Faculty/Staff Development Calendar

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

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This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty who have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials and Blackboard Ultra Assignments workshops and who want to delve deeper into using the gradebook in an Ultra course. During this workshop, attendees will learn about various views in the Ultra gradebook and gradebook settings, how to create rubrics and categories, how to set up calculations for the overall grade, how to monitor students’ performance using analytics, and how to use new features in Ultra that allow students to practice self-determination by keeping track of their own progress.     

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This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty, staff, and administrators who want to learn more about the Ultra course view, including where to find features and tools; how layers work when navigating an Ultra course; how to organize course content using learning modules and folders; how to add content, announcements, and a Zoom link; and how to use course messages.  

Click HERE to sign up!

This 60-minute workshop will look at uploading a YouTube video to Kaltura, then changing the player settings to allow the Kaltura/YouTube combination to play in multiple browsers.  During the workshop, attendees will also learn about Annoto and its different preferences (tools) to support a collaborative learning experience for the students. 

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: 

·       Locate their Kaltura My Media in Blackboard Original or Ultra 

·       Upload a YouTube Video to their Kaltura My Media space 

·       Change Kaltura player settings for a YouTube video 

·       Locate Annoto Dashboard and Features (tools) 

Click HERE to sign up!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials workshop and who want to learn how to add various types of assessments, such as discussions, assignments, tests, Hypothesis assignments, and Turnitin assignments to a Blackboard Ultra course. 

Click HERE to sign up!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials workshop and who want to learn how to add various types of assessments, such as discussions, assignments, tests, Hypothesis assignments, and Turnitin assignments to a Blackboard Ultra course. 

Click HERE to sign up!

Click HERE for zoom.

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty who have attended the Blackboard Ultra Essentials and Blackboard Ultra Assignments workshops and who want to delve deeper into using the gradebook in an Ultra course. During this workshop, attendees will learn about various views in the Ultra gradebook and gradebook settings, how to create rubrics and categories, how to set up calculations for the overall grade, how to monitor students’ performance using analytics, and how to use new features in Ultra that allow students to practice self-determination by keeping track of their own progress.     

Click HERE to sign up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

This 90-minute workshop is intended for faculty, staff, and administrators who want to learn more about the Ultra course view, including where to find features and tools; how layers work when navigating an Ultra course; how to organize course content using learning modules and folders; how to add content, announcements, and a Zoom link; and how to use course messages.  

Click HERE to sign up!

This 60-minute workshop will look at uploading a YouTube video to Kaltura, then changing the player settings to allow the Kaltura/YouTube combination to play in multiple browsers.  During the workshop, attendees will also learn about Annoto and its different preferences (tools) to support a collaborative learning experience for the students. 

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: 

·       Locate their Kaltura My Media in Blackboard Original or Ultra 

·       Upload a YouTube Video to their Kaltura My Media space 

·       Change Kaltura player settings for a YouTube video 

·       Locate Annoto Dashboard and Features (tools) 

Click HERE to sign up!

Click HERE for zoom.

Click HERE for zoom.

The Staff Development Committee is thrilled to invite all staff and faculty to a two-hour professional development workshop on Burnout Prevention & Recovery with Maria Milagros, scheduled for Thursday, March 21, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM in HLC109AB.

In this interactive workshop, Maria will use stories and data-driven techniques and tools to bring participants back to building a strong foundation that allows them to recalibrate their nervous system and thrive in their decision making and lives. Attendees will walk away equipped to take control of their current condition, whether recovering or preventing burnout.

Cick HERE for zoom.

This 60-minute workshop will look at uploading a YouTube video to Kaltura, then changing the player settings to allow the Kaltura/YouTube combination to play in multiple browsers.  During the workshop, attendees will also learn about Annoto and its different preferences (tools) to support a collaborative learning experience for the students. 

At the end of the session, the participants will be able to: 

·       Locate their Kaltura My Media in Blackboard Original or Ultra 

·       Upload a YouTube Video to their Kaltura My Media space 

·       Change Kaltura player settings for a YouTube video 

·       Locate Annoto Dashboard and Features (tools) 

Click HERE to sign up!

The Ultra Users Group meets once a month during the academic year to discuss Blackboard Ultra-related topics and to support those using Ultra. Faculty and staff are welcome to attend one or all of these sessions.

The Topic for this Session is Gradebook

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These virtual help sessions are for faculty and staff who need assistance with technology used at QCC, such as Blackboard, Starfish, Turnitin, The "Q", Collaborate and Zoom.

Click HERE to Sign Up!

Click HERE for zoom.

Click HERE for zoom.