ITS & Friends Fiesta
To celebrate learning at Trinity, ITS is bringing you various workshops for the month of April involving technology! We are teaming up with our vendors and departments across campus to spread knowledge.
Echo360 Workshop
This virtual session with an Echo360 trainer will focus on utilizing this tool within Canvas and adding features to your lecture-captured or uploaded videos, such as polling, to boost engagement in your courses.
Tuesday, April 16, 2024 - 9:30 - 10:30 AM | Online
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GetMarked: The secret to quickly building quizzes
Discover how to save time and energy with the Getmarked Quiz Importer! In this workshop, you will learn how GetMarked can:
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Convert Word docs to Canvas Quizzes without manual entry
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Support various question formats, audio, and images
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Import question banks from textbook publishers
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Easily create Canvas exams from existing content
Bring your device and quizzes for a hands-on experience!
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 - 9:30-10:30 AM | Coates Library 101Z
RSVP: Sign up here!
Transforming Learning through UDL and Canvas
Join Heather Haynes Smith, Ph.D., and Kevin Hearn for a conversation on applying the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. They will discuss applying these principles inside our Canvas LMS to design rich learning experiences that benefit all students in their classrooms. This session is held online.
Wednesday, April 17th at 3:00-4:00PM | Online
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LockDown Browser Instructor Training for Trinity University
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for Trinity instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser with online exams.
The training will cover:
Thursday, April 18, 2024 - 11:30 AM | Online
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Librarian Link Up: Canvas and Research Guides
Information is everywhere! Join Digital Technologies librarian Audrey Stewart for this 30-minute session on Zoom to learn how to connect students to reliable library resources in Canvas with just a few clicks. You will see examples, learn how to reach out to your subject librarian, and connect your course to the library.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 - 9:45-10:15 AM and 1:00 - 1:30 PM | Online
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Now that we have Canvas, what are we doing with it? A Faculty Showcase
A "show-and-tell" hour with Trinity faculty using Canvas in inspiring ways! Dr. Brian Teague, Dr. Eliseo Iglesias, Dr. Ronni Gura Sadovsky, and Dr. Jacob Tingle will share how they use Canvas tools and features in their courses and provide a demonstration.
Topics to be showcased are:
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Grading in Canvas with a mobile device - A way for students to get feedback from three voices on one document.
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Canvas Groups - ways to boost collaboration in and outside of the classroom.
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Using external tools in Canvas to manage the classroom
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Using modules with prerequisites for mastery-based grading
There will be a Q&A to follow.
This is a hybrid event; there are 25 in-person seats available and unlimited online spots via Zoom.
Refreshments will be provided for in-person attendees.
RSVP: Sign up here!
Friday, April 26, 2024 2:45-3:45 PM | Online & TBD
Personal Technology Donation Drive
Tuesday, April 30, 202410:00 am - 2:00 pm | 314 East Kings Hwy (drive-thru donation)
Open to Students, Faculty, and Staff.
Acceptable items:
- CPUs
- Flat-screen monitors (no CRTs)
- Hard drives
- Laptops
- Cell phones
- VCRs
- DVD players
- TVs working flat screen (no CRTs)
Tax deduction forms will be available.