Friday, November 13 9:00am ‒ 10:00am
Friday, November 13 9:00am ‒ 10:00am
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Introducing OERTX
The Statewide OER Repository is Here!
Introducing OERTX
The Statewide OER Repository is Here!
Presenters: Carrie Gits and Tom Schilb
On September 1st, THECB and ISKME partnered to launch OERTX, a repository created to “facilitate the curation of OER e-textbooks and other OER materials used frequently by Texas institutions of higher education and to support the creation and customization of resources to meet the needs of Texas students and faculty.”
As an OERTX early adopter, ACC has been asked by THECB to set up a Hub to provide a centralized location for OER authored, adopted, and/or used by ACC faculty. Furthermore, the Hub offers a space for OER collaboration, community, and creation among ACC faculty members.
This presentation will provide an overview of the ACC Hub on OERTX and will walk attendees through some of the features such as collections, search, group creation, and the authoring tool. Attendees will be encouraged to create an account on OERTX and begin collaborating!
The Value of VidGrid
The Value of VidGrid
Presenter: Rene Renteria
Looking for ways to engage your students with video lectures for remote learning? In this session participants will receive an overview of the VidGrid lecture capture platform. Presentation topics included:
How to get a VidGrid account and login
How to create screen recordings
How to share recorded content
How to navigate around My Grid homepage
How to upload a video to My Grid
How to add machine captions to your video
How to create bookmarks and chapters for a video
How to checkout webcams, mics, and doc cams from ACC
Where to find more help and resources
Friday, November 13 10:15am ‒ 11:15am
Friday, November 13 10:15am ‒ 11:15am
Online Student Engagement: Creating Presence in Your Distance Learning Course
Online Student Engagement: Creating Presence in Your Distance Learning Course
Presenter: Eduardo L. Garcia
In this workshop we will explore social, cognitive, and instructor presence as it relates to student engagement. We will learn about the three different types of interactions in the distance learning environment and how we can strive to create a Community of Inquiry in our distance learning courses. Attendees will learn practical tips that they can incorporate right away into their courses to make them more engaging.
Different Ways to Create
Online Test Security on Blackboard
Different Ways to Create
Online Test Security on Blackboard
Presenters: Stanley Thai and Jamie Madden
We'll be going over the "Reusing Questions" function on Blackboard, as well as Respondus LockDown Browser to show faculty how to prevent students from cheating when they take an online test.
Friday, November 13 11:30am ‒ 12:30pm
Friday, November 13 11:30am ‒ 12:30pm
Statewide Initiatives and Opportunities in OER
Statewide Initiatives and Opportunities in OER
Presenter: Judith Sebesta
Judith Sebesta, Executive Director of the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas, based at ACC, will share a number of statewide OER initiatives which we have led or in which we have participated, including Texas Learn OER; Open Texas, an annual conference; the new state repository, OERTX; and state and national grant programs; among others. Attendees will discover ways they can participate in one or more of these exciting initiatives and projects.
Deep Dive
4 Zoom Advanced Tools
Deep Dive
4 Zoom Advanced Tools
Presenters: Rene Renteria, Mario Menendez,
and Christina Meno
Faculty can learn about four of Zoom's advanced tools which include:
Accessibility Live Transcripts
Polls
Pre-assigned breakout rooms
Reports for attendance
Using Blackboard Ally to make your online courses accessible for all learners
Using Blackboard Ally to make your online courses accessible for all learners
Presenter: Stephanie Bogdanich
Ally is a tool within Blackboard that provides alternative formats for students who need audio or electronic braille and so much more! At a glance you can find out if the documents in your course will be accessible to screen readers. Ally walks you through the process of making documents accessible when they aren’t. We will demonstrate how you can use this tool to protect yourself from liability, meet Quality Matters standards, and most importantly, student success.
Contact DLStaff@austincc.edu with questions.
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