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Schedule of Canvas workshops with descriptions and registration link
Workshop Descriptions & Registration links	Date/Time	Registration link
That One Thing… (TOTs) – Join us over the lunch hour for That One Thing… Canvas Edition. We will highlight ONE FEATURE in Canvas and take your questions (45min).
UT Instapoll Join us to learn more about the free classroom response system created here at UT Austin. UT Instapoll leverages a Canvas assignment, allowing instructors to pose multiple choice or text entry questions or polls to their students, thereby pushing performance and/or participation scores to the Canvas gradebook.	Tue Sept 27 at 12pm	Register
Rubrics & SpeedGrader Learn how to craft rubrics to improve efficiency and consistency in assessment grading. We will cover rubric creation, pulling in Outcomes, viewing rubrics in SpeedGrader, and leaving feedback on rubric criteria. Rubrics can be much more than ratings points!	Thu Oct 6 at 1pm	Register
Creating Content in Panopto This webinar is for instructors who are interested in recording lectures for their students to watch in their Canvas course(s). Learn how to use the Panopto recorder to record lectures from your own computer and then place these recordings into a Canvas Module or Page. Topics will include setting up Panopto for Canvas, downloading the recorder, recording a lecture, and making a recording available to students.	Wed Oct 12 at 1pm	Register
New Analytics Canvas is making it easier for instructors to view and download how well students are doing in a particular course. Available analytics charts include course grade, weekly online activity, and communication. New Analytics provides downloadable CSV files for missing/late assignments, excused assignments, and course activity data. What is New Analytics?	Thu Oct 20 at 12pm	Register
New Quizzes New Quizzes will become the only quiz option in Canvas by summer 2022. We will present an overview of New Quizzes, a comparison of "Classic" vs "New" Quizzes and when to make the switch (Comparison Document). For more information, please see the Timeline for New Quizzes. Learn the new question types and features in New Quizzes; how to shuffle questions/answers, add time/attempt limits, manage what students see when they complete the quiz. How to moderate a quiz and add additional time or attempts; create a new Assign To for students with accommodations. Use Item Banks to make a quiz unique for each students (Item Banks replace Question Banks/Groups). How to view a student's submission in SpeedGrader and Regrade if necessary. Learn how to migrate an existing Classic quiz (without Question Groups or Banks) over to New Quizzes	Tue Oct 25 at 11am	Register

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::: About Gradescope :::

Gradescope is a feedback and assessment tool that dramatically reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other assignments. Gradescope is widely used to deliver assessments remotely. It enables instructors and graders to give better and more timely feedback, resulting in improved learning outcomes. Dynamic rubrics help streamline the tedious parts of grading while increasing grading consistency. AI-assisted Grading allows instructors to automatically group similar answers and grade all the answers in each group at once. Gradescope also helps with grading programming assignments at scale and can automatically grade printed bubble sheets. You can learn more and create an account at www.gradescope.com. The Gradescope team is happy to help, so please let them know if you have any questions at help@gradescope.com.

Schedule of vendor-led workshops from Gradescope with descriptions and a registration links
Description	Date/Time	Registration
Get Started with Gradescope [vendor-led] Join the Gradescope team to learn how you can use Gradescope to deliver and grade all of your assignments, whether online or in person. This one-hour workshop will focus on how you can use Gradescope to deliver and grade your assignments that are paper-based, fully online, and a combination of the two. In these workshops, you will learn how to: Set up assignments where students can submit freeform work (no printers or templates needed) Grade your existing exams and homework on Gradescope Make rubric changes as you grade - changes apply to previously graded work to maintain consistency Write each comment only once - apply previously used comments with a click Use ‘assignment analytics’ to gain insight into student learning ** A recording of the session will be shared with all registrants. So please feel free to register even if you can't make it to the live session. Instructors are welcome to invite their TAs and grading staff!	Thu 10/13 at 11am Wed 10/26 at 2pm	Register
Gradescope - Bubble Sheet Session [UT Austin session] Join us for an online workshop and learn how instructors use Gradescope. The workshop will offer guidance on using Gradescope Bubble Sheets (as a scantron replacement). We will also cover the instructor workflow of using Gradescope integrated with Canvas. *Instructors are welcome to invite their TAs and grading staff. In this workshop you will learn how to: digitally create answer key and change at any time as needed scan student submissions via any scanner on campus easily edit bubbling mistakes electronically and systematically provide quick scoring (including partial credit) on multiple choice and multiple select questions supply rich targeted feedback on multiple choice return graded work electronically with a few clicks	Past Event: A recording of the workshop Bubble Sheet Assignments overview Tips for managing scans	--
2022 Gradescope Summit: Building Better Assessments Members of the Gradescope community shared innovative approaches to assessment and best practices for accelerating grading and feedback. Led by and built for Gradescope users, sessions are designed for all experience levels and disciplines. Discover information about all of the sessions here, https://info.gradescope.com/noa-gradescope-summit. SESSION 1 - Panel Discussion: What Does Effective Assessment Look Like Today? SESSION 2 - Gradescope in Language Programs: New Insights for Language Assessments SESSION 3 - Creating Effective Rubrics to Accelerate Quality Feedback SESSION 4 - Strengthening Assessment Consistency in Multi-Section Courses SESSION 5 - Fairer, Better, Faster, Stronger: How AI Can Increase Grading Effectiveness SESSION 6 - What Scale? Maximizing Time in Massive Courses SESSION 7 - Designing Flexible Programming Assignments to Fit Students Needs	Past Event: Please click the link(s) on the left to access recorded sessions	--

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::: About Hypothes.is :::

Based on the popularity of our Hypothesis 101 webinar this fall, we’re offering more opportunities to join us online and see what it would look like to use Hypothesis for social annotation in your course(s). Whether you’re an instructor or a course designer, RSVP for one of the sessions below to find out more about our tools and services. We’ll discuss the pedagogical value of collaborative annotation and show you a quick demo of Hypothesis. Get a jump start to the upcoming term by joining us for a primer on social annotation.

While we would love to see you on Zoom in one (or more) of these workshops, don’t worry if you can’t attend live. We will record these sessions and share the videos with all registrants. Upcoming Events

Schedule of vendor-led workshops from Hypothes.is with descriptions and registration links
Description	Date/Registration link
Hypothesis 101: Learn More About Social Annotation Get introduced to Hypothesis and see a demo showing how collaborative annotation can transform classrooms, making reading active, visible, and social.	Th 10/6 at 2pm Th 10/20 at 2pm
Activating annotation with Hypothesis in Canvas (30 minutes) This is a great introductory workshop if you’re new to adding Hypothesis as an external tool to your readings in Canvas.	Tues Nov 1 at 12pm
Using multimedia & tags in annotations (30 minutes) This workshop walks you through how to increase engagement by adding multimedia and tags in annotations.	Tues Oct 18 at 12pm Tues Nov 15 at 12pm
Using Hypothesis with small groups (30 minutes) This workshop focuses on the options for using Hypothesis in small groups and covers how social annotation can be used to create a more collaborative learning environment.	Tues Oct, 11 at 12pm Tues Nov 8 at 12pm
Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses (30 minutes) This workshop covers a variety of discussion protocols and active-learning strategies that can help make social annotation even more fun and engaging for you and your students.	Tues Oct 25 at 12pm Tues Nov 29 at 12pm
Show-and-tell participatory workshop (30 minutes) This workshop will help instructors who have already been using Hypothesis more fully leverage all of its features. Come to this session with one or more examples of an effective and meaningful annotation assignment that your students completed.	Tues Oct 4 at 12pm Tues Dec 6 at 12pm

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::: About Panopto :::

Panopto is the easiest way to record and share videos. Upload and host your videos in your Canvas course. Search inside videos for any word spoken or displayed on screen (PowerPoint/Keynote slides!). Panopto provides greater flexibility for recording videos, more advanced video editing tools, and simpler workflows for finding and sharing videos securely online. Additionally, Panopto delivers elevated viewing experiences that engage audiences and enable more flexible collaboration.

When live two-way conversation isn’t necessary, you can use Panopto for Asynchronous learning and teaching (pre-recording lectures; creating flipped class videos; creating microlearning videos; student video projects, presentations, and performances; providing assessments and feedback; and recording on-demand employee training videos) and Sharing knowledge and information (sharing video tutorials, demonstrations and how-tos; creating video documentation and SOPs; capturing and searching SME knowledge; recording and sharing video presentations; creating on-demand CSU communications videos; recording employee onboarding videos).

Schedule of vendor-led workshops from Panopto with descriptions and registration links
Description	Date/Registration link
Basic Training Webinars These webinars are designed for new users and beginners who would like to learn how to use the Panopto software. Please note, registrations must be manually approved before users can access the webinar. Click here to view a recording of a previous webinar.	Wed Oct 12 at 2:00 PM Wed Nov 9 at 2:00 PM
Advanced Training Webinars - Microsoft Teams Integration [vendor-led] This month, join us for a discussion on Panopto’s integration with Microsoft Teams - including the ability to store Teams meeting recordings in Panopto and to access Panopto videos within Teams. We’ll first talk about the integration’s benefits and features, then show how Administrators can set up and configure the integration. Finally, we’ll cover how users can add the integration and begin using it. We’ll end the webinar with live Q&A.	Past Event: Link to Presentation
Advanced Training Webinars - Making Panopto Videos More Interactive [vendor-led] Did you know you can add quizzes, webpages, and YouTube videos to your Panopto videos? This month, we will explore a variety of ways to make your Panopto videos more interactive. Learn how to knowledge-check viewers through quizzing, add content like YouTube videos and webpages, as well as give viewers the opportunity to record their own videos within an existing Panopto video. We will also take a look at some additional video editing tools outside of Panopto that you can use to add layers of interactive content.	Past Event: Link to Presentation

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::: About Microsoft 365 :::

Registration links and additional information to come!

Schedule of vendor-led workshops from Microsoft with descriptions and registration links
Description	Date/Registration link
Streamline Efficiency with Microsoft 365 Apps (Overview)  [vendor-led] Microsoft 365 provides the right environment for better learning outcomes. In this introduction to Microsoft 365, educators will learn how to become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the device they use. This webinar is aimed at educators for whom Microsoft 365 is relatively new and who are looking to implement solutions to classroom problems right away. With Microsoft 365, educators will learn how to become more innovative with cloud-based tools, regardless of the device they use.	Tues 10/11 at 12:30pm
Microsoft Training - OneDrive – WHERE IS MY STUFF?  [vendor-led] OneDrive allows organizations to simply share, work together, and collaborate on the same files, while protecting and securing important information. This webinar will show how to efficiently navigate and use OneDrive. Attendees will learn how to log in to OneDrive; create, access, and edit multiple file types used on Office 365; change the view and sorting options, organize folders, share files, and view file details. Q&A will be embedded into the second half of the session.	Tues 10/18 at 12:30pm
Microsoft Word - Collaboration for Today’s Workflow [vendor-led] What do Editor, Dictate, Insert, Draw, References, Review, Reading Progress, Immersive Reader have in common?  They are all things located in Microsoft Word and other Microsoft applications.  Have you seen them?  Would you like to?  Then join this webinar to explore these tools and more. We will dive in deeper to see what students (and yourself) can utilize to increase their reading and writing skill development.  You will leave this session/PD knowing why they are the O365 hidden gems!	Tues 10/25 at 12:30pm

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