Join us for our new fall sessions for eLearning Services, Centre for Teaching and Learning!

Blackboard Bootcamp for New Instructors

Monday, August 30, 3–4 p.m., virtual

This session is designed for faculty who want to take a hands-on approach and build their own course using tools inside the Blackboard LMS. While we don’t cover all the tools, we make sure you know the basics, so you come away feeling comfortable in constructing a course with a strong foundation that you can use right now but also keep improving for years to come.

Hosting Engaging Live Sessions with Collaborate Ultra

Tuesday, August 31, 11 a.m.–noon, virtual

Collaborate Ultra is a synchronous video conferencing tools supported at MacEwan University. This session will demonstrate to you how to use Collaborate to:

  • connect with students in real time
  • deliver live audio/video
  • share applications, files, screens, and a whiteboard
  • conduct ad-hoc polling
  • provide students with breakout sessions for group work

Create Quick, Reusable Video Tutorials with Kaltura

Wednesday, September 1, 2–3 p.m., virtual

This session will demonstrate how to use Kaltura Capture and Media Space to create, caption, edit and share lecture recording videos for your students. Video assignments and quizzes will also be featured as alternative evaluation methods you can use to assess your students.

From eLearning Services and the Centre for Teaching and Learning