March 2020 Information Sessions

This March we are providing hands-on training with Office 365, Solstice and Zoom tools for your courses, meetings and collaborations. Office 365 – Digital Storytelling with Sway: From student reports to monthly newsletters, today’s classrooms have many stories to tell.  Digital storytelling with Microsoft Sway lets teachers and students focus on the content and not […]

February 2020 Information Sessions

Please join us this February for information sessions on our Kaltura Capture and Office 365 Sway applications for your classes. Kaltura Capture – Makes it easy to create videos and other rich media without specialized equipment. Kaltura Capture provides a simple interface to create desktop video from the office, at home, or on-the-go. Weather cancellation […]

Kaltura Quizzes Workshop

Join us on Thursday, January 30 at Noon in Dawson 213A computer lab for a hands-on Kaltura Quizzes workshop.  Our Kaltura software allows you to make an interactive quiz from any video, including online and self-produced content.  Connect your interactive video quiz to your Canvas course gradebook and have it automatically update your student grades.  […]

Sixth Annual Faculty Development Day

Join us for our Sixth Annual Faculty and Staff Development event on Monday, January 6, 2020 from noon to 3:00 PM. This year we are featuring presentations on technology and pedagogy, including Virtual Reality, Kaltura video in Canvas and Penn State collaboration and storage tools.   Our event will be in the Information Sciences and […]

November 2019 Information Sessions

This November we are featuring Brown Bag information sessions on cloud storage, Kaltura, and Canvas. Come out and learn more! Cloud Storage at Penn State – Review and practice with Penn State cloud storage services such as PASS, OneDrive and Box.  We will demonstrate each system and discuss recommendations for best use. Tuesday, November 5, […]

October 2019 Training

Join us this October for information sessions on Canvas, Virtual Reality, Office 365 Teams and Accessibility! Accessibility in Canvas – Courses need to be accessible for all students, discover Canvas tools for making accessible content. Thursday, October 3, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Dawson 213A Lab)   Virtual Reality: 360 Degree Video – See faculty […]

September 2019 Training

Welcome Back!  Please join us for the following training sessions this September: Canvas: New Gradebook Features – This hands-on session will review the new capabilities of our Canvas gradebook, including additional functionality and features. Thursday, September 5, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM (Dawson 213A Lab)   Kaltura: Video Editing – Hands-on session with our Kaltura […]

April 2019 Training

Join us for educational technology and productivity workshops this April, hope to see you there! Accessibility in Canvas – Unlock an effective user experience for all learners in your Canvas courses. This hands-on session will provide you with the keys needed to optimize your course content for accessibility. You will be guided through the steps […]

March 2019 Training

We have two new educational technology workshops this March, come and join us! Open Educational Resources – Join Julie Lang, OER Coordinator, Brad Antill and Wade Shumaker, Instructional Production Specialists on March 21st  beginning at 8:30 AM in SLC 29 with some coffee and donuts. At 9AM they will present on their latest projects and […]

February 2019 Training

Come and join us this February for workshops and training sessions on information and instructional technology! Canvas: Learning Tool Integrations – Get acquainted with the some of the common Learning Tool Integrations (LTI) available for your Canvas courses. You will evaluate the features of the integrations and how to implement them in your courses.  Canvas […]