Past Workshops

By topic

Accessible Course Design
Blogs
Google
Hypothesis
iMovie
Moodle
Powerpoint
Recording with video or audio
Teaching in the hybrid classroom
Zoom

By year

Accessible Course Design workshop

Accessible Course Design, August 3, 2020 (Robin Ford, Jess Gibson, Trina Marmarelli)
Staff from Disability and Accessibility Resources, Instructional Technology Services, and the Library will lead a session on designing courses with accessibility in mind, using technology tools to increase accessibility, and the accommodations process in our current context.

Blogs workshops

Intro to blogs, January 11, 2021 (Tony Moreno)
Learn how to create a blog for your course, and how to customize the blog to fit your needs, as well explore H5P, a suite of tools to further engage your students.

Introduction to WordPress Blogs, July 16, 2020 (Tony Moreno)
Course blogs can be an effective way to present course content and showcase student work. This session will cover requesting blogs for your courses, basic blog setup, creating pages and adding them to menus, and changing the appearance of your blog. View video. Slidedeck link

Google workshops

Using Google Drive in your classes, January 11, 2021 (Beth Platte)
Google Drive is an easy way to share content with students, collect assignments, and collaborate. We’ll talk about considerations for sharing, organizing, and commenting with a focus on protecting student privacy and promoting collaboration.

Google Drive for Teaching, July 15, 2020 (Beth Platte)
This session will cover the basics of sharing documents and resources with students in Google Drive, accepting assignments as documents shared with you, organizing and managing files in folders, and commenting on Google docs. View video.

Creating a Slide Deck, July 22, 2020 (Beth Platte)
This session will cover practical considerations and best practices for using Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint to create engaging and accessible asynchronous or synchronous lectures and presentations.View video. Slide deck link.

Hypothesis workshop

Hypothesis in Moodle, January 13, 2021 (Beth Platte and Kevin Homes)
Hypothesis allows you and your students to create asynchronous annotations on webpages or PDFs. Learn how to use Hypothesis in Moodle and get strategies for effectively integrating annotation into your courses. View video.

Social Annotation with Hypothesis, August 7, 2020 (Beth Platte)
Hypothesis is an application, integrated with Moodle, that allows students to annotate texts, add media, and reply to each other’s annotations. This workshop will show you how to set up Hypothesis assignments in your Moodle course pages and introduce you to various annotation options. View video.

iMovie workshops

Introduction to iMovie, July 15, 2020 (Tony Moreno)
iMovie is a powerful (and free to Mac users) tool to create and edit video lectures and other materials for your courses. This session will cover creating an iMovie project, importing footage, trimming and splitting video clips, and exporting videos to share with your class. View video. Slidedeck link

Editing in iMovie, January 14, 2021 (Tony Moreno)
Learn how to import video, trim video, add images, titles, and export your footage using the free editing tool in Macs.

Moodle workshops

(Re)Introduction to Moodle, July 16, 2020 (Trina Marmarelli)
Moodle is a central home for course materials and activities across the college. If you are new to Moodle or want to find out more about what it can do, come to this session for an overview of the possibilities for adding and organizing course content and creating interactive activities.

Organizing your Moodle course page (with CTL), January 21, 2021 (Beth Platte)
This workshop offers suggestions for organizing your Moodle course page, materials, assignments, and quizzes based on student feedback. Learn how to help students easily find important information and manage due dates. View video.

Setting Up Your Moodle Course, July 17, 2020 (Beth Platte)
A well organized Moodle course page is one way to facilitate communication and the sharing of resources. This session will offer examples of ways to organize and share information as well as tips for creating your Moodle course pages. View video.

Using the Book module in Moodle, August 4, 2020 (Beth Platte)
The CTL Moodle page uses the Book activity as a way to organize and share content. Learn more about how to set up Books in this session.

Moodle quizzes, January 20, 2021 (Beth Platte and Tom Landvatter)
Learn or review how to create quizzes in Moodle, manage a question bank, and adjust quiz settings to allow for different student needs. Tom Landvatter, who used Moodle quizzes exclusively for assessment in an introductory language course, will share his experience.

Assessment with Moodle Quizzes, July 21, 2020 (Trina Marmarelli)
The Quiz module in Moodle is a flexible tool for creating assessments and providing feedback to students. This session will cover the basics of question and quiz creation, quiz administration, and automated and manual grading.

Audio and Video Feedback in Moodle, July 24, 2020 (Beth Platte)
It’s possible to record audio and video feedback in Moodle forums, assignments, and quizzes using the Atto text editor. This session will provide an introduction to using the Atto text editor and tips for using audio and video effectively in Moodle activities. View video.

Recording with audio or video workshops

Recording PowerPoint with Zoom, January 11, 2021 (Tony Moreno)
Explore a few different ways to record a lecture video with PowerPoint, including using the virtual slidedeck feature in Zoom, which brings you to the foreground of your slide presentation.

Podcast recording/editing using QuickTime (Mac only), January 11, 2021 (Joe Janiga)
Your Mac has a built-in audio recorder in QuickTime. Learn how to simply and efficiently record audio in QuickTime with either your computer’s built-in microphone or an external microphone. This workshop will cover the basics of audio recording, editing, and exporting in QuickTime. The audio captured in this workshop could be a finished product, or if further editing beyond what QuickTime offers is desired, it can be brought to any of the subsequent workshops.

Podcast recording/editing using Audacity, January 12, 2021 (Joe Janiga)
Audacity is an open source, cross platform (Windows and Mac) audio recording and editing program. We will cover how to work with existing audio and how to record a new audio track using your computer's built-in microphone or an external microphone. We will cover basic audio editing techniques and concepts like fades and crossfades. We will briefly look at the non real time DSP (digital signal processing) functionality in Audacity by removing noise from an audio file. Finally, we will cover exporting an audio file from Audacity.

Level up your lecture videos: Exploring new ways to present lecture recordings, January 13, 2021 (Tony Moreno with faculty members)
Explore several new and different ways faculty members are presenting their recorded lecture videos, including using PowerPoint as a virtual background, using iMovie to edit recordings, and using other presentation or video editing software to record lecture videos. This session is intended for instructors looking to explore options to create engaging recorded video lectures. View video.

Podcast recording/editing using GarageBand (Mac only), January 14, 2021 (Joe Janiga)
GarageBand comes with your Mac and allows more advanced recording and editing than QuickTime and real time DSP (digital signal processing) which is different from software like Audacity. Find out why professional podcasters use GarageBand as their go to and explore advanced podcasting techniques.

We will cover working with existing audio, recording new audio with your computer’s built-in microphone or an external microphone, and basic audio editing techniques and concepts. We will also introduce the concept of using DSP by using plugins to “sweeten” your audio to sound more professional and get rid of any unwanted noise. Finally, we will cover how to export an audio file from GarageBand.

Lights! Camera! Action! Quick tips for improving your videos, January 15, 2021 (Tony Moreno)
Look at lighting, sound, video composition, and more to help improve your video lecture presentations. This workshop is intended for instructors who are just starting out with recording lecture videos, as well as those who hope to improve their videos.

Editing in iMovie, January 14, 2021 (Tony Moreno)
Learn how to import video, trim video, add images, titles, and export your footage using the free editing tool in Macs.

Recording Your Lecture in PowerPoint, July 23, 2020 (Tony Moreno)
This workshop will give you options on how to record your PowerPoint-based lecture. We will explore three scenarios - making an audio recording with PowerPoint, recording with Zoom and PowerPoint, and recording with PowerPoint and QuickTime. View video. Slidedeck link

Powerpoint workshops

Teaching in the hybrid classroom workshop

Technology and pedagogy for the hybrid classroom, Weeks of 1/11/2021 and 1/18/2021 (Trina Marmarelli)
Topics: managing technology in the room, pedagogical strategies for making sure remote students are included (with a faculty member / CTL collaboration).

Zoom workshops

Zoom Practice Session, August 5, 2020
Practice using Zoom breakout rooms, screen sharing, polls, and other features with a group of colleagues.

Zoom 110, July 17, 2020 (Trina Marmarelli)
Zoom has been Reed’s most widely used videoconference tool for classes and meetings since March. In this session, we’ll talk about meeting setup options, audio and video settings, screen sharing, text chat, and best practices for privacy and security.

Lecture Recording with Zoom, July 20, 2020 (Trina Marmarelli)
This session provides an overview of using Zoom to create recorded lectures, including preparation, screen sharing, recording options, and sharing the finished product with students.

Teaching with Technology