Canvas/MoodleRooms
Open Forum
Donalee Attardo, Jeff Weber, and Keith Brown from the Office of Information Technology (OIT) will host an open forum on campus to provide an update on the University's current learning management system (LMS) evaluation and answer your questions.
- Date
- Thursday, April 13
- Time
- 10 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location
- Griggs Center
RSVP via the UMD Canvas/Moodle LMS Open Forum Signup Form, if you plan to attend. You may submit questions you would like addressed at the workshop on that same form.
Demo Recordings
If you were unable to attend one of the vendor demonstrations via WebEx, you can watch Canvas or MoodleRooms event recordings.
Data and Reports
If you are interested in further information on the LMS evaluation process, check out LMS Evaluation Data and Reports.
Upcoming Educational Technology Events
Building an Exam Security Roadmap
The University of Minnesota has been investigating a variety of emerging technologies for the purpose of improving the proctoring of online exams. After reviewing the initial needs of the University, a viable candidate for an enterprise level e-Proctoring solution has been identified, and we are in the planning stages for implementation. To help best utilize this new software, as well as to determine other needs of a future exam security environment, we are seeking your perspective.
The Academic Integrity Workshop Agenda includes a discussion of exam security considerations and pedagogy, which are not related to a specific technology solution.
- Date
- Friday, April 7, 2017
- Time
- 10 to 11:30 a.m.
- Location
- 30B Bruininks Hall or join the Exam Security Event via WebEx.
RSVP via the Academic Integrity Workshop Signup Form. Ask any questions you would like covered during the workshop on that form too.
Metacognition: Strategies for Helping Students Learn How to Learn
A TeachingSupport@UMN workshop is being offered.
Workshop Description
As experts in our particular fields, we have learned how to plan, monitor, evaluate, and reflect on new contexts, ideas, practices, and research as part of daily lives. While these metacognitive skills are invaluable to us, they are largely invisible to, and therefore not practiced by, our students as novice learners. This session will focus on ways of incorporating metacognitive skill development into the homework, class activities and assignments students complete while enrolled in your courses so that they, too, become self-directed learners.
| Delivery Method | Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| In Person | Thursday, April 13, 2017 | 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. | Walter Library 101, University of Minnesota Twin Cities - East Bank |
| Webex | Wednesday, April 19, 2017 | 11:50 to 1:00 p.m. | Online |
Those who cannot join either session can request access to workshop materials, including narrated presentation slides.
RSVP and/or request post-workshop materials.
Spring Semester Wrap-up Sessions
ITSS educational technologists will again be adding extra Friday drop-in sessions to assist faculty and instructional staff with final gradebook preparations and fall course planning. We will also be joined by representative from the Registrar's office to assist with final grade (MyU/Peoplesoft) submission. No registration is required for any of the drop-in sessions.
Wrap-up for Spring/Planning for Fall Friday Drop-in Sessions
- Location
- Kirby Plaza 175
- Time
- 11 to Noon and 2-3 p.m.
- Dates
- Friday, April 21
- Friday, April 28
- Friday, May 5
Regularly Scheduled Drop-in Sessions Through Thursday, May 4
- Location
- Kirby Plaza 175
- Day and Times
- Monday, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
- Tuesday, 10 to 11 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
- Wednesday, 3 to 4 p.m.
- Thursday, 10 to 11 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m.
Locally Grown Open Educational Resources
The UMN Digital Education and Innovation (DEI) team has created some amazing resources and they are sharing with the world!
Visit Digital Education and Innovation for:
- Open educational resources
- Free software
- Information about some of their projects
The educational resources they create are openly licensed. That means you can use them freely and even edit them to meet your own needs. Go get ‘em!