The 2018 Technology Enhanced Week will be Tuesday, 7 Aug to Friday, 10 Aug with the following schedule:

Technology Enhanced Week
August 7^th to August 10^th

^{Please note that some sessions require registration.} 

^{If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Diane Deci, ddeci@edgewood.edu} 

*ECC is the new Edgewood College Collaborative: A Center for Teaching, Learning & Scholarship that is located in the former L1 classroom and L7 office.

Tuesday: August 7th
10:30 to 11:30
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc
Microsoft Teams:  How can you use Teams to help manage your committees and teams?
Location: *ECC=L1
Microsoft Teams is a powerful hub bringing together many of the Microsoft tools that any team needs.  Come see how Teams can be used to manage your committees. (DDeci)

Wednesday: August 8th
9:00 – 10:00
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc
OneNote Training:  All your notes, on all your devices, all up to date
Location: *ECC=L1
OneNote is a digital notebook for capturing, storing, and sharing all kinds of information. During this session you will setup your OneNote Notebook to meet your needs and learn the skills to manage it. (D.Deci)

10:30 – 11:30
New Library Catalog
Location: PRD 122
Library staff spent the entire summer migrating to a brand new library catalog with fancy, new features.  Come check out a demo of how you can search for books and materials, as well as the other features of our new catalog.  We’ll also share new updates to Oscar Express, our InterLibrary Loan system. (J. Bloy & J Champoux)

1:00 – 2:00
Technology for Advising & Registration: (*ECC=L1)
Location: *ECC=L1  
Come learn about our new tools advising and registration tools (KGrorud)

2:00 – 3:30
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc
Introduction to WOW (Virtual Reality)
Location: *ECC=L1  
It is not just for gaming, but can simulate real spaces taking your students from the Ancient World to the pumping heart. Come experience VR (Virtual Reality) for you and your students.  Bring your smart phone so that you can fully participate.  Google Cardboards will be  provided. (Some assembly is required.) (R. Binns & D.Deci)

Thursday, August 9th
9:00 – 11:30
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc  
Blackboard Training for New Faculty on Thursday, January 11 beginning at 9:00 am to 11:30 am
Location: Lib P & P
This 2 hour training is designed for Faculty who have been on campus for no more than two semesters. 
Faculty will learn how to set-up a Blackboard course site using content areas, grade center, and interactive tools, and send an email and post announcements to manage a site.
Objectives:  Create content areas with discussion around the types and uses of content areas, folders and Mashups (Flickr, YouTube). Create assessments for assignments (drop box). General set-up the Grade Center.  Discussion of accessible documents and Ally.(D.Deci)


1:00 – 2:00
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc 
Creating accessible PDF and Word documents and Ally
Location: Lib P & P
Edgewood College has implemented Ally, a Blackboard add-in that provides to users multiple versions of an uploaded file.  This session will look at how our students find the alternative versions of a file, and how to create accessible documents that benefit the multiple ways our students learn. (D.Deci)

2:00 – 3:30
Virtual & In-Person Drop-In Instructional Design Support Session
Location: *ECC=L1
If you’ve wanted to talk over your course design (active learning activities, organization, assessment, motivating assignment ideas), but haven’t known where to begin, stop in to our Virtual or In-Person instructional design support session.  Rebecca Zambrano will be available to meet with you via WebEx for the virtual session in her WebEx room. Christine Melland will be happy to meet with you for the in-person support session.  All face-to-face, blended and online courses apply. (C. Melland & R. Zambrano)


Friday, August 10th
9:00 – 10:00
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc 
Bb Grade Center
Location: Lib P & P
During this session, you will set up your Grade Center, create attendance and assignment (drop box) columns. Upon completion, you will be able to manage your courses’ grade centers. (D Deci)

10:30 – 11:30
Registration Required at https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc 
Qualtrics:  Foundation
Location: Lib P & P
Qualtrics Research Suite is a web-based survey tool available free for Edgewood College Users. This tool enables users to create their own web-based surveys and conduct statistical analysis. Data may be analyzed online, exported to Microsoft Excel, or imported into a statistical analysis program such as SPSS.
Objectives of the session:  create a Qualtrics survey through hands-on, interactive activies. IRB will provide tips and policies for conducting surveys on EC Users. The primary goal of this workshop is to learn how to produce professional online surveys and obtain customized results with Qualtrics.  Come learn how Qualtrics is truly “Easy enough for an intern, sophisticated enough for a Ph.D.” (P. Estes)
For those sessions that require registration, please go to https://doodle.com/poll/tt2vfa23e7b3sksc .  An Outlook meeting invite will be sent to you within in 24 hours.  If you are unable to attend, please notify Diane Deci as there is a limited number of attendees.