Virtual Adjunct Institute
January 16, 2021
9:00am - 4:30pm

Join your colleagues for a full day of professional development opportunities on Saturday, January 16th from 9:00am - 4:30pm. Attend one session or the entire day to share, learn and earn professional development credit through this joint offering from Prince George's and Howard Community Colleges at Laurel. You MUST sign up before the event for every session, except the Orientation session. Email IMFacultylab@howardcc.edu with any questions.
​Any instructional staff - Adjunct, Full-time, Lab or Clinical are welcome to attend any session!

9:00-9:25 Sessions

9:30-11:00 Sessions

  • Bb Collaborate Essentials
     9:30 am - 11:00 am
    The Intro to Blackboard Collaborate workshop is a hands-on workshop where faculty will learn to successfully deliver live, interactive Collaborate sessions to support remote instruction.  Through hands-on practice faculty will learn about the key features and core functions of the Collaborate  interface.​
    Click here to sign up
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  • Welcoming Your Students to your Online Course | Early Strategies for a Successful Semester!
    9:30am-11am
    Whether your teaching scheduled remote, flexible online, hybrid or face-to-face fostering a sense of community and regular communication is key to success. In this session, participants examine best practices for online course communication, building an online community, and setting clear expectations. 
    ​Click here to sign up

  • Zoom: Beyond the Basics
    9:30am-11am
    Looking to expand your use of Zoom? If you’re feeling good about setting up meetings and sharing your screen, but want to learn more about what Zoom can do, this is the session for you! In this session, you will learn how to:
    • share a whiteboard
    • annotate the screen
    • set up and facilitate polls
    • enable remote control
    • trim recorded meetings to cut out unwanted sections
    • facilitate breakout rooms 
          Click here to sign up

  • Active Lecture Online
    9:30am-11am
    Do you love the flexibility of teaching online but feel you lose some of your best strategies when you are behind the computer? Work with your colleagues to find ways that you can use some of your favorite in-class strategies in the online environment (for example, concept mapping, jigsaw, group notes/annotation, and more). Bring an online assignment or module (not a favorite) that you want to work on for this hands-on session. This session has a "choose your own adventure" design, so it is different each time. You will enjoy new content even if you have attended a previous session. 
    Click here to sign up

11:10-12:40 Sessions

  • Canvas | Meet the new editing tool! 
    11:10am 12:40pm
    Did you know the editing tool in Canvas got a facelift? The new user interface may be different, but it provides more editing space and easier access to frequently used tools. You will find the new editing tools all over Canvas whenever editing Announcements, Assignments, and Pages etc. Come learn how to use these tools and learn strategies for using Canvas to organize your content. Additionally, participants will learn how to create a syllabus in Canvas, import content, adjust the navigation, and publish items and their course.
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  • Intro to Zoom 
    11:10am 12:40pm
    This session is designed for users new to the Zoom web-conferencing tool. In this session, you will learn how to: • access an existing Zoom meeting • create a Zoom meeting for instruction or office hours • send an invitation to your meeting • record a meeting • see which students have joined your meeting • share your screen with students • share your recorded meeting with students 
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  • First Day Strategies
    11:10am 12:40pm
    In this session, participants will gain concrete strategies to amplify positive asynchronous and synchronous classroom behaviors, build a community of learners, and set the stage for active student-centered learning. We will try at least 5 different strategies that can be used in the very first class interaction to enhance classroom community. Participants will learn research-based information on the role of faculty-student interaction, how to introduce the course, and how to encourage student participation.
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  • Bb Collaborate:  Beyond the Basics
    11:10 am - 12:40pm
    The Blackboard Collaborate Beyond the Basics workshop is a hands-on workshop for faculty who are familiar with Bb Collaborate and want to learn advanced features and tips and tricks to expand their interaction and engagement with students in the virtual classroom. Topics include: Breakout rooms, Polling, Creating MP4 recordings, Attendance Rosters, Tips and Tricks, and much more. 
    Click here to sign up

1:20-2:50 Sessions

  • Dropout Detective | Detect Your Way to Better Student Success
    1:20pm- 2:50pm
    Are you spending a lot of time trying to figure out which students need help? There is a new tool, right in Canvas called Dropout Detective. With it, you can quickly and easily see which students are at risk so that you can get them the help that they need. Starting this spring semester, Dropout Detective will also be the place that you can "tag" or "alert" advisors that a student needs additional support. ​
    Click here to sign up​

  • Using Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor Successfully
    1:20pm- 2:50pm
    How does HCC promote academic integrity when testing online students without requiring them to visit campus or other certified testing centers? Find out how you can use Respondus to provide remote testing capabilities for your students. In this hands-on session, you’ll gain experience using Respondus Monitor as a student, as well as learn how to set it up as the instructor. Upon completion of the session, you’ll have the tools and resources to set it up in your course and explain to students how to use the tools. We will also review best practices to assure online exam integrity and make sure that your students can successfully test.​
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  • Group Work for Remote Teaching
    1:20pm - 2:50pm
    In this session, participants will get an overview of what group work and student collaboration can look like in the remote environment. You will identify and discuss the purpose of having students work together, select strategies for success, and identify technologies that can facilitate your goals.
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  • Creating PowerPoints for Instruction
    1:20pm- 2:50pm
    Use PowerPoint but have questions? Learn shortcuts, tips, and get your questions answered on how to develop PowerPoint slides that inform but not overwhelm.
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3:00-4:30 Sessions

  • Adopting the HCC Template/Learn How to Import the Template and Access the tools to Make Editing it Easy
    3:00pm- 4:30pm
    Blast off with the template and learn how to use the Rocket to make editing the HCC Online Course template fast and easy. Help student succeed by creating consistency across courses and make out of this world!
 
  • Active Lecture Online
    3:00pm- 4:30pm
    Do you love the flexibility of teaching online but feel you lose some of your best strategies when you are behind the computer? Work with your colleagues to find ways that you can use some of your favorite in-class strategies in the online environment (for example, concept mapping, jigsaw, group notes/annotation, and more). Bring an online assignment or module (not a favorite) that you want to work on for this hands-on session. This session has a "choose your own adventure" design, so it is different each time. You will enjoy new content even if you have attended a previous session.
    Click here to sign up

  • Intro to Zoom 
    3:00pm- 4:30pm
    This session is designed for users new to the Zoom web-conferencing tool. In this session, you will learn how to: • access an existing Zoom meeting • create a Zoom meeting for instruction or office hours • send an invitation to your meeting • record a meeting • see which students have joined your meeting • share your screen with students • share your recorded meeting with students
    Click here to sign up

  • Bb Collaborate:  Beyond the Basics
    3:00pm - 4:30pm
    The Blackboard Collaborate Beyond the Basics workshop is a hands-on workshop for faculty who are familiar with Bb Collaborate and want to learn advanced features and tips and tricks to expand their interaction and engagement with students in the virtual classroom. Topics include: Breakout rooms, Polling, Creating MP4 recordings, Attendance Rosters, Tips and Tricks, and much more.
    Click here to sign up