HANDS-ON HUSKYCT Workshops and other EdTech Workshops
Is your HuskyCT Grade Center ready for midterm and final grade calculations? Do you have questions about using HuskyCT tools in your course? Join us for hands on guidance with HuskyCT, including Grade Center. Workshops take place in Rowe 319 except via Webex dates.
Please bring your laptop.
Mon., 8/14 2:00-3:00 pm – iClicker Personal Response Systems
The use of Classroom Response Systems or “clickers” is a proven way to engage students and let instructors know what students are thinking. This training will cover the following:
- How to install/run the iClicker software
- How to setup a Polling Session
- How to run a Polling Session
- How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
- How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
- How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT
Register here
Tues., 8/15 1:30-3:00 pm – Developing and Building Test, Surveys, and Pools (via WebEx)
Many instructors administer online assessments through HuskyCT, and this session will cover the variety of settings that ensure a smooth experience for both you and your students. This session will cover creating questions outside of HuskyCT and uploading them into the system, as well as the range of available submission and feedback settings.
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Tues., 8/15 1:30-3:00 pm – Kaltura and Collaborate
Kaltura is an application built right into HuskyCT that allows instructors and students to record their own video and audio, such as screencasts and/or webcam recordings, and add them directly to their courses. Collaborate is a web-conferencing platform (similar to Skype or WebEx) built into HuskyCT and available to every instructor, allowing for remote/virtual live interaction with students. This session will cover the basics of each platform and how they can be used in your course through HuskyCT.
Register here
Wed., 8/16 9:30-10:30 pm – iClicker Personal Response Systems (online using WebEx)
The use of Classroom Response Systems or “clickers” is a proven way to engage students and let instructors know what students are thinking. This training will cover the following:
- How to install/run the iClicker software
- How to setup a Polling Session
- How to run a Polling Session
- How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
- How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
- How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT
Register here
Wed., 8/16 11:00 – 12:30 pm – Organizing Course Materials in HuskyCT
This session will cover options for presenting and arranging materials in your HuskyCT course in ways that minimize confusion for students. We will discuss various options for adding content, such as the difference between sorting materials into folders or learning modules, as well as controlling the visibility of content to students. We will also cover options for adding multimedia elements to your course, such as audio and video, among the variety of other content options available in the system.
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Wed., 8/16 3:00-4:00 pm – Using Rubrics in HuskyCT
The Rubrics tool in HuskyCT allows instructors to create, edit, and use rubrics for grading in a number of different areas in courses, and for a number of different uses. Rubrics are highly customizable and can be adapted to many pedagogical purposes. For those who use rubrics, this tool can be very beneficial to both students and instructors. This session will cover how to create, deploy, and use rubrics, as well as what students see when rubrics are used in a course.
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Thurs., 8/17 11:00-12:30 pm – Exploring HuskyCT for Future Courses (via WebEx)
This session will provide a general overview of a range of learning delivery tools available within HuskyCT. These include frequently used tools such as announcements, assignments, test/surveys/pools, and discussions, but we will also cover less frequently used but still very useful options such as Kaltura, journals, blogs, wikis, adaptive release, and others.
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Thurs., 8/17 2:00-3:00 pm – Using Rubrics in HuskyCT (via WebEx)
The Rubrics tool in HuskyCT allows instructors to create, edit, and use rubrics for grading in a number of different areas in courses, and for a number of different uses. Rubrics are highly customizable and can be adapted to many pedagogical purposes. For those who use rubrics, this tool can be very beneficial to both students and instructors. This session will cover how to create, deploy, and use rubrics, as well as what students see when rubrics are used in a course.
Register here
Friday, 8/18 10:00-11:30 am – Kaltura and Collaborate (online using Collaborate)
Kaltura is an application built right into HuskyCT that allows instructors and students to record their own video and audio, such as screencasts and/or webcam recordings, and add them directly to their courses. Collaborate is a web-conferencing platform (similar to Skype or WebEx) built into HuskyCT and available to every instructor, allowing for remote/virtual live interaction with students. This session will cover the basics of each platform and how they can be used in your course through HuskyCT.
Register here
Wed., 8/23 10:00-11:00 am – iClicker Personal Response Systems (online using WebEx)
The use of Classroom Response Systems or “clickers” is a proven way to engage students and let instructors know what students are thinking. This training will cover the following:
- How to install/run the iClicker software
- How to setup a Polling Session
- How to run a Polling Session
- How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
- How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
- How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT
Register here
Wed., 8/23 1:00-2:30 pm – Fostering Collaboration Online Using HuskyCT
HuskyCT offers a number ways to incorporate online student collaborations such as discussion boards and group work, as well as increasingly popular methods that make use of live and recorded video and audio. This session will cover the tools available to instructors and students within HuskyCT and discuss various uses and best practices.
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Wed., 8/23 3:30-4:30 pm – Grade Center Basics (via WebEx)
The Grade Center in HuskyCT can be one of the most useful and time-saving features of the learning management system, but its many options and settings can cause confusion. This session will cover the basic functions of the Grade Center and break down its settings to help you make use of it in your teaching for both recording and calculating grades.
Register here
Fri., 8/25 9:30-11:00 pm – Kaltura and Collaborate
Kaltura is an application built right into HuskyCT that allows instructors and students to record their own video and audio, such as screencasts and/or webcam recordings, and add them directly to their courses. Collaborate is a web-conferencing platform (similar to Skype or WebEx) built into HuskyCT and available to every instructor, allowing for remote/virtual live interaction with students. This session will cover the basics of each platform and how they can be used in your course through HuskyCT.
Register here
Mon., 8/28 10:30-11:30 am – iClicker Personal Response Systems
The use of Classroom Response Systems or “clickers” is a proven way to engage students and let instructors know what students are thinking. This training will cover the following:
- How to install/run the iClicker software
- How to setup a Polling Session
- How to run a Polling Session
- How to link your Polling Sessions to HuskyCT
- How to sync your roster and scores into HuskyCT
- How to setup clicker Registration for your students in HuskyCT
Register here
Thurs., 8/31 11:00-12:30 pm – Using Groups in HuskyCT
Instructors are able to create student groups in HuskyCT, and each group can have its own separate areas of the course with its own separate functions. This session will cover using online groups in HuskyCT, how to set them up and make best use of them, and some of the benefits and limitations of doing so.
Register here
Fri., 9/1 9:30-11:00 pm – Kaltura and Collaborate
Kaltura is an application built right into HuskyCT that allows instructors and students to record their own video and audio, such as screencasts and/or webcam recordings, and add them directly to their courses. Collaborate is a web-conferencing platform (similar to Skype or WebEx) built into HuskyCT and available to every instructor, allowing for remote/virtual live interaction with students. This session will cover the basics of each platform and how they can be used in your course through HuskyCT.
Register here
HuskyCT: Contact Daniel Facchinetti if you have questions or would like more information.
Other EdTech: Contact Karen Skudlarek if you have questions or would like more information.
For more information, contact: Educational Technologies at edtech@uconn.edu