Faculty Prep Week • August 15 – 19, 2022
The Center for Integrated Professional Development is ready to help you teach this fall. In addition to the workshops below, check out our many Teaching Resources.
If you have specific questions, you can email ProDev@ilstu.edu to be connected with a member of our faculty support team.
Workshops
Faculty Prep Week events will be offered online. Registration is required. Select the date and time of the session you wish to attend, to sign up through My.IllinoisState. Registration closes one business day before the session date. Participants will be sent a Zoom meeting link at least one day before the event.
ReggieNet: Getting Started
Monday, August 15 • 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Steve Travers, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Thursday, August 18 • 10 a.m. to 12 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Integrated Professional Development
New to teaching at Illinois State? Or need a refresher on ReggieNet? This workshop packs a lot in just two hours: Learn how to upload your syllabus and other course materials, set-up emails, and create assignments. Get a quick tour of the online grade book function. Registration is required.
Nearpod
Monday, August 15 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Greg Maier, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Get started using Nearpod, an interactive tool replacing classroom clickers at Illinois State. This one-hour workshop will give you a tour of the tool’s basic features. It allows you to empower students, track attendance, distribute learning resources, and check the pulse of your class with ongoing formative assessments in many learning scenarios. Registration is required.
Classroom Technology Demos and Personal Amplifiers
(No registration necessary)
Tuesday, August 16 • 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Wednesday, August 17 • 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Friday, August 19 • 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Williams 308 or online
All general-use classrooms at Illinois State are fitted with webcams with microphones, Zoom, and the ability to use the document camera in Zoom. Some classrooms also feature a special wide-angle camera that allows instructors to change the view from the lecture station to the whiteboard. Staff from Learning Spaces and Audio/Visual Technologies will demonstrate classroom technologies, including how to host a Zoom meeting from your classroom. No registration is required. Instructors who can’t attend in person can also view sessions on Zoom.
Those attending in person can also pick up a personal audio amplifier for use when teaching while masked. Amplifiers may also be picked up from Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in room 207 of the Nelson Smith building.
ReggieNet: Gradebook Clinic
Tuesday, August 16 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Friday, August 19 • 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Charles Bristow, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Get a hands-on tour of the ReggieNet Gradebook tool. Learn how to create items within the Gradebook or add them from other ReggieNet tools. You’ll tackle basic features like setting up grade categories, working with weighted categories, reordering your gradebook items, and viewing grading statistics. Registration is required.
Microsoft Stream
Wednesday, August 17 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Online
Friday, August 19 • 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Greg Maier, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Microsoft Stream is a new video hosting service, replacing Office 365 Video. It allows instructors to upload and share video content with their students through ReggieNet, websites, or direct links. This brief introduction will get you started using the tool for the coming semester. Registration is required.
Getting to Know Digital Accessibility
Register by Wednesday, August 17
Synchronous session:
Thursday, August 18 • 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Location:
Online
Facilitators:
Jen Bethmann,
Office of Technology Solutions
Sarah Metivier,
Student Access and Accommodation Services
This session will provide participants with vital institutional knowledge related to supporting students with disabilities in higher education using accessible course content. The presenters will help the participants develop an understanding of what accessible content entails. Registration is required.
Teaching with Adobe
Thursday, August 18 • 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Greg Maier, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Adobe Creative Cloud is available to all Illinois State University students, faculty, and staff, and contains powerful tools that can be integrated into your courses. This special short course will introduce you to several tools, included within the Creative Cloud, such Express, Portfolio, Rush, and XD, and you’ll explore which ones fit your teaching needs.
This is a hands-on workshop. Please make sure you install Adobe Premiere Rush and XD on your device prior to the event. Registration is required.
Teaching with Zoom
Friday, August 19 • 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Online
Facilitator:
Jim Gee, Center for Integrated Professional Development
Facilitate learning using Zoom, the University’s online conferencing platform. Learn how to set up virtual meetings, and explore useful tools like polls, break-out rooms, and new features like whiteboards and apps. You’ll learn about recommended practices to ensure a safe and productive synchronous learning environment and discuss ways to mitigate equity issues for students with connectivity or technology problems. This workshop is designed for faculty and staff who are using Zoom for advanced learning. For basic help using Zoom, visit Help.IllinoisState.edu. Registration is required.