Workshops & Support Services

DLVPC Workshops for UMB CCDE Online Faculty.

 

Required Workshops:

In addition to all WebCT Vista workshop sessions, UMB CCDE requires for UMB CCDE online faculty, CCDE also requires that instructors teaching for the first time for UMB online attend two additional workshops provided by the Distance Learning Video Production Center (DLVPC). The required DLVPC-sponsored workshops are named:

Streaming Video / Adobe Presenter (Breeze) / Wimba Classroom Overview

Wimba Classroom Basic Workshop

Below you will find listed the dates for upcoming sessions of these two required workshops and links to separate web pages providing further details (including registration information) for each workshop .


Streaming Video / Adobe Presenter (Breeze) / Wimba Classroom Overview

Thursday, Aug 21st, 10AM-Noon

(Additional dates TBD, as needed)

    NOTE: This workshop is mandatory for first-time UMB CCDE online instructors.

Location: Presentation Room 3, lower level, Healey Library

See http://www.dlvpc.umb.edu/OverviewWorkshop.htm for a full description of the workshop including registration details.


Wimba Classroom Basic Workshop

Thursday, Aug 21st, 1PM-3PM
Wednesday, Aug 27, 6PM-8PM
Saturday, Sept 13, 11AM-1PM

(Additional dates TBD for the Spring 2009 semester.)

    NOTE: This workshop is mandatory for first-time UMB CCDE online instructors.

Location: Presentation Room 4, lower level, Healey Library

See http://www.dlvpc.umb.edu/WimbaWorkshops.htm for a full description of the workshop including registration details.

 

 

Optional Workshops:

The Distance Learning Video Production Center offers two optional workshops to UMB CCDE online faculty members. The optional DLVPC-sponsored workshops are named:

Adobe Presenter (Breeze) Basic Training Workshop

Wimba Classroom Practice Workshop

Below you will find listed the dates for upcoming sessions of these two optional workshops and links to separate web pages providing further details (including registration information) for each workshop .

Adobe Presenter (Breeze) Basic Training Workshop

Next Workshop Date TBD. Contact Gene Shwalb at gene.shwalb@umb.edu to express interest.

    NOTE: This workshop is for faculty members who have used PowerPoint effectively whether online or in face-to-face courses. Installing Adobe Presenter on your PC adds an Adobe Presenter menu inside PowerPoint. This allows you to convert your existing presentations to a web-based format easily accessible to your students from within the Blackboard Vista browser without the need for additional software. You will learn the basic functions of Presenter including adding and editing audio. You will also learn how to post links to these presentations in your Blackboard Vista course sections.

    Although the Distance Learning Video Production Center provides this training primarily for CCDE online instructors, the Breeze server is available for use by all UMB faculty teaching online and/or web-enhanced courses. Therefore, all UMB faculty members are welcome to attend this workshop on a space-available basis.

Location: Presentation Room 4, lower level, Healey Library

See http://www.dlvpc.umb.edu/BreezeWorkshop.htm for a full description of the workshop including registration details.

Wimba Classroom Practice Workshop

Dates, Times -- By arrangement, with a minimum of three instructor-trainees required to support meaningful "mock" teaching sessions.

    NOTE: This optional workshop provides formal practice in leading synchronous conferencing sessions in Wimba Classroom. The workshop is designed for UMB CCDE online faculty who have completed the Wimba Classroom Basic Training.

Offerings of this workshop may be arranged via request to umb.wimba@umb.edu.

Location: Presentation Rooms 3 & 4, Lower Level, Healey Library

See http://www.dlvpc.umb.edu/WimbaWorkshops.htm#wimbapractice for a full description of the workshop including scheduling details.

(Also see http://www.dlvpc.umb.edu/WimbaTrainingOnline.htm for details regarding live and recorded online training options for Wimba Classroom.)

 

Support Services

Please direct all email support inquiries regarding streaming media services for UMB CCDE online instructors to John Jessoe via email to john.jessoe@umb.edu, and place direct phone inquires to John Jessoe at 617 287-5981.


For further information regarding the Adobe Presenter (Breeze) discussed above, please contact Gene Shwalb via email to umb.breeze@umb.edu.

Please email support inquiries regarding Wimba Classroom training for faculty members to umb.wimba@umb.edu, an email account monitored by all members of the UMass Boston Synchronous Conferencing Support Team. Please direct phone inquires regarding Wimba Classroom to Alan Girelli at 617 287-5419.





 

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