CU Online Fall 2009 Faculty Seminar Schedule and
Center for Faculty Development Workshops
Listed below is the schedule of seminars available that discuss online course development and delivery for faculty using eCollege and Blackboard on the Downtown Campus (DDC) and the Anschutz Medical Campus (AMC).
To register for the CU Online workshops, contact Kim Penoyer at 303-315-3697 or Kim.Penoyer@ucdenver.edu
The CU Online Seminars are working lunch workshops - lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you require a vegetarian meal.
| 2009 CU Online Summer Web Camp |
| Paid, one-week, intensive online course development workshop. The Summer Web Camp provides select faculty with the opportunity to build a new online course using eCollege during a one-week work session, with the full support of CU Online and CFD staff. This intensive session provides both course development guidance as well as focused hands-on time to build your course. Contact Kim Penoyer for an application. |
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| Date: |
Monday - Friday, June 8 - 12, 2009 |
| Time: |
9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, & Thursday; 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. Wednesday & Friday |
| Instructor: |
David Thomas, Anna Thai, Patrick Lowenthal, Brian Yuhnke |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
| New Faculty Orientation |
| CU Online welcomes new full and part-time faculty with a short orientation session and lunch. Schedule a seat to learn about the variety of services CU Online provides downtown faculty with a focus on using Blackboard to streamline and improve your fall classes. |
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| Date: |
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 |
| Time: |
10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
David Thomas, Anna Thai & Patrick Lowenthal |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus |
| Building |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room |
Suite 360 |
| Open Lab Session |
| Need help to refine your course just before the start of the semester? Stop by during the open lab session and bring in all your questions/concerns. |
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| Date: |
Friday, August 14, 2009 |
| Time: |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Patrick Lowenthal & Anna Thai |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
| Online New Course Readiness for eCollege |
| Are you ready to teach online? Whether you are a new online instructor or a seasoned teacher just looking to tune up an old course, the "Online New Course Readiness for eCollege" workshop can help. Working through a checklist of items to consider before starting an online course, this workshop can help solve issues before they become problems during the semester. |
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| Date: |
Saturday, August 15, 2009 |
| Time: |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
David Thomas |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus |
| Building |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room |
Suite 360 |
| Open Lab Session |
| Need help to refine your course just before the start of the semester? Stop by during the open lab session and bring in all your questions/concerns.
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| Date: |
Saturday, August 29, 2009 |
| Time: |
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. |
| Instructor |
Anna Thai |
| Campus: |
Anschutz Medical Campus |
| Building |
Education 2 North P28 |
| Room |
5208 |
| Responsus LockDown Browser for Blackboard |
| The Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. Students are locked into the assessment and are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading. |
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| Date: |
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 |
| Time: |
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Anna Thai |
| Campus: |
Anschutz Medical Campus and Simulcast |
| Building: |
Education 2 North |
| Room: |
2201C |
| Responsus Exam Builder for Blackboard |
| Respondus is a powerful tool for creating and managing exams or quizzes. In this workshop you will learn the features of Respondus and how to acquire and use this tool to create and manage tests for your Blackboard course. Respondus contains an easy to use Exam Wizard for creating an assessment in minutes. Exams can be created offline in Respondus using a Windows environment. Tests can be printed to paper or published directly to Blackboard. Attend this workshop to find out more of the many benefits of using Respondus and get your copy for use in your online courses. |
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| Date: |
Friday, September 18, 2009 |
| Time: |
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Anna Thai |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus and Simulcast |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
| Google Docs |
| From collaborative word processing documents and spreadsheets to easy-to-create forms, Google Docs offers a wide variety of powerful, free tools that provide a platform for adding new assignments to your courses, online and in the classroom. |
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| Date: |
Friday, October 9, 2009 |
| Time: |
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Anna Thai & Patrick Lowenthal |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus and Simulcast |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
| Multimedia Adding Graphic, Sound and Video to Your Course |
| Adding multimedia such as graphic, sound and video to your course? Attend this session to learn how easy it is to incorporate graphic, sound or video. Feel free to bring your own multimedia to this hands-on session. |
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| Date: |
Friday, October 16, 2009 |
| Time: |
11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Anna Thai & Patrick Lowenthal |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus and Simulcast |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
| Online Course Development Workshop Using eCollege |
| This hands-on workshop will give you the tools and strategies you need to develop a successful online course. The workshop is divided into sessions that cover the critical aspects of developing and teaching an eCollege online course, such as; Elements of a successful online course, Day to day details you should know, Designing online syllabi and announcements, Assessing students, Crafting student discussions, and Assessing your course. During each session you will see some instructional best practices and apply these practices by adding new material to your own course. You will be given your own eCollege course shell to practice with, but you can also use a course you are already developing. If you are new to online instruction, you should take the entire workshop. If you are an experienced online instructor, you can attend only the specific modules that interest you. |
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| Date: |
Friday, November 13, 2009 |
| Time: |
8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
David Thomas |
| Campus: |
Downtown Denver Campus |
| Building: |
Lawrence Street Center |
| Room: |
Suite 360 |
Note: All simulcast events will be recorded and made available for viewing on the CU Online Faculty Resource website after the event.
Remember - The CU Online seminars are working lunch workshops - lunch will be provided. Please let us know if you require a vegetarian meal.
To register for any of the above CU Online workshops, contact Kim Penoyer at 303-315-3697 or Kim.Penoyer@ucdenver.edu
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