CIS Week of Workshops: August 2014

Monday, August 18, 2014–Friday, August 22, 2014

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Tools for the Task Workshops

Sharing Screens in the Classroom: Google Hangouts and AnyMeeting

Have you ever wanted to share multiple screens in a meeting or classroom? We have been working with AnyMeeting and Google Hangouts to find a user friendly solution that will enable you to do just this using some free software. Please join us at this in-depth demonstration of how it can be used in a classroom or a meeting.

Monday, August 18
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

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, August 18
2–3 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.

Tuesday, August 19
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

Diving Deep Workshops

AV in Shanahan 1430 (Lecture 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.

Tuesday, August 19
11–11:30 a.m.
Shanahan 1430

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, August 19
2–3 p.m.
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.

Wednesday, August 20
10–11 a.m.
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).

Wednesday, August 20
11–11:30 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

AV in the Shanahan Learning Center

Wednesday, August 20
1–1:30 p.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, August 20
2–3 p.m.
Shanahan 2450

High Performance Computing and Research Computing Resources

Tired of waiting a week for your simulations to finish? Want a super-duper fast computer without having to purchase or manage it? We have a solution. Faculty at HMC have begun using XSEDE national supercomputer resources with great success. Learn about XSEDE and Campus Champion support for your ever growing computing needs for research (and teaching).

Thursday, August 21
10–11 a.m.
Shanahan 2450

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.

Thursday, August 21
2–3 p.m.
Shanahan 2450

New Features in Sakai 2.9

We will be upgrading to Sakai 2.9 on August 12, 2014. The most striking new feature is a new user interface that allows you to organize your sites more effectively as well as making it easy to jump directly to a specific tool in a site. But there’s also lots of new features in a variety of popular tools, including Manage Groups, Section Info, Resources, Assignments, Forums, as well as a new editor.

Friday, August 22
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.

Friday, August 22
2–3 p.m.
Shanahan 2450