The Summer 2021 Webinar series focused on Moodle and other tools that are used at Northwestern.

Using Moodle Tools and Principles to Minimize Student Confusion and Reduce Your Design Time

Do students have a hard time finding things on your course site? This webinar will cover setting up your course to help students navigate it easily. We will cover principles to minimize student confusion, find resources and activities, and reduce your time setting up your courses.

Date: Thursday, May 27 at 11:00am CT

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Seven Powerful Tools Most People Miss When Adding Resources in Moodle

Do you wish that there was an easier way to add the resources you want to Moodle? This webinar will cover seven powerful tools within Moodle that many people may not be aware of when designing their Moodle course. We will pack this webinar with every tip and trick we know to make your course easier to build and more effective for students.

Date: Thursday, June 3 at 11:00am CT

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How Building a Moodle Quiz is Different from Building a Paper Quiz

Have you ever wanted to create a Moodle quiz and wanted to know where to start? This webinar will cover how to create a Moodle quiz and how they differ from paper quizzes. We will cover the question types, quiz settings, and tips for getting the most from your Moodle quizzes. Even if you have already created a Moodle quiz, you may discover a new setting or a new question type (or two).

Date: Tuesday, June 8 at 11:00am CT

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Seven Common Questions Asked When Building Moodle Quizzes (and Three more You Should be Asking)

Why doesn't this quiz work the way I want it to? In Academic Technology and the Online Learning Office, we get a lot of questions. This webinar will cover seven common questions about quizzes, and then explore three more questions that more people should ask.

Date: Thursday, June 10 at 11:00am CT

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Assignments: Ten Ways your World Changes if You can Grade without Printing

Nothing beats being able to read and markup a physical paper. Right? Or is that really still accurate? The tools for grading online have improved and continue to change. This webinar will honestly address the pros/cons of grading online in Moodle and explore tips that would make grading as fast as conceptually possible.

Date: Tuesday, June 15 at 11:00am CT

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Why Students Hate Discussion Forums and How to Breathe New Life into Them

Why do students not participate how I want in discussion forums? Discussion forums are everywhere in online and blended learning, but students tend to despise them. What are the reasons? How can you avoid those pitfalls and turn your discussions into a place of collaboration? This webinar will explore those topics.

Date: Thursday, June 24 at 11:00am CT

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Five Keys to Understanding the Moodle Gradebook

How do I set up the Moodle Gradebook? The gradebook in Moodle can be as simple or as complex as you need it to be. This webinar will cover the basics of setting up gradebooks in Moodle and some tips to make sure everything works as you expect.

Date: Tuesday, June 29 at 11:00am CT

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What Goes Wrong in Moodle Gradebooks: TA Mistakes and Other Misunderstandings to Avoid

"My gradebook is not calculating correctly!" This webinar will cover common mistakes, frustrations, and misunderstandings with the Moodle gradebook. Come to this webinar before throwing your computer out the window.

Date: Thursday, July 1 at 11:00am CT

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Can We Really Quantify What "Good" Looks Like? Building your Best Rubrics and Grading Guides

What does a "good" assignment look like? This webinar will cover rubrics and grading guides. We will cover how to set them up as well as some principles for embedding them into your course effectively.

Date: Thursday, July 8 at 11:00am CT

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What's All This Other Stuff? Using the Best Moodle Tools that Most People Ignore

What's all this other stuff in Moodle? Moodle has a lot of tools that most people ignore or don't know about. Come to this webinar to find out what they are and how they can help you.

Date: Thursday, July 15 at 11:00am CT

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Learning at the Intersection of Seeing and Hearing: What VoiceThread Does That Nothing Else Can

What is VoiceThread? VoiceThread may be one of the most under-utilized tools at Northwestern. Find out how VoiceThread can be used to enrich your student interaction.

Date: Thursday, July 22 at 11:00am CT

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Zoom Ninja 1: Becoming a Zoom Ninja

Do you want to be agile and effective with your Zoom skills? Do you want to discover useful ways to employ Zoom features, such as Breakout Rooms? This webinar will help you learn more about Zoom's features, how to effectively manage your virtual session, and tips for getting the most from Zoom.

Date: Tuesday, July 27 at 11:00am CT

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Zoom Ninja 2: Honing Your Zoom Ninja Skills

Take your Zoom skills to the next level! This webinar will help you explore some intermediate techniques and functions in Zoom and how to use them in the virtual community. We also discuss how to deal with “Zoombombers.”

Date: Thursday, July 29 at 11:00am CT

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Where Should I Put My Video and Why it Matters

Does it matter where I put my videos? Northwestern has been blessed with a number of video hosting options. This webinar will help you figure out the best solution for your needs. We will also discuss some tips for storing videos. 

Date: Thursday, August 5 at 11:00am CT

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Plagiarism: Can we Effectively Deter it in Moodle?

Can you reduce plagiarism in your course assignments? This webinar will cover academic integrity solutions for assignment submissions, discussion posts, and quizzes in Moodle.

Date: Thursday, August 12 at 11:00am CT

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Developing Your Course Site Structure (9:20)

This video covers how to choose your course site structure and build out your course modules.

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Measuring Student Workload (5:34)

Tools and an explanation for measuring student workload in your course can be found on this Confluence page.

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Using Course Design to Keep Students on Task (5:43)

This video a follow-up to the "Developing Your Course Site Structure" video and covers various ways you can keep students on task through your moodle course site design.

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Where Do I Start?: Designing and Developing a Course Online (40:41)

If you have never developed a course to be delivered virtually or online, starting out can seem daunting. In this webinar recording by the Online Learning Office, instructional designers will be covering some foundational principles and practices to start well in designing and developing a course.

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Building Community at a Distance (39:36)

Building community can be easy to say but perplexing to accomplish, especially at a distance. Students (and professors) can easily feel isolated in a virtual environment, so how can you build a community when everyone lives so far apart? On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, the Online Learning Office hosted a webinar to help you acquire strategies and techniques to build community in your virtual classroom.

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Enabling and Supporting Student Interaction (52:55)

On Thursday, January 7, 2021, the Online Learning Office hosted a webinar to discuss to strategies and tools to enable and support student interaction both in the hybrid and virtual classrooms.

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Making a Good First Impression Online (47:09)

Making a good first impression is important, especially online. On Wednesday, July 7, 2020, the Online Learning Office hosted a webinar to cover some strategies that you can use to get your students off on the right foot and prepare for a meaningful and engaging course in the virtual environment.

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Zoom Ninja 1: Learn to Be a Zoom Ninja (54:06)

Do you want to be agile and effective with your Zoom skills? Do you want to discover useful ways to employ Zoom features, such as Breakout Rooms? On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the Online Learning Office hosted a webinar to learn more about Zoom's features, how to effectively manage your virtual session, and tips for getting the most from Zoom.Resource referenced in the webinar: "Energize Your Online Course with Group Work" by Tamara Babaian and Bill Schiano.

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Zoom Ninja 2: Hone Your Zoom Ninja Skills (49:13)

Take your Zoom skills to the next level! On Thursday, January 7, 2021, the Online Learning Office hosted a webinar to help you explore some intermediate techniques and functions in Zoom and how to use them in the virtual community. We also discussed how to deal with “Zoombombers.”

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