Workshops

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DELTA Workshops focus on providing instructors with the tools, skills and knowledge to effectively use NC State learning technologies to impact student success.

All DELTA Workshops are free and open to faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants.

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Workshops

We have a variety of training opportunities lined up for you to learn the tools, techniques and strategies needed to effectively teach in the online and/or hybrid learning environment.

We’ll cover academic learning technologies such as Moodle, Zoom, Top Hat, PlayPosit and Panopto as well as tips and tricks for using those tools to increase engagement, enhance student success and create a welcoming online environment.

Elevate your Teaching with the “Level Up” Workshop Series!

Looking to transform your teaching approach with new tech tools? Power up at our workshop series and discover how tools like Moodle Roadmap, Intelliboard, Gradescope, YellowDig, and more can give your classroom a boost. All tools integrate with Moodle! Join us over lunch from 12:30-1:00 in November to level up your teaching game!

11/9 12:30-1pm – Level Up Student Progress Tracking: Moodle Roadmap
Do you wish students were more on top of deadlines in your course and better able to keep track of their progress? Roadmap is a tool you can build into Moodle that provides students with an interactive visualization of course activities and assessments. Students can use the Roadmap to monitor progress and completed activities. In this session, we will overview the Moodle Roadmap tool, discuss why instructors and students use it, and share resources to help set it up.
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11/14 12:30-1pm – Level Up Analyzing Learner Data: Intelliboard
IntelliBoard is a learning analytics dashboard connected with Moodle that can provide you greater insight into how your students are interacting with your course. Utilizing reports in IntelliBoard you can easily identify at-risk learners and where they are struggling. There are also a variety of reports that can aid you in identifying what needs to be graded or improved in your course. In this session, we will focus on the basic IntelliBoard reports and how they can be utilized in your course.
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11/15 12:30-1pm – Level Up Your Grading: Gradescope
Are you interested in seamlessly administering and grading all of your assessments, whether online or in-class? Would you like to save time grading and get a clear picture of how your students are doing in your class? Gradescope supports variable-length assignments (problem sets & projects) as well as fixed-template assignments (worksheets, quizzes, or exams).
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11/16 12:30-1pm – Level Up Your Presentations and Discussions: VoiceThread
VoiceThread turns traditional presentations and discussions into engaging, interactive experiences that work in asynchronous online classes and in-person classes. Learn more about how you and students can create presentations and discussions using this new tool that integrates with Moodle.
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11/28 12:30-1pm – Level Up Your Course Community: Yellowdig
This workshop will introduce participants to Yellowdig, an online discussion and engagement platform designed to empower students to participate meaningfully in discussions with their peers and build a learning community. Participants will learn how Yellowdig differs from traditional forums in approach, layout, and grading (which is automatic!), and how to get started using this tool in their courses.
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11/29 12:30-1pm – Level Up Student Engagement: Top Hat
Top Hat is a teaching tool that enables instructors to engage students with compelling content and activities, online, in person, or both. In this workshop, we will focus on using Top Hat to provide interactive opportunities during synchronous class meetings.
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11/30 12:30-1pm – Level Up Course Texts: Perusall
Engage students in reading, watching and listening through the social annotation tool, Perusall. Join us as we introduce teaching scenarios using the basic features of Perusall and demo student and instructor uses of the tool. Perusall is a social annotation tool that helps students engage with texts, images, video, audio, and websites. Students can have text-based conversations, and the tool can be used to track student participation.
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12/5 12:30-1pm – Level Up Your Moodle Accessibility: Brickfield
In this short session, we’ll give an introduction and overview of a powerful tool for checking the accessibility of your Moodle course. Participants will leave with resources for getting started using this tool.
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Asynchronous Workshop Opportunities

Asynchronous, self-paced trainings:

WolfSNAPS

Designed for instructors who want brief, self-paced training and resources for online course design best practices, each WolfSNAPS session can be completed in as little as 30 minutes. 

Why Should You Attend a DELTA Workshop?

  • All of our workshops are free and open to faculty, staff and graduate teaching assistants. Don’t miss a free opportunity to receive professional development.
  • Teaching with unfamiliar technology can be scary at first. Come let us help you navigate the unknown and get started using technology in your courses.
  • Even if you consider yourself an expert with using technology in your course, we’re always refreshing our workshops to include more advanced topics as well as tips and tricks you may not have thought of before.

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For additional information related to workshop offerings, please contact DELTA-workshops@ncsu.edu