CTEL Learning Designers Pieter Tryzelaar and Rucha Modak will lead a four-part series of workshops on creating video content for blended and online courses.

Workshop details are listed below. Dates are available in March and April, on the Portland campus.

• Panopto - Friday 3/7
• Creating Screencasts Using Camtasia & Screencast-O-Matic - Friday 3/14
  
• Using Wacom Tablets to Create Khan Academy-Style Instructional Videos - Friday 3/21
• Creating Video Content in the “Vault” - USM's Multimedia Recording Studio - Friday 4/1

Panopto

Panopto is a software that is designed to capture, edit, stream, and share recorded lectures and presentations. It allows for multiple feeds to all be recorded at once, including audio, video, webcams, screencasts, and PowerPoint presentations. These feeds are then combined into a single, interactive viewing platform, where the viewer can not only select between which feed to watch, they are also able to take notes and search for content within the videos using speech recognition technology. These recordings can then be embedded directly into Blackboard course using the Panopto building block. This workshop will demonstrate how Panopto works. In addition, Panopto offers free access to their monthly training webinars: To register: support.panopto.com/webinars

3/4/2014 | 12:00-1:00 pm | 521 Glickman | USM Portland Campus

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Creating Screencasts Using Camtasia and Screencast-O-Matic

Screencasts allow you to record your computer screen while simultaneously recording using your webcam.  Screencasts are a great tool for creating tutorials and recording narrated slide presentations. This workshop is focused on how to create simple screencasts using Camtasia and Screencast-O-Matic. 

3/13/2014 | 12:00-1:00 pm | 521 Glickman | USM Portland Campus

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Using Wacom Tablets to Create Khan Academy-Style Instructional Videos 

Wacom Tablets allow instructors to create digital handwritten instructions and notes. Combined with free graphics editors and screen-recording software, these tablets can be used to create Khan Academy-style instructional videos. These tablets can also be utilized in virtual tutoring sessions using Adobe Connect, Google Hangouts, or Skype. This workshop will demonstrate how to use Wacom Intuos Pro Tablets (using both Macs and PCs) to create Khan Academy-style instructional videos.

3/18/2014 | 12:00-1:00 pm | 521 Glickman | USM Portland Campus

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Creating Video Content in the “Vault” - USM's Multimedia Recording Studio

This workshop will introduce several methods for recording video content using the “Vault” recording studio. It will cover the following topics: using the HD camcorder, setting up the studio lights, making simple screencasts, and integrating videos in Blackboard.

4/10/2014 | 12:00-1:00 pm | 521 Glickman | USM Portland Campus

Located in the Learning Commons on the 2nd floor of Glickman Library, "The Vault" serves as a small media production studio for faculty. The room contains a computer workstation equipped basic media production tools and software for faculty to record and edit digital projects- including screencasts, whiteboard video lectures, podcasts, or Khan-Academy style instructional videos.

Faculty who wish to schedule an appointment can contact Rucha Modak (rmodak@usm.maine.edu) or Pieter Tryzelaar (ptryzelaar@usm.maine.edu). 

Learn more about the vault: https://usm.maine.edu/ctel/march14#vault

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The Office of Academic Assessment and the CTEL are offering informational workshops regarding Online Assessment options on the Portland and Gorham campuses in March 2014.

USM's Director of Academic Assessment Susan King, and CTEL Learning Designers Pieter Tryzelaar and Rucha Modak will facilitate the workshops. These workshops are open to any faculty members who are interested in exploring alternatives to paper-based course exams. As mentioned to you last fall semester, the paper-based exam-scanning services, provided by the Office of Academic Assessment, will no longer be offered at USM after May 2014.

The first part of the workshops will provide an "overview" of online assessment options and best practices, and the second part will cover a demonstration of the "specifics" on how to get started with setting up online assessment in Blackboard.

Workshop dates are listed below. Three dates are available in March, on the Portland and Gorham campuses.

• Friday | 3/14 | 12:00-1:30pm | Room 212 Abromson | Portland campus
• Wednesday | 3/26 | 12:00-1:30pm | Room 104 Bailey Hall | Gorham campus
• Friday | 3/28 | 12:00-1:30pm |  Room 214 Abromson | Portland campus

Susan King is the Director of Academic Assessment at USM, where she has worked for over 25 years conducting testing and assessment studies.  Her current projects include assisting academic departments with their course and program assessments, conducting institutional assessment studies, and overseeing the campus course evaluation process. Susan's graduate work focused on adult education learning & development, and higher educational assessment. She can be contacted at susank@usm.maine.edu. 

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