Training Offered On-Campus

Advanced Survey Building with Qualtrics

This session will cover advanced survey building features, such as text piping, skip logic vs. branching, advanced randomization, and cross tabs in the "view results" section. Prerequisite: Introduction to Online Surveys Using Qualtrics or familiarity with Qualtrics. This session is offered only to Ramapo College, so you should register through our web site link below. You can attend this webinar in ASB-007, where everything will be set up, or login at your own computer. If you register to login at your own computer, information will be sent to you following your registration.

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Qualtrics — Survey Experts Webinar Series

Qualtrics is pleased to announce our upcoming Survey Experts Webinars! You can reserve your seat for these free weekly webinars that are designed to expand your knowledge and ability to do online survey research. Webinars will be held on Wednesdays from 1:00 – 1:30 EDT. These webinars will cover a wide range of topics, anything from best practices in survey building, to HTML tips and tricks for your survey, to creative uses of the Qualtrics tool!

Below is a list of upcoming webinars. Feel free to reserve your spot for any and all that appeal to you!

November 4 – Survey Links:
The number one topic of support questions at Qualtrics is the methods of survey links. This seemingly simple topic will cover the Survey Link, Individual Links, the new Survey Director, and other common questions and often-overlooked items related to survey deployment. If you are getting ready to deploy a survey, this would be an especially beneficial webinar to attend. To register, go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/560620202

November 11 – New Features:
We are constantly trying to develop useful features that will help our users gather the information that they need. Many of our new features go unused simply because they go unnoticed. This webinar will show you the important features that have been added in our most recent updates. In addition we want to give more time to you to ask any questions you have might have with the Qualtrics system. To register, go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/821530290

November 18 – Embedded Data and Panels:
Did you know that embedded data is found in over 20 different places in Qualtrics? Did you know by using a panel you can track your respondents and send out automatic reminders? If you didn’t know or are not confident in using these features then you won’t want to miss this webinar. This webinar will focus on the benefits of using panels and embedded data and where you can use it. To register, go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/778891634

November 25 – Thanksgiving Break: The webinar series will be taking a short break for the holiday. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!

December 2 - Reporting:
This is a follow up to the most popular webinar that we have had so far. Analyzing your data is one of the most crucial aspects of survey research. Qualtrics is a robust tool that offers many reporting capabilities to help you create written reports, presentations, and view your data by subgroups or as a whole. This webinar is designed to show you how to get the most out of your data by creating reports, adding filters, graphs, cross tabulations and sharing your results with others. To register, go to:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/647445002

December 9 – Market Segmentation Surveys:
Our last webinar of 2009 will cover the creation and use of Market Segmentation Surveys. Market segmentation surveys are crucial for identifying and targeting the groups of customers most likely to purchase the products and services being offered. We will help you learn which questions to ask in order to get the information that you need. To register, go to: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/866209658

Moodle Users Group

Join other faculty and become part of the new Moodle Users Group being formed by Valerie Scott, Director of the Instructional Design Center. Share your experiences with using Moodle in your courses, look for answers to your Moodle questions, and learn some tips and tricks. This collaborative learning group is open to all faculty who currently use Moodle or are thinking of using Moodle — all levels of users are welcome. The Moodle Users Group will meet biweekly on Thursdays from 1 - 2 p.m. in the Faculty Resource Center.

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Conveners Only: Train to Send Targeted Announcements to your Majors

By attending a 40 minute training, you can be empowered to communicate to all students within your major. My Ramapo/Luminis portal allows targeted announcements and e-mails to be sent to students by major and to those currently enrolled in all courses in the major you convene. This feature is not available to minors. This workshop is also good for a refresher. OPEN TO CONVENERS ONLY. To schedule individual training, contact: Valerie J. Scott, vscott@ramapo.edu, or Trish Williams, pwilliam@ramapo.edu, or register now for scheduled dates above.

Mac Users Group

Join other Mac users on campus to share knowledge and learn more about Mac computers. Topics of discussion will be determined by your interests and will vary each meeting. All levels of users welcome. If you are interested in being added to the e-mail list for this group, contact Trish Williams at pwilliam@ramapo.edu. Register to be added to the Mac Users Group E-mail list.

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Elluminate Live! - Interactive Web Conferencing

Are you interested in offering live online class sessions or meetings? Elluminate Live! is a interactive web conferencing solution oriented toward education. Elluminate Live! provides a rich, virtual environment that features high-quality audio, multi-point video, polling, quizzes, whiteboard, application sharing, file sharing, rich media plus recording that supports multiple platforms. Elluminate Live! can be used for virtual class sessions, online meetings and more. Come learn more about this virtual learning environment, tips to running a successful Elluminate session, how to enroll in online training, and how to request a moderator account.

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Elluminate Live! Training

Elluminate Live! is the NEXT STEP in multipoint interactive webconferencing. Elluminate Live! provides a rich, education-oriented virtual environment that features high-quality audio, multi-point video, polling, quizzes, whiteboard, application sharing, file sharing, rich media plus recording that supports multiple platforms and low-bandwidth connectivity over the Internet.

Verizon Access New Jersey's hosted Elluminate Live! offers excellent documentation, training, and support. Users simply need to install a Java client on their computer to participate. An inexpensive webcam and PC headset is highly recommended.

Please apply for a Moderator account if you are a teacher, or session leader. Moderators are responsible for scheduling, inviting & preparing participants, and running the online sessions. Training is required before Moderator credentials can be given out. Get started with Elluminate Live! today. View Training Web Site Schedule

Online Training Video Tutorials Available at Lynda.com

Online Training is available through Lynda.com, which allows you to login and select the tutorials of your choice, allowing you to learn at your own computer, at your own pace and convenience.

• Learn with video-based training at your own time and pace
• Online convenience; stop, rewind, replay
• Exercise files included so you can follow along and practice
• Choose from over 536 courses, (34,900 tutorials) on a variety of software and products (e.g. Adobe, Microsoft, Apple, Google and many more)
• Develop new software skills
• Visit the Lynda.com web site to view the library of available courses
• To obtain a user name and password to Lynda.com please fill out Ramapo's training registration form.
• Broadband Internet connection recommended

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Introduction to Turnitin

Turnitin is a program to check the originality of student papers. This service is available to all instructors at Ramapo College and, if you choose, your students as well. Ideally, Turnitin is used in the context of partnering with students to avoid "cut and paste" plagiarism.

Turnitin offers online 45-minute training sessions twice daily to get you started. Join any week day and bring your questions! View complete participation instructions and schedule. These sessions are a good introduction to Turnitin, or can serve as a refresher.

To join a training session, follow the instructions on Turnitin's Training Schedule, no registration is required from this Technology Across Campus Web site.

Visit the My Ramapo/Luminis "Tech Connect" Tab for information on how to set up your Turnitin account.

In addition, self-guided videos are available; go to http://turnitin.com/static/training.html and scroll down to "Narrated Flash Videos".

Moodle Course Development (online)

This fully online course will expose participants to the features of Moodle most commonly used in teaching, beginning with an overview and progressing from the most common to more advanced tools. This course has a flexible format to meet your learning style — sign on every day or work at your own pace. Course activities include: readings, videos, Web sites, forum discussions and completing simple exercises. Discuss with other participants how (or if) this might work for you in your style of teaching and learning. Be exposed to everything in order to make informed Moodle choices. Some days, you'll do the minimum of ½ hour, just viewing the material and then reading discussions and posting why a feature isn't for you. While completing other topics, you might find a feature that really works for you and spend more time learning as you incorporate it into your 'practice course' - the choice is yours, and the Instructional Design Center Team is available to help you apply features to your course.

NOTE: This training is for instructors. Register now

Moodle 100

Moodle 100 is a 1.0 CEU (10-contact hour) instructor-led, interactive online course. It is a prerequisite for all other Moodlerooms Training courses.

Over 14 consecutive days, participants should expect to spend approximately one hour each day completing Moodle 100 activities and preparing to build their Practice Course. Throughout this course, there are various tasks and assignments to introduce Moodle’s features and teach basic navigation, course layout and settings as well as how to add resources and enroll students. This course also prepares participants for course creation in Moodle 101.

During Moodle 100, participants will explore Moodle primarily from the perspective of the learner or student while they develop basic Moodle skills, become familiar with the interface and prepare to build their own course during the next class, Moodle 101 - Course Creation. This way participants will understand Moodle better from the learner's perspective, which will inform their instructional design choices later during Moodle 101 as they explore Moodle primarily from the instructional designer’s or instructor’s perspective.

Prerequisites: Participants should have basic computer and internet skills in order to succeed in this course. Before commencing Moodle 100, participants will complete several readiness activities to determine if they're ready to learn online.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• define basic Moodle vocabulary
• navigate a Moodle course using breadcrumbs
• edit profiles and add profile pictures/avatars
• post and reply to a forum discussion
• create a glossary entry
• analyze activity-based e-learning and the activity-based e-learning design process
• practice the Moodle philosophy of social constructionism
• describe the functionality of Moodle's standard activity modules
• plan and coordinate basic course settings
• integrate course calendar features
• manage student registration and enrollment
• create and add resources (e.g., text pages, web pages and labels)
• link to Web sites and upload files
• aggregate and co-locate digital (and other) Practice Course materials
• begin the instructional design process for a Practice Course to be developed or re-developed during Moodle 101
• identify practice course target audience, pre-requisites (if any), instructional needs and learning outcomes matched to Bloom's Taxonomy
• participate in a Moodle community of practice

Completion of this course makes individuals participating in the Moodlerooms Certified Trainer Program eligible for the One-Star Moodlerooms Trainee (1MRCT) designation.

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Moodle 101

Moodle 101 is a 2.0 CEU (20-contact hour) instructor-led, interactive online course.

Over 14 consecutive days, participants should expect to spend on average of one to two hours each day (depending upon prior knowledge, skills and experiences) completing Moodle 101 activities and building their Practice Course. Throughout this course, there are tasks and assignments to introduce basic Moodle course design, activities, modules and features that participants integrate into their own Practice Course to be used with their own students at a later time.

During Moodle 101, participants move from exploring and using Moodle from the perspective of a learner to doing so primarily from the perspective of an instructional designer or instructor.

Prerequisite: Moodle 100

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• analyze the social constructionist pedagogy that underpins the workings of Moodle, which includes collaboration, activity-based learning and critical reflection
  
• compare and contrast models for instructional design
  
• design or redesign an online or blended Moodle course by integrating accepted instructional design concepts
  
• manage a Moodle course and user accounts in the "Teacher" role using log information, acceptable use policies, course format and internet security and privacy
  
• modify/adapt Moodle's course settings, basic activity modules, features and resources to meet the needs of individual learner profiles, course content, learning standards and outcomes
  
• create and integrate high-quality content chunks into a Practice Course
  
• integrate the following standard basic modules into a Practice Course: Choice, Assignment, Forum, Quiz and Glossary
  
• demonstrate competency using the built-in Gradebook feature
  
• create and deploy their own Practice Course for actual instruction with their students
  
• participate meaningfully in an instructional learning community of practice
  

Completion of this course makes individuals participating in the Moodlerooms Certified Trainer Program eligible for the Two-Star Moodlerooms Course Creator (2MRCT) designation.

NOTE: This training is for instructors. Prerequisite: Moodle 100 Register now