CCNMTL offers free workshops for faculty and instructors on Columbia's Morningside and Medical Campuses who are interested in using technology to enhance their teaching. Workshops vary by topic and length and are offered throughout the year at various locations. If you have any questions about these workshops, please call 212-854-9058 or email ccnmtl-workshops@columbia.edu.

CourseWorks: Getting Started

Discover CourseWorks, Columbia University’s course management system. This workshop is designed to introduce Columbia University faculty and instructors to the basics of using CourseWorks—from logging in to setting up your course syllabus. This free, hands-on workshop is conducted by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and is recommended for beginners.

Agenda:

• CourseWorks Login
  
• My Courses Page
  
• Introduction Page
  
• Settings
  
• Syllabus
  
• Class Email
  

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 1:30 PM: Register | Session Detail
- 204 Butler, Morningside

Using Online Video for Teaching

This seminar for Columbia University faculty and instructors will focus on the use of online video for teaching and learning. In recent years there has been a boom in the development and publication of online video. This phenomenon has significantly enhanced the capacity to produce, use, and distribute video for educational purposes. In this seminar you will learn about free online video applications, such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Google Video, as well as how to host, share, or reference Web-based video in your course Web sites or classrooms. This session will also demonstrate VITAL (Video Interactions for Teaching and Learning), a Web-based video analysis system that helps students develop skills of observation, interpretation, and critical thinking. This seminar is conducted by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and is recommended for beginners.

Agenda:

• Why Use Video?
• Types of Interactions with Video
• Sources of Video
• Fair Use and Copyright
• Contexts for Viewing Video
• Comparison of Video Functionality in Widely-used Applications at Columbia
• Considerations for Working with Video

Thursday, July 9, 2009, 12:00 PM: Register | Session Detail
- 204 Butler, Morningside

Wikispaces: Getting Started

This workshop teaches Columbia faculty and instructors the basics about wiki technology and how to use Columbia Wikispaces. Faculty and instructors will learn how to create and edit pages in their course wikis and how to add text, pictures, and documents to meet their pedagogical needs. This free, hands-on workshop is conducted by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning and is recommended for beginners.

Agenda:

• Wiki Overview
• Page Creation and Editing
• Content Organization
• Multimedia Additions
• Context and Examples

Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 11:00 AM: Register | Session Detail
- 204 Butler, Morningside

iTunes U: Getting Started

This seminar is an introduction for faculty and instructors to iTunes U at Columbia. iTunes U is an online environment that delivers Columbia-produced educational content to students, faculty, and the public through Apple's iTunes desktop media player. During this seminar, you will learn how to use iTunes U and manage content within the system. Questions about creating new podcasts, incorporating podcasts in teaching, and setting iTunes U access levels to "Columbia-only" or "public" will also be answered. This seminar is conducted by the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning.

Agenda:

• What You Need To Get Started
• Uses of iTunes U
• Review of Courses in iTunes U
• Demonstration of Course Collections
• Delivering Course Content Via iTunes U
• Access Considerations
• Requesting a Course page Within iTunes U
• Content Creation and Posting Course Materials

Thursday, July 9, 2009, 2:30 PM: Register | Session Detail
- 204 Butler, Morningside