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2 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 1:00 PM | MERLOT With Your Meal | Do you want free educational resources to enhance your class, in-service, or a workshop? MERLOT stands for Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching. Everyone can use Merlot (staff, faculty, students, volunteers). In this session, you will discover the following: What is MERLOT? What discipline portals are available? Why would you use MERLOT? How can it help you? Can you contribute to Merlot? Why get a free account (bookmarks, collections, contributions)? Begin at the beginning and dont stop. | Medical School | Irene Knokh | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Getting Started With 3D Printing | This workshop will introduce you to the basics of 3D printing. You will learn useful principles of CAD (computer-aided design), STL (stereolithography)8 file generation, Slicer software, and the basic operation of a 3D printer. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Shawn O'Grady | ||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Canvas Overview - Jump Into the Canvas Sandbox | Dont pass up this opportunity to get a guided look at Canvas, U-Ms new learning management system. Get the lowdown on cool Canvas features and come away with a personal sandbox site in Canvas to explore on your own. Bonus Feature: First look at the brand new Canvas user interface! Be there or be square! | ITS Teaching and Learning, University Library | David Nassar, Jeff Ziegler | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Scrivener: Advanced Word Processing For Research Projects | This session will introduce participants to Scrivener, an advanced but intuitive and easy-to-use word processing program for lengthier writing projects, such as a thesis, dissertation, or novel, which have multiple chapters or components, multiple research materials, notes, citation requirements, and require various formatting options. Scrivener helps you break down your document into manageable chunks so that you do not have to contend with what can often seem like a long, overwhelming text. It contains a cork board with virtual index cards for notes that correspond to the respective chunks of text in your document, and it serves as a repository for your research materials. It also manages citations and allows you to render different layouts and formats. Scrivener is available for both Mac and Windows. | Language Resource Center | Jonathan Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Project Management For Newbies | Are you new to project management? Are you looking for some quick tips and advice on how to manage projects? In this session, intended for folks unfamiliar with project management methods and principles, we will discuss the basics of project management, project management buzzwords, and strategies for success. We will devote part of the session to group discussions on topics, such as culture change and project management for the powerless. Session attendees will be provided with project planning templates and other resources. | University Library | Meghan Musolff, Angelina Zaytsev | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Introducing Deep Blue Data | Deep Blue Data is a repository offered by the University of Michigan Library that provides access and preservation services for digital research data that were developed or used in the support of research activities at the University of Michigan. This new service expands Deep Blue, which has preserved and provided access to the scholarly and creative work done by researchers on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses since 2006. Deep Blue focuses on documents and will continue to do so. Join us to learn more about what you can do today and our plans for the future. | University Library | Amy Neeser, James Ottaviani | ||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Zotero For Citation Management | This session will provide a comprehensive introduction to Zotero, a free citation management tool. You will learn how to import and manage references from library databases and the web, share references with others, and format references into any citation style. You will also learn how Zotero can be integrated with Microsoft Word. We will set up Zotero on your computer, so attendees should bring their own laptops. | University Library | Hailey Mooney | ||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Google Mail and Calendaring 101 | This session is intended to help users get more acquainted with Google Mail features, including Inbox layout, labels, filters, and features to improve productivity and Google Calendar features, including layout options, scheduling group events, sharing, delegation, viewing multiple calendars and adding a Hangout and attachments to events. | ITS Collaboration Services | Eric Fruth | ||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Designing Presentations For All Audiences | Audiences bring diverse communication needs to your presentations. By designing with accessibility in mind, you can include more audience members and ensure that more people follow your talk and feel invited to participate. This workshop includes best practices for making the live performance and the digital component of your presentation accessible to all. | University Library | Stephanie Rosen | ||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Creating Scenario-Based Lessons and Assessments with LessonSketch | LessonSketch is a web-based authoring environment, developed at UM and being used in 30+ universities around the US, that enables instructors in professional fields (e.g., education, social work) to author and deliver material for the learning of practices (including soft skills). The platform enables authors to create interactive experiences that present content in the form of videos and other multimedia for students to annotate and that can be delivered in Canvas. The platform also enables students to create and attach storyboards or video clips in which they demonstrate to their instructors how they might perform professional practices. In this hands on session, the presenters will showcase the software and guide attendants in creating a LessonSketch experience. Attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop. | School of Education | Pat Herbst, Chieu Vu Minh | ||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Declutter Your Inbox with Google Mail | Dig yourself out of email debt with these tips and tricks to declutter your inbox and organize your communications within Google Mail. This session will cover popular tools and lifestyle design techniques to assist in reclaiming your email! | ITS Collaboration Services | Richard Sawoscinski | ||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Passwords Are Like Underwear: They Are Only The First Layer | UM information security analysts share current best practices for securing your personal online presence by adding an additional security layer to your password for multiple accounts. It is easier than you might think. They will discuss and demonstrate how to use multifactor authentication to log in more securely to bank account websites, to financial websites, to social media platforms, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and personal Google Mail, and to shopping sites, such as Amazon. After a 45 minute presentation, the analysts will be available to do hands-on demonstrations, answer questions, and help you set up multifactor authentication for sites of your choosing. | ITS Infrastructure and Information Assurance | Hugh Briggs, sasha womble | ||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Monday, May 02, 2016 | 3:30 PM | Lessons From A Basement Studio: How To Make A Riveting Online Class | This talk describes the key elements behind the making of high quality educational videos for online learning, including scripting, filming, and editing. There are many features of top-quality educational videos that are often overlooked by educators, including the importance of motion (talking heads do not count as motion); targeted graphics (avoidance of clip art); elimination of extraneous seconds; use of hands; chunking of key concepts; why unexpected humor is important; and the value of creating two separate video tracks. This practical talk provides insights from the creator of Learning How to Learn, the worlds most popular MOOC, with well over a million students from over 200 countries in the first eighteen months alone. It is surprising to learn that despite its immense global reach and popularity, Learning How to Learn was put together for less than $5, 000 dollars in an amateur basement studio. The easy-to-grasp and inexpensive techniques described in this talk are available to all instructors and course developers who are looking to create high quality online experiences for students. SPEAKERS BIOGRAPHY Barbara Oakley, PhD, PE is a Professor of Engineering at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan; a Visiting Scholar at the University of California, San Diego; and Courseras inaugural Innovation Instructor. Her work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Dr. Oakleys research has been described as revolutionary in the Wall Street Journalshe has published in outlets as varied as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She has won numerous teaching awards, including the American Society of Engineering Educations Chester F. Carlson Award for technical innovation in engineering education. Together with Terrence Sejnowski, the Francis Crick Professor at the Salk Institute, she co-teaches Coursera UC San Diegos Learning How to Learn, the worlds most popular massive open online course. Her book A Mind for Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra), (Penguin, 2014) is a New York Times best-selling science book. Dr. Oakley has adventured widely through her lifetime. She rose from the ranks of Private to Captain in the U.S. Army, during which time she was recognized as a Distinguished Military Scholar. She also worked as a communications expert at the South Pole Station in Antarctica, and has served as a Russian translator on board Soviet trawlers on the Bering Sea. Dr. Oakley is an elected Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | ||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 8:00 AM | Getting Started With Amazon Web Services (AWS) Educate Credits | Amazon offers a free credit system to certain University employees for use with Amazon Web Services (AWS). This session will help attendees get started with AWS Educate credits. We'll answer questions like: Who is eligible? For which services are my credits eligible? How do I create an account linked to the University Enterprise License Agreement? Can I use the University's shared billing system? | ITS Teaching and Learning | Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 8:30 AM | Xperienced Faculty Panel On MOOC's | A selection of UM faculty will talk about their research and experiences using MOOC's at UM. This session is particularly oriented towards faculty interested in creating MOOC's and others interested in the MOOC initiatives as well as what we can learn from MOOC's, both for further online and residential teaching and for learning. Faculty presenters include: Dr. Elizabeth Du, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Kellogg Eye Center Introduction to Cataract Surgery MOOC Dr. Krishna Garikipati, Professor, Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics College of Engineering and College of Literature, Science, and the Arts Lectures in Continuum Physics MOOC The Finite Element Method for Problems in Physics MOOC Dr. Gautam Kaul, Fred M. Taylor Professor of Business Administration, Professor of Finance Ross School of Business Finance for Everyone: Smart Tools for Decision-Making MOOC Introduction to Finance: Valuation and Investing Specialization Introduction to Finance MOOC Dr. Charles Severance, Clinical Associate Professor School of Information Python for Everybody Specialization Internet, History and Technology MOOC Programming for Everybody: Python MOOC Dr. Colleen van Lent, Lecturer IV School of Information Web Design for Everybody (Basics of Web Development and Coding) Specialization Dr. Margaret Wooldridge, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering College of Engineering Introduction to Thermodynamics: Transferring Energy from Here to There MOOC | Academic Innovation | Lauren Atkins Budde (@edusaurusrex), Erin McCann | ||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Data Management Plans: Resources and Discussion | Attendees will review what a data management plan (DMP) is, which funding agencies are requiring it, and what resources are available at UM for help with writing a DMP. We will evaluate some DMPs and attendees will discuss their experiences with writing a DMP. There will be time for questions following the prepared material. Although the content will contain engineering-specific information, many of the things we discuss will be useful to researchers in all disciplines who write data management plans. | University Library | Paul Grochowski, Leena Lalwani, Sara Samuel | ||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Hooked On Media I | Learn how to foster student engagement with video and audio in this hands-on Canvas workshop. Participants will learn the basics of audio and video file management with My Media then explore some strategies to engage students using the course Media Gallery and direct media embeds in other Canvas tools. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Melinda Kraft | ||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Learning Outcomes and Canvas | One of the tools that holds great promise in Canvas is the Learning Outcomes tool. In this introductory workshop we will explore how to align the learning outcomes for your course with their associated assignments and rubrics to determine student mastery of the material. We will examine the automated report features available to both instructor and student. Pamela Bogart, English Language Institute and Emily Springfield, School of Dentistry, will share their experiences, successes and challenges as they worked with the Canvas Learning Outcomes tool. The scope will be course-based (ELI) and programmatic (Dentistry). During the workshop participants will work through the process of determining whether the tool is the right fit for their needs. | Language Resource Center | Pamela Bogart (@@pamelash), Philomena Meechan, Emily Springfield | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS MASTERY TRACK: Using Groups For Enhanced Collaboration | Canvas Groups is a great collaborative tool for students working on a group project or assignment. It also allows instructors to follow their progress and helps streamline group grading and feedback. This hands-on session will be lead by Virginia Balan, a technical designer at the Ross Business School, where many courses require students to complete group projects and presentations. Session participants will form groups and work on an assignment, create pages, submit announcements, and initiate discussions. Join us to learn how to get the most out of this powerful Canvas feature. | ITS Teaching and Learning, Ross Business School | Virginia Balan, Catherine Crouch | ||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Securing Your Data In M+Box | M+Box is a cloud collaboration and storage service available to all faculty, staff, and students at UM. With unlimited storage, M+Box is a great place to store and share many files. But not everyone knows how to best secure their data in M+Box. While content stored in M+Box is inherently secure because its encrypted while stored in Box and during the uploads and download process, M+Box offers many features that users can take advantage of to further ensure the privacy and security of their content. Learn how to make M+Box work better for you using the available security features. | ITS Collaboration Services | MaryBeth Stuenkel | ||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Finding Images Across Disciplines | Need illustrations to prove a point or enliven your lectures? While a picture may be worth a thousand words, tracking down that one picture should not take a thousand hours! The library subscribes to numerous image databases and there are more and more free-access, image-rich databases on the Web each year. This session will introduce you to several image databases and will cover the basics of how to download images for classroom presentation. | University Library | Rebecca Price | ||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Tackling Tasks With Trello | You never knew that cards and stacks could be so much fun. Trello is a free, flexible, and visual way to organize anything -- committee work and research projects come to mind -- with anyone. From their website: Drop the lengthy email threads, out-of-date spreadsheets, no-longer-so-sticky notes, and clunky software. Trello lets you see everything about your project in a single glance. This is a hands-on session. | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | Chris Myers (@myersca) | ||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Getting Started With Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compute and Networking Services | Whether you need to crunch large data sets, or run an occasional small batch job, Amazon Web Services offers a compute option for you. Finding the right option can appear complicated. The session will cover: Right-sizing your computer workloads with elasticity Amazon EC2 and pricing model options Core networking and connectivity services. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Social Media for Academics and the Schools That Love Them | Join the Director of #UMSocial, Nikki Sunstrum, and LSA's Social Media Manager, Matthew Adams, for an overview and update on the use of social media in the UM community. Examples will focus on uses for faculty members, including best practices, new trends, success stories, and more. | Office of the Vice President for Global Communications | Matthew Adams (@mtthwjdms) | ||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan Series - Teaching With Technology: How Can I Include All Students? | This workshop is also part of the Enriching Scholarship series. In this workshop, we will explore the intersection of technology and inclusive teaching. Participants will discuss the inadvertent assumptions about students' bodies and resources often implicit in assignments and classroom activities using technology. Workshop activities will include revising assignments to be more accessible for all students and engaging with case studies to explore student-student interactions around technology. This workshop is appropriate for instructors from all disciplines. Eligible for Graduate Teacher Certificate - Requirement B2 Click here to see all of the events in the Inclusive Teaching @ Michigan series. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | Michelle Majeed | ||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:30 AM | Xperimenting With MOOCs Beyond Michigan: A Discussion With edX | Join us for a presentation about developing a Massive Open Online Course on the edX platform, and ways in which different institutions are creating innovative new models of learning. This session is particularly focused towards faculty interested in creating MOOCs, others interested in the MOOC initiatives and what we can learn from MOOCs, both for further online and residential teaching and learning. | Academic Innovation | Lauren Atkins Budde (@edusaurusrex), Erin McCann | ||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 10:30 AM | Meaningful Play: Gamers As Teachers | The use and repurposing of commercially available games for educational and other contexts has been a topic of interest to the educational field for some time. Often, the major questions have been how games can be the instrument through which learning can occur, or how games can be directly applied to course content. We explored these questions during a pilot course that we conducted during the summer semester of 2014. The course was based on the hypothesis that gaming might be an effective integrated approach to improve oral skills for international graduate students preparing to become International Teaching Assistants. The pilot was conducted by a collaborative of three units at the University of Michigan: the English Language Institute, the Language Resource Center, and the Computer and Video Game Archive. In this session, we will use our pilot course as a case study to focus on issues we encountered while integrating games into the curriculum, including (but not limited to): Designing the curriculum to create a structured environment meant to teach students the material Transforming the casual experience of teaching a game into an opportunity to learn practical material Tools to assess learning throughout each session and encourage students to stay focused on learning goals Logistics, concerns and challenges that emerged during the initial pilot phase Human and departmental resources required during the initial pilot phase An overview of the pilot course will be presented, followed by a discussion regarding the unique opportunities and challenges that integrating games into a curriculum inspires. Participation from the audience is highly encouraged as we explore ideas for future cycles of this pilot project as well as any other projects mentioned by audience members during the discussion. | Language Resource Center | John Beals (@grizzlybeals), Philll Cameron (@lrc_phill), Brenda Imber, Valerie Waldron | ||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Engaging The World From Your Classroom | Join us for discussion on approaches to global videoconferencing in teaching and learning, ranging from co-taught courses with international partner institutions to guest speaker scenarios. Invited U-M faculty will share their experiences teaching international courses. We will also cover planning and logistics and considerations in the realms of instruction, technology, and administration. We hope to generate more ideas for providing global experiences for students within the context of everyday courses. Please come with ideas and questions, and learn about collaboration resources, including videoconferencing resources available on campus. | Language Resource Center, LSA Instructional Support Services | Todd Austin, Philomena Meechan | ||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Introduction To The VizHubs | With the explosion of data, the need for researchers to visualize research data for learning, teaching and communicating has been growing. In this session, we will introduce you to the Librarys VizHub systems and the Visualization Specialists who will consult with you on your projects. We will demonstrate various 2D and 3D visualization tools and techniques. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Travis Tamez | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Introduction To Digital Collections Using Omeka | In this hands-on workshop, we will explore the digital collections management tool Omeka, learn how to add and organize items, and create online exhibits. We will also discuss the use of Omeka in coursework and how it can be used for course activities with students to collect and curate class projects. | Language Resource Center | John Beals (@grizzlybeals) | ||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS MASTERY TRACK: Beautiful Content Delivery In Canvas: Modules | Canvas Modules can be used to organize course content by weeks, units, topics, or just about organizational structure that works for you. Modules can contain files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, and any other Canvas content, as well as order the flow so that students are guided through your course. Join us to learn how you can quickly create new content, fill out your syllabus and build a whole new course site all at once. | ITS Teaching and Learning | John Diehl, David Nassar | ||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Demystifying Creative Commons Licenses | What are Creative Commons licenses, how do they work, and what are they for? Join us for a brief overview of copyright and explanation of Creative Commons licenses. We will discuss Creative Commons licenses as tools that can help you legally use others' copyrighted works -- and how to signal to others that you are willing to let them use your creative work. This session is intended for anyone looking to put Creative Commons licenses into practice and will apply to a range of works, including data, books, journal articles and artwork. | University Library | Justin Bonfiglio, Melissa Levine (@msmsmele) | ||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Finding Funding for Research and Scholarship | In this workshop we will explore the Librarys most useful databases for identifying grant opportunities, Foundation Directory Online (FDO) and Pivot. We will examine the special features of each database, such as saving a tailored profile and receiving funding alerts in Pivot, and discuss general information that will help you in grant-seeking or in supporting researchers at UM in their grant-seeking endeavors! This session is offered on North Campus, and a similar session is offered on Central Campus. | University Library | Paul Grochowski, Merle Rosenzweig | ||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Hooked On Media II | In this hands-on workshop, explore strategies for increasing student engagement using advanced video and audio tools. Transform audio or video into an interactive presentation, create and edit screen and webcam recordings, organize a course Media Gallery with playlists, and get some tips and tricks for using media in other Canvas tools. For the best experience, participants should be familiar with the basics of managing media with My Media and Media Gallery. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Melinda Kraft | ||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Canvas Overview - Jump Into the Canvas Sandbox | Dont pass up this opportunity to get a guided look at Canvas, U-Ms new learning management system. Get the lowdown on cool Canvas features and come away with a personal sandbox site in Canvas to explore on your own. Bonus Feature: First look at the brand new Canvas user interface! Be there or be square! | ITS Teaching and Learning | David Nassar, Jeff Ziegler | ||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Getting Started With Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage and Content Delivery Services | Amazon offers an array of storage services that meets a variety of needs. The session will cover: Key AWS data storage services Best practices for using cloud storage How do I get my data into AWS? | ITS Teaching and Learning | Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | How to Make a Large Course Small for Your Students | As universities move towards increasing enrollments and class sizes, challenges of large classrooms will become more prevalent. We will begin by discussing student challenges to learning, especially those unique to large course settings. We will also describe successful methods used in large classrooms; discuss case studies; and brainstorm solutions specific to our classrooms, subject materials, and learning objectives. These discussions can help our large courses seem smaller, less intimidating, and more personal for students. Many of the methods and issues discussed will also apply to smaller courses and improve teaching methods for all instructors. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | Julie Ghekas Deeke, Karen Nielsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Tech Talk 2016: An Overview Of Emerging Technologies In Higher Ed | Designed as an informal conversation, this session focuses on emerging technology trends in education, and will include examples of coming educational technologies - relevant changes in virtual worlds, augmented reality for education, new mobile apps for education, as well as less well known online collaboration tools. Please feel free to bring your own examples to share. | University Library | Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson) | ||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Integrative Learning and ePortfolios | MPortfolio is the University of Michigans electronic portfolio (eportfolio) program. Through MPortfolio, the University promotes integrative, life-long, and life-wide learning; develops reflective learners; and enables effective demonstration and assessment of learning. Members of the Michigan Portfolio Community share a commitment to student development, innovative pedagogy and practice, and educational excellence. MPortfolio includes integrative knowledge, outcomes assessment, and competency-based education, showcase eportfolios, and more. At its most effective, eportfolio pedagogy and practice combines reflection, student development theory, skills transfer, self-authorship theory, and digital rhetoric and literacy in support of fostering the whole student. An eportfolio tool is a digital collection of work that includes evidence of a learners growth, including but not limited to their strengths, skills, capacities, values, experiences, and goals. This evidence can take many forms, including written narratives and reflections, videos and images, assessments, and other samples of work. During this informational session, members of the MPortfolio team will introduce key concepts, definitions, theoretical underpinnings, tools, and an introduction to the practice of eportfolio creation. We will discuss where and how eportfolios are currently used at U-M, and share research conducted on integrative learning outcomes. You will learn how you could leverage MPortfolio in your courses, programs, or groups, and become involved with the robust Michigan Portfolio Community. | University Library | Carrie Luke, Brandon Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | More Effective Meetings In The Cloud | Are you a person on the go? Is the office a term you use to describe the coffee shop you decided to work at today? Maybe you are just frustrated with how wasteful meetings have become. Dont let meetings slow you down and stress you out. In this session, we will discuss how to leverage collaborative tools (Hangouts, Box, and Google Drive) to have more effective meetings. We will also go over popular and proven lifestyle design choices that can streamline your meetings and optimize your time. | ITS Collaboration Services | Richard Sawoscinski | ||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Digital Documents: Accessibility Lessons You Never Learned | It is what we do, we create content all day long: Word docs, PowerPoints, Canvas pages, even email. But how can we be sure our digital documents are reaching our audiences who access our documents on different devices and with assistive technologies? This workshop teaches basic best practices to ensure that your content can be accessed and read by people using various devices and common assistive technologies. | University Library | Stephanie Rosen | ||||||||||||||||||||
43 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: 3 Different Ways To Present Your Course Content | Canvas, the Learning Management System at UM which will replace CTools course sites this Fall, offers instructors several ways to present their courses. In this hands-on session, you will learn about the Syllabus, Pages, and Modules. We will demonstrate how these features can be used to organize your course and enhance your Home page. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Catherine Crouch, David Nassar | ||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Using Video Wisely - Best Practices for Media in the Classroom | We all remember classes that put on a movie in order to fill a class period, but is that the most effective way to incorporate media into your classroom? This session will outline best practices, best tools and helpful tips and tricks to create, store, show and teach with media. Just as you might use active learning methods to engage students in a lecture or reading, media can be used to engage your students and help to draw connections between course material in new and fresh ways. If youve ever wondered about fair use copyright restrictions, how to make clips from files you already own, how to store them so that they incorporate easily into PowerPoints and Google Slides - were here to help! | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | Francesca Minonne, Katy Peplin | ||||||||||||||||||||
45 | Tuesday, May 03, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Getting started with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Database Services | Amazon offers a variety of database services. Interested in getting started? The session will cover: Amazon database products and services Relational vs No-SQL database options Database caching Flexible data warehouse options | ITS Teaching and Learning | Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: 3 Different Ways To Present Your Course Content | Canvas, the Learning Management System at UM which will replace CTools course sites this Fall, offers instructors several ways to present their courses. In this hands-on session, you will learn about the Syllabus, Pages, and Modules. We will demonstrate how these features can be used to organize your course and enhance your Home page. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Catherine Crouch, David Nassar | ||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Technology, Approachability, and Student Success | During this session, we will explore various strategies to assist students in acquiring advanced technical skills when coming from backgrounds with less technical training. This session will feature a panel of experts from various areas of the University Library who have worked with students directly. They will give examples of their approaches to presenting students with technological tasks as well as the technological resources they utilized themselves to enhance their teaching. The panel presentations will be followed by a group discussion and a question-and-answer period. Attendees will leave this session better equipped to talk to students about technology, incorporate technology into their courses or programs while meeting a range of needs, and identify appropriate technological tools to aid students in their academic and co-curricular achievements. | University Library | Carrie Luke, Brandon Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Learning Analytics and Academic Early Warning Systems At The Medical School | The medical school is collaborating with the Digital Innovation Green House (DIG) to adapt Student Explorer (the UM early warning system) for use with medical students. We will discuss how academic performance, student engagement, and professionalism are measured using data from Canvas and other sources. Participants will learn strategies for adapting tools designed for undergraduate curriculum to a graduate/professional school setting. | Medical School | Susan Hollar, Rachel Niemer (@rkniemer), Johmarx Patton (@@JohmarxMD) | ||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Introduction To 3D Printing | Join us as we explore the wonderful world of 3D Printing and dive into the tools and methods used for a successful project. Participants will learn about 3D Printing technologies, strengths and weaknesses of each, and will be guided through the creation of a 3D model suitable for 3D Printing. Basic computer skills are required. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Shawn O'Grady | ||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | The History Of Medicine Collections At The UM Library: An Introduction | The University of Michigan Library holds important collections in the history of medicine. They are internationally renowned for covering a vast historical period, from antiquity to modern times. For instance, the Special Collections Library holds the former Taubman Library collection on the history of medicine, a world-class, rare-book collection, particularly comprehensive in Renaissance medicine: it includes numerous fifteenth and sixteenth-century illustrated books, such as the landmark publication, De humani corporis fabrica (Basel: 1543) by Andreas Vesalius. The former Taubman Library collection also holds extraordinary artifacts attesting to practices of medical healing in Late Antiquity, such as the famous Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Collection. Additionally, the Papyrology Library is very rich in manuscripts containing magic spells or special prayers, a crucial source for the role of popular medicine in daily life in Graeco-Roman Egypt. In brief, this session will consist of an overview of these manuscripts, printed books, and artifacts, including tips about how to find and promote this material for teaching and research. The participants will have the opportunity to view a selection of these historical items closely.. | University Library | Pablo Alvarez | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: On Assignment With Canvas: Individual, Group, Peer, and Media Assignments | Join this hands-on workshop exploring the how-to and why-to of Canvas Assignments, Quizzes, and Grading tools. Besides re-creating basic assessment elements from CTools and noting where workflow and functionality vary significantly, we will sample some new opportunities for rich assessment previously unavailable in CTools. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Diana Perpich | ||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Qualtrics For Your Projects | Learn how to build a survey in one hour, and learn about some hidden "gotchas" or pitfalls which will help you be successful when working with Qualtrics. | Medical School | Irene Knokh | ||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Emerging Technologies For Exam Scanning and Online Grading | At this session, you will learn about emerging technologies that can improve exam security, make grading more efficient, and keep grading fair and uniform when multiple graders are involved. These technologies, involving scanning paper exams and/or grading them online, are of particular interest for instructors of large courses that give written exams, but we will also discuss their application for homework involving drawing or problem-solving that students typically do with paper and pencil. Youll hear from instructors who have used ExamScan, GradeScope, and SpeedGrader about how they transformed their exam grading workflows and saved time for them and their GSIs. Because ExamScan and GradeScope are still evolving, we will seek your input on how they might be used in your courses, and what additional features could make them even more valuable. Well close the session by providing info about how you can get involved with the pilot of these tools at U-M. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, ITS Teaching and Learning, LSA Instructional Support Services | Meg Bakewell, Monika Dressler, Victoria Green, MaryBeth Stuenkel, John Wolfe | ||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Jumping In The Stream Of Live Video | Live video is all the rage, but how can you Periscope a Meerkat in BlueJeans during a Hangout and then Blab about it on Facebook? Come learn about the differences between the multitude of platforms and how each might be a different but effective fit for your classroom or research. | University Library | Matthew Adams (@mtthwjdms), Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson), Chase Masters (@billchase2edu), Nicole Rhoads (@nniiccoollee), Shawn Sieg | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Social Media Nurturing | Have a social media account? Learn how to get more out of it including how to grow your account, when to post, tools to manage and cut through the clutter. | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | Chris Myers (@myersca), pfostna | ||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Google Drive and Sites 101 | This session is intended as an introduction on how to create, edit, format, and share Google Docs, Spreadsheets, Presentations, and Forms, as well as how to create, edit, share and publish a Google Site. It will also offer tips on commenting, and collaborating in Google Docs | ITS Collaboration Services | Eric Fruth | ||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | WordPress For Teaching and Learning | This workshop will focus on empowering instructors to use WordPress in support of teaching and learning. Participants will learn how to build WordPress blogs and websites for classroom use. They will also learn more about the pedagogy of blogging and discuss different structures and assignments to increase student engagement. Join us as we explore WordPress and how it can be used in the classroom to enhance student learning. | LSA Instructional Support Services | Rachel Wologo | ||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Using The Coloring Craze To Teach Advanced Online Image Searching Skills | The discovery of appropriate and legally useable images to incorporate in papers, presentations, and other scholarly materials is a chronic issue in academia. Coloring sheets offer some unique issues that are especially effective for illustrating some of the misunderstandings and misuses of online images. Specific issues addressed in this hands-on workshop include advanced image searching in Google (what it can and can't do); best practices for secure browsing; the meaning and legal implications of Creative Commons, public domain, and copyright; as well as legal complications arising from the improper use and re-use of intellectual property. | University Library | Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson) | ||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Introduction To The Personal Studio | The Personal Studio enables users to create dynamic, publication-ready videos at the push of a button. This all-in-one, easy-to-use video production resource offers a teleprompter, backdrops, cameras, microphones, and preconfigured professional lighting. An intuitive touchscreen interface enables users to capture, stream, and edit videos in real-time. This system uses the powerful Wirecast software, which provides features such as shot selection, title overlays, picture-in picture, chroma keying, annotation, and multiple inputs. Learn more about the Personal Studio at the Duderstadt Center by watching this short video: https://youtu.be/W6NDw-qVoq4 This workshop will also gain attendees access and scheduling to the Personal Studio for further use. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Stephen Eberle, Ryan N. Wilcox | ||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Beyond The Hype: What Is Virtual Reality Really Good For? | Virtual Reality is on the rise again and has captured the imagination of individuals and big companies alike. Join us as we peel back the curtain and look at what is beyond the hype surrounding VR/AR technologies. What is the technology really good for, how does one get started in using it, and what is the *real* state of the technology? This session will provide attendees with candid and concrete examples of successes and failures around VR/AR while giving attendees an opportunity to try devices themselves. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Eric Maslowski | ||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Social Media First Aid | Jumping into social media is simple and fun, but what happens when you find yourself in a social media emergency that is spiraling out of control? In this session, participants will learn strategies and tools to prevent and cope with personal and organizational social media emergencies as well as security strategies. Featuring comments by Nikki Sunstrum, @umich social media director. | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | Chris Myers (@myersca) | ||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Finding Funding for Research and Scholarship | In this workshop we will explore the Librarys most useful databases for identifying grant opportunities, Foundation Directory Online (FDO) and Pivot. We will examine the special features of each database, such as saving a tailored profile and receiving funding alerts in Pivot, and discuss general information that will help you in grant-seeking or in supporting researchers at UM in their grant-seeking endeavors! This session is offered on Central Campus, and a similar session is offered on North Campus. | University Library | Jason Imbesi, Darlene Nichols, Judith Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Teaching With Seelio | Join us for this interactive session on how you can use Seelio in your course or program to help students reflect, connect, and present what they know. In this session, attendees will gain an understanding of how Seelio has been used as an eportfolio tool on campus, how to build a Seelio of their own, and how they could utilize Seelio with their students. UM instructors who have used Seelio will discuss their experiences. Staff from Seelio will be on hand to provide a brief demonstration. And MPortfolio staff will also be on hand to discuss possible implementation strategies and help answer questions. | University Library | Carrie Luke, Brandon Patterson | ||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | WordPress For Teaching and Learning | This workshop will focus on empowering instructors to use WordPress in support of teaching and learning. Participants will learn how to build WordPress blogs and websites for classroom use. They will also learn more about the pedagogy of blogging and discuss different structures and assignments to increase student engagement. Join us as we explore WordPress and how it can be used in the classroom to enhance student learning. | LSA Instructional Support Services | Rachel Wologo | ||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Qualtrics For Program Evaluations | The instructor will share her experience using Qualtrics in various projects, including the evaluation of continuing education courses. There will be time to brainstorm and share ideas on best practices in class. | Medical School | Irene Knokh | ||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Using Zotero To Organize Research Data | This session will discuss methods and strategies for using Zotero to organize images, PDF's, research notes, and other documents. It will also include a discussion of the bibliographic and collaborative features of Zotero. | University Library | Sigrid Cordell, Melissa Gomis | ||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Canvas Spotlight - 4 Course Design Stories | Are you curious to know how instructors are designing their courses in Canvas? Do you want to see how your colleagues built their courses using new features offered in Canvas? If so, then sign up for this session. I will be joined by faculty and staff that will showcase Canvas courses from the Dental School, University Library, School of Public Health, and the English Language Institute. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Catherine Crouch | ||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Creative Uses of Technology to Assess Student Learning | How do you know your students are "getting it" before they take an exam or write a paper? Creative use of technology early in the learning process can help instructors efficiently gauge student progress and provide valuable opportunities for students to receive low stakes feedback well before they head into the exam. We will discuss ways that different technology tools can be applied to gather and respond to data on student learning, both inside and outside of the classroom. We will also consider when high-tech solutions are beneficial, and when low-tech is best. Please bring a laptop to the session. Registered attendees will be emailed a short online survey to complete prior to the workshop. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | Merideth Garcia, Francesca Minonne | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Google and Box Chalk Talk | Come for a very informative and informal chat with members of the ITS Collaboration Service Team, who support Google and Box. We will start the discussion off with updates about the services and then turn it over to you for your questions. If time allows, we will provide one-on-one consulting to answer your specific questions or help you brainstorm how to better use these cloud resources in your work. | ITS Collaboration Services | MaryBeth Stuenkel, Bryan Wilkerson | ||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Sharing The Student Perspective On Canvas | What if a few simple changes could make your Canvas course site significantly more efficient for students? What is the student view of Canvas? UM data shows students are eager to use Canvas learning tools like quizzes, modules, peer grading, and group assignments in their courses and hope more faculty will begin using the system more robustly. | ITS Teaching and Learning | Jenny Jalet, Heather Stites | ||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Emerging Technologies For Capturing 3D Things | Join us as we explore exciting new tools and pipelines that allow anyone with a camera to digitally capture 3D objects. Whether you are interested in capturing rare artifacts stuck in storage, an object at risk of deterioration, or a favorite location or person, digital models open up a world of possibilities. This session will feature examples of capturing objects while sharing methods you can use on your own. Basic computer skills are required. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Stephanie O'Malley | ||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Classroom Discussions: Technology Driven Engagement and Assessment in the Classroom | This workshop is for instructors who are familiar with the basic usage of i>clickers (or other audience participation tools), but are looking for more advanced i>clicker pedagogical usages and best practices. Learn to move discussions and assessments away from a fact and procedure focus, and towards an evidence based and connected understanding of content. This participation based session will help instructors understand the pedagogical dos and donts of integrating i>clickers to encourage active participation through discussion and assess student understanding. Come with a PowerPoint presentation/lecture with questions youd use with i>clicker, and be prepared to discuss and participate with other instructors! Note: Participants do *not* need prior experience with i>Clicker to attend and participate in this session - this is open to everyone! If an instructor has not directly worked with the system before in their courses, they will likely need to attend one of the Intro to i>Clicker in Canvas workshops before using the clickers in their course, however it is not a prereq, and will not affect their ability to participate fully. | LSA Instructional Support Services | Anthony King | ||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Let's Make a Screencast | In this workshop, we will be providing a basic overview of the screencasting software Jing, followed by a hands-on opportunity to practice creating your own screencast. Screencasting is a method of capturing both audio and visual information from a computer to make a video that can be easily shared, expanding your classroom and increasing your efficiency. Jing is a free program that lets you narrate and record short (5 minutes or less) videos, which you can use to provide information on confusing topics, tutorials, student feedback, and student assignments. Participants will each record a brief screencast on a topic of their choice with the support of the facilitators. There will be opportunities to receive feedback on these videos and explore the variety of uses for screencasting in academic settings. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching | Ronit Ajlen, Merideth Garcia, Julie Ghekas Deeke, Karen Nielsen | ||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Introduction To Articulate Storyline 2: An Emerging Education Technology | This session will be an introduction to the e-learning software Articulate Storyline 2, including demos of the software's interface and capabilities. Learn how Storyline could help you build an online course with screencasts, software simulations, decision-making activities, 25 assessments, and personalized interactions. There will be time for discussions about potential pitfalls, pricing, support, and more. | University Library | Alexandra Stark | ||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | CANVAS MASTERY TRACK: Outcomes, Rubrics, and Grading; and What The Heck, Let Us Throw In The Analytics Too! | The Canvas LMS has great new features for using and displaying rubrics. These Rubrics can be used to assess your students' progress towards learning Outcomes. Join this hands-on workshop and go in depth on the Outcomes, Rubrics and Grading functionality in Canvas. You will also get a preview of the Analytics capabilities available to instructors | ITS Teaching and Learning | John Diehl, Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Interactive Video With Zaption | Instructional video can quickly become one-way information. With Zaptions intuitive web app, you can quickly add images, text, quizzes, discussions, and drawing activities to existing videos from YouTube, Vimeo, or your own video recordings. The result is an interactive video lesson that transforms video from a passive viewing experience to an engaging learning activity. Zaptions analytics provide instructors with immediate feedback on how students interact with the content and understand key concepts. In this session we will introduce you to the features of Zaption using examples from UM courses, and you will create an interactive video. Participants should bring the URL for a video they would like to work on during the session. | Language Resource Center, School of Education | Joanna Elliott, Jonathan Jones, Philomena Meechan | ||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Wednesday, May 04, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Research Data Management For The Arts and Humanities, Or I Took A Thousand Pictures At The Archive! Now What? | Having trouble finding that one manuscript picture among the thousand that you took last summer? Is there an important oral history collection living on your iPhone? Are the primary materials for your dissertation on a thumb drive in your pocket? Were here to help. This workshop will cover basic strategies for managing, organizing, and utilizing the digital files, such as text, image, audio, which youve collected in the course of your research. We will also discuss issues and questions to consider before you go. | University Library | Sigrid Cordell, Scott Dennis, Alexa Pearce | ||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Teaching With A Multimedia Library: An Introduction To The Macat Platform | This workshop will introduce participants to the pedagogical resources offered by Macat International, which are freely available to UM faculty, students, and staff until spring of 2017. These learning materials focus on HASS (the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) and are designed to encourage higher-order thinking skills as well as critical thinking‚Äã through the analysis of significant works‚Äã. This session will examine how modules from this collection can be incorporated into your teaching, and how students can use them to enhance their understanding of important literature‚Äã and concepts in the HASS areas. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptops to explore the materials during the workshop. | Teaching and Technology Collaborative | Corina Kesler | ||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Empowering Web Developers to Develop iOS Apps | Join the Medical School in exploring the tools available to content creators to turn web sites into iOS applications. Among the topics explored will be HTML5, Phonegap, and Apache Cordova. Learn what is required to get started, the 'how, what, and why' of this app creation approach, and pointers to get you started down the path of exploring the options presented by this technology. | Medical School | Jason Engling | ||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Visualization In Virtual Reality | The session will start with an overview of the theory of and techniques for 3D stereoscopic immersive viewing, then describe the data pipeline for bringing models into the UM3D Labs virtual reality system, and end with immersive experiences of recent projects in the MIDEN (the Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus -- a CAVE-like system) and the Oculus Rift (a head-mounted display). Projects have come from nearly every UM College and School and include abstract data visualization as well as representations of tangible artifacts and environments. The presenter will aim to choose examples relevant to the participants' fields of interest. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Theodore Hall | ||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Introduction To The Personal Studio | The Personal Studio enables users to create dynamic, publication-ready videos at the push of a button. This all-in-one, easy-to-use video production resource offers a teleprompter, backdrops, cameras, microphones, and preconfigured professional lighting. An intuitive touchscreen interface enables users to capture, stream, and edit videos in real-time. This system uses the powerful Wirecast software, which provides features such as shot selection, title overlays, picture-in picture, chroma keying, annotation, and multiple inputs. Learn more about the Personal Studio at the Duderstadt Center by watching this short video: https://youtu.be/W6NDw-qVoq4 This workshop will also gain attendees access and scheduling to the Personal Studio for further use. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Stephen Eberle, Ryan N. Wilcox | ||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Getting Started With Screencasting | This session is intended as an introduction to the teaching applications and technologies of screencasting for the uninitiated instructor. It will provide an overview of pedagogical practices and brief demonstrations of several software programs, namely QuickTime, Screencast-O-Matic, Camtasia, and ShowMe (for the iPad). This overview will last for about an hour, and the remaining half hour will be dedicated to a hands-on walkthrough of whichever technology the participants are most eager to learn more about. Screencasts are fundamentally video recordings of whatever content appears on your computer's monitor, but they often include audio narration to guide the viewer through the content; they sometimes also combine video from the computers webcam of the screencast author in a picture-in-picture format. Screencasts are convenient ways to package content for a course, such as lectures, other course materials, demonstrations, or feedback on assignments. | Language Resource Center | Jonathan Jones | ||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Writing A Sexier Research Abstract: Making Research In Life Science More Discoverable | Websites work hard to incorporate elements that raise the likelihood of their page turning up at the top of search results for certain topics. Researchers work hard to choose a journal that will maximize the impact of their article. In this session, we'll discuss how to apply similar strategies to help do the same thing for your articles by providing techniques to redesign the research abstract. In particular, the session will work through strategies on how to improve the likelihood of your article being discovered in PubMed by other researchers working in related areas. Research articles that are more likely to be found on a particular topic are also more likely to be cited, increasing the usefulness of the research to the broader community. The session will include demonstrations of tools, real-world examples, and hands-on practice. Feel free to bring an example of an abstract for publication. | University Library | Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson) | ||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS MASTERY TRACK: Canvas Quizzes : Knowing How To Ask The Right Questions | The Canvas LMS has a robust quizzing engine. Learn more about Canvas 'Quizzes', see how it compares to CTools' Test Center, and get some hands-on experience. If you are new to Canvas, also consider taking 'Getting your Feet Wet with Canvas: Canvas Overview.' | ITS Teaching and Learning | Chris Kretler | ||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Teaching Multiple Sections In Canvas | Do you teach a multiple-section course? Learn about some of the options Canvas offers you! We will show examples from your U-M colleagues and discuss how to: Combine sections into one Canvas course, or keep them separate Send communications to all students in the course, as well as students in specific sections Modify assignments for specific sections Assign GSIs to grade all students, or just their assigned section Plus other tips and tricks! At the end of the session we will have time available for individual consultation and to start working on your spring, summer and fall courses. Open to everyone, including GSIs. | ITS Teaching and Learning, Language Resource Center, LSA Instructional Support Services | Victoria Green, Philomena Meechan, Carla Stellrecht | ||||||||||||||||||||
86 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Developing Reflective Modules Using Adobe Captivate | In this session, presenters will share tips and tricks for developing reflective e-learning modules using Adobe Captivate. We will discuss best practices for creating a myriad of published modules for students, using examples drawn from School of Social Work e-learning courses. Topics covered include reflective practice, design process, storyboarding, and accessibility. Attendees will leave with a set of tools to enhance their e-learning modules and new ways to build reflection into their teaching. Instructors from all disciplines are welcome! | University Library | Carrie Luke, Brandon Patterson, Stephanie Wooten | ||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 10:00 AM | Self-Publishing Your Book: A Practical Process | There are many ways to publish your content. In this workshop, you will learn how to maximize the scope and effectiveness of your materials using exciting new publishing options. We will show you how they are being used at UM to forge new collaborations and products, including digital journals, print-on-demand books, ebooks, iBooks, epub files, and Open Educational Resources. We will outline the self-publishing process and discuss the necessary requirements and considerations. We will then focus on the practical steps involved in preparing your materials to be published as a print-on-demand book that can also be published in other forms of media. | Medical School | Karen Kost, Jasna Markovac | ||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Introduction To The Personal Studio | The Personal Studio enables users to create dynamic, publication-ready videos at the push of a button. This all-in-one, easy-to-use video production resource offers a teleprompter, backdrops, cameras, microphones, and preconfigured professional lighting. An intuitive touchscreen interface enables users to capture, stream, and edit videos in real-time. This system uses the powerful Wirecast software, which provides features such as shot selection, title overlays, picture-in picture, chroma keying, annotation, and multiple inputs. Learn more about the Personal Studio at the Duderstadt Center by watching this short video: https://youtu.be/W6NDw-qVoq4 This workshop will also gain attendees access and scheduling to the Personal Studio for further use. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Stephen Eberle, Ryan N. Wilcox | ||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Complying With Public Access Policies For Federally-Funded Research | A number of federal agencies have implemented public access policies in order to make important research more accessible to both the academy and the taxpayers who fund it. This workshop will cover the rationale for public access policies, how they benefit both researchers and the general public, and how you can comply. | University Library | Meredith Kahn (@m_kahn) | ||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Integrating Digital Resources Into Your Courses Or Non-academic Projects: Getting Started | Do you want to start integrating digital resources into your online or blended courses or work projects (academic and beyond)? The instructor will share with you how to get started and demonstrate some resources including e-books, e-journals, and third-party videos and games, as well as discuss some practical issues to consider when integrating these resources into your projects. We will also share our experience/best practices. | Medical School | Irene Knokh | ||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Making Comics Fast: Design Thinking As A Tool To Approach Narrative Learning | Combine design thinking strategies and comic creation prototyping tools to help students hurdle past the blank page problem for visual+narrative creative projects. This hands-on workshop will walk you through the real-world experience of working in partnership or small teams to create a rough draft of a short comic on the topic of a public service awareness or public interest topic. Topic(s) will be selected in advance of the session in collaboration with the other session attendees. | University Library | Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson), Nancy Gilby, Joyce Lee | ||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Painting A Broader Picture: Canvas Accessibility Strategies | Are you wondering how Canvas fits into U-M's commitment to "support those with accessibility needs?" Several staff members have been part of a national project to evaluate how well Canvas accommodates people with disabilities, and have been working with Instructure on improvements, as well as documenting work-arounds to fill gaps. This session will discuss best practices for ensuring that students with various types of disabilities will be able to get the most out of Canvas. | ITS Adaptive Technology | Jane Vincent, Scott Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Best Practices For Visualization | When one considers the vast amounts of information being generated from disparate sources we need to find better ways of distilling that information into a clear message. Join us as we explore the tools, methods, successes, and failures of Visualization. Attendees will walk away with an applied understanding of what makes an effective visualization for all forms of publication, how interactive visualizations are made, resources available to them on campus, and technologies that are changing the game. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Theodore Hall, Sean Petty | ||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | CANVAS FAST TRACK: Building Good Feedback Rubrics In Canvas | Do you want to provide precise, meaningful feedback to your students, but lack the time? Do you want to help students see what they are (and aren't) learning, beyond their grades? This workshop will provide: Hands-on coaching in building effective Rubrics for your classes Demonstrations of how to embed Rubrics into Canvas Assignments & Discussions Review of rubrics from U-M faculty and others using this Canvas feature | ITS Teaching and Learning | John Diehl | ||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Innovate With Digital Content: Early Adopters Needed | The Unizin Consortium, of which UM is a founding member, is intent on making the discovery and adoption of digital content central to pedagogy by providing a rich marketplace of content, systems, and tools to facilitate this vision. A fundamental aspect of Unizins mission is to improve the accessibility and affordability of digital course materials via the use of publisher proprietary content, open education resources, and institutionally-generated content. Unizin forges partnerships with content, technology, and services organizations on behalf of its associated institutions to accomplish these goals. To that end, Unizin is developing a content relay to enable sharing and adoption of digital education content in order to scale the instructional innovation on our campus and others. The Content Relay is particularly focused on content challenges. Come learn more about the Unizin content relay and be part of the early adopter program (EAP). Participants in the EAP will help inform the next steps of design for the content relay. | Center for Research on Learning and Teaching, University Library | Laurie Alexander, Meg Bakewell | ||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Where Should I Store My Stuff? | The University of Michigan provides multiple options to help you access, share, and store your information. How do you choose which one is right for you? This presentation compares common file storage options provided by UM and compares them using over twenty criteria. You will also learn why you should be using university-provided cloud services and not other common consumer-grade services. | ITS Collaboration Services, ITS Teaching and Learning | MaryBeth Stuenkel | ||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 1:00 PM | Managing Your Personal Image Collections | Whether you collect images as part of your research, teaching, or your last family vacation, if you're like most people, you find yourself overwhelmed by the task of managing your collections of photographs and images. This session will be a nontechnical introduction to the ins and outs of managing image collections, such as file-naming conventions, standardized vocabularies, metadata and database creation. The emphasis will be on the idea that your collections should capture not get in the way of your work and fun. | University Library | Susan Garrett, Rebecca Price | ||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Explore Hypothes.is for Annotating Webpages | Instructors have long known the value of having students annotate texts. It is a natural progression to annotate text online. Hypothes.is is a tool that enables students, instructors, researchers, and reviewers anyone, really to annotate the open web and share their thoughts privately or more broadly. Hypothes.is enables sentence-level critique or note-taking on top of news, blogs, scientific articles, books, terms of service, ballot initiatives, legislation and more. It is FREE, non-profit, and easy to use. By the end of the 90-minute hands-on workshop, you will understand the basic concept and mechanism of Hypothes.is and know how to expose public annotations on a webpage of your choosing. If you create a free account, you will also post both private and public annotations, identifying options for limiting the visibility of your posts. A Scholarly Coalition to Annotate All Knowledge Nature.com Announcement | University Library | Allison Peters, Rebecca Welzenbach (@rwelzenb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Beyond The Hype: What Is 3D Printing Really Good For? | 3D Printing is at the height of the Gartner Hype Cycle with many rushing to acquire 3D Printers in the hope of empowering their user-base. However, 3D Printers have budgetary, support, health, and training considerations that can bring down the most hardened support systems. This session will provide attendees with candid and concrete examples of successes and failures around 3D Printing services. | Duderstadt Center, University Library | Eric Maslowski | ||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Thursday, May 05, 2016 | 3:00 PM | Getting To Know Your Mobile Device: Drop-In Session | You carry your mobile device with you everywhere, but are there are still some things about it that mystify you? Whether it is an iPhone, an Android phone, an iPad, a Nexus, or something else, becoming more familiar with your mobile device will help you use it more effectively. Members of the UM Mobile Users Group will be on hand in this relaxed, drop-in session to answer your questions and help you learn to navigate your favorite iOS or Android device. There will be no formal presentation, so please stop by anytime with your device. | University Library | Patricia Anderson (@pfanderson), Chase Masters (@billchase2edu), Shannon Murphy (@aquillam), Shawn Sieg, Britain Woodman (@britain) |