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Fall 2022

Going Digital: A Faculty Workshop Series on Creating Digital Assignments

Whether you want to turn a journaling assignment into weekly blog posts, a paper into a podcast, or a class presentation into a video project, there are free, beginner-friendly tools available to help make it happen.  And we help!  Learn how Digital Learning Support and the Digital Knowledge Center provide faculty and student support through the whole process, from design to implementation to evaluation.

We will introduce digital project resources available to you and your students and discuss simple tips for taking current assignments digital, designing new digital assignments, and even how your digital assignment might meet the student learning objectives for a Digital Intensive course.

Workshop Sessions:

Creating Podcasting Assignments:  Tuesday, September 27, 3:30 – 4:30 pm, HCC 407

Online Workshop Resource

Creating Infographic Assignments:  Wednesday, October 26, 12:00 – 12:50 pm, HCC 407

Register to attend
Boxed lunch provided for those that register on or before 10/20/22
Online Resource (available after the workshop)

Creating Video Assignments:  Monday, November 14, 4:00 – 5:00 pm, HCC 407

Register to attend
Cookies and coffee provided
Online Resource (available after the workshop)

Topics Covered in Each Workshop Session:

  • Tools available and how we can support you and your students
  • Deciding on project scale 
  • Structuring the project
  • Making it accessible
  • How to assess the project
  • Review of the Digital Intensive SLOs and how your project could satisfy one or more of them
 
If you are interested in one or more of these workshops but can’t make a session just let us know and we can schedule a consultation instead!  Have any questions about these events?  Please contact us at dls@umw.edu.
 

Previous Events:

Spring 2022

The Digital Side of Your Classroom

Any course – whether face-to-face, fully online, or somewhere in between – can leverage digital tools to expand and enhance the classroom experience. Discover new features and new ways to use common tools (like Canvas, Zoom, and Screencast-o-Matic) and potentially unfamiliar ones (like Discord and Hypothesis) to increase student engagement and encourage students to invest in your classroom community.

Date: Thursday, May 15 from 3:30 – 4:30PM

Location:

In-person in the DLS suite, HCC 410 or Zoom (link sent to registrants)

Resource:

The Digital Side of Your Classroom

Teaching on the Open Web with Domain of One’s Own & UMW Blogs

Interested in having your students create digital works and share them on the open web? Join us to see examples of how faculty use the Domain of One’s Own and UMW Blogs platforms to engage students in writing, research, and communication in their courses. Learn how Digital Learning Support and the Digital Knowledge Center can support you and your student’s digital scholarship with these platforms.

Dates:

  • Tuesday, February 15 from 3:30 – 4:30PM
  • Wednesday, February 16 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM

Location:

In-person in the DLS suite, HCC 410 or Zoom (please e-mail dls@umw.edu for Zoom link)

Resource:

Teaching on the Open Web with Domain of One’s Own and UMW Blogs overview

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