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Ed Tech Center Workshop Descriptions

The Educational Technology Center staff provides training that helps faculty and staff
incorporate technology into the JCCC curriculum.

Please register online to reserve your seat. Instructions for registering online are found at http://jccc.net/home/download/3315/instructions.pdf

iTeach Online Workshop (formerly WebCeTera)

This five week, online workshop explores how you can place instructional materials, quizzes and discussions online using Blackboard Campus Edition (CE) 6 course tools. This session is beneficial for current and future online instructors as well as faculty members who wish to place instructional materials online for face-to-face classes. The five iTeach Online Modules cover:

Read Me First	What is iTeach Online?, What You Need to Do and Know to Start the Course.
Module 1	Accessing Blackboard CE as a Student, Introduction to Blackboard CE, the Interface, the HTML Creator and the Blackboard CE Communication Tools: Calendar, Discussions, and Mail.
Module 2	Building Your Course in CE 6, Adding Tools, Adding Section Designers, Managing Files and the Basic Tools: Announcements, Calendar, Chat/Whiteboard, Discussions, and Syllabus
Module 3	Bringing Content into Your Course Using the Content Manager, Import/Export, and Working with the Learning Modules and the Media Library Tools.
Module 4	Adding Course Assessments Using the Assessments Tool and Respondus.
Module 5	Adding Assignments Using the Assignments Tool and More.

By the conclusion of the course, you should be able to:

Identify and use the major tools and features available in Blackboard CE 6.
Add, arrange, delete and modify settings for the appropriate tools used in a Blackboard CE course shell (e.g. Assessments, Assignments, Calendar, Chat/Whiteboard, Discussions, Grade Book, Learning Modules, Mail, Media Library, and Syllabus tool).
Create (using the HTML Creator), manage, and transfer content files used in your online course shell between your computer and the JCCC CE 6 server.
Know the expectations for a JCCC online faculty member.
Participate in an online discussion of instructional issues related to online course design and online instruction.

iTeach Online is not a self-paced course but rather an interactive class that gives faculty a chance to experience being an online student--as they learn CE 6. Participants will receive the textbook (a volume of practical tips for online groups--a fast read) and upon successful completion, an iTeach t-shirt. Previous students in iTeach (formerly WebCeTera) have estimated that it takes from 8-10 hours per week to successfully complete the 5-week course.

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