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Thursday, December 12, 2024

12:00 PM

Recording, editing, and storing your videos with YuJa- Watch and click along

Schedule: Thursday, December 12, 2024, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Whether you need to record your screen, multiple screens, your webcam, or all of these at once, this workshop will teach you how. We will also review how to edit these videos including cutting any unwanted parts, overlaying other material (images, text, etc.) on top of your video, or even splitting/combining videos. The other key focus of this workshop is how you can share your videos with others by embedding them in Brightspace, other sites, or controlling who can access direct links. We will also look at how YuJa can automatically caption your videos and how you can edit the captions.
This session type is fast paced where I will demonstrate how to do things without a break for you to try them.

3:00 PM

Using Teams as your virtual classroom

Schedule: Thursday, December 12, 2024, 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Do you need to record or stream a class? Do you need to meet with students online (as a group or privately)? The Teams platform can handle this and more. This session will review the features of Teams most useful for facilitating a class, conducting a presentation, or meeting with students. It will also highlight how you can activate a team associated with your course site and the options you have to meet with the students in your class.

Friday, December 13, 2024

Creating free interactive content with H5P

Schedule: Friday, December 13, 2024, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
This workshop will introduce you to the H5P tool, which all Ontario educators can use for free. Whether you want to explore those resources that have already been created and openly shared, or create your own, H5P has incredible potential. With H5P you can add quizzes, pop ups, and other interactions to videos, create interactive presentations, provide fillable and downloadable forms, allow audio input, create scenarios where the result depends on the choices you make, create virtual 360 degree tours, and much more.
In this workshop, participants will see how to create an account, find existing resources, and how to create some common popular interaction types. Additionally, they will be shown how to find examples and tutorials for any additional content types they may want to explore.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024

Orientation to flexible delivery classrooms

Schedule: Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM
Location: Erie Hall room 1118
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Have you heard about the flexible delivery classrooms we have on campus? These rooms are ideal for instructors who wish to engage with students in person and online at the same time. The equipment enables you to seamlessly change between feeds such as your personal device, document camera, podium, and in-room camera, all while sending these feeds to the projector and online students.
This session will be held onsite in one of these classrooms. We will be trying to model what you can do in this space with a flexible class design (both physically and virtually). You will be able to experience the live class and the online class (through the virtual chat). Please bring an electronic device with you to fully participate. Part of the class will be discussing flexible design principles and conditions at UWindsor and the other part will be a hands-on opportunity to test out the equipment.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Adding gradable quizzes to your videos- Watch and click along

Schedule: Wednesday, December 18, 2024, 04:00 PM – 04:45 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Did you know you can add quizzes on top of your videos for students to complete? These can even be gradable with the grades sent to your Brightspace course. There are a mix of question types including auto-graded ones and short answer questions you would grade yourself. You can also create a quiz that grades people based on the amount of the video they have watched. In this workshop we will teach you how to create these quizzes, embed them in Brightspace or otherwise distribute them, and access the grades.
This session type is fast paced where I will demonstrate how to do things without a break for you to try them.

Thursday, January 2, 2025

12:00 PM

Using Teams as your virtual classroom

Schedule: Thursday, January 02, 2025, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Do you need to record or stream a class? Do you need to meet with students online (as a group or privately)? The Teams platform can handle this and more. This session will review the features of Teams most useful for facilitating a class, conducting a presentation, or meeting with students. It will also highlight how you can activate a team associated with your course site and the options you have to meet with the students in your class.

2:00 PM

Recording, editing, and storing your videos with YuJa- Watch and then try yourself

Schedule: Thursday, January 02, 2025, 02:00 PM – 04:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Whether you need to record your screen, multiple screens, your webcam, or all of these at once, this workshop will teach you how. We will also review how to edit these videos including cutting any unwanted parts, overlaying other material (images, text, etc.) on top of your video, or even splitting/combining videos. The other key focus of this workshop is how you can share your videos with others by embedding them in Brightspace, other sites, or controlling who can access direct links. We will also look at how YuJa can automatically caption your videos and how you can edit the captions.
This session type is meant to be slower paced. I will show you how to do things and then there will be opportunities for you to try yourself while I can help.

Friday, January 3, 2025

10:00 AM

How students can use the Panorama Digital Accessibility Tool

Schedule: Friday, January 03, 2025, 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Panorama is a tool that can help meet the accessibility needs of students within Brightspace. Panorama can be used to create alternate formats of documents available on course sites, including audio podcasts, braille versions, EPUB, and even language translations. Panorama also has an accessibility widget that allows users to customize how Brightspace looks for them, allowing you to change font size/colour, colour contrast, and much more. This workshop will demonstrate how students can use the features of Panorama to improve accessibility within their Brightspace sites. This session is aimed at students and will not demonstrate features only available to instructors. Instructors should consider signing up for the instructor focused version.

11:00 AM

A practical guide to creating PowerPoint videos

Schedule: Friday, January 03, 2025, 11:00 AM – 11:45 AM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Perhaps unsurprisingly, PowerPoint can be an ideal tool to record your PowerPoint presentation, as you can record slide by slide, edit each slide, and even replace the recorded section for individual slides. This short workshop will focus on the basics of creating a video. We will look at what is important for planning your video and review practical tips/suggestions. There will also be a demonstration of how you could use PowerPoint to create multiple videos types, including recording anything on your screen.

2:00 PM

Creating free interactive content with H5P

Schedule: Friday, January 03, 2025, 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
This workshop will introduce you to the H5P tool, which all Ontario educators can use for free. Whether you want to explore those resources that have already been created and openly shared, or create your own, H5P has incredible potential. With H5P you can add quizzes, pop ups, and other interactions to videos, create interactive presentations, provide fillable and downloadable forms, allow audio input, create scenarios where the result depends on the choices you make, create virtual 360 degree tours, and much more.
In this workshop, participants will see how to create an account, find existing resources, and how to create some common popular interaction types. Additionally, they will be shown how to find examples and tutorials for any additional content types they may want to explore.

Monday, January 6, 2025

Adding gradable quizzes to your videos- Watch and then try yourself

Schedule: Monday, January 06, 2025, 01:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Did you know you can add quizzes on top of your videos for students to complete? These can even be gradable with the grades sent to your Brightspace course. There are a mix of question types including auto-graded ones and short answer questions you would grade yourself. You can also create a quiz that grades people based on the amount of the video they have watched. In this workshop we will teach you how to create these quizzes, embed them in Brightspace or otherwise distribute them, and access the grades.
This session type is meant to be slower paced. I will show you how to do things and then there will be opportunities for you to try yourself while I can help.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

Introduction to the Panorama Digital Accessibility Tool for Instructors

Schedule: Tuesday, January 07, 2025, 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Panorama is a tool that assists instructors and students with creating a more accessible learning environment within Brightspace. Panorama will review files for instructors, provide reports, and assist with fixing common accessibility issues. Students will have access to alternate formats that might support their needs better. Panorama even allows users to customize how their Brightspace page will look for them.,
This workshop will show participants how to use the various features of Panorama to enhance accessibility as they navigate Brightspace sites. This session is aimed at instructors and will explore features not available to students. Students should consider signing up for the student focused version.

Thursday, January 9, 2025

12:00 PM

Recording, editing, and storing your videos with YuJa- Watch and click along

Schedule: Thursday, January 09, 2025, 12:00 PM – 01:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Whether you need to record your screen, multiple screens, your webcam, or all of these at once, this workshop will teach you how. We will also review how to edit these videos including cutting any unwanted parts, overlaying other material (images, text, etc.) on top of your video, or even splitting/combining videos. The other key focus of this workshop is how you can share your videos with others by embedding them in Brightspace, other sites, or controlling who can access direct links. We will also look at how YuJa can automatically caption your videos and how you can edit the captions.
This session type is fast paced where I will demonstrate how to do things without a break for you to try them.

2:00 PM

Ensuring Accessibility in Brightspace

Schedule: Thursday, January 09, 2025, 02:00 PM – 03:00 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Anna Galka, Mark Lubrick
Create an equitable learning environment and support the diverse needs of your students by ensuring your course materials are accessible by all students.
In this workshop you will learn how to use Brightspace's built-in accessibility features and other tools that are designed to help make your Brightspace course site accessible. This workshop is offered in collaboration with the Centre for Teaching and Learning

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Adding gradable quizzes to your videos- Watch and click along

Schedule: Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 02:00 PM – 02:45 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Did you know you can add quizzes on top of your videos for students to complete? These can even be gradable with the grades sent to your Brightspace course. There are a mix of question types including auto-graded ones and short answer questions you would grade yourself. You can also create a quiz that grades people based on the amount of the video they have watched. In this workshop we will teach you how to create these quizzes, embed them in Brightspace or otherwise distribute them, and access the grades.
This session type is fast paced where I will demonstrate how to do things without a break for you to try them.

Thursday, January 16, 2025

How students can use the Panorama Digital Accessibility Tool

Schedule: Thursday, January 16, 2025, 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Panorama is a tool that can help meet the accessibility needs of students within Brightspace. Panorama can be used to create alternate formats of documents available on course sites, including audio podcasts, braille versions, EPUB, and even language translations. Panorama also has an accessibility widget that allows users to customize how Brightspace looks for them, allowing you to change font size/colour, colour contrast, and much more. This workshop will demonstrate how students can use the features of Panorama to improve accessibility within their Brightspace sites. This session is aimed at students and will not demonstrate features only available to instructors. Instructors should consider signing up for the instructor focused version.

Monday, January 20, 2025

Introduction to the Panorama Digital Accessibility Tool for Instructors

Schedule: Monday, January 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Location: Online, Microsoft Teams
Instructors: Mark Lubrick
Panorama is a tool that assists instructors and students with creating a more accessible learning environment within Brightspace. Panorama will review files for instructors, provide reports, and assist with fixing common accessibility issues. Students will have access to alternate formats that might support their needs better. Panorama even allows users to customize how their Brightspace page will look for them.,
This workshop will show participants how to use the various features of Panorama to enhance accessibility as they navigate Brightspace sites. This session is aimed at instructors and will explore features not available to students. Students should consider signing up for the student focused version.