Teaching with Technology
Basics | Advanced | Classroom Response | Assignments | Presenter | Podcasting | Template
Our workshops offer basic to advanced levels of instruction for faculty and their staff teaching courses using the Blackboard Course Management System as well as other online technologies. See the course descriptions below.
Blackboard's New Template 
Blackboard Assignments
Blackboard has a function that will allow the instructor to except electronic submissions of papers, homework and other materials students will complete for a grade. This class will take participants through the steps to create an assignment, how to grade the submissions, return graded assignments to students and remove all student submissions after grading.
Classroom Response System
The iClicker system is the University's standard classroom response system. iClicker includes polling, grading, and reporting features allowing for anonymous or graded submissions. During this session you will learn the system uses and best practices to inspire participation.
Blackboard Basics
Blackboard Basics provides the foundational skills to use UofL's course management system. Using Blackboard fosters increased student interaction with the instructor as well as each other. It affords the opportunity to enhance lectures with engaging activities and provides a means to organize and post materials for students to access anytime, anywhere. You'll learn to navigate the system both as a student and instructor; add viewable syllabi, announcements and staff information; add Word documents, PDFs and PowerPoint files; and briefly discuss methods to reduce email use. You'll learn the use of basic Gradebook functions; to include entering columns, ordering columns, gradebook settings, uploading and downloading grades. You are encouraged to bring these items to the session. (2 hours)
Blackboard Advanced
This session provides advanced skills to facilitate online learning strategies through the use of the Blackboard system. Topics include how to engage your online learners through the creation of an online community by using Blackboard's communication tools, chat and virtual classroom as well as the use of the Manage Groups function; also to be covered are exam creation/deployment and grading functions, and the Content System: File Systems, which provides an effective way to collect, share, and discover educational content. You'll learn how to drag and drop content into Blackboard and organize files into personal, course, and institutional folders. It introduces many of Blackboard's document management capabilities including content sharing and workflow, tracking, and searching. (2 hours)
Adobe Presenter
Adobe Presenter, formerly Macromedia Breeze Presenter, is a rich media and e-learning authoring tool that enables you to create professional, high-quality on-demand presentations from within Microsoft PowerPoint. During this demonstration, you’ll see a drab presentation come to life easily and quickly by adding audio, video and software simulations using Adobe Presenter.
Podcasting
This course in Podcasting will give you an understanding of the medium and possible uses. Students will get an explanation of the process and tech terms such as "RSS feed". Also the different types of Podcasting will be discussed. Students will also get some hands on experience creating and editing a simple MP3 that will be used in the Plone class.
General Information
Location: Belknap workshops will be held at the Delphi Center for Teaching and Learning, Ekstrom Room 244. HSC workshops will be held at the Delphi Center's Training Lab, Kornhauser Library Room 313.
Registration: Click on the name of the course above to view the schedule for that course. Click on the Register button for the course you will attend. You will receive confirmation of your registration via email.
Additional Trainings: If you do not see a topic and description above that meets your training needs, please contact our department for a personal training session. Email the Delphi Center or call 852-4319 to request a personal training session.
