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Microsoft Teams Tips & Tricks

This workshop will introduce participants to tips and tricks to use Microsoft Teams more efficiently and effectively. These tips and tricks will help keep your Teams channels, chats, and files organized and your Teams calls running smoothly. This workshop is open to all levels of Teams users who want to save time and better understand the range of uses of this tool.

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Teach Them to Learn: Interleaving Strategies for Study Success

Interleaving is a study technique where students blend various subjects or topics during their learning sessions, aiming to enhance their overall understanding. In contrast, blocked practice entails focusing intensely on one topic before transitioning to another. Studies indicate that interleaving is more effective than blocked practice in honing categorization and problem-solving skills. Furthermore, interleaving promotes superior long-term retention and increased proficiency in applying acquired knowledge compared to blocked practice. Attend this one-hour workshop to learn more about interleaving.

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Creating Interactive Digital Content 

Creating Interactive Digital content promotes engagement with the materials in your Digital Course site in a superior way than creating text-based content.  While developing this content used to be a chore, digital content creation isn’t difficult with today's modern tools.  Together, we will explore simple apps for creating interactive materials with Adobe Express Video, Microsoft Sway, and Microsoft Forms.

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Reflection on Inclusive Pedagogy

When reflecting on inclusive teaching strategies, educators should think about their practices and relationships with personal assumptions, attitudes, and behaviors. It is an opportunity to examine how these factors impact the educators’ practices. Some of the questions to consider are: What are my assumptions/perceptions of students from diverse cultural groups? What could be the sources of the assumptions? How can I improve my teaching practices to accommodate the needs of diverse student groups? In this workshop, we will use such questions to engage in thoughtful introspection of inclusive teaching practices, including assessment strategies.

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Cumulative Quizzes & Practice Tests: Helping Students Retain Knowledge all Semester Long

Are you looking for ways to help your students retain key knowledge and skills throughout the semester? Cumulative quizzes are regular quizzes that include questions on key topics from previous weeks or units. The questions used in those quizzes can be quickly repurposed into practice tests. By adding an incentive to take the practice test multiple times and a way for students to identify their weak areas, the combination creates a powerful strategy that helps students retain key knowledge and skills all semester long.

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Microsoft 365 Cloud Storage and Collaboration Using OneDrive and Teams

Do you feel safer keeping your money in the bank than in cash under your mattress? If so, then cloud storage is probably the right solution for your files as well! In this workshop, we will briefly discuss the benefits of cloud storage, compare OneDrive vs. Teams, and examine scenarios most appropriate for each. We will then walk you through the basic steps of accessing Microsoft365 (free to all college employees and students), create and organize cloud-based files, and collaborate on a document together. Pacing and content will be adjusted based on participant skill levels and questions.

The workshop will be conducted via Zoom. To fully participate, it is also best to join from a device with two screens or from two side-by-side devices so that you can follow the instructor’s demonstrations. See the Microsoft Essentials websitenew window for more details on technology requirements.

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ChatGPT Basics

Dive into the world of ChatGPT, OpenAI’s groundbreaking text-based AI model. This workshop introduces the foundational aspects, capabilities, and limitations of ChatGPT, setting attendees up for subsequent specialized sessions.

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Zoom Skills Refresher

This workshop is a basic skills refresher for Zoom meeting participants who want to feel more confident attending Zoom meetings. We will cover the fundamental skills required to engage in future virtual professional development sessions offered by ELITE. Please note, this workshop does not cover Zoom hosting or facilitation tips. This workshop is focused only on the core skills needed to interact successfully as a participant in a Zoom meeting or training session.

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Adding a Positionality Statement to Your Syllabus

A positionality statement is a declaration of the identities one has and how those identities most likely influence that individual. Positionality statements include information about race, social class, religion, career, and beliefs. Adding a positionality statement to a syllabus can succinctly communicate who the professor is and what their belief system is to students. Including a positionality statement is conducive to building an inclusive and welcoming classroom. Come to this one-hour class and explore what a positionality statement can do to promote equity, inclusivity, and social justice.

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