Our workshops for faculty and instructors provide an overview of technologies that enhance teaching and learning. Following are descriptions of the workshops we are currently offering. You can enroll for a session below. Instructors who wish to start independently can review the CourseWorks documentation -- download a PDF of the QuickStart guide here.

Workshop Descriptions:

Morningside Heights -- Morningside Heights workshops will be held in Butler Library, Room 204A, unless otherwise indicated.

CourseWorks I: An Introduction

Welcome to CourseWorks, Columbia University’s course management system. This session is for individuals who plan to use CourseWorks for the first time, or who want to review every day functions such as logging in, updating your course’s introduction page, and enabling or disabling sections of the site. We will also discuss setting up your course syllabus during this workshop.

• August 27, 2007 (Mon: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register
• August 28, 2007 (Tues: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register
• August 30, 2007 (Thurs: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register
  
• September 4, 2007 (Tues: 2:00 - 2:45) -- Register
• September 6, 2007 (Thurs: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register
• September 7, 2007 (Fri: 1:00 - 1:45) -- Register

CourseWorks II: More Features

This hands-on workshop takes your use of CourseWorks a step farther. Our educational technologists will teach you how to use other features of CW such as uploading files, creating discussion boards, posting assignments, and connecting library resources of your choosing. This workshop will also demonstrate course migration across semesters.

• August 28, 2007 (Tues: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register
• August 30, 2007 (Thurs: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register
• September 5, 2007 (Wed: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register
• September 5, 2007 (Wed: 2:00 - 2:45) -- Register
• September 7, 2007 (Fri: 2:00 - 2:45) -- Register

CourseWorks II: Evaluation Tools

This workshop delves deeper into using CourseWorks as an evaluation tool. Educational technologists will help you use the Test & Quiz section to deliver a survey, quiz, or test. This workshop will also briefly cover using discussion boards.

Learn how to create surveys in CourseWorks that solicit valuable feedback from your students. In this session we will cover how to create a survey using the Test & Quiz section in CourseWorks and different techniques for creating an effective survey.

• Sessions TBA

Using Digital Resources for Teaching: An Overview

Our educational technologists will provide you with a general overview on how teaching can be enhance with new media. We will provide examples of how you can use audio, video, and images in the classroom and on your course Web site.

For hands-on work with audio and video attend our workshop: Teaching with Audio and Video.

For hands-on work with text and image attend our workshop: Teaching with Digital Text and Image.

• August 27, 2007 (Mon: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register
• September 4 , 2007 (Tues: 3:00 - 3:45) -- Register

Teaching with Audio and Video

Note: Participants of this workshop must have a basic knowledge of CourseWorks

In this hands-on workshop, our educational technologists will teach you how to use audio and video clips in classroom presentations and on your course Web site. You will learn how to find, digitize, and revise audio, video, and image sources for your course needs. We encourage you to bring your own audio and video items to this session.

• August 29, 2007 (Wed: 2:00 - 2:45) -- Register
• September 10, 2007 (Mon: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register

Teaching with Digital Text and Images

Note: Participants of this workshop must have a basic knowledge of CourseWorks

This workshop focuses on using digital text and images in your teaching and on your course Web site. Please bring any text or image materials you need assistance with to this session. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to digitize and revise/modify text and images for your course needs.

• August 30, 2007 (Thurs: 2:00 - 2:45) -- Register
• September 6, 2007 (Thurs: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register

Discovering Collaboration Tools

Note: Participants of this workshop must have a basic knowledge of CourseWorks

This workshop will explore using discussion boards, blogs, and wikis to create an effective collaborative work environment for your students. You will learn to compare discussion boards, blogs, and wikis to achieve the best form of interaction and balance to meet your learning/teaching objectives. Our educational technologists will walk you through the steps and help you experiment with each tool. You will leave with resources to build on the knowledge you gained during this session. (Note to ETs: include information on how to feed this media into CW.)

• August 29, 2007 (Wed: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register
• September 5, 2007 (Wed: 12:15 - 1:00) -- Register
• September 10, 2007 (Mon: 11:00 - 11:45) -- Register

Medical Center Campus -- Medical Center Campus workshops will be held at 2nd Floor Hammer in the PC Classroom unless otherwise indicated.

Workshop schedule TBA

Please contact us at (212) 854-9058 or ccnmtl-workshops@columbia.edu if you are having trouble enrolling online or you would like further information.

To find out more about the university's course management system, CourseWorks@Columbia, please visit CourseWorks Support site.

We will be happy to tailor any of our workshops or design new workshops for departments or other groups. If you are interested in setting up a customized workshop, please contact ccnmtl-workshops@columbia.edu.