Start of School Webinars
Join us for an engaging series of webinars that will empower both faculty and students to enhance their teaching and learning experiences!
If you are new to teaching at Loyola or returning this fall, you are invited to participate in all or part of this live webinar series. These sessions are designed to help you integrate technology into teaching and learning quickly, while gaining insights into best practices for using each tool.
Interactive Learning with Top Hat
Want to incorporate more active learning and student engagement activities into your classes? Maybe you are lacking the data to understand what your students are comprehending from lessons? Top Hat is an interactive, web-based tool that offers instructors several methods to promote student engagement such as icebreaker quizzes, discussion boards, gamified elements like polling tournaments, and much more. A representative from Top Hat will co-facilitate this webinar.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2:00-2:45 PM CT
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Survey Smarts: Getting Started with Qualtrics
New to Qualtrics? This introductory session will teach you the basics of using Loyola’s Qualtrics platform to create surveys, distribute them, and analyze your results. Whether you're conducting research, gathering feedback, or exploring data collection for the first time, this session will help you get started with confidence.
Wednesday, August 6th, 11:00-11:45 AM CT
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Teaching with Tech: Gradescope for Streamlining Grading & Providing Consistent Feedback
Assessing student work and practicing consistent grading can be supported with the use of Gradescope! As an academic assessment tool within our Loyola catalog, Gradescope provides customizable options for digitally administering diverse course work from low-stakes engagement to larger weight exams. Consider ways to rethink student assignments for authenticity, improve your grading workflow with consistent comments and easy-to-build rubrics, and to leverage AI to save your time for cura personalis. Howard Fooksman from Gradescope will co-facilitate this webinar.
Thursday, August 7th, 10:00-10:45am CT
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Introduction to Sakai for Faculty
If you are a new or returning faculty member, please join Learning Technologies & Innovation for an Introduction to Sakai for Faculty. This live webinar provides a guided tour of teaching and learning tools found within Sakai so that you understand the many options for presenting and organizing course content, assessing student learning and providing feedback, and promoting engagement in your courses. This session will also include a brief comparison of the integrated multimedia and communication tools (e.g., Zoom) available within Sakai.
Monday, August 11th, 1:00-2:00 PM CT
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Introducing Elai: Using AI for Video Production
Want to learn about the future of video production? ITS is currently offering a pilot program of Elai, a user-friendly tool for creating and managing video content with the assistance of AI. Elai is an exciting new tool that allows users to generate professional-quality videos using Artificial Intelligence. Join this session to discover how Elai is revolutionizing the process of creating visual content.
Tuesday, August 12th, 12:00-12:45 PM CT
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Introduction to Sakai for Students
If you are a new or returning student this fall, please join Learning Technologies & Innovation for an Introduction to Sakai for Students. This live webinar provides a guided tour of learning tools found within Sakai so that you understand how to engage with course activities and lessons, submit coursework, take quizzes, and view grades or feedback. This session will also introduce integrated learning technologies for multimedia and communication (e.g., Zoom).
Tuesday, August 19th, 1:00-2:00 PM CT
Register Now
Join us for an engaging series of webinars that will empower both faculty and students to enhance their teaching and learning experiences!
If you are new to teaching at Loyola or returning this fall, you are invited to participate in all or part of this live webinar series. These sessions are designed to help you integrate technology into teaching and learning quickly, while gaining insights into best practices for using each tool.
Interactive Learning with Top Hat
Want to incorporate more active learning and student engagement activities into your classes? Maybe you are lacking the data to understand what your students are comprehending from lessons? Top Hat is an interactive, web-based tool that offers instructors several methods to promote student engagement such as icebreaker quizzes, discussion boards, gamified elements like polling tournaments, and much more. A representative from Top Hat will co-facilitate this webinar.
Tuesday, August 5th, 2:00-2:45 PM CT
Register Now
Survey Smarts: Getting Started with Qualtrics
New to Qualtrics? This introductory session will teach you the basics of using Loyola’s Qualtrics platform to create surveys, distribute them, and analyze your results. Whether you're conducting research, gathering feedback, or exploring data collection for the first time, this session will help you get started with confidence.
Wednesday, August 6th, 11:00-11:45 AM CT
Register Now
Teaching with Tech: Gradescope for Streamlining Grading & Providing Consistent Feedback
Assessing student work and practicing consistent grading can be supported with the use of Gradescope! As an academic assessment tool within our Loyola catalog, Gradescope provides customizable options for digitally administering diverse course work from low-stakes engagement to larger weight exams. Consider ways to rethink student assignments for authenticity, improve your grading workflow with consistent comments and easy-to-build rubrics, and to leverage AI to save your time for cura personalis. Howard Fooksman from Gradescope will co-facilitate this webinar.
Thursday, August 7th, 10:00-10:45am CT
Register Now
Introduction to Sakai for Faculty
If you are a new or returning faculty member, please join Learning Technologies & Innovation for an Introduction to Sakai for Faculty. This live webinar provides a guided tour of teaching and learning tools found within Sakai so that you understand the many options for presenting and organizing course content, assessing student learning and providing feedback, and promoting engagement in your courses. This session will also include a brief comparison of the integrated multimedia and communication tools (e.g., Zoom) available within Sakai.
Monday, August 11th, 1:00-2:00 PM CT
Register Now
Introducing Elai: Using AI for Video Production
Want to learn about the future of video production? ITS is currently offering a pilot program of Elai, a user-friendly tool for creating and managing video content with the assistance of AI. Elai is an exciting new tool that allows users to generate professional-quality videos using Artificial Intelligence. Join this session to discover how Elai is revolutionizing the process of creating visual content.
Tuesday, August 12th, 12:00-12:45 PM CT
Register Now
Introduction to Sakai for Students
If you are a new or returning student this fall, please join Learning Technologies & Innovation for an Introduction to Sakai for Students. This live webinar provides a guided tour of learning tools found within Sakai so that you understand how to engage with course activities and lessons, submit coursework, take quizzes, and view grades or feedback. This session will also introduce integrated learning technologies for multimedia and communication (e.g., Zoom).
Tuesday, August 19th, 1:00-2:00 PM CT
Register Now