Events Calendar

Building Course Materials for Reuse

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

Developing content for a course can take a lot of time and energy.  This workshop will explore ways to design course materials that can be reused across courses or from semester to semester.  We’ll look at options for developing content, tests, and assignments for reuse and will identify strategies for overcoming common challenges.   Please...

Effective Communication for Online Teaching and Learning

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

In this session we will explore ways to effectively communicate with your students in an online course to promote better understanding of course expectations and content, build trust and connection, and enhance motivation for learning. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Enhance their communications to increase student trust and engagement....

Designing Your Online Course for Success

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

Are you looking for ways to maximize student success in your online course? In this workshop, participants will explore opportunities to support students in online learning as a part of their course design. Working together, we will identify strategies to guide students through online learning and explore ways to structure a course to simplify navigation...

Selecting the Right Tool to Record Lesson Videos: Comparing Camtasia, Collaborate Ultra, PowerPoint, and VoiceThread

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

At Niagara College, we have a number of institutionally-supported tools for recording instructional videos.  In this session, we will review four of these tools - Camtasia, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, PowerPoint and VoiceThread - and compare their functionality, strengths and limitations so that you can select the tool(s) that will align best with your teaching needs....

Building Course Materials for Reuse

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

Developing content for a course can take a lot of time and energy.  This workshop will explore ways to design course materials that can be reused across courses or from semester to semester.  We’ll look at options for developing content, tests, and assignments for reuse and will identify strategies for overcoming common challenges.   Please...

Effective Communication for Online Teaching and Learning

Virtual – Blackboard Collaborate

In this session we will explore ways to effectively communicate with your students in an online course to promote better understanding of course expectations and content, build trust and connection, and enhance motivation for learning. By the end of the session, participants will be able to: Enhance their communications to increase student trust and engagement....

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