Introduction to Blackboard

This hands-on session is designed for instructors, graduate assistants, and staff with little or no prior Blackboard experience.  Learn the basics of Blackboard including:

• Accessing the software
• Uploading content to your Blackboard course
• Customizing the Blackboard Interface
• Understanding the Communication Features
• Working with the course Control Panel
• Learning where to go for help

Advanced Blackboard Workshop

This hands-on session is designed for instructors, graduate assistants, and staff who have prior experience Blackboard but would like to explore Blackboard’s features (especially Assignment Objects and Grade Center) in more depth, including

• Adding Columns in Grade Center
• Rearranging Grade Center Columns
• Working with Weighted Totals
• Setting up an Assignment Object for students to submit papers to Blackboard

Overview of Smart Classrooms

In this workshop we will cover:

• Working the Lectern Control Pad
• Projecting pages using the document camera
• Operating the ceiling mounted LCD Projector
• Setting the lights for optimal display Classroom Support Staff

Synchronous/Web Conferencing Tools

In this workshop, we will look at web conferencing tools, which are used to conduct live classroom sessions over the web.  For example, a faculty member and students can all be at home and still engage in teaching and learning activities through the conferencing software.  Come to this workshop to find out how these tools might work for your needs.

Introduction to NetSupport

NetSupport is a computer monitoring program that faculty can use to control the student interface experience in our computing lab facilities at Baruch College. The program allows for controlling the student-experience during instructor demonstrations and exams, quickly distributing a set of files to each student computer, interactive learning and more.

In particular, from the instructor station of a lab, faculty members can perform the following:

• Watch, share or control each student’s screen, keyboard and mouse
• Block student use, either temporarily or permanently, of applications, functions, websites, webpages, etc.
• Transfer and manipulate files between workstations using the “drag and drop” feature
• View more than one student screen at a time as “thumbnails” on the instructor screen
• Launch an application, video, PowerPoint, etc. on one, many or all student workstations
• Display a selected student’s screen to other students
• "Push out" the instructor screen to selected or all student screens
• "Blank out" all student screens temporarily so that the student focus is exclusively on the instructor
  

NetSupport is a powerful application, which is capable of performing many other functions than those listed above. This session will provide a basic introduction to and demonstration of the software.

Introduction to Camtasia Studio

This hands-on session is designed for instructors, graduate assistants, and staff with little or no prior Camtasia Studio experience.  Learn the basics of Camtasia Studio including:

• Accessing the software
• Adding music to your presentations
• Adding "Call-Outs" to highlight sections of your video
• Using a webcam to add yourself to your presentation
• Basic file management, including producing your video to share with others
• Recording screencasts using only Power Point
• Recording your Power Point Presentations using the Camtasia Studio Add-In