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Last Call for LTDC Virtual Conference Proposals

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Last Call for Proposals!

Date: April 10-11, 2014
Location: Virtual Conference, no travel required

The UW System Learning Technology Development Council (LTDC) Showcase 2014 will be held virtually April 10-11, 2014. Faculty, teaching staff and learning technology support staff – please join us and submit a proposal to present or facilitate by January 24, 2014!  Proposals may be submitted at the following website: http://goo.gl/NaWyWY

This virtual conference offers an opportunity for sharing your successes and challenges in teaching with technology – in your face-to-face, online, blended/hybrid, flex, flipped or MOOC. This conference will provide you with the opportunity to virtually connect with other practitioners and requires neither travel expense nor a significant time commitment.

All presentations will be conducted virtually with technology training and orientation available prior to the conference. The presentations will be approximately 30 minutes in length with 15 min Q&A following. Proposals are sought in the following six general categories:

  • Innovative Approaches (Hot Topics) – Tell us about how you’re working and teaching. Are mobile applications a part of your learning and knowledge portfolio? How have you taken traditional teaching and enhanced it through an innovative approach? Can you share a successful case study?
  • Engagement of Students – How are your students connecting with each other and you? What works now or what do you expect might be a future method of engaging students? Can you share a successful case study?
  • Faculty Development – How are you supporting your faculty? Are you facilitating learning communities? How are you engaging faculty to try new approaches to teaching and learning? Do you have a successful case study to share?
  • “How To” and Resources – Do you have a skill to share? Have you created a wonderful set of resources for faculty and students? We’re interested in successful case studies; what can you share?
  • Best Practices – Are you using a particular learning technology (or set of technologies) and know through evaluation that it definitively engages students and promotes learning?
  • Emerging Topics – Do you have a proposal that doesn’t quite fit into the other topics?

We look forward to learning more about your teaching and learning experiences!

LTC Winterim Workshop, D2L Training: January 17

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The Learning Technology Center is pleased to D2L Winterim Workshop D2L Traininginvite faculty and instructional staff to “D2L Day,” a series of hands-on sessions held on Friday, January 17, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM in Hyland 3101.

This D2L Winterim Workshop includes breakout sessions featuring a special session on the latest D2L upgrade to version 10.1 (the upgrade is to take place on January 8 – 9, 2014) and focuses on specific D2L tools such as quizzes and discussions.  Sessions will include a variety of hands-on “How To” activities, tips, best practices, and new strategies to effectively use D2L in your classroom.

View the D2L training schedule here:  D2L Traing Schedule, January 17

Participants may now register for the all-day workshop or for individual sessions using the UW-W Signup tool. The workshops are listed under “iCIT-LTC Training”. If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact the Learning Technology Center.

LTC Student Engagement Workshop: January 13 and 14

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IMAG0364The Learning Technology Center is pleased to invite faculty and instructional staff to a workshop series “Student Engagement:  Motivating Students through Interactivity” to be held on Monday, January 13 and Tuesday, January 14, 2014.  The workshops will take place from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM in Hyland 3101 and McGraw 115.

The workshops include sessions on topics such as the Turnitin suite, eTextbooks, e-Service Learning, collaborative tools, and effective presentations.  The workshops will include a variety of hands-on “How To” sessions, tips, best practices, and new strategies to leverage educational technology in your classroom.

View the January 13 schedule here: Student Engagement Jan 13 Schedule

View the January 14 schedule here: Student Engagement Jan 14 Schedule

Participants may now register for the all-day workshops or for individual sessions using the UW-W Signup tool. The workshops are listed under “iCIT-LTC Training”. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Learning Technology Center.

New Clicker (SRS) Receivers

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In preparation for the upcoming upgrade to TurningPoint 5 during the Summer 2014 semester, the Learning Technology Center has received replacement kits from Turning Technologies that include an updated receiver and a clicker keypad.

Instructors and staff who have been using the TurningPoint Student Response System (SRS) in past years will need to exchange their current hardware (receivers, clicker keypads, etc.) for the new kits. The updated hardware in the kit is compatible with the current versions of TurningPoint and TurningPoint Anywhere that we are using on campus, so there shouldn’t be any issues after switching.

For reference, here is a comparison of the old clicker receiver versus the new receiver:

Old vs New ReceiverPlease drop by the Learning Technology Center (McGraw, room 120) to swap out your old clicker hardware for a new kit as soon as possible. We have plenty of kits for the current user group and for several new users if there is interest. Any questions or concerns can be directed to the Learning Technology Center via email.

D2L Training Scheduled for January 17

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The Learning Technology Center is pleased to IMAG0364invite faculty and instructional staff to “D2L Day,” a series of hands-on sessions held on Friday, January 17, 2014 from 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM in Hyland 3101.

This D2L Winterim Workshop includes breakout sessions featuring a special session on the latest D2L upgrade to version 10.1 (the upgrade is to take place on January 8 – 9, 2014) and focuses on specific D2L tools such as quizzes and discussions.  Sessions will include a variety of hands-on “How To” activities, tips, best practices, and new strategies to effectively use D2L in your classroom.

Participants may now register for the all-day workshop or for individual sessions using the signup tool. The workshops are listed under “iCIT-LTC Training”. If you have any questions about this workshop, please contact the Learning Technology Center.

LTC Student Engagement Workshop, January 13 & 14

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The Learning Technology Center is pleased to invite faculty and instructional staff to a IMAG0364workshop series “Student Engagement:  Motivating Students through Interactivity” to be held on Monday, January 13 and Tuesday, January 14, 2014.  The workshops will take place from 8:30 AM to 3:00 PM in Hyland 3101.

The workshops include sessions on topics such as the Turnitin suite, eTextbooks, e-Service Learning, collaborative tools, and effective presentations.  The workshops will include a variety of hands-on “How To” sessions, tips, best practices, and new strategies to leverage educational technology in your classroom.

Participants may now register for the all-day workshops or for individual sessions using the signup tool. The workshops are listed under “iCIT-LTC Training”. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Learning Technology Center.

What’s New in D2L Version 10.1

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Desire2Learn is scheduled for an upgrade to version 10.1. The upgrade outage will start on January 8th, 2014 at 9:30 PM and end on January 9th, 2014 at 10:30 AM (all times CT).

During this upgrade, D2L will NOT be available. This outage and upgrade will greatly affect Winterim courses, so please plan your course work accordingly. It is also suggested that you end any dropboxes, quizzes, or other deadlines a half hour before the outage’s start time (i.e., 9:00 PM CT) if there are items due on that day.

We have a “What’s New” video for instructors that highlights some of the changes that are coming with the upgrade.

Since the Content tool interface has undergone a significant change, we also have a overview video for instructors that covers the changes and how to accomplish most common Content tool tasks.

A “What’s New” wiki page is also available that covers version 10.1 tool changes in more detail, and you can visit that page here: http://geturl.uww.edu/1od

If you have any questions about the D2L upgrade or the updated Content tool, please Contact UW-W D2L Support.

D2L eGrading Process Now Open

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The D2L eGrading process allows instructors to transfer final grades from their D2L Gradebook to their WINS Grade Roster in a few simple steps. This process is currently open and available for instructors to transfer their semester grades from D2L to WINS.

For more information on how to use this process, please see the following Instructional Resources wiki pages:

We also have a video available to guide you through the first two steps:

If you need additional assistance with your Gradebook or if you have eGrading questions, please contact UW-W D2L Support.

Class Storage Connection Workaround

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Known IssuesWe are currently experiencing issues with WebDAV connections to Student Storage (stustorage.uww.edu) and Webbe (webbe.uww.edu). While we are working towards a resolution for this problem, there are alternative ways for users to access these sites.

The recommended solution for PC and Mac users is secure FTP.  This will work from both on campus and off campus.  We have documentation available below for the two supported clients.

Windows-based campus computers, such as computer lab and office machines, will automatically map both Student Storage and Webbe through drive “U:”.  If you are using a Mac on campus, use the secure FTP options listed above.

If you have any additional questions regarding this, please contact the Learning Technology Center.

Desire2Learn Upgrade to Version 10.1

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Desire2Learn logoWe’ve received a notice from Learn@UW, and they have confirmed the dates for the upcoming version 10.1 D2L upgrade. The upgrade is scheduled from January 8th, 2014 at 9:30 PM to January 9th, 2014 at 10:30 AM (all times CT). During this upgrade, D2L will NOT be available.

This outage and upgrade will greatly affect Winterim courses, so please plan your course work accordingly. It is also suggested that you end any dropboxes, quizzes, or other deadlines a half hour before the outage’s start time (i.e., 9:00 PM CT) if there are items due on that day.

The major change with this upgrade will be to the Content tool and its interface. We will be posting “What’s New” documents and videos with more details once we get closer to the upgrade window. If you have questions or concerns, please contact UW-W D2L Support.