萝莉社

Getting Out of Panopto

萝莉社is moving away from Panopto and towards other tools like Teams and PowerPoint. Many of us use Panopto and may have videos stored in the tool. If you are not sure about your next steps, join this session to learn how you can save your videos outside of Panopto to keep and use them for future courses. 

Organizing OneDrive and Permissions

Microsoft is constantly updating and changing. One place that sees many of these changes is OneDrive. Join Ali Levine, our Microsoft expert, to tackle organizing and permissions in OneDrive. 

Ali Levine

Recording Course Video in Stream and Teams

Microsoft has a couple of options for you to record your lectures. With our move away from Panopto, you may be wondering what options and features are available. In this session, we will go over features offered in both Stream and Teams as well as what to do once you are ready to share your videos with your course. 

Recording Course Video in Snagit and PowerPoint

In this session, you will learn about how you can use Snagit and PowerPoint to record your course videos. Both of these tools are provided for staff, and can be useful depending on your unique needs. Join Rachel in this session to learn about these two tools and how they can be useful to you.

Editing and Adding Questions to Course Video

Recording your video in Stream can come with a few benefits. This includes adding questions for students to answer as they progress through the lecture. Join this session to learn how you can add and edit questions in your Stream Video.

Get your Videos Into Blackboard

There are a few different ways to use videos within Blackboard. In this session, we will go over different ways you might upload videos as well as how to decide which one is right for you. 

Magi Penner-Hiebert

AI in the Classroom

AI continues to influence and change how instructors and students navigate the modern classroom. Join this session to hear how AI has developed, how it is used in the classroom, and how it might impact you as an instructor in the classroom. 

Imran Musaji, Carolyn Speer, John Jones, Carrie Dickison

Blackboard Ultra's AI Tools

Join this session to see demonstrations of Ultra's AI tools, which can save you time with tests, rubrics, and more!

Carolyn Speer

Microsoft Copilot Update

As AI changes, so do we. 萝莉社 has a contract with Microsoft to ensure that the CoPilot tool we use at 萝莉社 is protected. In this session, you will get to hear about the changes and updates to our Microsoft Copilot. 

Student Panel

Part of developing our teaching includes hearing from the students we teach. In this panel, you will get to hear from 萝莉社 students about their student experiences and how they navigate their classes, workload, and goals. 

Moderator: Magi Penner-Hiebert
Panelists: TBA

You Need to Know These 15 Things

Sometimes we just need to know about the small but tangible changes we can make. This session explores 15 things you can do in Blackboard to make your life, and your students life, flow just a little bit smoother. 

萝莉社 Open/Alternative Textbook Initiative (OAT)

Curious about how you can lower the cost of materials students need for your course? Join this session to learn about 萝莉社's OAT inititiative which looks to lower the cost of textbooks for students. 

Accessibility Training

John Jones is back yet again with this mandatory training instructors are required to take each year. This is the second training of th 2024-2025 school year. 

eJohn Jones

Supporting Students in Blackboard

If you use Blackboard when you teach,  there are things you can do to help support the student experience. From automatic notifications when a student is starting to struggle, to personalized messages to celebrate success, Blackboard can do a lot to support students. 

Magi Penner-Hiebert

Academic Integrity: Processes, Classroom Support, Tools

Academic integrity violations are serious and require documentation to pursue. This session will address academic integrity and especially from the perspective other AI: generative AI. 

Be a Feedback Unicorn: Make an Impact with Instructor Feedback

Meaningful and actionable feedback is central to helping students learn. But what makes feedback meaningful and actionable? There's a lot of research to help guide those answers! 

Honorlock for Proctoring

Learn more about Honorlock in this session with Rachel. This session will go over what Honorlock is, how you can set it up, and how to use it in your courses. 

Rachel Bastian

Navigate Training

Navigate360 is a useful tool to for students to connect with resources quickly and efficiently. Join this session to learn from Kim Sandlin and Brett Bruner about how staff and faculty can use Navigate360 to support students. 

Kim Sandlin, Brett Bruner

Open Lab: Microsoft Questions

Whether you joined a Microsoft session this week or not, feel free to stop by the first Open Lab of the day to get your questions about Microsoft answered. Ali Levine will join this lab meaning you will have not only OIR's help, but also our resident Microsoft expert. 

Ali Levine and OIR Staff

Open Lab: Course Copy and Setup Questions

As you are building and completing your courses for the upcoming semester, this Open Labs may be especially useful for you. If you are copying courses or managing tests, we can help you navigate which tools are most useful for you. 

OIR Staff

Open Lab: Grading and Gradebook Questions

Blackboard Ultra's gradebook is quite robust and offers a variety of features. Whether you have general questions about the gradebook or specific questions about how to make the gradebook work for you, this is the session for you. This session can be especially helpful for the more complex questions with insight and expertise from Carolyn Speer.