Technology Training & Webinars

IDEAS Summer 2023 Webinars and Events

We're excited to offer our Summer 2023 series of events on technology-enhanced pedagogies, new teaching technologies, and how you can design and build your courses in an LMS. 

Check back often, we're always adding in more ways to engage and learn. 

May 2023

Exploring Canvas

• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Features
  Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
   
• Practice Session: Canvas Features - Play in a "You-Can't-Break-It" Sandbox
  Thursday, May 25, 2023 - 2:00 - 3:00pm
   
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Building Blocks
  Wednesday, May 31, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm

June 2023

Exploring Canvas

• Practice Session: Canvas Building Blocks - Create Your Home Page, Module Structure, and Navigation Menu
  Friday, June 2, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
   
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Course Templates 
  Wednesday, June 7, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
   
• Practice Session: Add Visual Elements to Your Canvas Course Using the Course Templates 
  Friday, June 9, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
   
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Features
  Thursday, June 15, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Create a Student-Friendly Canvas Home Page
  Friday, June 16, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Build a Next-level Canvas Course Using Modules
  Thursday, June 22, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Add Files, Images and Videos to your Canvas Course
  Friday, June 23, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Build a Community with Canvas Discussions
  Thursday, June 29, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Create Canvas Assignments
  Friday, June 30, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Online and Teaching and Technologies

• Capturing Your Lectures in Echo 360
  Thursday, June 1, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
   
• Creating Transcripts and Captions with Echo360 and Zoom 
  Tuesday, June 6, 2023 - 1:00pm - 2:30pm
   
• Facilitating Engaging Synchronous Activities Online 
  Monday, June 12, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
   
• Best Practices for Lecture Capture
  Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
   
• Facilitating Engaging Asynchronous Activities 
  Wednesday, June 21, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
   
• Creating Collaborative Activities Using Google Jamboard 
  Monday, June 26, 2023 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
   
• Teaching Online Using Zoom
  Tuesday, June 27, 2023 - 10:30am - 12:00pm
   
• What's New in moodle 4.1 (Infosession)
  Wednesday, June 28, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:30am

July 2023

Exploring Canvas

• Use Canvas Groups for Meaningful Interaction
  Thursday, July 13, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Discover the Canvas Gradebook and Speedgrader
  Friday, July 14, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Navigate Canvas
  Thursday, July 20, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Explore New and Classic Canvas Quizzes
  Friday, July 21, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Features
  Thursday, July 27, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Create a Student-Friendly Canvas Home Page
  Friday, July 28, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Online and Teaching Technologies

• Best Practices for Lecture Capture
  Monday, July 10, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
   
• Record Your Lectures with Echo360 in the Classroom
  Tuesday, July 11, 2023 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
   
• What's New in Moodle 4.1 (Infosession)
  Tuesday, July 18, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:30am

August 2023

Exploring Canvas

• Build a Next-level Canvas Course Using Modules
  Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Add Files, Images and Videos to your Canvas Course
  Friday, August 4, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Build a Community with Canvas Discussions
  Thursday, August 10, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Create Canvas Assignments
  Friday, August 11, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Use Canvas Groups for Meaningful Interaction
  Thursday, August 17, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Discover the Canvas Gradebook and Speedgrader
  Friday, August 18, 2023 -  1:00pm - 1:45pm
   
• Navigate Canvas
  Thursday, August 24, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:45am
   
• Explore New and Classic Canvas Quizzes
  Friday, August 25, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:45pm

Online and Teaching Technologies

• Preparing Your Slides for the Digital Classroom
  Tuesday, August 8, 2023 - 10am-11am
   
• Creating Engaging Interactive Content with H5P in Moodle
  Monday, August 14, 2023 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
   
• Building Courses with Accessibility in Mind
  Tuesday, August 15, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
   
• What's New in Moodle 4.1 (Infosession)
  Wednesday, August 16, 2023 - 10:00am - 10:30am
   
• What's New in Moodle 4.1 (Infosession)
  Monday, August 21, 2023 - 1:00pm - 1:30pm

Archive of webinars and events

You can see the topics of webinars we have covered. If there's something that interests you, let us know at instruct@umass.edu and we may be able to offer it again. 

Summer 2023 Webinar Series

• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Features - Wednesday, May 3, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Practice Session: Canvas Features - Play in a "You-Can't-Break-It" Sandbox  - Friday, May 5, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Building Blocks - Thursday, May 11, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Practice Session: Canvas Building Blocks - Create Your Home Page, Module Structure, and Navigation Menu - Friday, May 12, 2023 -  12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Quick Preview: Tour of Canvas Course Templates - Wednesday, May 17, 2023 - 12:00pm - 12:30pm
• Practice Session: Add Visual Elements to Your Canvas Course Using the Course Templates - Friday, May 19, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Teaching Online Using Zoom - Wednesday, May 10, 2023 - 11:00am-12:00pm
• Creating Media Rich Interactions with VoiceThread - Monday, May 8, 2023 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• Preparing Your Slides for the Digital Classroom - Thursday, May 18, 2023 - 10:00am - 11:00am
• Quickstart Guide for Using Blackboard - Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
• Quickstart Guide for Using Moodle - Wednesday, May 24, 2023 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Winter and Spring 2023 Webinar Series

Introducing Teaching Technologies

• Quickstart Guide for Using Blackboard - Monday, December 12, 2022 11:00am - 12:00pm
• Teaching Online Using Zoom - Tuesday, December 13, 2022 10:00am - 11:30am
• Quickstart Guide for Using Moodle - Thursday, December 15, 2022 10:00am-11:00am
• Capturing Your Lectures in Echo 360 - Monday, December 19, 2022 10:00am-11:00am
• Quickstart Guide for Using Moodle - Wednesday, January 11, 2023 11am-12:30pm
• Teaching Online Using Zoom - Thursday, January 12, 2023 10:00am-11:30am
• Capturing Your Lectures in Echo 360 - Wednesday, January 18, 2023 10:00am-11:00am

Creating Engaging Content

• Best Practices for Lecture Capture - Tuesday, December 20, 2022 10:00am-11:00am
• Preparing Your Slides for the Digital Classroom - Monday, January 9, 2023 11am-12:30pm
• Facilitating Engaging Synchronous Activities Online - Tuesday, January 10, 2023 10:00am-11:30am
• Best Practices for Lecture Capture - Thursday, January 26, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm
• Creating Collaborative Activities Using Google Jamboard - Wednesday, February 22, 2023 11:00am-12:00pm
• Creating Engaging Interactive Content with H5P in Moodle - Tuesday, February 28, 2023 10:00am-11:00am
• Facilitating Engaging Asynchronous Activities - Thursday, March 2, 2023 11:00am-12:00pm

Increasing Accessibility in Your Courses

• Creating Transcripts and Captions with Echo360 and Zoom - Monday, January 23, 2023 10:00am - 11:30am
• Building Courses with Accessibility in Mind - Thursday, March 9, 2023 11:00am - 12:00pm