The Office of Teaching and Learning will be offering a series of Professional Development Workshops during Spring Break. On Monday and Wednesday of Spring Break, we will focus on Top Hat and CarmenCanvas. The Top Hat series offers three skill levels, beginner, advanced and experienced user, so you can choose the one that fits your needs best. The CarmenCanvas series offers refresher courses on the most commonly asked questions as well as an opportunity to get your questions answered one-on-one during open office.
Our one hour workshops will be held in VMC 0076A at 8am, Noon and 4pm. Check the listings below for times and workshop descriptions and watch for additions to the workshop schedule in our next update.
Monday, March 13 – Top Hat Workshops
8am – 9am Top Hat Basics
This workshop is for people who have never used Top Hat before, or who want a refresher of the basics. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to use the basic features of Top Hat. Bring your own device; this is a hands-on workshop.
- Create a Top Hat Account
- Describe how Top Hat can be used in a classroom
- Use Top Hat to take attendance
- Use Top Hat to create a short multiple choice quiz
Noon – 1pm Top Hat Advanced
This workshop is for people who have used Top Hat before and know the basics. By the end of the workshop, you should be able to use advanced features of Top Hat. Please have a PowerPoint or PDF slide file ready to pull into TopHat. Bring your own device; this is a hands-on workshop.
- Upload Slides to Top Hat
- Create a Top Hat discussion
- Upload an attachment to Top Hat
- Understand and compare different question types in Top Hat
- Use folders to organize your Top Hat content into modules
4pm – 5pm Top Hat Power-Up
This session is for users who are comfortable with using Top Hat, and want to take their presentations and student experiences to the next level. Bring your own device; this is a hands-on workshop.
- Describe, in general, how Top Hat can be used out of class
- Insert a video into a Top Hat presentation and/or activity
- Set up Sync between CarmenCanvas and Top Hat
Wednesday, 3/15 – CarmenCanvas Workshops
8am – 9am Creating and Organizing Static Course Content
This refresher workshop will last 30 – 45 min, and then will provide hands-on support for attendees who need assistance.
- Use Files to upload and store course files
- Use Pages to present your course files
- Use Modules to organize your overall course content
Noon – 1pm Creating Assessments using Assignments and Quizzes
This refresher workshop will last 30 – 45 min, and then will provide hands-on support for attendees who need assistance.
- Use Assignments to create a new assessment
- Use Assignment Groups to organize and/or weight assignments
- Use Quizzes to create a new quiz or survey
- Use SpeedGrader to grade/re-grade and provide feedback
4pm – 5pm Open-Office Hour
Come with your questions and pain points and let us help you resolve them.