Thursday, 03 Feb 2011
Being Creative in the Classroom with PowerPoint
Learn how to plan, create and deliver classroom presentations using PowerPoint's visual tools. Topics include strategies for using PowerPoint to deliver content and manage classroom activities. Design slides using graphics, photos, multimedia, sounds and video clips. Basic PowerPoint Office 2007 skills required. Class uses Windows computers, but Mac users can learn new techniques as well.
Friday, 04 Feb 2011
Financial Aid Mini-Conference
This 13th annual event is hosted by the Office of Student Financial Aid for faculty and staff, to provide information on financial aid policies, procedures, program changes and current hot topics in student financial aid. Online registration opens Jan. 4 in AccessPlus.
Monday, 07 Feb 2011
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Circle: McKeachie's Teaching Tips
"McKeachie's Teaching Tips" has long been a valued resource for beginning and experienced teachers alike. This circle, specifically for graduate students, will read and discuss portions of McKeachie's 13th edition text, which covers such topics as course preparation, discussion and lecture, grading and assessment and more. Participants may check out a copy on loan from CELT.
Wednesday, 09 Feb 2011
Preparing You and Your Courses for the Upgrade to Blackboard Learn
Learn the basic features and become familiar with the user interface of Blackboard Learn, along with navigation methods, ways to add and customize content, the Performance Dashboard and Grade Center.
Informational session: APHIS permits
Steve Ziegenfuss, a biosafety officer in ISU's department of environmental health and safety, will discuss situations when investigators must obtain APHIS (USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) permits and how to apply for them. Those who will attend are asked to send an e-mail to Connie Regenold, Office for Responsible Research.
Friday, 11 Feb 2011
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Difficult Dialogues: Conflict Management
This workshop is designed for faculty considering a difficult dialogue in their work that fosters greater understanding of varied viewpoints on important issues. It will prepare faculty to prevent unproductive or destructive conflict and from overwhelming the educational benefit of dialogue. Facilitated by Paul Ladehoff, University of Missouri, Columbia. (Offered three times: 9-10 a.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m., 3:10-4:10 p.m.)
Monday, 14 Feb 2011
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Circle: McKeachie's Teaching Tips
"McKeachie's Teaching Tips" has long been a valued resource for beginning and experienced teachers alike. This circle, specifically for graduate students, will read and discuss portions of McKeachie's 13th edition text, which covers such topics as course preparation, discussion and lecture, grading and assessment and more. Participants may check out a copy on loan from CELT.
Tuesday, 15 Feb 2011
Converting WebCT courses to Blackboard Learn
Take advantage of the tools and resources available in this new and powerful platform when Bb Learn becomes available university-wide, summer semester, 2011. Find out how to convert an existing WebCT course to Blackboard Learn and learn what you need to know to get your course up and running.
Wednesday, 16 Feb 2011
Blackboard Learn's File Management Options
Putting files in folders and making them accessible can become the biggest obstacle to a pleasant experience in online learning. File management can be tricky in Bb Learn, but with a little practice, it becomes second nature. In this session, you will learn the basics to file management in Blackboard Learn, including how to upload/move files; create/organize folders; create an html folder; use the web folder for easy web-access.
How to Develop Effective Formative Course Assessment Systems
This seminar will focus on how to develop and implement effective online (WebCT based) formative course assessment surveys for engineering and science courses. The comprehensive list of survey questions developed and used by the presenters will be discussed, as will the research findings.
Thursday, 17 Feb 2011
How Do I Make Blackboard Learn's Grade Center Work for Me?
Manage who? Manage what? Move over WebCT, a new grade book has emerged in Blackboard Learn. In this session, you will learn how to use Blackboard Learn's Grade Center to manage student performance, including how to create columns, enter grades, calculate final grades, create custom Smart Views, track student activity and export and import records with Excel.
Monday, 21 Feb 2011
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Circle: McKeachie's Teaching Tips
"McKeachie's Teaching Tips" has long been a valued resource for beginning and experienced teachers alike. This circle, specifically for graduate students, will read and discuss portions of McKeachie's 13th edition text, which covers such topics as course preparation, discussion and lecture, grading and assessment and more. Participants may check out a copy on loan from CELT.
Wednesday, 23 Feb 2011
Converting WebCT courses to Blackboard Learn
Take advantage of the tools and resources available in this new and powerful platform when Bb Learn becomes available university-wide, summer semester, 2011. Find out how to convert an existing WebCT course to Blackboard Learn and learn what you need to know to get your course up and running.
Workshop: ISU ADVANCE
"Pathways to Promotions from Associate to Full." Dr. Annette O'Connor, associate professor in the department of veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine and 2009-10 ISU ADVANCE faculty fellow, will share the results of her research on the roles of scholarship and service in faculty promotion at Iowa State. Faculty who may prepare dossiers for promotion to full professor especially are encouraged to attend.
Thursday, 24 Feb 2011
Training session: Export control
Sponsored by the ISU offices of university counsel and responsible research. The presenter is Nelson Dong, an attorney with Dorsey and Whitney, Seattle office. This session is targeted for staff in purchasing and sponsored programs administration, but anyone is welcome to attend. Those planning to attend are asked to e-mail Connie Regenold, Office for Responsible Research.
Workshop: National Science Foundation Career Awards
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development and "Strengthening the Professoriate at ISU" are sponsoring a workshop on NSF career grants and how to submit a successful grant proposal. All NSF career grant awardees have been invited to this event; junior faculty members are encouraged to attend.
Training session: Export control
Sponsored by the ISU offices of university counsel and responsible research. The presenter is Nelson Dong, an attorney with Dorsey and Whitney, Seattle office. This session is targeted for faculty, but anyone is welcome to attend. Those planning to attend are asked to e-mail Connie Regenold, Office for Responsible Research.
Friday, 25 Feb 2011
Training session: Export control
Sponsored by the ISU offices of university counsel and responsible research. The presenter is Nelson Dong, an attorney with Dorsey and Whitney, Seattle office. This session is targeted for faculty, but anyone is welcome to attend. Those planning to attend are asked to e-mail Connie Regenold, Office for Responsible Research.
Monday, 28 Feb 2011
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Circle: McKeachie's Teaching Tips
"McKeachie's Teaching Tips" has long been a valued resource for beginning and experienced teachers alike. This circle, specifically for graduate students, will read and discuss portions of McKeachie's 13th edition text, which covers such topics as course preparation, discussion and lecture, grading and assessment and more. Participants may check out a copy on loan from CELT.