Events from August 27, 2018 – September 4, 2018 – Page 3 – Educational Technology at Smith College Events from August 27, 2018 – September 4, 2018 – Page 3 – Educational Technology at Smith College

Annotation Tools for Active Learning

Seelye Hall 212 Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA, United States

Just like other kinds of critical thinking, the development of deep reading skills takes practice and time to develop. Students bring a range of experiences and comfort with reading academic discourse, however, most can still benefit from timely guidance and feedback. In this workshop, you’ll reflect on your needs in helping students develop as critical … Continued

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Zotero

Seelye Hall 212 Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA, United States

Want to make your research process more organized and efficient? Attend a one-hour tutorial to get started with Zotero! Zotero is a free application that helps you collect, archive, manage, and cite your sources in seconds, all with the click of a button! It's available in all library computers and you can download it on … Continued

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WordPress 101: WordPress Basics

At Smith, instructors across campus are using WordPress in their courses to teach foreign languages, investigate historical texts, showcase student work, and more. In this workshop, we’ll explore some of … Continued

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WordPress Plugins

Seelye Hall 212 Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA, United States

In this workshop we will go beyond the basic content management functions of WordPress and cover a number of ways you can use plugins to add functionality to your site.  We’ll create interactive content with H5P, and develop ways to input structured data with Advanced Custom Fields. You will have a chance to work on … Continued

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Presentation Design: How to Improve Your Slide Presentations

Hillyer 320 Hillyer Art Library, Northampton, MA, United States

  Ever wondered whether your slide presentations are effectively designed? In this workshop, we’ll be covering how can you improve your class slides using simple, yet effective, design techniques. As these techniques go beyond your preferred tool, Google Slides, Keynote, or PowerPoint users are welcome to join us. Refreshments will be served. To register for … Continued

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Get Started with Moodle & the Moodle Gradebook

Seelye Hall 212 Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA, United States

In this introductory workshop, you’ll learn to navigate Moodle’s interface, organize your course, add your syllabus and readings, and create and collect online assignments and discussions. We’ll guide you through … Continued

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Build Powerful Surveys with Qualtrics

Seelye Hall 212 Seelye Hall, Northampton, MA, United States

Qualtrics is a sophisticated yet simple online survey platform for creating and distributing surveys as well as generating detailed reports. Flexible question types allow researchers to collect quantitative and qualitative … Continued

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