Academic Technology Workshops

Academic Technology offers a number of face-to-face, hybrid and online workshops and webinars which provide the opportunity to actively explore many different types of multimedia software, course management tools and best practices for the online environment.

The workshops typically last from one to three hours and are offered frequently throughout the year.

Training workshops are also available upon request at times and locations that are convenient for you.

If there is a workshop topic not listed below that you would like to see offered, we are open to suggestions.

Review what's offered below and search the training calendar for available dates and registration.

Workshops and Webinars

Course Design Workshops
  • Online Course Design & Delivery (OCDD) - Required for instructors teaching online
    This training, designed by the Eastern Florida Online Professional Development Workgroup, aims to familiarize online instructors at EFSC with online course design and delivery best practices, Quality Matters (QM) standards, EFSC Master Courses, course organization options, and instructor and student interaction strategies. Designed to be completed in about three hours and available over the course of three weeks, the training allows participants to work through content at their own speed without module-based deadlines.
Educational Technologies Workshops

  • SoftChalk Workshop - Faculty Advancement Credit
    SoftChalk© LessonBuilder is software that allows you to easily create and edit digital content such as text, pop-up annotations, interactive activities and assessments, images, hyperlinks and video. In this webinar, you will learn how to create media-rich learning objects and incorporate them into your Canvas classroom.

  • EFSC Capture - Kaltura MediaSpace in Canvas
    The Kaltura technology makes recording or "capturing" classroom lectures and linking the content into Canvas as easy as walking into the classroom. This capturing capability enables students to improve comprehension and retention by on-demand review and allows instructors to improve the effectiveness of the classroom and office hours.

  • Turnitin
    Ensure the integrity of your students' writings by utilizing Turnitin drop boxes to check the originality of submitted papers. Save time and improve feedback through inline grading and commenting. Turnitin's PeerMark feature allows you to engage students by providing anonymous feedback of other student's submissions.

  • Advanced Course Enhancement Workshop Series
    This is a 3-part series of workshops designed to provide participants with information on advanced concepts and techniques to enhance their Canvas courses beyond the required basic training. The series includes the following workshops which can be taken in any order:

    1. Creating an Inviting Home Page - Faculty Advancement Credit
      In this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn how to create an inviting, clean and organized homepage. Participants will learn how to create their own buttons and page banners using various online tools.

    2. Securing Quizzes and Working with Test Banks - Faculty Advancement Credit
      In this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn about advanced quiz settings and how the settings can be used to enhance quiz security. They will also learn how to work with test banks.

    3. Managing Grades - Faculty Advancement Credit
      In this 1-hour webinar, participants will learn how to set up their gradebook, use Grades and SpeedGrader.

  • Accessible Course Content Webinar
    Accessible course content benefits all students. In this webinar, instructors will learn how to use multiple tools to ensure that course content is fully accessible to all students.
  • Microsoft Teams  Webinar
    Microsoft Teams enables instructors to connect with students online. Teams meetings provide many features to create an engaging, live environment. In this webinar, instructors will learn how to create online meetings with students, and how to present content using the tools available in Microsoft Teams.

  • Ally Webinar
    Ally is a tool integrated into Canvas courses. It provides a report listing accessibility issues found in Canvas content. Ally also provides alternative formats for Canvas content. Instructors will learn how to navigate the Ally Report and how to fix accessibility issues in Canvas content.
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