Summer 2012 TALENT Workshops: Laulima Essentials

Planning to teach online or looking to use Web-based tools in your face-to-face course? These webinars can help get you started:

Intro to Laulima
Laulima is the University's learning management system. We'll introduce you to the system and demonstrate how it can be used to perform basic course functions.
July 17 noon - 1:00 pm

Tools and Pedagogies
Discover how certain pedagogies can be applied to Laulima's tools to help make conducting course activities more effective. This workshop will introduce techniques and present examples to consider when delivering a course online or enhancing a face to face class using Laulima.
July 19 noon - 1:00 pm

Laulima's Testing Tools
This workshop will cover the basics of using the two testing tools -- Tasks, Tests and Surveys and Tests & Quizzes -- available in Laulima. Topics include constructing a basic quiz, publishing considerations, and viewing/grading student submissions.
July 24 noon - 1:00 pm

Tips and Tricks
Learn how to convert a file to PDF, embed a YouTube video, create a Web page in Laulima then link it to a Home page, and learn how to tag an avatar to your messages in the Discussion and Private Messages tool.
July 26 noon - 1:00 pm

The webinars are free and will be conducted via the Halawai web conference system.

Register online at http://www.hawaii.edu/training.
Information on attending the webinars will be provided before each session.

Questions? Contact us at itech-l@lists.hawaii.edu

Presented by Information Technologies Services - Academic Technologies

Teaching and Learning with Electronic Networked Technologies. TALENT is a faculty development program supported at all campuses of the University of Hawaii System. The program provides instruction on various online tools and technologies to interested faculty throughout the academic year.

Posted on behalf of:

Matt Parcon
UH-ITS

Free Manoa ITS Laulima Workshops

Fall 2011 TALENT Workshops: Laulima Essentials
Planning to teach online or looking to use Web-based tools in your face-to-face course? These webinars can help get you started:

Laulima Overview
Laulima is the University's learning management system. We'll introduce you to the system and demonstrate how it can be used to perform basic course functions.
October 20 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Digital Content Creation
Equip yourself with readily available software to digitize your content for the Web. We'll show you where to get them and how to use them.
October 27 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Tools and Pedagogies
See how Laulima's tools can be used in a course. We'll show how to use them effectively, and why some might be more beneficial over others.
November 3 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Student Assessment
Online tests can simplify the assessment process. This workshop will help get you started with using Laulima's testing tools.
November 10 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

The webinars are free and will be conducted via the Halawai web conference system.
To attend, register at http://www.hawaii.edu/training.
Questions? Contact us at itech-l@lists.hawaii.edu
Presented by Information Technologies Services - Academic Technologies

Teaching and Learning with Electronic Networked Technologies. TALENT is a faculty development program supported at all campuses of the University of Hawaii System. The program provides instruction on various online tools and technologies to interested faculty throughout the academic year.

Catherine Kawada
Distance Learning Coordinator
ITS, Academic Technologies
http://www.hawaii.edu/dlit
http://www.hawaii.edu/dl

Fall 2010 TALENT Workshops

Aloha! The Academic Technologies division of Information Technology Services (ITS) will be offering its Fall 2010 series of workshops and webinars via interactive television (ITV) and the Halawai webconference system starting September 28. Please forward to any interested UH faculty and staff.

TALENT sessions via ITV
These are lecture-based sessions and are broadcast from Manoa on Tuesdays (1:30-2:30 PM) to various campus sites.

Sep 28 - Getting Started with Laulima
Laulima is the University's learning management system. This workshop provides an overview of the Laulima interface and various workspace management functions, plus a brief introduction to a few tools that can be used to facilitate basic course functions on the Web. 

Oct 5 - Converting Course Content for the Web
Learn how you can use free software to create course content for the Web. The workshop will demonstrate how to convert files to PDF using CutePDF, create an audio podcast using Audacity, and create a narrated PowerPoint using Jing.

Oct 12 - Making Course Content Available on the Web Using Laulima
Learn how you can distribute or make files available to students using various Laulima tools.

Oct 19 - Assessment Tools
This workshop will provide an overview of assessment, tips for testing online, and will introduce tools that can be used to conduct assessments in a course, briefly covering iClickers and Laulima's testing tools.

Oct 26 - Testing and the Gradebook Tool in Laulima
This workshop will provide an introduction to Laulima's "Tests & Quizzes," "Tasks, Tests and Surveys" and "Gradebook" tools. 

Nov 9 - Laulima Tips & Tricks
Learn how to post an avatar to your discussion board profile, create a web page, customize the Home page in your course or collaboration space, and upload final Grades to Banner from Laulima.

You can RSVP for a TALENT ITV session at your campus by logging in at http://www.hawaii.edu/training

Note: Not all broadcasts are aired to every campus location - if you do not see your campus listed as a site, it may be due to previously scheduled activities.

TALENT webinars
These sessions are offered via the Halawai webconference system. You can RSVP for them by logging in at
http://www.hawaii.edu/training

Sep 29 Getting Started with Laulima (special evening session, 9:00-10:00 PM HST)
Oct 6 Converting Course Content for the Web (2:00-3:00 PM HST)
Nov 10 Laulima Tips & Tricks (2:00-3:00 PM HST)

More information can be found at our TALENT site: http://www.hawaii.edu/talent

Posted by:
Matt Parcon

Check out the Calendar

These are some of the remaining February events on our KCC Events calendar* (also in our "Links" list). Please check out the corresponding links for complete information as some of these require RSVPs. Events subject to change or cancel without notice. Please check with event contact as displayed on KCC Events calendar.

• Information session on how to get your AA in Teaching without leaving Kauai - 2/19/2010, LRC 130.
• 5th Annual Chair Massage Fundraiser for United Way by KCC Professional Massage Therapy students - 2/20/2010, Kukui Grove.
• Spring 2010 TALENT workshop: Laulima - Modules Tool - 2/23/2010, KCC HITS room.
• KIUC Board of Directors Annual Election Candidate Forum - 2/24/2010, KCC Fine Dining room
• Information session on UH's Master of Human Resource Management program - 2/25/2010, LRC 123.
• KCC Professional Massage Therapy students help raise funds for Community Garden Project - 2/27/2010, KCC Farm classroom.

*The Performing Arts Center has its own calendar at info.kauai.hawaii.edu/pac/

Spring 2010 TALENT Workshops featuring Laulima

Do you know Laulima?  You may have heard of it from students or a colleague.  Learn more about this course learning system at our Spring TALENT* sessions presented over interactive television.  We'll show you how to use some of Laulima's tools to conduct a course entirely online or to enhance a face-to-face class.  We're also offering sessions on Halawai (Adobe Acrobat Connect) and using social networking tools as course enhancements.

The sessions are lecture-based and broadcast from Manoa; participants can also attend at various campus sites.  Sessions are Tuesdays from 11 AM - 12 PM (in LRC 122 for Kauai) and begin February 9:

• Feb 09 - Overview of Laulima
• Feb 16 - Laulima Resources Tool
• Feb 23 - Laulima Modules Tool
• Mar 02 - Laulima Assessment tools