Fall 2024
August
AI Detection
August 15th
Discover the best free AI detection tools in our upcoming workshop. We'll explore how to effectively use these tools to identify AI-generated content, ensuring academic integrity and authenticity. Ideal for faculty aiming to enhance their understanding of AI detection and maintain high standards in their courses.
Welcome Students to Your Course Using the acronym O.N.E. (Organization, Navigation, and Expectations)
August 20th
As instructors, we know where to begin in our courses, but do our students? The acronym O.N.E. is useful when we address the important issue of making sure we welcome students to our online courses in an organized, accessible way. In this workshop, you will learn fun ways to welcome your students into your course; you will learn how to organize and present your course to your students; and...
Get Your Course Ready to Go Using CIT's Beginning of Semester Checklist!
August 21st
Let NECC's Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) help you make sure your Blackboard course is ready to go. Using CIT's Beginning of the Semester Checklist, this workshop will guide you through the steps for making sure your course runs smoothly for you and your students. Participants in this workshop will learn how to use the CIT Beginning of the Semester Checklist and Student Preview Mode to check due dates...
Setting Up the Grade Center in Blackboard
August 22nd
Come learn how to make grading for your courses easier and more efficient for you and your students. In this workshop, you will learn how to set up and use the grade center inside your Blackboard class. By the end of this workshop, you will know how to: evaluate your course grading system, identify the key features of a Blackboard grade center (Create Column, Create Calculated Column, Manage...
Creating Digital Learning Aids with Canva
August 26th
Canva is a free graphic design program that you can use to make graphics for your class. Learn how you can make learning maps, assignment guides and other useful infographics for your students in Canva.
Introduction to Universal Design for Learning
August 28th
This workshop will introduce you to Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and give you context for why its role in accessibility. You'll learn about its three pillars and their different aspects. You'll also learn techniques to incorporate UDL principals in every aspect of your course, and how you can do so easily.
Centering Multilingual Learners
August 27th
This spring, Salem State faculty put together a four-page tips sheet to help faculty teach multilingual learners. Come to this session to learn about our tips sheet. Leave with practical tips for making your class a place where multilingual learners can thrive. Facilitated by Abby Machson-Carter.
Real-Time Teaching and Learning:
Intro to LinkedIn Learning
Intro to LinkedIn Learning
August 28th
Flip the learning in your classroom with videos from LinkedIn Learning. Join us to learn how to embed LinkedIn Learning videos or courses that can provide your students with on demand skills, support various learning preferences (auditory, visual and kinesthetic)...
Hypothesis - A Tool to Make Reading Active and Social
August 29th
There is an exciting new active reading tool on Blackboard! Hypothesis is a social annotation tool that allows you and your students to actively read and annotate a text together as a group. You and your students can read, annotate and interact with a text to create a truly social annotation experience in your online or face-to-face classes. Along with traditional annotations, students also have the ability to add...
Making your Course Accessible to All Students
August 29th
Inclusion takes many forms in creating and teaching courses. This workshop will demonstrate best practices for making your course materials accessible and inclusive to all students. In this workshop, you will learn how making a few changes in your course documents can improve the accessibility of your course. All the tools used in this workshop are available to you at NECC. Features will include...
Creating a Course Navigation Video
August 30th
For students, beginning a new online course can be both exciting and overwhelming. A great way to relieve that anxiety and help students get familiar with your course is by making a short video to help them get started. A welcome video can help you walk your students through the course and explain the course structure and navigation. During this workshop, you will identify the purpose and scope of your video...
Modern and Cool Again: Blackboard Ultra Course, View Look and Feel
November 15th
Join us to explore the new look and feel of Blackboard Ultra. This session will provide faculty with an overview of the streamlined interface, enhanced course management tools, and innovative features designed to improve student engagement and simplify your teaching experience. Whether transitioning from the classic view or looking to improve your current courses, this workshop will equip you with the knowledge and skills to make the most of Blackboard Ultra. Don’t miss this opportunity to stay current with the new Ultra Experience.
Harnessing AI for Authentic Assessments: Transforming Evaluation with 3 Use-Case Scenarios
November 22nd
This workshop will provide practical skills and strategies to transform your assessment practices, making them more reflective of real-world skills and learning outcomes.
We will explore three practical use-case scenarios where AI can be applied to create and refine authentic assessments. We will explore the latest AI technologies that support innovative assessment practices, and learn how to craft assessments that mirror real-life challenges and encourage deeper learning.