Teaching with Technology
Teaching with Technology is a facilitated, 3-week course designed for instructors interested in mastering the fundamentals of supported instructional technology as quickly and efficiently as possible. This action-oriented course will get you up and running with the tools of the trade (e.g., Brightspace, Zoom, Teams, MediaSpace) and is perfect for new instructors with little to no experience with these tools. By the end of the course, you will be comfortable supporting basic, technology-enabled teaching activities in courses of all formats. Those who complete Teaching with Technology receive both a certificate of completion and a digital badge recognizing their accomplishment.
Schedule and registration
Register for an upcoming WeTeach session by sending an email message to TLT (tlt@winona.edu).
- January 2023. Monday, January 9th, 2023 - Friday, January 27th, 2023.
- June 2023. Monday, June 5th, 2023 - Friday, June 23rd, 2023.
- August 2023. Monday, July 31st, 2023 - Friday, August 18th, 2023.
- September 2023. Monday, September 4th - Friday, September 22nd, 2023.
Course format
- Teaching with Technology is a 3-week course facilitated by a team of experienced, professional instructional designers and technicians from WSU's Teaching, Learning, and Technology Services (TLT) team.
- The course is delivered in an online asynchronous format. Although there are no required class meetings, there are opportunities to interact with colleagues and class facilitators.
- The course is taught in a "boot camp" style and focuses almost exclusively on basic instructional technology usage.
- Participants move through checklists of basic technical skills rapidly, stopping to focus on unfamiliar skills.
- The instructional tools covered in this course can all be used to support any mode of course delivery and instructors teaching in-person courses are encouraged to participate.
- Participants should expect to spend about 5 hours per week on course-related activities.
- D2L Brightspace is used to manage the course, and Zoom is used for web conferencing. Participants gain experience using other approved and fully-supported tools they might decide to use in their own courses.
- Participants who complete all of the course requirements receive a certificate of completion and a portable digital badge that they can display online (e.g., on LinkedIn).
Course topics
This week, we focus on the tools instructors use to organize their online resources and manage student communication. This includes:
- Microsoft Outlook: individual and group messaging, appointment scheduling
- D2L Brightspace: course homepage layout and navigation, table of contents, announcements, email, discussions
- Zoom: meetings and phone services
- Microsoft Teams: text chat and meetings
- Microsoft Flip: video chat
- Microsoft Bookings: appointment scheduling
WEEK 2: Content and Presentation
This week, we focus on the tools instructors use to author, present, and manage course content. This includes:
- Microsoft Word and PowerPoint: Documents and presentations
- Adobe Acrobat: Creating and editing PDF documents
- Kaltura MediaSpace and Kaltura Capture: Producing and publishing videos
- D2L Brightspace HTML Editor: Creating and editing course web pages
- D2L Brightspace Table of Contents: Organizing content and activities
- D2L Brightspace LTI Integration: Publisher-provided resource integration
- BNC First Day: Inclusive digital access to publisher-provided resources
- Airtame: Wireless classroom projection
- Zoom and Zoom Room: Producing and publishing videos, accommodating remote classroom access
- LinkedIn Learning: Online content library
WEEK 3: Assignments, Feedback, and Assessment
This week, we focus on the tools instructors use to evaluate student work and provide feedback. This includes:
- Microsoft Teams: Support collaboration and teamwork
- WordPress: Support website development
- D2L Brightspace Quiz Tool: Manage online tests and quizzes
- D2L Brightspace Survey Tool: Manage online surveys
- D2L Brightspace Assignments Tool: Collect and evaluate assignments online
- D2L Brightspace Grades Tool: Manage online grade book
- Respondus Lockdown Browser: Secure classroom test sessions
- Turnitin: Plagiarism prevention
- Microsoft Forms: Manage online polls and surveys
- Qualtrics: Manage online surveys and survey research projects
Questions
Please contact TLT (tlt@winona.edu) if you have any questions.
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