Blackboard will be unavailable this Friday, Sept. 30, beginning at 3 p.m. for necessary maintenance. We anticipate the work taking around three hours to complete.

The Classroom: Faculty and Student Rights & Responsibilities
Wednesday, Sept. 28, 1-2 p.m. | Sangamon, room 0119.
Facilitator: Leslie Johnson, Assistant Vice President, Student Services
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Do you know what to do when you encounter students who disrupt the learning environment?  Join Leslie Johnson, Assistant Vice President, Student Success, to learn more about procedures and best practices used to support students’ success in and outside of the classroom. Areas covered will range from addressing plagiarism to student behavior issues.

Go Mobile! Best Practices For Making Your Course More Mobile Learning Friendly

Thursday, Sept. 29, 2-3 p.m. | Sangamon, room 0119
Facilitators: Barry Lamb, Director, Instructional Technology Services & Jennifer Stallman, Instructional Designer
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Come to this workshop to learn how to make your course more mobile friendly to keep your students learning on the go! We will discuss best practices to consider when designing for mobile learning, and how Blackboard can help.

Assessment Open Lab
Tuesday, Sept. 20 | 10 a.m.-noon | Sangamon 0119
No registration is required.

Facilitator: Jennie O’Malley, Ph.D., Professor of Biology & Faculty Assessment Coordinator
Ever try to complete your assessment activities only to find you have questions that need to be answered before you can proceed further?  Not sure how to get started with your course/program assessments?  Need support as you prepare your assessment materials for the Institutional Improvement Day afternoon assessment workgroups?  These open-lab sessions will give you the opportunity to get individual help with any of your assessment needs.

Blackboard Upgrade and Changes for 2017
Wednesday, Sept. 21 | 10-11 a.m. | Sangamon 0119
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Facilitator: Andy Mitkos, Learning Management System Coordinator
We are pleased to announce exciting changes coming to our Blackboard system. Come hear about all of the things that you can expect to see in our Blackboard system this coming spring semester and hear how these updates and changes may impact you and your students. This session is highly recommended for faculty who use Blackboard regularly for online and face-to-face classes.

Introduction to the Accessibility Services Faculty Resource Guide
Thursday, Sept. 22 | 11 a.m.-noon | Sangamon 0119
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Facilitator: Kim Eddings, Accessibility Services Coordinator
Accessibility Services has developed a “packaged” guide to disability and disability-related resources that we would love to introduce to all faculty and staff. Included in this SoftChalk Create guide is information to assist you in teaching students with disabilities, planning lessons, developing work spaces that meet accessibility guidelines, as well as reinforcing the Universal Design for Learning principle that “what is good for one, is good for all.” Please join us as we walk through this guide and ask that you provide valuable feedback for updates and improvements.

INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT OFFICEMIX
Tuesday, Sept. 13 | 2-3 p.m. | Sangamon 0119
Facilitators: Barry Lamb, Director, Instructional Technology Services; Gary Bach, Instructional Technology Specialist, & Carl Jones, Instructional Media Specialist

Office Mix is a free add-in for PowerPoint 2013 that allows you to easily create and share interactive online videos from the PowerPoint software. Please join us for a demo of Office Mix, a discussion of ideas for using it with students, and the opportunity to create your first Office Mix. Click here to register for this session.

ASSESSMENT OPEN LAB
Wednesday, Sept. 14 | 2-4 p.m. | Sangamon 0119
Facilitator: Jennie O’Malley, Ph.D Professor, Biology & Faculty Assessment Coordinator

Ever try to complete your assessment activities only to find you have questions that need to be answered before you can proceed further?  Not sure how to get started with your course/program assessments?  Need support as you prepare your assessment materials for the Institutional Improvement Day afternoon assessment workgroups?  These open-lab sessions will give you the opportunity to get individual help with any of your assessment needs.  No registration required.

The department of Academic Innovation and eLearning (formerly ITDE) is excited to offer a full range of workshops covering a variety of topics this semester.  View the Fall 2016 workshop schedule.

We ask that you register in advance for each session you would like to attend. Workshops offered this week for Beginning Blackboard and Microsoft Office 365!

A reminder that the LLCC Blackboard system will be unavailable today from 8 a.m. -5 p.m. while the system is taken offline for necessary maintenance and upgrades in preparation for the fall semester.

The LLCC Blackboard system will be unavailable this coming Thursday, Aug. 4,  from 8 a.m. -5 p.m. The system needs to be taken offline for necessary maintenance and upgrades in preparation for the fall semester.

Please note, Blackboard will be down today, May 24  from 6 a.m.-noon for maintenance.

Blackboard Open Lab
Facilitator: Gary Bach, Instructional Technology Specialist
Wednesday, April 20 | 2-4 p.m. | Sangamon Hall, 0119

Have you ever had questions about how to accomplish something in Blackboard but couldn’t attend a previously scheduled Blackboard workshop to ask?  This monthly, drop-in open house session gives you the opportunity to get individual help with your questions. No registration is required to attend.

How Can Blackboard Make Your Life Easier?
Facilitator: Andy Mitkos, Learning Management Systems Coordinator
Thursday, April 21 | 11 a.m.-noon | Sangamon, 0119

Have you ever wondered if there was a simpler way to complete common tasks in Blackboard? In this workshop we will talk about some of the best time saving tools that Blackboard has to offer, such as Qwickly, student access reports, and ways to automate course content deployment.  Feel free to bring your own ideas for your favorite shortcuts and we will discuss and demonstrate ways to work more efficiently in Blackboard. Click here to register for this session.