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Live and in person! Learn about the latest teaching technologies at our second annual professional development day Wednesday, September 21. Come one, come all! Come for the food!

Open to all of our colleagues at Flint area colleges, the day will highlight a new course quality matrix designed for faculty to use in assessing your online courses.

Win a prize! For each session you attend, you'll be automatically entered in our prize drawings. The more you participate, the more chances you have to win!

All workshops will be presented in UM-Flint's William S. White Building (WSW), Saginaw Street and Robert T. Longway Boulevard.

Click on the link for more workshop details.
Time WSW Tuscola Room 1103 WSW
8:00 a.m. Registration, 1104 WSW
8:15 a.m.
8:30 a.m.

8:45 a.m.

The Many Colors of Blackboard
Learn how BB works as an online course pack, an online repository, an online community, or an online classroom!

Eye to Eye with Web Cams
Talk face-to-face with your online student!
(hands-on workshop)

9:00 a.m.
9:15 a.m.
9:30 a.m.  
9:45 a.m.  

Faculty Savings Time
Save hours
using Respondus to create exams.
(hands-on workshop)

10:00 a.m.

KEYNOTE
Introducing UM-Flint's quality assessment tool for online courses. Know how your online course or curriculum measures up with this take-away tool.

10:15 a.m.
10:30 a.m.  
10:45 a.m.

Faculty Savings Times 2
Save hours
using StudyMate to create interactive activities & games.
(hands-on workshop)

11:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
11:30 a.m.

 
11:45 a.m.

Audience, Vote Now!
Add pizzazz to your face-to-face class with an Audience Response System.
(hands-on workshop)

UM-Flint's Online Teaching Certificate
Find out if online teaching is for you.
(hands-on workshop)

12:00 p.m.
12:15 p.m.
12:30 p.m.
12:45 p.m. Registration
1104 William S. White Building (WSW)
1:00 p.m.

KEYNOTE ENCORE
Introducing UM-Flint's quality assessment tool for online courses. Know how your online course or curriculum measures up with this take-away tool.

Captivate Your Class! Add simulations and demos to your course with EASY-TO-USE Macromedia Captivate
(hands-on workshop)

1:15 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
1:45 p.m.
2:00 p.m.
2:15 p.m.
2:30 p.m.  
2:45 p.m.

Beating E-cheaters at their Own Game
Faculty discuss test proctoring, SecureExam, TurnItIn & more.

Artificial Intelligence
Creating simulations that make learning real.
(hands-on workshop)

3:00 p.m.
3:15 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
3:45 p.m.
4:00 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

You Don’t Have to Google It! 
Click on over to academic library resources available online. Make searching easier and BETTER for your students using UM-Flint's online library resources.

Blogs & Wikis
Learn how these "upstart" Web tools work.
(hands-on workshop)

4:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m.