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Monday, August 19, 2019
Student Motivation and the Welcoming Syllabus
9:30am - 10:15amWe’ll discuss ways you can make your syllabus more inviting, motivating your students for the challenges in the course ahead.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Powering Up with Transparent Assignment Design
10:30am - 12:30pmDuring this session, you’ll engage with peers to evaluate samples and then review and re-fashion one of your own assignments.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Blackboard: Assignments and Tests
11:00am - 12:00pmThis 60-minute workshop will primarily cover how to create assignments and develop tests that make the best of both your time and your students efforts.
- Academic Events
- Career & Professional Development
- Faculty & Staff
First Days of Class
1:30pm - 2:15pmDiscuss strategies for setting up your class for success from the very first day.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Special Guest Workshop: Leveraging Pedagogy with Creative Technologies
10:00am - 1:00pmMultimodal student assignments, podcasting, and audio-visual research papers are some of the exciting digital projects you will learn to create with and for your students during this hands-on workshop, designed with the novice user in mind.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Getting Started with VoiceThread
1:00pm - 2:00pmVoiceThread is a web-based application that allows users to share and have conversations around media. Participants will learn how to integrate VoiceThread into their Blackboard course and how to create, comment and share content on VoiceThread.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Getting Started with Blackboard in 45 Minutes
2:00pm - 2:45pmThis workshop covers the best that Blackboard has to offer. From uploading course materials to engaging a discussion board to grading student assignments, participants will watch step-by-step demonstrations and explore diverse ways faculty use Blackboard at GW.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Tools for Creating Online Lectures
11:00am - 12:00pmThis workshop will cover the basics of online lecture creation using PowerPoint narration, iSpring, and Echo Personal Capture as tools to bring audio, video, and screen captures to lectures.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Optimizing Class Time: Openings and Closings
12:00pm - 1:00pmFind out how to structure a single class meeting to take advantage of what learning science has to teach us about student motivation, memory, and long-term learning.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (Live Virtual Classroom)
2:00pm - 3:00pmCome discover the essentials of Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, the new version of the synchronous virtual classroom tool, beginning with a general geography of the new and improved user interface and ending with a practice session.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Getting Started with Blackboard in 45 Minutes
2:00pm - 2:45pmThis workshop covers the best that Blackboard has to offer. From uploading course materials to engaging a discussion board to grading student assignments, participants will watch step-by-step demonstrations and explore diverse ways faculty use Blackboard at GW.
- Academic Events
- Career & Professional Development
- Faculty & Staff
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Laboratory Safety Training
9:00am - 9:00amRequired annual training for those who work in a research or teaching lab.
- Research
- Safety & Security
- Virginia Science & Technology Campus
Getting Started with Blackboard in 45 Minutes
6:00pm - 6:45pmThis workshop covers the best that Blackboard has to offer. From uploading course materials to engaging a discussion board to grading student assignments, participants will watch step-by-step demonstrations and explore diverse ways faculty use Blackboard at GW.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Friday, August 30, 2019
15th Annual MSSC Block Party
4:00pm - 8:00pm
Since 2004, the George Washington University’s (GW) Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC) hosts the MSSC Block Party. This annual event takes place on the first Friday when students return to campus in the Fall during Welcome Week.
- Diversity
- Faculty & Staff
- Student Organizations
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Laboratory Safety Training
4:00pm - 4:00pmRequired annual training for those who work in a research or teaching lab.
- Foggy Bottom Campus
- Research
- Safety & Security
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Getting Started with Blackboard in 45 Minutes
6:00pm - 6:45pmThis workshop covers the best that Blackboard has to offer. From uploading course materials to engaging a discussion board to grading student assignments, participants will watch step-by-step demonstrations and explore diverse ways faculty use Blackboard at GW.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Thursday, September 5, 2019
Tools for Creating Online Lectures
11:00am - 12:00pmThis workshop will cover the basics of online lecture creation using PowerPoint narration, iSpring, and Echo Personal Capture as tools to bring audio, video, and screen captures to lectures.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Friday, September 6, 2019
Blackboard: Assignments and Tests
12:30pm - 1:30pmThis 60-minute workshop will primarily cover how to create assignments and develop tests that make the best of both your time and your students efforts.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Monday, September 9, 2019
Floor Warden Training
10:00am - 11:00amAre volunteer staff members who may assist and be the main point of contact during an emergency. In this session, you will learn your responsibility during an emergency and how to work with first responders.
- Safety & Security
- Virginia Science & Technology Campus
Laboratory Safety Training
11:00am - 11:00amRequired annual training for those who work in a research or teaching lab.
- Foggy Bottom Campus
- Research
- Safety & Security
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Blackboard: Using Rubrics
12:30pm - 1:30pmThis workshop will cover the basics of Blackboard rubrics. Participants will learn how to create a rubric, associate it to a graded activity, and effortlessly grade using an interactive rubric.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Blackboard Grade Center
2:00pm - 3:00pmParticipants will have the opportunity to learn about and practice adding columns and categories, entering grades, and monitoring student progress.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Facilitating Meaningful and Engaging Discussions
12:00pm - 1:00pmWe’ll tackle discussion protocols, tips for broadening student participation, how to keep discussions on track, whether/how to grade discussion, and more.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Student Response System TurningPoint
11:00am - 12:00pmThe TurningPoint Audience Response System can engage students and give you real-time feedback on comprehension during class. This workshop will cover the basic features of TurningPoint, including creating questions, conducting polling, and saving results.
- Academic Events
- Faculty & Staff
- Foggy Bottom Campus
Friday, September 13, 2019
CPR/AED Training
12:00pm - 3:00pmTaught by EMeRG, you will learn how to perform CPR and use an AED.
- Foggy Bottom Campus
- Safety & Security
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