th at 1 PM — Where Does Artificial Intelligence Fit in the Classroom?
Tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, DALL-E, and QuillBot have brought AI into the classroom more quickly than many expected. Since there is no putting this genie back in the bottle, we must adapt our teaching strategies to account for this technology. In this session, we will look at some of the AI tools currently available as well as best practices for incorporating it into assignments, grading, test creation, etc.
Thursday, October 24th at 1 PM — Sakai Gradebook and Attendance
Do you dread calculating grades at the end of the term? Are you looking for an easy way for students to monitor their progress in your course? Sakai Gradebook can help on both fronts! It’s a simple, secure tool available to all faculty members whether you teach online or not. This webinar covers all the basic and some of the advanced functions of Sakai Gradebook. It also covers recording student attendance in the Attendance tool.
Thursday, November 7th at 1 PM — Mastering the Art of Content Curation
Discover how to find, organize, and deliver quality learning resources. From defining objectives to copyright compliance, contextualizing descriptions to collaboration, unlock the potential of curated content for impactful learning experiences.
Thursday, November 14th at 1 PM — Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Alternatives to Written Assignments
Tired of assigning and grading the same essay assignments term after term? This webinar will introduce you to creative alternatives to the traditional essay that are sure to challenge and engage your students in a new way