Focused on providing opportunities for Newhouse School faculty, staff and students to increase their IT expertise.

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Training Offerings: 

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Course Tools and Processes

These sessions will all be conducted on Zoom.  Registration links are associated with each session.

Blackboard Basics

In this session we will go over some of the newly added features of Blackboard and talk about how you can use these in your classes.  Topics we will cover:

• • Using Announcements
  • Sending Email
  • PlayPosit integration
  • Zoom Integration
  • Learning Modules

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In this session we want to answer your questions on how you can use the available tools and general questions that are available to you through the university.

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• • Thursday, January 21, 11:00am - 12:00pm EST    -     Register

Kaltura Overview

In this session we will introduce you to Syracuse University's video streaming platform Kaltura.  Kaltura allows faculty members to easily create or upload video to be used in your courses.

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In this session, we will go through the basic steps of setting up a PalyPosit bulb and incorporating it into Blackboard.  Topics we will cover:

• • Overview of PlayPosit
  • How to access PlayPosit through Blackboard
  • Creating a PlayPosit Bulb
  • Capturing question results

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• • Tuesday, January 19, 9:00am - 10:00am EST    -     Register

Zoom at Syracuse Overview

In this session we will go through the basic operation of Zoom as a host.  Topics we will cover:

• • Different types of meetings

  • Meeting Settings

  • In meeting controls

  • Recording and how to share

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• • Wednesday, January 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST*    -     Register
    *  Joint session with Zoom in the Classroom

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February 2021

Classroom Teaching Station training sessions will be in person.  Due to classroom occupancy restrictions, there will be a limit to the number of participants, so you will need to register for these sessions at the link below:

Newhouse Classroom Teaching Station Trainings - Registration

Below is our current schedule of trainings through February.  New sessions will be added as we reach capacity on those currently scheduled.

 Newhouse Classroom & Teaching Station Training

Beginning Monday February 1, we will begin conducting walkthroughs of the technology in the various classroom spaces.  These will be in person, so please register for sessions at the following link:  Newhouse Classroom Teaching Station Trainings - Registration.  After registering you will receive an email with the room the training will be held in.

Teaching Station – Newhouse Captured Spaces - Limit 19 Attendees per session

This training will cover classroom operation for the following classrooms:
Newhouse 1:  201, 205A, 206B, 206D, 206E, 206F, 407
Newhouse 2:  150, 151, 275, 470
Newhouse 3:  252, 253,

          Session Dates

• Monday, February 1,  11:00am – 12:0pam, Room 253 N3
• Tuesday, February 2,  3:00pm – 4:00pm, Room 253 N3
• Wednesday, February 3,  4:00pm – 5:00pm, Room 253 N3

Teaching Station- Registrar Spaces - Limit 30 Attendees per session

This training will cover classroom operation for the following classrooms:
Newhouse 1:  101, 102, 212, 406, 409
Newhouse 2:  340, 345, 350, 355, 469
Newhouse 3:  141, 250, 251

Session Dates

• Monday, February 1, 1:00pm – 2:00pm, Room 101 N1
• Tuesday, February 2,  4:30pm – 5:30pm, Room 101 N1
• Wednesday, February 3,  10:00am – 11:00am, Room 101 N1

Teaching Station – PC Labs - Limit 10 Attendees per session

This training will cover classroom operation for the following classrooms:
Newhouse 2:  482, 482A, 486, 491

Session Dates

• Tuesday, February 2,  1:30pm – 2:30pm, Room 491 N2
• Wednesday, February 3,  2:00pm – 3:00pm, Room 491 N2

Teaching Station – Mobile/Adaptive Carts - Limit 40 Attendees per session

This training will cover classroom operation for the following classrooms:

Newhouse 1:  Photo Studio, 303 (Miron Room)

Newhouse 2: Studio B, 490 (Audio Studio 490)

Newhouse 3:  140 N3 (Hergenhan Auditorium), 254, 432.434 (i3)

Session Dates

• Monday, February 1, 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Room 140 N3 (Hergenhan Auditorium)
• Tuesday, February 2,  6:00pm – 7:00pm
• Wednesday, February 3, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Course Tools and Processes

These sessions will all be conducted on Zoom.  Registration links are associated with each session.

Zoom in the Classroom – Teaching Online/Hybrid Discussion

In this meeting we will discuss different ways of using zoom in the classroom.  This is beneficial for any type of teaching setup:  in-person, hybrid and online.

Session Dates:

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• Friday, January
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• 29, 9:00am - 10:00am EST    -  
  RegisterWednesday, January 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm EST*    -     Register
*  Joint session with Zoom at Syracuse Overview
•   Register

Microsoft Two-Factor &  Adobe Account

This session will cover setting up your Microsoft Two-Factor Authentication, accessing your Office.com account and logging in to your Adobe account, managing the Adobe software.

Session Dates

• Friday, January 29, 11:00am – 12:00pm     -     Register
• Monday, February 1, 9:00am – 10:00am     -     Register

Microsoft Teams Overview

This session will show you Microsoft Teams and cover some of the basic functionality of the program.  NOTE:  You must be either previously activated your Microsoft Two-Factor Authentication, or have registered for the session earlier in the day.

Session Dates

• Friday, January 29, 1:00pm – 2:30pm     -     Register
• Friday, February 19, 12:00pm – 1:00pm     -     Register
  **This is a special Lunch & Learn session with Cheryl Brody Franklin

Newhouse Training Video Channel

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