Monday, February 15, 2021

New Training Sessions!

New Technology Trainings sessions
February - March.

Topics are listed in order of offering.

Click the calendar icon on the right for
dates and times. 


Canvas NEW Quizzes (1.5 Hours) Virtual: Faculty

Canvas New Quizzes are currently an assessment option, but will be the only option beginning summer 2022. This session will provide an Overview of New Quizzes and the differences between Classic Quizzes. Participants will build a New Quiz in their sandbox highlighting new question types. New Quiz settings, SpeedGrader and reports will be covered, as well as how to moderate a quiz for accommodation requests.

NOTE: Canvas Intro is a prerequisite to this session & Canvas Grades is recommended


Canvas Introduction Online (3 Hours): Faculty
Session Begins: February 22nd

Canvas Intro is a prerequisite for Canvas Grades, all advanced Canvas sessions, Canvas Design Clinics and TOTAL. Canvas Introduction Online provides all content on the following topics as they pertain to Reynolds: Canvas Overview, Course Navigation, Course Essentials, Assignments, Modules, Publishing & Grades and Account Settings. Online sessions are delivered asynchronously through Canvas. This Canvas session is self-paced over a 4-day period and takes approximately 2.5 - 3.0 hours to complete. Faculty who score 80% will receive 3 hours of Professional Development credit.


Video Conferencing with Zoom (1.5 Hours): Faculty & Staff
Session Begins: February 22nd

Zoom is the dominant video conferencing source to communicate with students, faculty and staff. This training will be delivered both asynchronously and synchronously. Asynchronous Portion: Content will be available in Canvas over a 3-day period and covers Zoom Access, Meeting Controls (Participant & Host), Web Portal, Scheduling and Best Practices. This portion is self-paced, takes less than 1.5 hours to complete and is required to participate in the synchronous (live) portion of training. Synchronous Portion: Live 1 hour Zoom session: Participants must appear on video and will be asked to demonstrate knowledge obtained in previous portion of session. They will also be asked to perform certain functions by trainers. Sessions will be capped at 12 participants who will receive 3 hours of Professional Development credit.

 

OneDrive (2 Hours) Virtual: Faculty & Staff 

All college employees have access to Microsoft OneDrive through our Office365 accounts. OneDrive offers users a simple way to store, sync and share multiple file types with others, create libraries and access through multiple devices. This session will also cover the use of Office Suite in the browser environment. Explore this hands-on training session to learn more.

NOTE: You will use your Reynolds.edu email account to access OneDrive.


Canvas Grades (2 Hours) Virtual: Faculty 

According to Reynolds Policy 2-16, all faculty are expected to provide student grades using the Grades tool in Canvas. Learn the features of the Gradebook when creating and grading assignments, classic quizzes and discussions. SpeedGrader and Analytics will also be covered.

NOTE: Canvas Intro is a prerequisite to this session 


Canvas Grades Advanced (1.5 Hours) Virtual: Faculty

This advanced session will dive deeper into the Canvas Gradebook features. Some of the featured topics include; Rubrics, Analytics, Learning Mastery, Posting and Grading Policies and Quiz Banks. Since this session is virtual, we will be taking a “flipped training” approach. Participants will be provided with “homework” which is expected to be completed prior to attending session.

NOTE: Canvas Intro is a prerequisite to this session. Canvas Grades is recommended but not required.


Zoom Advanced (1.5 Hours) Virtual: Faculty& Staff

Take your Zoom skills to the next level! This session covers advanced settings, found in both the Zoom App and Zoom Web Portal; recording, including sharing, downloading, transcriptions, and security settings. Also covered will be best practices for creating and scheduling virtual office hours.

NOTE: ‘Video Conferencing with Zoom’ is not required prior to this session, although would be helpful.


Google Drive and Docs (2 Hours) Virtual: Faculty & Staff

Google Drive is a file storage, sharing and collaboration service provided with your VCCS email account. This session will cover creating files and folders, file editing, formatting, sharing, and collaboration. Other features include commenting and the chat window, revision history, “Explore’ and the similarities and differences of Microsoft documents. All faculty, staff and students have unlimited cloud storage on Google drive making it easy to store content and share files.

NOTE: Ensure you are able to log into MyReynolds PRIOR to attending this session!


TTS Drop-in Sessions {Pilot}: Faculty & Staff

These 1-hour open sessions are topic centered and designed to assist you with questions regarding software applications used at Reynolds. During our pilot sessions scheduled for March 18th and 19th, we will focus on applications included in our Microsoft 365 account. Drop-ins are not training sessions, PDO credit is not available, but we will do our best to assist you and / or provide you with resources.

No sign-up is required, simply show up at your convenience during the designated time slot. A Zoom link is provided on this Calendar Link for March 18th and 19th.