Instructional Design Center

Reporting Your Insights Using Qualtrics Surveys
2017-08-16 10:00 - 11:00, 2017-08-24 12:00 - 13:00, 2017-08-30 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Take your survey to the next level. We’ll train you on our most popular and effective advanced survey building features. After this webinar, you’ll be able to:

Build visualization because you’ll be familiar with the layout of the Reporting module
Utilize text analytics to dive deep on your open-text questions
Learn how to create a report with custom pages and options that you can share with others

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Quick-Start with Qualtrics Surveys
2017-08-21 10:00 - 11:00, 2017-08-28 10:00 - 11:00
Get ready for your first Qualtrics project. In this webinar you’ll learn how you can create and customize projects, distribute your projects, and build reports to view insights in real time. After this webinar, you’ll be able to:

Build and distribute a survey
Customize the survey taking experience based on how respondents answer
Understand the basics of reports

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Get Started with Moodle
2017-09-14 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-01-18 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-01-23 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-01-30 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-02-01 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Learn the basics of using Moodle for your course, such as uploading files, adding web site links, and adding some simple text to your course page. Basic course settings will also be discussed. This course is recommended for instructors looking to transition to Moodle from My Ramapo/Luminis, or anyone new to Moodle.
Pedagogy Connection: Moodle is Ramapo’s Learning Management System. This workshop guides instructors on how to use Moodle as a tool for delivering and managing assignments, facilitating group work, and enhancing the student experience in the classroom.
Open to instructors.
Presenter: Ray Fallon
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Get Started with Moodle
2017-09-21 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Learn the basics of using Moodle for your course, such as uploading files, adding web site links, and adding some simple text to your course page. Basic course settings will also be discussed. This course is recommended for instructors looking to transition to Moodle from My Ramapo/Luminis, or anyone new to Moodle.
Pedagogy Connection: Moodle is Ramapo’s Learning Management System. This workshop guides instructors on how to use Moodle as a tool for delivering and managing assignments, facilitating group work, and enhancing the student experience in the classroom.
Open to instructors.
Presenter: John Bragg
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Introduction to Turnitin
2017-09-28 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
In this workshop, participants will learn how to engage paperlessly with student writing. The workshop will teach participants how to embed a Turn-it-in assignment into Moodle. From there, participants will learn a variety of ways instructors can give students feedback using Turnitin’s new Feedback Studio: line edits, drag-and-drop comments, rubrics, comments linked to rubric categories, audio/voice feedback, and more.
Pedagogy Connection: Turnitin enables instructors to maximize their efforts in grading by providing quality rapid and feedback on assignments and exams. The system allows for customizable rubrics and other tools to provide students with quality feedback on their work.
Open to instructors.
Presenter: Professor Todd Barnes
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Apple User Group
2017-09-29 12:30 - 13:30, 2017-10-27 12:30 - 13:30, 2017-11-17 12:30 - 13:30, 2017-12-15 12:30 - 13:30, 2018-02-02 12:30 - 13:30 | ASB-008
Join other Apple users on campus to share knowledge and learn more about Macintosh computers, iPhones and iPads. Topics of discussion will be determined by the group’s interests and will vary each meeting.
Register below to be added to the Apple Users Group E-mail list to receive meeting agendas.
Open to everyone.
Facilitator: Trish Williams
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Up and Running with Gmail
2017-10-05 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Learn how to get up and running quickly with Gmail, so you can manage your mail more efficiently. This workshop will cover the basic and unique features of Gmail such as managing and organizing mail, viewing conversation threads, attachments, signatures, setting vacation away messages, and keyboard shortcuts.
Open to everyone.
Presenter: Trish Williams
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Faculty Development Day
2017-10-11 13:00 - 16:00
1 – 2 p.m.
OPTION A: Students with Disabilities: Best Practices for Challenging Situations
ASB-321
OSS understands that supporting students with disabilities can sometimes be challenging. We recognize that faculty may need guidance to be best serve our students. OSS is not just committed to ensuring equal access for its students, but also increasing staff and faculty awareness and knowledge about students with disabilities. This session will focus primarily on students with disabilities in the classroom setting. OSS staff will provide you with best practices, including classroom behavior management strategies and insight regarding our growing population of more complex disabilities. While learning disabilities are still among the highest group of students affiliated with the office, students with documented psychological and medical conditions are increasing at a steady rate in addition to the growing population of students with autism spectrum disorders. OSS staff is here to provide you, the faculty, the necessary tools to continue providing our students with disabilities the opportunity to succeed.
OSS staff will also answer your questions about more complicated accommodations (i.e. modified attendance), specific behavioral concerns, referring students to OSS, and student versus faculty responsibility when it comes to accommodations.
Email Abbe (abenowit@ramapo.edu) in advance with your questions!
OPTION B: Best Practices for Online and Hybrid Teaching
ASB-322
Join a panel of peers from across the college who will discuss their experiences and ideas related to teaching online and hybrid courses. This session will also identify some of the latest research and trends in distance learning.
2 – 3 p.m.
OPTION A: Teaching Roundtable: Advice from your Peers
ASB-321

Back by popular demand!
“I have one student who won’t show up to class – what do I do?” “How can I stop my students from texting during class?” “Should I allow students to re-do papers if they do poorly?” Do you have a specific question about your class you are struggling with currently? In this Teaching Roundtable, all participants will ask for advice on a specific problem they need help with in their class, and everyone will help brainstorm a solution. As instructors, we all have (collectively) a lot of insight and expertise in teaching – let’s share it with each other! Please be sure to bring (at least!) one question, issue, or problem related to your class you need help with – this session is sure to help everyone ensure their classes are as effective as possible.
Post-tenured and senior faculty are especially encouraged to attend so as to give your advice and insight into teaching.
OPTION B: New Tech Resources for the Classroom
ASB-322
Technology is changing rapidly, and new tools for the classroom come online all the time. Resources will be demonstrated from the wiki cooltoolsforschools in the areas of writing, research, collaboration, and creativity.
3 – 4 p.m.
OPTION A: Mentoring Your Students: Beyond Advising
ASB-321

OPTION B: Cyber Security Awareness
ASB-322
Cyber crime has become a multi-billion dollar industry and many cyber crimes can be avoided by following safe computing practices. Learn valuable techniques to help protect your data, identity and avoid online fraud. Topics will include passwords, virus protection, identifying fraudulent emails, social media safety, safe web browsing, password best practices, and backing up your data.
Faculty Development Day is co-sponsored by the Faculty Resource Center and the Instructional Design Center.
Registration is not needed for this event.
Sessions will take place in ASB-321 and ASB-322.

Moodle Gradebook
2017-10-12 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-01-25 13:00 - 13:50, 2018-02-06 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Learn the basics of setting up a gradebook in Moodle. The Moodle gradebook facilitates record keeping and grade calculation and allows for more efficient grading feedback to students.
Pedagogy Connection: Moodle is Ramapo’s Learning Management System. This workshop guides instructors on how to use Moodle Gradebook as a tool for delivering and managing grades, keeping track of student progress over the course of the semester, and helping students stay on track with their coursework.
Open to instructors.
Presenter: Ray Fallon
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Flipping the Classroom with TechSmith Relay
2017-10-19 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
This session will introduce you to the capabilities of TechSmith Relay to record lectures and presentations that can be shared with students. Capture everything that you can display on a computer screen, including PowerPoint presentations, and interactions with software or web sites. Along with the video from the computer screen, record your voice and other audio, and optionally your face with a webcam. The simplicity of Relay makes it easy to record, publish and share your videos. Relay is installed in classrooms on all PC teaching stations.
Pedagogy Connection: Flipping the classroom is an opportunity for instructors to present content through recorded lectures and screencasts while practicing the content in class. TechSmith Relay enables instructors to create high quality and engaging instructional videos for a successfully flipped classroom.
Open to faculty and staff.
Presenters: Michael Bitz and Trish Williams
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Cyber Security Awareness
2017-10-26 13:00 - 13:50, 2017-11-21 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Cyber crime has become a multi-billion dollar industry and many cyber crimes can be avoided by following safe computing practices. Learn valuable techniques to help protect your data, identity and avoid online fraud.

Virus protection
Identifying fraudulent emails
Social media safety
Safe web browsing
Backing up your data
Password best practices

Open to everyone.
Presenter: Trish Williams
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Adobe Connect for Snow Days, Online Learning and More
2017-11-09 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
This session will assist you in getting started using Adobe® Connect™ for web conferencing, web meetings, eLearning, and webinars. It will provide a brief overview and demonstration of how Connect provides digital meetings that go beyond screen sharing, enabling more effective collaboration and communication with students or colleagues. It can be the complete solution for rapid training and mobile learning, from anywhere, anytime, on virtually most devices. We will take a look at the Adobe Connect online trainings, and other help documentation and tutorials available to you.
Pedagogy Connection: This online learning platform is ideal for online and hybrid courses. Adobe Connect enables students to collaborate online, present research, and participate in chats and forums. Instructors are able to use the platform as a vehicle for delivering quality online synchronous instruction through the microphone/webcam, screen sharing, polling, and much more.
Open to faculty and staff.
Presenter: John Bragg
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Upload and Share Files Using Google Drive
2017-11-16 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
In this workshop, you will learn useful features of uploading files to Google Drive, where files are stored in “the cloud.” Google Drive allows you to upload and store files in their original format, or convert them to Google Docs format, to edit. Learn how to share files and folders with others at Ramapo, or keep them private. You can also download and convert files into multiple formats.
Pedagogy Connection: Google Drive enables instructors to create empowering activities that encourage students to be in control of their learning. Students are able to work more efficiently with Google Drive without fear of losing their materials. This is also an excellent tool for collaboration and peer review.
Open to everyone.
Presenter: Trish Williams
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Excel Basics
2017-11-30 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-219, Ramapo College
This workshop will introduce you to the basics of the Excel workbook and its spreadsheets. Learn to input basic data elements, perform simple functions in your spreadsheet, and save your workbook for future use.
Pedagogy Connection: A strong grasp of the Microsoft Office suite helps instructors to deliver assignments effectively (Word), present content to the class in an engaging manner (Powerpoint), and analyze assessments of student work (Excel).
Open to everyone.
Presenter: Ray Fallon
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Gmail Tips and Tricks
2017-12-07 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
This workshop will focus on tips and tricks beyond the “Up and Running with Gmail” workshop. By attending this session you will increase your productivity for managing your gmail. Topics include customizing the setup of your inbox, receiving desktop notifications, advanced search features, creating filters to automatically label and/or move mail, keyboard shortcuts for quick navigation, and more.
Open to everyone.
Presenter: Trish Williams
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Get Organized with Google Calendar
2018-02-08 13:00 - 13:50 | ASB-020, Ramapo College
Learn how Google calendar can help you become more organized and productive. Manage all your events and tasks using this online calendar, which you can access from work, home or while traveling, from any computer, tablet or smartphone. Learn how to receive daily agendas and event reminders, and share calendars with others. Google calendar is web-based, so there is no software to install, just login with your Ramapo ID and password.
Pedagogy Connection: Along with scheduling meetings and other events, Google Calendar can be an extremely effective tool for teaching and learning. Students can use Google Calendar to collaborate during group projects by creating and sharing a calendar with everyone in the group. Teachers can use it to give students view-only rights to share information or give teaching partners edit rights to collaborate schedules for great cross-curriculum teaching.
Open to everyone.
Presenter: Trish Williams
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