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Monday, January 12, 2015–Friday, January 16, 2015

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Tools for the Task Workshops

Beyond Chalk and Markers: Document Camera, iPad and Smartboard

A fun and hands-on workshop on using technology as an alternative to writing on the chalk or whiteboard. We’ll be doing a brief demo of the document camera, Smartboard and iPad for displaying and recording handwritten notes as well as for annotating electronic documents like Word and PDF documents.

Monday, January 12
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Flipped Classroom Tools: Camtasia, Powerpoint and Mediasite

The flipped classroom model has been a popular topic in both the higher education and popular press. In this model of teaching, students review lecture materials outside of class time, usually short videos, and spend classroom time on more interactive tasks. In this workshop we’ll review the basic concepts of the flipped classroom model, some best practices, and some of the tools that faculty have used to create flipped classroom materials.

Thursday, January 15
3–4 p.m.
Shanahan 2450

Course Web Sites: Sakai, Google Sites and pages.hmc.edu

CIS provides several different ways to create course web sites. For those who want a completely out of the box solution Sakai may be the best choice. Most faculty are already familiar with Sakai, so we’ll show a few tricks and tips for making Sakai work better for you as a course web site. Google Sites is a solution for those who want to customize their course web sites, but don’t want to have to write HTML code. For the more technically inclined, CIS also has a brand new way to create web sites on a site called pages.hmc.edu. Pages.hmc.edu is the replacement for www2.hmc.edu, www3.hmc.edu and www4.hmc.edu, which are all slated for retirement. Like www4.hmc.edu, pages.hmc.edu uses a directory in your home directory on the Windows file server to host web pages.

Friday, January 16
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Diving Deep Workshops

Sakai Lessons Tool

The Sakai Lessons tool is relatively new to our instance of Sakai, and uses a very different paradigm from most other Sakai tools. Lessons allows you to create pages that link to other Sakai tools such as quizzes, assignments, resource items, or forum topics. Usage scenarios include creating an interactive syllabus or lesson plan. You can create multiple pages that appear in the list of tools on the left or use one page to link to multiple subpages. Inserting images or other multimedia files allow you to create more visually interesting pages.

Monday, January 12
11 a.m.–noon
Shanahan 2450

AV in the Shanahan Learning Center

Need a refresher on using the AV systems in the classrooms in the Shanahan Center? Just getting back from a sabbatical or new to HMC? Our Audiovisual staff will demonstrate how to use the audiovisual resources in the classrooms in the Shanahan Center, including the video projectors and screens, playing audio and video, managing multiple screens, managing cables and lighting, and using the microphones (where applicable).

Monday, January 12
3–3:30Ìý±è.³¾.
Shanahan 2450

Lecture Capture

We have had our Lecture Capture systems at HMC now for a year. We will be going over how to request a recording to be scheduled, which rooms are available, and the best practices to have a great recording. We will also cover how to get the recordings put into class Sakai sites as well as the analytics that can be retrieved.

Tuesday, January 13
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Sakai Gradebook2 Tool

Gradebook2 is an alternative to the familiar Gradebook tool in Sakai. It was developed at UC Davis and has a number of features not available in Gradebook including support for extra credit. It has a spreadsheet-like user interface, making it easy to enter grades for multiple students at once. It also provides histograms and the ability to choose what information to display to students. If you’ve tried the regular Gradebook tool and didn’t like it, Gradebook2 may be more to your liking.

Tuesday, January 13
11 a.m.–noon
Shanahan 2450

Using the Smartboard for Meetings and in the Classroom

An innovative and interactive workshop that covers ways to engage students and meeting participants using the Smartboard. Please come join us to explore best practices for using the Smartboard in your classes and meetings.

Tuesday, January 13
3–4Ìý±è.³¾.
Shanahan 2450

My Mediasite Part 1: Folder and Content Management

My Mediasite is one of the more advanced tools available through our Mediasite lecture capture system. Faculty and staff with a My Mediasite account can create and upload their own multimedia materials and organize them as they wish. Video content can be created and uploaded using personal tools such as smartphones and laptops rather than with the Mediasite recorders used in our traditional lecture capture system.

Wednesday, January 14
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Document Camera

Sometimes we need to show a piece of paper, or an object on the projection screen. A large number of the classrooms now include a document camera which can be used just for this, as well as a number of other things. Please join us for an in-depth demonstration on these cameras and all of the ways that they can help in the classroom.

Wednesday, January 14
11 a.m.–noon
Shanahan 2450

AV in the Lecture Hall and Recital Hall

Teaching in the Lecture Hall for the first time? Or just need a refresher? Our Audiovisual staff will demonstrate how to use the audiovisual resources in the Lecture Hall including the video projectors and screens, playing audio and video, and using the microphones.

Wednesday, January 14
3–3:30 p.m.
Shanahan 1430

My Mediasite Part 2: Web Editing Tool

In this second of our workshops on the My Mediasite tools, we’ll cover how to use the web editing tool to touch up your videos. The tool allows users to crop or cut video, incorporate transitions, add, delete or replace slides and add chapters.

Thursday, January 15
10-11:00 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Anki Flash Cards

Want to learn the names and faces of all of the freshmen in your classes? Interested in using flash cards to learn other topics? Come to this new workshop and learn how to download and install the Anki program which lets you easily create decks of flash cards and use them to memorize names and faces as well as other things efficiently and quickly. This is a hands on workshop where we will install Anki, upload a file of all of the freshmen and demonstrate how to use Anki to learn faces and names.

Thursday, January 15
11 a.m.–noon
Shanahan 2450

AV in the Shanahan Learning Center

Need a refresher on using the AV systems in the classrooms in the Shanahan Center? Just getting back from a sabbatical or new to Harvey Mudd? Our Audiovisual staff will demonstrate how to use the audiovisual resources in the classrooms in the Shanahan Center, including the video projectors and screens, playing audio and video, managing multiple screens, managing cables and lighting, and using the microphones (where applicable).

Friday, January 16
11–11:30 a.m.
Shanahan 2450