Chronicle on Education: Clear Pathways: From College to Career (Online Webinar)
2024-10-31 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
When colleges and employers work together, they can match the right talent with the right opportunities.

Join The Chronicle for a conversation with experts on preparing and connecting students with local and regional job opportunities. During this Virtual Forum, “Clear Pathways: From College to Career”, we’ll discuss the key ingredients for successful partnerships, including:

Student recruitment

Industry selection

Curriculum development

Host: Ian Wilhelm, deputy managing editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education

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Reminder: Register for free ION courses
2024-11-04 08:00 - 17:00
We are continuing to offer the opportunity for instructors to take courses from the Illinois Online Network, a subsidiary of the University of Illinois. Courses begin B, 2024 with a registration deadline of November 11, 2024

Step 1: Decide what course you plan to take. For full course descriptions, visit https://www.uis.edu/ion/registration/schedule/

Step 2: Get Approval from SSC. If you are interested in registering, please complete our TLC application to get started – https://forms.office.com/r/axmQgDiETK (your login for this form is your SSC email address and regular network password).  If you are approved, SSC will cover the cost of your registration.

Once you are approved, you will receive a code to use at registration in Step 3. Using this code allows you to register with SSC paying for the registration.

Step 3: Register for the Ion Course. Visit: https://www.uis.edu/ion/registration/creating-your-self-service-account.

On this page you have two options:

Already have an ION Account? If you already have set up an ION account, visit the Continuing and Professional Education self-service portal.

Don’t have an ION Account? Follow the directions to create an account, then proceed to the Continuing and Professional Education self-service portal.

Remember: Use the Code provided in Step 2 during registration. This means that SSC will pay for the course on the instructors’ behalf.

Elements of Quality Matters: 2-Hour Self-Paced Online Course (.25 PGU)
2024-11-05 08:00 - 17:00
This self-paced course is an addition to the internal Introduction of Quality Matters at SSC course and offers a deep dive into getting your course ready to meet Quality Matters standards. Quality Matters (QM) is the global organization leading quality assurance in online and innovative digital teaching and learning environments. It has advanced quality assurance practices in online teaching and learning for over a decade. This course takes about 2 hours to complete.

Learn more about QM in this self-paced course, including:

QM’s origin, evolution, and scope

Factors that affect the quality of online learning

What it takes for a course to be QM-Certified

How QM certifies online programs

QM professional development and tools to support online teaching

To Register: https://www.canvas.net/browse/qm/courses/elements-of-quality-matters

Reminder: Once completed, remember to send the TLC your certification of completion.

LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor: Protect the Integrity of Online Tests (Vendor Webinar)
2024-11-06 13:00 - 14:00, 2024-11-21 11:00 - 12:00
This comprehensive training webinar is intended for instructors who plan to use LockDown Browser and/or Respondus Monitor with online exams in Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, Moodle, and Schoology.

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that prevents digital cheating during an online exam. Respondus Monitor is a companion product for LockDown Browser that deters cheating when students take online exams in non- proctored environments. Students use their own computers with a standard webcam to record assessment sessions.

The training will cover:

How to use LockDown Browser to prevent digital cheating in proctored testing environments

How to use Respondus Monitor in non-proctored environments, to protect exam integrity and confirm student identity

The student perspective using each application

Efficient review of the assessment data collected, including the Review Priority system, timeline, and milestone features

Best practices and tips for success with both applications

All attendees will receive a link to a recording after the session.

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Educause AI Series - Part 1 - AI Literacy (Online webinar)
2024-11-07 14:00 - 15:00
The EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series is a five part series. Each webinar dives deep into the latest innovations, practical applications, and future trends of AI, providing you with the knowledge and tools to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Note: Each webinar requires individual registration. Don’t miss out—secure your spot for each webinar.

Session 1: Developing a multi-layer capability curriculum for AI Literacy

Session 2: AL Literacies for a New Era of Learning

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Note: SSC is a member of Educause, so registration for this event is free. If you haven’t created your Educause account, please do so using your SSC email. Then register for the event.

Part 2 of this series takes place December 3, 2024Part 3 of this series takes place January 21, 2025Part 4 of this series takes place February 6, 2025Part 5 of this series takes place February 18, 2025

Adjunct Faculty Saturday Professional Development Session: Blackboard Ally & ILCCO Accessibility Best Practices (Online Webinar)
2024-11-09 10:00 - 11:00
This webinar is part of the Inclusive Teaching Micro-Credential for Adjunct Instructors at South Suburban College. Webinar sessions are offered on Saturdays, but also offered during the working week. Adjunct Instructors are welcome to attend these sessions at a time and date convenient to them.

About the Inclusive Teaching Micro-Credential

Complete these three webinars presented by the Teaching and Learning Center before the end of the term to receive the certificate of completion and compensation:

Introduction to Teaching Best Practices

Blackboard Ally & ILCCO Accessibility Best Practices

SSDO Passports & Accommodations (including pregnancy)

This Saturday session covers: Blackboard Ally & ILCCO Accessibility Best Practices

Have you noticed new colorful icons next to all content posted in your D2L courses? That is Blackboard Ally working to provide alternative methods to students in consuming your content.

We are excited to announce the implementation of Blackboard Ally with Brightspace D2L effective for the Spring 2024 term. Blackboard Ally is a revolutionary product that focuses on using inclusivity, sustainability and automation as its key pillars in helping faculty tackle accessibility in a way that benefits all students. Blackboard Ally automatically converts content posted to D2L courses in alternative formats, such as using the Immersive Reader, Beeline Reader, audio, electronic braille, and translation into many different languages, just to name a few.

In this session we will also introduce you to the Illinois Community College Online (ILCCO) accessibility best practices to discover how Blackboard Ally will increase SSC’s requirements in meeting accessibility standards for all students.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center as we showcase Blackboard Ally in D2L.

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Holiday - College Closed
2024-11-11 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-28 08:00 - 17:00, 2024-11-29 08:00 - 17:00

ION courses start
2024-11-11 08:00 - 17:00

D2L Intelligent Agents: Automate Communication with Students (Online Webinar) (.25 PGU)
2024-11-12 16:00 - 17:00
An Intelligent Agent is a communication tool feature built-in to D2L that can assist instructors in monitoring student activity and automatically sending email reminders to students based on those activities.

For example, instructors can prepare an intelligent agent to automatically email students as follows:

Welcome students when they first access the course.

Remind students they failed to login and access your course within the last week and how important it is to keep up.

Encourage students when they miss deadlines.

Recognize students when they are doing well in the course.

Catch them early by notifying them of tutoring services available if they are receiving a low score in their assignments.

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:

Introduce the concepts of Replacement Strings – internal fields that can be used to personalize the communication, such as First Name, Last Course Assess Date, Course Name, etc.

Creating an Intelligent Agent based on a variety of different criteria mentioned above.

Test an Intelligent Agent with a Practice Run.

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Beyond for Learning: Classroom Assessments as Learning (Online Webinar)
2024-11-13 11:00 - 12:00
We know that formative classroom assessments are often seen as assessments for learning, shifting the focus from evaluation to student growth. But did you know that they can also be assessments as learning? Join us for a thoughtful discussion on classroom assessment practices with Dr. Laine Bradshaw, founder of the Navvy formative classroom assessment system.

Hosted by Pearson (but you don’t need to be using a Pearson publication, this is open for all instructors regardless of which textbook they use in their course).

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D2L Mini-Webinar Series for Higher Education: Part 1 - Creating Assessments in D2L (Online Webinar)
2024-11-13 12:00 - 13:00
Save your seat for our “Bright Ideas” 💡 Webinar Series. Each webinar is 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A and networking. Take a deep dive with D2L tips and tricks for better digital learning experiences!

Part 1: Creating Assessments

📃 Learn how to create Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes

🎉 Features to personalize and differentiate learning

📊 Tips to enhance your assessment skills

👩‍🏫 Ideal for faculty and instructional designers

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Note: Make certain to register for the other parts of this mini-webinar series at the same link above.

Part 2: Assessment and Feedback (12/11/24)Part 3: Evaluation (1/8/25)Part 4: Course Design Best Practices (2/12/25)

AI Student Coaching: First Results from the Classroom (Online Webinar)
2024-11-14 12:00 - 13:00
Come see the results of how AI Coaching of students performed in the online classroom and hear both instructor and student perspectives on using AI to provide real-time feedback assistance that promotes constructive learning.

Harmonize’s rubric coach helps the instructor build a rubric based on their assignment or discussion prompt and then allows instructors to enable real-time feedback designed to make the student pause and self-assess using the instructor’s rubric. The goal is to trigger the students to go through productive revisions in real-time so that their work is more complete and helpful to their classmates, and so that the instructor is grading the student’s best efforts.

Key Takeaways:

Understand how AI can use instructor inputs to guide coaching of students in real-time.

Understand instructor and student perspectives of the use of AI for this purpose.

Intended Audience:

Institutional Effectiveness, Distance Education Leaders, Center for Teaching and Learning, and Directors of Assessment

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Search Like a Pro: Discover Google Search Tricks to Empower Your Students (Online Webinar) (.25 PGU)
2024-11-18 15:00 - 16:00
Google remains the number one search engine globally. It dominates the search engine market with a significant share, handling over 90% of global search queries. But many enter search terms in a way that can sometimes provide millions of results that one must sort through.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center in this one-hour training designed to introduce faculty and staff to Google search operators—powerful tools that can accurately target your search results more precisely. These operators help users filter, exclude, or focus the information they’re looking for, making searches more efficient and effective.

Additionally, this training will equip faculty with the skills to assist their students in conducting more effective internet searches and fostering critical information literacy skills that can last a lifetime.

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D2L Basics Refresher (Online Webinar)
2024-11-19 14:00 - 15:00
Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using D2L.  We’ll demonstrate D2L navigation, how to add and organize content into modules, how to create assignments, basic gradebook functionality, and ways to communicate with your students.

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:

Where to locate your Syllabus – using Simple Syllabus

Creating weekly modules and posting a variety of content into those modules (powerpoints, pdf’s, videos, etc.).

Creating assignments (discussion forum, written assignment, online practice quiz) and passing the score to the D2L gradebook.

Basic grading functionality and submitting attendance, midterm and final grades to the student information system.

Various ways to communicate with your students (announcement, emails, students who missed assignments, etc.).

Introducing the D2L Pulse App and easy notifications to students (sort of like text messaging to mobile phones).

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Introduction to Simple Syllabus (Online Webinar)
2024-11-20 16:00 - 17:00
Simple Syllabus is now integrated into SSC’s Brightspace D2L Learning Management System. This means all faculty will be using Simple Syllabus instead of uploading a Microsoft Word version of their syllabus to their D2L course shell.

Using Simple Syllabus means your syllabus will instead be in an electronic format, thereby saving you time and effort by just completing a few fields. Each time you teach a new term, the syllabus created in Simple Syllabus will be automatically imported into the new term’s D2L course shell.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center as we demonstrate how to use Simple Syllabus and showcase other features of Simple Syllabus.

Unable to attend? Watch an archive recording of this event.

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Using D2L Gradebook for In-Person, Flex and Online Courses (Online Webinar) (.25 PGU)
2024-11-21 01:00 - 14:00
If you are teaching a traditional in-person, flex and online courses, students appreciate instructors using the D2L online Gradebook as it promotes:

Transparency, Accountability and Timely Feedback (24/7 access to real-time grade totals. Students know where they stand throughout the term.)

Encourages Communication Opportunities (students asking about how to improve grades)

Reduction of Errors (automatically calculates total column)

Promotes Accessibility Accommodations (students can access with screen readers)

Faster Midterm, Final and Attendance grade submission from D2L and export to the official Student Information System (Colleague)

In-person instructors have two options when using D2L online gradebook:

Simple Option: Manually create Gradebook columns. The D2L gradebook looks and feels like an Excel spreadsheet and entering grades into the cells is just as easy. If instructors are using Excel to calculate their grades, why not use D2L Gradebook instead? It is just as easy.

Second Option: If students are submitting assignments in class or through email, instructors can create a D2L assignment, which will auto create a Gradebook column. Instructors can easily grade the submitted assignment and scores automatically sync to the D2L Gradebook. If due dates are associated with D2L assignments, they will automatically appear in your syllabus after the rollout of Simple Syllabus (coming this Spring 2024). This will eliminate a step for instructors when they create their syllabus each term.

Join the Teaching and Learning Center for this online webinar as we get instructors started using the D2L Gradebook. During this online webinar, we’ll start out demonstrating the simple option. If time permits, provide move into option two.

Here’s what we play to cover:

If weighing grades, setting up categories and applying to the Gradebook columns.

Manually creating Gradebook columns and how to simply enter grades.

Demonstrate how assignments, quizzes and discussion forums sync to the Gradebook.

Best practices of exporting Attendance, Midterm and Final Grades to the SIS (Student Information System).

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Promethean ActivPanel – Discover Other Creative Usages (30-Minute Self-Paced Online Course)
2024-11-27 08:00 - 17:00
Are you teaching a course at SSC and your classroom has the Promethean ActivPanel Board? Are you looking for some exciting ways to increase engagement for your students. Sign up for this 30-minute, online self-paced course demonstrating various scenarios that you can use in your physical classroom

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Educause AI Series - Part 2 - Demystifying AI and Introduction to AI in Education Playbook (Online webinar)
2024-12-03 14:00 - 15:00
The EDUCAUSE AI Webinar Series is a five part series. Each webinar dives deep into the latest innovations, practical applications, and future trends of AI, providing you with the knowledge and tools to stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Note: Each webinar requires individual registration. Don’t miss out—secure your spot for each webinar.Session 1: Demystifying AI: Digital Detox 2024Session 2: MIT Sloan’s AI in Education Playbook

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Note: SSC is a member of Educause, so registration for this event is free. If you haven’t created your Educause account, please do so using your SSC email. Then register for the event. Part 3 of this series takes place January 21, 2025Part 4 of this series takes place February 6, 2025Part 5 of this series takes place February 18, 2025

Finals Week
2024-12-09 08:00 - 2024-12-14 17:00

D2L Mini-Webinar Series for Higher Education: Part 2 - Assessment and Feedback D2L (Online Webinar)
2024-12-11 12:00 - 13:00
Save your seat for our “Bright Ideas” 💡 Webinar Series. Each webinar is 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A and networking. Take a deep dive with D2L tips and tricks for better digital learning experiences!

Part 2: Assessments and Feedback

📃 Learn how to create Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes

🎉 Features to personalize and differentiate learning

📊 Tips to enhance your assessment skills

👩‍🏫 Ideal for faculty and instructional designers

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Note: Make certain to register for the other parts of this mini-webinar series at the same link above.

Part 3: Evaluation (1/8/25)Part 4: Course Design Best Practices (2/12/25)

D2L: Be Prepared - Get your D2L Spring 2025 course set up
2024-12-12 08:00 - 17:00
Each new term allows instructors an opportunity to update their D2L courses and be prepared for the start of the new term. Join the Teaching and Learning staff as we guide instructors through the beginning of the term checklist that will help you and your students get off to a good start.

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:

If teaching a cross listed course, hide the D2L course shells you will not be using

Verify your sections and class roster

Import and copy course content from a previous course into your new course

Rollover and update your Simple Syllabus

Update course components (announcements, content, assignments)

Verify the D2L gradebook is set up and reflects the current semester

Bulk manage due dates on assignments, announcements and modules

Check student view to determine if desired modules are visible or hidden

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Final Grades Due
2024-12-18 08:00 - 17:00

Holiday Break - College Closed
2024-12-20 08:00 - 2025-01-01 17:00

College Re-Opens with Regular Hours
2025-01-02 08:00 - 17:00

D2L: Be Prepared - Get your D2L Spring 2025 course set up (Online Webinar)
2025-01-06 14:00 - 15:00, 2025-01-14 10:00 - 11:00
Each new term allows instructors an opportunity to update their D2L courses and be prepared for the start of the new term. Join the Teaching and Learning staff as we guide instructors through the beginning of the term checklist that will help you and your students get off to a good start.

In this webinar, we’ll cover the following:

If teaching a course listed course, hide the D2L course shells you will not be using

Verify your sections and class roster

Import and copy course content from a previous course into your new course

Rollover and update your Simple Syllabus

Update course components (announcements, content, assignments)

Verify the D2L gradebook is set up and reflects the current semester

Bulk manage due dates on assignments, announcements and modules

Check student view to determine if desired modules are visible or hidden

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D2L Mini-Webinar Series for Higher Education: Part 3 - Evaluations in Assessments in D2L (Online Webinar)
2025-01-08 12:00 - 13:00
Save your seat for our “Bright Ideas” 💡 Webinar Series. Each webinar is 45 minutes followed by 15 minutes of Q&A and networking. Take a deep dive with D2L tips and tricks for better digital learning experiences!

Part 3: Evaluations in Assessments

📃 Learn how to create Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes

🎉 Features to personalize and differentiate learning

📊 Tips to enhance your assessment skills

👩‍🏫 Ideal for faculty and instructional designers

Register for this Event

Note: Make certain to register for the other parts of this mini-webinar series at the same link above.

Part 4: Course Design Best Practices (2/12/25)
