Wednesday, 1/17 Agenda

Building Your World & Gathering Supplies

9:30-10:30am A Few of our Favorite Things

Facilitators: Amber Toland Perry, Dawn Heuft, Bri Brown and Adelle Roe

Description: During this session, the GCCCD teams will introduce some of their favorite Canvas features that will aid in beautifying your course design, efficiently communicating with students, undoing mistakes, customizing your navigation, streamlining grading, and more! 

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10:30-10:45am Morning Break

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10:45am-12:15pm Tips for Online Course Design

Facilitator: Adelle Roe, Amber Toland Perry, Dawn Heuft, and Bri Brown

Description: In this session we will focus on the pivotal design elements crucial for creating impactful online learning experiences. As the demand for effective and engaging online courses continues to rise, this session is crafted to provide practical insights and hands-on guidance on the key aspects of course design

12:15pm-12:45pm Lunch Break

12:45-1:45pm Accessible PDF's 

Facilitators: Adelle, Dawn, Librarian, Angela Feres

Description: Join us for an interactive workshop on creating accessible PDFs. We will guide you through a diverse array of techniques and tools to ensure your digital documents are inclusive and accessible to all users. In today's digital age, it's crucial to prioritize accessibility, and this workshop is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills needed to remediate PDFs effectively.

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1:45-2pm Afternoon Break

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2-3pm Boosting Creativity, Humanization, and Accessibility Using AI-Generated Images

Facilitators: Adelle Roe, Amber Toland Perry, and Dawn Heuft

Description: In this session we’ll explore how AI tools like Bing, ChatGPT, Canva, and others can help us create more engaging images for our online courses. We'll see how these tools make it easy to design visuals that grab our students' attention and aid learning; they can also be used as a part of assignments to encourage student creativity and support better prompting. We'll also cover how AI can be used to write detailed descriptions for complex images like charts and graphs, which is especially important for making our teaching materials accessible to all students.

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