Workshops
Getting Started In Vista (for faculty)
This 2-day highly customized workshop addresses the need to jump start most programs and to get the faculty enthused about this extraordinary teaching system. Although Vista offers almost limitless possibilities for sharing and leveraging resources, the first time teacher is mostly concerned with teaching one course as well as they did in Campus Edition or another software. In two days participants will convert a course to the Vista environment, explore the basic Internet tools they have been using, examine several new tools offered only in Vista, and set up their online gradebook. Faculty will be empowered as a Section Designer/Instructor to extend their course deisgns into a powerful, flexible teaching environment. More >
Vista for the Deployment Team
This 4-day series focuses on the support team and instructional designers who will be rolling out Vista to the faculty or trainers. This series approaches Vista from most roles and levels. Participants will develop sections (of a course), course templates, group templates, and institutional templates. Participants will assume the major administrative and designer roles in 4 Vista levels (learning contexts). Participants will also develop a training plan for faculty and a support strategy. This series of 4 workshops will enable your team to move forward with your roll-out plans. More >
- Introduction to Vista (Concepts and Practicum)
- Advanced Tools & Components
- Templates and Contexts -- Leveraging Vista
- Managing Students, Grades, Settings and Statistics
Storyboarding to Success
This 1-day workshop was selected for two years in a row to be offered as a pre-conference workshop by WebCT at its annual International Users Conference. It will take you through the creation of two full storyboards. The first storyboard will be done in groups using the same syllabus and lesson plan. The afternoon storyboard will be developed by each attendee based on his/her own materials. If you don't know where to start, you can never go wrong with this workshop. More >
Build Your Own Course
This 2-day workshop takes faculty through the student interface and the designer interface. Participants should bring in electronic format a syllabus, course materials, and glossaries. Course materials may include Microsoft Word documents, Powerpoint Presentations, Excel spreadsheets and PDF materials. The first day is spent giving the participants the basics of design and end with the uploading of their course materials. Day two focues on each participant employing the skills from day one with their materials to have a simple, complete course with which they can evole into more advanced applications.
Quizzing and Assessment
This 1-day workshop usually follows the 2-day "Build Your Own Course" workshop, and covers quizzing, self-test, assignments, and alternative assessments.
Managing Your Course, Gradebook and Students
A 1-day workshop that covers the gradebook extensively as well as other management responsibilities. These include: organizing the various tools for optimum usage, tracking students, statistics in WebCT, resetting your course, course backups, and Manage Files.
The 5-Day Comprehensive Program
The above 4 workshops delivered in this order can leave your faculty not only with a sound, online course, but solid WebCT skills for delivering and managing their course. Discount available for this package. See pricing.
Advanced Tools for Teaching and Learning
This full day workshop covers the CD-Rom Tool, Image Database, Student Presentations, and other aspects for individual and group activities. Collaboration and community building are stressed.
Making Your WebCT Course Accessible
This 1-day workshop covers the laws and guidelines for the US, Canada and the UK. Participants will discover how WebCT has done much of the work of making your course accessible. However, all content must still be made compiant by the instructors. Attendees will learn simple things to do that will bring their content into compliance as well as download software to assist in assessing future pages.
