Academic Technology

This training session is open to all users of hosted PressbooksEDU networks and is designed for users who have some familiarity with Pressbooks and who want to learn how to publish and prepare their book for distribution.

Users who attend this session will be able to:

• Customize theme options and apply Custom CSS
• Explore and apply a theme
• Add contributors and other metadata to their book
• Understand how they can perform pre-publication checks for quality (accessibility, etc)
• Publish their book content in full or in part
• Create & share PDF and EPUB exports

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. All registrants will receive a recording of the webinar.

Working towards a digitally accessible Canvas course can be an overwhelming task, but there are tools to help! This session will introduce two Canvas-integrated tools, TidyUP and Ally, to assist you in your efforts to make your materials in Canvas accessible. TidyUP identifies and can help you remove outdated or unused content, while Ally identifies and remediates accessibility issues in your Canvas content.  

This session covers the basics of setting up your Canvas course shell. Topics covered in this session include:

• Account & Notifications Settings
• Editing the Course Navigation Menu
• Understanding the difference between Modules, Pages, and Files
• Basics of using Discussions
• Assignments and Grades
• Editing the Syllabus
• Student view

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see our Canvas knowledgebase materials and overview videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

Overview of more advanced features with an in-depth demonstration of features such as advanced editing, using Panopto with student assignments and captioning. Topics covered in this session include:

• Full Panopto site overview
• Using advanced editing features: adding slides, clips, YouTube videos and webpages
• Creating quizzes
• Student use of Panopto for assignments and discussions
• Adding and editing captions

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see our Panopto knowledgebase materials and overview videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

Join UM Academic Technology for a casual Meet & Greet designed to support your teaching and connect you with our team. Drop in for collaborative conversations, lunch, and a chance to win prizes. Whether you want to ask questions, explore new tools, or talk through challenges, we are here to help. We look forward to meeting you and learning how we can best support your work in the classroom.

We’d love to have you join us! Please register to help us plan accurately and ensure enough lunch for all attendees.

Join UM Academic Technology for a casual Meet & Greet designed to support your teaching and connect you with our team. Drop in for collaborative conversations, lunch, and a chance to win prizes. Whether you want to ask questions, explore new tools, or talk through challenges, we are here to help. We look forward to meeting you and learning how we can best support your work in the classroom.

We’d love to have you join us! Please register to help us plan accurately and ensure enough lunch for all attendees.

In this hands-on workshop, you will get to practice creating assignments through VoiceThread’s Assignment Builder. We will work on the new “Stacked Assignments”, along with the standard Create and Comment assignments. You will see how students submit assignments, and we will review the Instructor’s grading interface, including the new rubric interface. 

Join UM Academic Technology for a casual Meet & Greet designed to support your teaching and connect you with our team. Drop in for collaborative conversations, lunch, and a chance to win prizes. Whether you want to ask questions, explore new tools, or talk through challenges, we are here to help. We look forward to meeting you and learning how we can best support your work in the classroom.

We’d love to have you join us! Please register to help us plan accurately and ensure enough lunch for all attendees.

PechaKucha (Japanese for "chit-chat") is a fast-paced presentation style featuring 20 slides displayed for 20 seconds each, totaling 6 minutes and 40 seconds. Originated in 2003 by Tokyo architects to curb long, boring presentations, it uses image-heavy slides to foster storytelling, creativity, and concise communication.

Please join us for three presentations by UM System instructors and see this engaging presentation style in action.

Using Pecha Kucha Presentations in the Classroom presented by Sarah Stanley, Associate Professor, Business Information. This presentation will be given in Pecha Kucha style (i.e. 20 slides; 20 seconds each) and will address the advantages Sarah has witnessed from using Pecha Kucha in her own classroom. She will also address the possible drawbacks or instances where this may not be the best choice for the classroom. Open discussion to follow.

Sparky: An AI Teaching Assistant in Civil Engineering presented by Seogjae Choi, Assistant Teaching Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering. Students should learn how to leverage AI in their field. With 3 examples, I will introduce how young civil engineers can use AI to expand their learning and how the instructor can design AI-resilient assessment.

Six Minutes and Forty Seconds of Better Thinking presented by Alexis Petri, Director, UMKC Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence

We'll have plenty of time for questions, so join us to learn more about this style of presenting.

Join UM Academic Technology for a casual Meet & Greet designed to support your teaching and connect you with our team. Drop in for collaborative conversations, lunch, and a chance to win prizes. Whether you want to ask questions, explore new tools, or talk through challenges, we are here to help. We look forward to meeting you and learning how we can best support your work in the classroom.

We’d love to have you join us! Please register to help us plan accurately and ensure enough lunch for all attendees.

This session covers the basics of setting up your Canvas course shell. Topics covered in this session include:

• Account & Notifications Settings
• Editing the Course Navigation Menu
• Understanding the difference between Modules, Pages, and Files
• Basics of using Discussions
• Assignments and Grades
• Editing the Syllabus
• Student view

Please note: This session will not be recorded. If you are unable to attend the session, please see our Canvas knowledgebase materials and overview videos. As always, feel free to schedule a 1:1 consultation or contact us if you have any questions.

In this workshop, Dr. Raelynne M. Hale will outline how to transform your online classroom into a highly engaged learning community through the use of VoiceThread. Offering ways to create VoiceThread assignments that promote the three classic forms of engagement for online courses - Student-to-Student, Student-to-Content, and Student-to-Teacher - all in one virtual classroom.