Welcome Week Professional Development Conference
August 17-21 | via Collaborate
Sessions will all be hosted in Collaborate, recorded, and posted in our Professional Development Blackboard course. Check your SPC email for links to join.
* Schedule Subject to Change
Monday
11 Basics: Best Practices James Kemper | Marcie Miller | Sherley Bedore
Discover how things like an LMS Orientation, Instructor roles, clear goals and objectives, and content presentation can completely change your course.
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1 Basics: Syllabus and Gradebook | Christina Bearden White
Tuesday
9 Learner Engagement Hillary Nixon | Lori Satterwhite | Clinton Bishop | Kristen Bingham Engagement, communication and feedback are essential components of online instruction. Create resources to foster these practices. Utilize best practices and take your courses to the next level.
1 Learner Retention Andrea McCourt
Learn about ways to user learner engagement to increase retention. You don't want to miss this one!
Wednesday
9 Assessment Design
- Sheyleah Plant Harris: Inline Grading
- Laci Alexander: Ed Puzzle
- Ashleigh Brewer: TurnItIn
- Andrea McCourt: Intelligent Design
Setting expectations, designing assessments and creating space for self-review work together to enhance student outcomes.
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1 Assessment Security Amy Shriver
Preventing Cheating in Online Courses : Using Proctorio and Safe Assign
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Video: Cheating in Distance Learning Courses
Thursday
9 Plug Ins: Video
- Screencast: Molllie Moore
- YouTube: Kelly Findley
- Buffy Rattan: Flip Grid
1 Plug Ins: Engagement
- Erika Warnick: Plickers
- Kevin Beaugh Collaborate
Friday
9 Plug Ins: Grading
- Inline: Jay Driver
- Safe Assign and Proctorio: Amy Shriver
- Turn it In: Ashleigh Brewer
1 Accommodations
Designing for accessibility and ease of use for all students
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