Moodle Gradebook
In this 60 minute session, you’ll learn the basics of the Moodle gradebook, including setting up your gradebook by weighted categories or total points. Whether you’re just curious, looking to set up a first-time gradebook or just need a gradebook refresher - all are welcome.
Date/Time: Monday, August 27, 3:00 p.m.
Presenter: Rich Lent
Rubrics as Reflective Practice
In addition to being used as a form of grading, rubrics are also a useful tool for pedagogical reflection. What do you want students to “get” from a class activity you assign? In this 30 minute session, we’ll chat about the link between a course activity objective and students’ earned “grades”, and how rubrics can help refine, enhance, and align those concepts. Along the way, we’ll review the two major types of rubrics, their applicable uses, and ideas for defining levels of student success.
Date/time: Thursday, September 13, 3:30 p.m.
Presenter: David Banville
Panopto & Moodle: Lecture Capture (and more!)
Panopto is Holy Cross’ lecture capture platform. This 30 minute session will take you through the basics of Panopto, including basic video capture, simple on-the-fly video trimming, and display options in your Moodle course. We’ll also review the quizzing capabilities of Panopto, and how this can work for everything from small class activities to a flipped classroom design.
Date/time: Wednesday, September 26, 3:30 p.m.
Presenters: Jim Cahill and David Banville
Web Mapping with Open-Source Tools
Web mapping involves creation of interactive digital maps displayed and manipulated through a web browser. (For an example, see goo.gl/XZEMip.) This technology is developing rapidly, and there are many more options for the end user to consider than existed even a few years ago. This 60 minute session will demonstrate several methods for producing interactive web maps, ranging from those requiring coding to point-and-click applications. The emphasis is on freely-available open-source tools, plus commercial applications that include free options.
Date/Time: Wednesday, October 24, 3:15 p.m.
Presenter: Rich Lent
Storied Scholars: Students Speak Their Projects
Oral histories have a long tradition in teaching and we can bring them into our technological age. Using podcasts, students can tell their own stories with their own voice. Podcasts offer an engaging way for students to demonstrate their learning via the creation of a digital audio product. By choosing a topic, selecting relevant research, developing a script, and organizing and delivering the podcast, students strengthen their critical thinking ability, as well as writing, collaboration, and presentation skills. Podcasts are used in a variety of ways, including class conversation starters, as a way to explain complex issues to audiences not steeped in the discipline, as a creative expression, as a way to enhance foreign language speaking skills, and as a way to shine a light on lesser-known historical events. And they offer faculty the opportunity to put down the "red pen" and let the student experience the process of engaging an audience.
Date/time: Thursday, November 29, 3:30 p.m.
Presenters: Holly Hunt and Ian Kaloyanides
“Doing” Digital Humanities as Class Projects
Want projects that facilitate research, critical thinking and discussion, collaboration, and presentation skills, as well as engage students deeply in your course material? As you ponder activities for your spring 2019 courses, stop by this 30 minute session to hear about the use of digital humanities tools as class activities. You’ll leave with several concrete ideas that you can adapt to your class (and we’re happy to follow-up with you individually with what we can provide for resources).
Date/time: Tuesday, December 4, 3:30 p.m.
Presenter: David Banville