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IT Workshop for Faculty and Staff - Fall 2023
For further information on the workshop schedule, please send email to itr.workshops@lehman.cuny.edu.
- In collaboration with the Office of Online Education, the Information Technology Division is offering Classroom Technology training.
- Check out the online classes from Skillsets Online.
- Get access to LinkedIn Learning through the New York Public Library. Any person who lives, works, attends school, or pays property taxes in New York State is eligible to receive a New York Public Library card free of charge.
- Check out our IT Workshop Evaluation Results from the previous semesters.
Please check back soon for the Fall 2023 IT workshop schedule.
***NOTE: Registration is REQUIRED for all online IT training sessions listed below.
For a sneak peek of the capabilities of Microsoft 365, please look at this brief video:
IT Workshop Schedule - Fall 2023
- Classroom Technology
- Bb ALLY
- Introduction to Blackboard Grade Center/Attendance
- Camtasia Studio
- Creating Discussion Boards, Assignment and Assessments on Bb
- Introduction to VoiceThread
- Introduction to YuJa
Classroom Technology
In collaboration with the Office of Online Education, the Information Technology Division is offering classroom technology training for faculty. The goal of the Classroom Technology Training Program is to provide faculty with both the basic and advanced capabilities of Lehman's new Classroom Technology Infrastructure. There will also be an opportunity for hands-on experience.
- Instructor: IT Division & Office of Online Education Trainers
Dates Available: Weekly training sessions
Times Available: Weekly training sessions
Location: Carman 118
MS Bookings Registration Link: Classroom Technology
Bb ALLY
Ally works seamlessly with our Blackboard to gauge the accessibility of your content. Ally provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to your content accessibility. In addition to providing, you with insight to your content accessibility, Ally automatically creates alternative versions of your files. This allows students to choose the type of file they want that best suits their needs. While you're in the process of improving files, students still access alternative copies.
- Instructor: Stephen Castellano
Date: Tuesday, November 7th
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Carman 118/Virtual
MS Bookings Registration Link: Bb ALLY
Blackboard Grade Center/Attendance
This workshop will introduce faculty to the Blackboard Grade Center and give you an overview of how the Grade Center works and how Grade Center can make your job as an instructor easier. Did you know that Bb can weigh the grades? This is one of the areas that we will introduce you to in this workshop. Blackboard also has an attendance feature that you may use to keep attendance records electronically. Participants will also be introduced to the attendance feature in Blackboard.
Experience Level: Novice Mode: Virtual
- Instructor: Stephen Castellano
Date: Friday, December 1st
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
MS Bookings Registration Link: Blackboard Grade Center/Attendance
Camtasia Studio
Camtasia Studio is a very powerful audio and video editing software title. Camtasia studio is an excellent platform for recording class video lectures - especially if narrating over a PowerPoint presentation is something that you do. Attendees will learn the basics of working with Camtasia - Doing a simple recording, naming, saving, and performing a simple edit on the recording, processing the recording into an .mp4 file. And, uploading your capture to Yuja, OneDrive and Drop Box and adding the video into Bb.
- Instructor: Stephen Castellano
Date: Monday, October 30th
Time: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Carman 118
MS Bookings Registration Link: Camtasia Studio
Creating Discussion Boards, Assignment and Assessments on Bb
Would you like to learn about creating Discussions, Assignments and Assessments on Bb? This program is for you! You will learn about the different types of discussions and what the attributes of the forums mean – why you would use them and why you might not want to use them. You’ll also learn about Assignments and how to correctly create an assignment. Tests can be tricky on Bb but this workshop will provide you with the information that you’ll need to create a midterm, final or just a little quiz. Creating assessments on Bb is not hard but it does take a little time. Experience Level: Novice to Intermediate
- Instructor: Stephen Castellano
Date: Wednesday, October 25th
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
MS Bookings Registration Link: Creating Discussion Boards, Assignment and Assessments on Bb
Introduction to Voice Thread
If you have ever thought of using Voice Thread for your classes, this workshop will be a great opportunity for you to see the platform in action and learn how you may use the platform to engage your students and make learning fun for your class. Your class - online, hybrid or F2F will come alive with Voice Thread! Students will want to interact with other members of the class because they will see and hear what they have to say. Please consider joining us for this wonderful opportunity. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions.
- Instructor: Voice Thread
Date: Tuesday, October 24th
Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Carman 118/Virtual
Voice Thread Registration Link: Introduction to Voice Thread
Introduction to YuJa
Lehman's media repository is called Yuja. If you know what YouTube is, Yuja is Lehman's media repository for digital assets both public and private. This workshop will teach you how to access the private (Academic) side of Yuja and how you can use Yuja's Media Chooser to integrate digital assets seamlessly with Blackboard. The workshop will last 60-minutes, and we will reserve time for questions and answers.
- Instructor: Stephen Castellano
Date: Tuesday, October 17th
Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Location: Carman 118/Virtual
MS Bookings Registration Link: Introduction to YuJa
