Instructional Design Workshops

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Fall workshops for faculty:

H5P Interactivity & Accessibility: (1 Hour) Do your students make the most of the video resources you assign...How can you build a more engaging, interactive student learning experience…What tools help ensure ADA accessibility in online course materials.
Get answers to these questions and more in this hands-on faculty development workshop. Tour H5P, experiment with different content, and learn how to incorporate interactive video, student self-assessments, learning games into Joule or Moodle.

  • Dates / Times:
  • Sep. 26, 11am - 12pm 
  • Oct. 11, 11am - 12pm 
  • Note: This is a hands-on session, you will be working in Joule. Bring your laptop.
Joule Course Clean-up: (1 Hour) A well-designed and organized Joule course site makes things much easier for both instructor and student. Through good site design and clear instructions about how to make use of your course site, help students understand how to interact effectively with their instructor, with their peers, and with their course content.
  • Dates / Times:
  • Sep. 12, 11am - 12pm 
  • Oct. 4, 11am - 12pm 
  • Note: This is a fully hands-on session, bring your laptop.

Your Course Introduction Video (working session): (1.5 Hours) Get a quick recap of what’s needed for an effective course introduction video. Review best practices, then polish your script, practice your script, and record your 3-5 minute video. This is a hands-on session, so come ready to work. Faculty participants leave this session with a completed video to share or embed in their Joule or Moodle courses.
  • Dates / Times:
  • Sep. 20, 11am - 12pm 
  • Oct. 17, 11am - 12pm 
  • Notes: This is a fully hands-on session, bring your laptop. This session moves quickly and covers a lot of content in a short time, don't be late.

Effective Educational Video: (1.5 Hours) Video has become an important part of higher education. It is integrated as part of traditional courses, serves as a cornerstone of many blended and fully online courses. Creating effective educational video need not be difficult. This informational workshop gives you the tools to create engaging educational video for your students. You will plan and outline an introduction video that you can use to enhance the learning process.

  • Dates / Times:
  • Nov. 15, 11am - 12:30pm 
  • Note:This is not a hands on session, laptops are not required. This is not a working session but an informational session; come with your experiences, anecdotes, and questions.

Multimedia Studio Drop-In Sessions: The new NDMU Multimedia Studio is here! These one-on-one introductory sessions occur in 30-minute blocks, on the half hour. You will get an introduction to using the studio, tour the equipment and software, and pick up tips and tricks to create effective multimedia for teaching and learning.

  • Dates / Times: (Alternating Tuesdays this fall)
  • Sep. 11 & 25, 8am-2:30pm 
  • Oct. 9 & 23, 8am-2:30pm 
  • Nov. 13 & 27, 8am-2:30pm 
  • Note: Attendees are seen on a one-on-one basis. If you arrive during an in-progress session, please have a seat, you'll be next. To use the studio you must complete either the online certification course and assessment, or attend an in-person training and complete the online assessment.

NDMU faculty: register online using the university calendar.

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