The Office of Online Learning

Open Lab - Gulf Coast Campus
2020-01-15 09:30 - 14:30 (America/Chicago) | Gulf Coast Campus, Active Learning Classroom, GC Library Room 204, 730 East Beach Boulevard, Long Beach, MS, 39560, US
An Open Lab is an open training session that spans multiple hours and has no defined topic. Support personnel from the Office of Online Learning are available in a specific location to answer questions and provide one-on-one support as needed. Unlike scheduled training events, open labs are not content specific. However, topics available for training and troubleshooting are restricted to technologies supported by the Office of Online Learning.
Open Labs are available to all faculty and staff members regardless of technical experience. Topics for the open lab may include:

Canvas
Yuja
Big Blue Button
Office 365
Microsoft Teams
iClicker

Registering for this event is not required to attend, but it is strongly encouraged. Registration provides the support techs an opportunity to inquire about, or anticipate, specific needs of attendees.

QUALITY MATTERS APPQMR WORKSHOP-Cancelled
2020-01-15 13:30 - 16:30 | IC 318, International Center, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, United States
This is a two-day workshop: Jan. 15 and Jan. 16 | 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Must attend both days to receive APPQMR certification

The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for faculty. Limited space is available.
Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – Hattiesburg Campus
January 15 & 16, 2020 | 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. This is a two-day workshop.

Must attend both days to receive APPQMR certification.

Hosted on the Hattiesburg Campus.
International Center (IC) room 318.
Register early. Limited seats available.

The Office of Online learning will be providing coffee and light snacks.
This workshop is only available to faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Requirements:

Registration must be completed using your official university email address (@usm.edu).
Bring your laptop. (Email Susan Rayborn if this is a problem.)
Individuals must attend the full workshop to receive APPQMR certification.

48 hour notice required for cancellations. This provides us the opportunity to fill the space. Email susan.rayborn@usm.edu.
If registration information does not appear below, click here to register.

Yuja Workshop - An Introduction to Yuja
2020-01-16 10:00 - 23:00 | International Center, Room 102, 118 College Drive #9649, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406
Yuja is a video management platform that allows online instructors and students to capture and store video within a cloud-based streaming and storage environment. Yuja also connects to the Canvas learning management system, which allows instructors to share captured and stored videos with his/her classes.
The following training is designed to introduce instructors to Yuja. The training will cover:

Capturing video with Yuja
Uploading video to Yuja
Connecting Yuja to Canvas courses
Embedding Yuja video within a course
Editing captured videos in Yuja
Uploading Video to Yuja from a Mobile Device

Because Yuja allows users to upload personal videos, participants are encouraged to bring their own videos, or computer equipment, to the workshop. This is not required to participate in the training.
This workshop is led by Mark Ferguson. If you need more information, please contact Mark Ferguson at mark.ferguson@usm.edu, or call 601.266.6581.

Yuja Workshop - Editing in Yuja
2020-01-16 14:00 - 15:00 | International Center, Room 102, 118 College Drive #9649, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406
In Yuja, videos may be created through Capture & Live Stream or uploaded from a computer to Yuja. These videos are processed into .mp4 format (if they are not already .mp4 videos) and a closed captioning transcript is created by Yuja for the video.
Yuja can also help users edit these created/uploaded videos. Users can edit videos online through Yuja, or download the video and edit directly from their computer. Close Captioned transcripts are not editable online and must be downloaded to a computer. This workshop is designed to help walk users through these editing processes. In addition, the Office of Online Learning will provide certain technology recommendations for video and transcript editing.
This workshop is led by Mark Ferguson. If you need more information, please contact Mark Ferguson at mark.ferguson@usm.edu, or call 601.266.6581.

Canvas Workshop - The New Grade Book
2020-01-17 10:00 - 11:00 | International Center, Room 102, 118 College Drive #9649, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406
Canvas has developed a new grade book. This grade book will replace the current version of the grade book in Canvas on January 18th, 2020, and contains features unavailable in the current version of the grade book, like automatic deductions for late assignments and advanced sorting options. While this switch has not yet happened, instructors can use the new grade book within their courses. This workshop walks instructors through adding the new grade book to their course, grading assignments within the new grade book, and using the new grade book features.
This workshop is led by Mark Ferguson. If you need more information, please contact Mark Ferguson at mark.ferguson@usm.edu, or call 601.266.6581.

Web Conferencing/Live Chat @ USM
2020-01-17 14:00 - 15:00 | International Center, Room 102, 118 College Drive #9649, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406
Web conferencing is a way for instructors to synchronously communicate with students online, in real time. Currently, USM has three different applications that facilitate web conferencing: Big Blue Button, Yuja Video Classroom, and Microsoft Teams. Each application has certain benefits and limitations. This workshop is designed as an overview of each application. Topics included within this workshop are:

Application functionality
Connection to a course (Canvas)
Session archiving/recording

Big Blue Button and Yuja are developing new versions of their web conferencing products. Those update will be discussed in detail. Microsoft Teams is replacing Skype for Business at the end of 2021. Teams has all the functionality of Skype for Business and some additional tools/capabilities.
This workshop is led by Mark Ferguson. If you need more information, please contact Mark Ferguson at mark.ferguson@usm.edu, or call 601.266.6581.
DISCLAIMER: your department or school may have purchased a license for another web conferencing product other that what is listed above (like Zoom). In that case, we can certainly discuss your product during the session but USM will not offer any training or support for this product.

QUALITY MATTERS APPQMR WORKSHOP
2020-01-20 08:30 - 16:30, 2020-02-24 08:30 - 16:30 | IC 318, International Center, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406, United States
The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for faculty. Limited space is available.
Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – Hattiesburg Campus
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Hosted on the Hattiesburg Campus.
International Center (IC) room 318.
Register early. Limited seats available.

The Office of Online learning will be providing coffee and light snacks.
This workshop is only available to faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Requirements:

Registration must be completed using your official university email address (@usm.edu).
Bring your laptop. (Email Susan Rayborn if this is a problem.)
Individuals must attend the full day workshop to receive APPQMR certification.

48 hour notice required for cancellations. This provides us the opportunity to fill the space. Email susan.rayborn@usm.edu.
If registration information does not appear below, click here to register.

QUALITY MATTERS APPQMR WORKSHOP
2020-03-16 08:30 - 16:30 | International Center, Room 318, 118 COLLEGE DR, HATTIESBURG, MS, 39406, United States

USM Virtual Quality Matters APPQMR Workshop via Cisco Webex
2020-05-26 09:00 - 16:00, 2020-05-27 09:00 - 16:00 | Online Event
This is a virtual APPQMR Workshop hosted via Cisco Webex. Click here for the Provost’s Keep Teaching website on Cisco Webex.
The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for Southern Miss faculty. Limited space is available.
Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – Virtual Workshop
30 minute break for lunch

This workshop is only available to faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Requirements:

Cisco Webex to connect to virtual workshop.
Access to reliable internet.
Computer/laptop to access/complete workshop tasks.
Individuals must attend the full day workshop to receive APPQMR certification.

What happens after I register?

You will receive an email of your requirements and how to access Webex.

48 hour notice required for cancellations. This provides us the opportunity to fill the space.
Questions? Issues? Email susan.rayborn@usm.edu.
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.

USM Quality Matters APPQMR Virtual Workshop via Cisco Webex
2020-07-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Online Event
This is a virtual APPQMR Workshop hosted via Cisco Webex.

The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for Southern Miss faculty. Space is limited.
Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – Virtual Workshop
30 minute break for lunch

This workshop is only available to faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Requirements:

Access to reliable internet.
Computer with webcam and microphone.
Computer/laptop to access/complete workshop tasks.
Individuals must attend the full day workshop to receive APPQMR certification.

What happens after I register?

You will receive an email of your requirements to complete in order to receive the workshop materials and access to the Webex meeting.

48 hour notice required for cancellations. This provides us the opportunity to fill the space.
Questions? Issues? Email susan.rayborn@usm.edu.
Click here to register through Eventbrite

USM Quality Matters APPQMR Virtual Workshop via Cisco Webex
2020-07-08 09:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-09 09:00 - 16:00

Advanced Assignments, Quizzes, & Gradebook
2020-07-27 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-08-06 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
The workshop will build on the basics of building assignments, quizzes, and the gradebook. Topics covered include:

How to create, edit, and grade TurnItin assignments
How to create student presentation assignments
How to use Rubrics w/ Assignments
How to moderate a quiz
How to access the quiz log and quiz statistics
How to create category/group weights in the gradebook
How to use the grade posting policy (i.e., the new mute/unmute)

This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

Live Online Classes w/ Webex & Teams
2020-07-28 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-08-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Event
This workshop will offer detailed overviews of Cisco Webex and Microsoft Teams, how they are incorporated into Canvas, and how they may be used to hold live classes within an online environment.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

USM Quality Matters APPQMR Virtual Workshop via Cisco Webex
2020-07-29 08:00 - 16:00, 2020-07-31 09:00 - 16:00, 2020-08-04 09:00 - 16:00, 2020-08-05 09:00 - 16:00, 2020-08-06 09:00 - 16:00 | Online Event
This is a virtual APPQMR Workshop hosted via Cisco Webex.
The University of Southern Mississippi Office of Online Learning is hosting the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric workshop for Southern Miss faculty. Space is limited.
Learn the underlying principles behind the QM Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course.

Applying the Quality Matters Rubric – Virtual Workshop
30 minute break for lunch

This workshop is only available to faculty at The University of Southern Mississippi.
Requirements:

Access to reliable internet.
Computer with webcam and microphone.
Computer/laptop to access/complete workshop tasks, and multiple sites.
Individuals must attend the full day workshop to receive APPQMR certification.

What happens after I register?

You will receive an email of your requirements to complete in order to receive the workshop materials and access to the Webex meeting.

48 hour notice required for cancellations. This provides us the opportunity to fill the space.
Questions? Issues? Email susan.rayborn@usm.edu.

Online Office Hours
2020-07-29 10:00 - 11:30, 2020-08-04 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Event
For those who are used to holding office hours in person, that method of communication and scheduling is much more difficult with online students. This workshop discusses a different way to accomplish the same to accomplish the same sort of communication and interaction with students through fully online communication.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

Editing Closed Captioning (CC) Transcripts
2020-07-30 13:00 - 14:30, 2020-08-04 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
There are three different video platforms that create Closed Captioning (CC) transcripts for videos: Cisco Webex, Microsoft Stream, and Yuja. The accuracy of these products are between 75-90% depending on the quality of the audio in the video, the speech patterns of people in the video, and any background noise included in the recording. In order to be ADA compliant, the CC transcripts may require some editing. This workshop walks you through how to do this.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

Yuja & Stream Basics
2020-07-31 10:00 - 11:30 | Online Event
Yuja and Microsoft Stream are video storage and streaming platforms faculty and students at USM have access to. This workshop walks attendees through how to access and use these platforms, and how to bring video from them into a Canvas course.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

Space Saving Strategies for Online Courses
2020-08-03 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
Every Canvas course has a finite amount of space: 1 GB (or 1000 MB). This is not a lot of space considering any files you upload into your course takes up space, any files you import into your course takes up space, and any file students submit as part of an assignment takes up space. This workshop shows you how you can use other cloud based software to help alleviate these space problems.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.

Advanced Yuja
2020-08-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Online Event
For those who already know the basics of Yuja (how to login, create a video, and share it to Canvas), this workshop discusses features that are beyond the scope of the casual user. These features include:

Yuja Quizzes (or quizzes embedded into a video)
Video analytics
Video editing
Deleting/Recovering videos

If you have not already used Yuja, or been through the Yuja Basics training, this session will not make sense to you. Please attend Yuja Basics before attending Advanced Yuja.
This session is led by Mark Ferguson and will be conducted virtually through Microsoft Teams.
Links to the meeting will be sent to all attendees 1 weeks before the start of the event, with a reminder the day before the event. These reminders are set by the Eventbrite event management system. You may need to check your spam/junk/clutter folders for these emails, as they can occasionally get caught.
