Professional Development Workshops

This page lists the formally scheduled workshops and office hours offered through the Center for Teaching Excellence and Technology Enhanced Learning.

Brightspace: Gradebook (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop provides an overview of Brightspace's gradebook.

Thursday, October 10, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg 249

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, October 11, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Gradebook (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop provides an overview of Brightspace's gradebook.

Friday, October 11, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Reports and Analytics (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop takes you into Brightspaces's reports, logs, and the Class Progress view, providing you with the data that can help you tweak your course, where needed, assess the utility of course content, analyze quiz data, and monitor student behavior.

Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg 249

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, October 18, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Reports and Analytics (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop takes you into Brightspaces's reports, logs, and the Class Progress view, providing you with the data that can help you tweak your course, where needed, assess the utility of course content, analyze quiz data, and monitor student behavior.

Friday, October 18, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja video streaming platform (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

YuJa provides high-quality, flexible, secure, ADA compliant video streaming across all devices and platform and it’s integrated with Brightspace. As the content owner, you determine when videos are deleted, and with whom they are shared. This 60 minute workshop provides an overview of the media library management system, step-by-step instructions for creating video-based quizzes that seamlessly interact with the Brightspace grade book, and more.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja video streaming platform (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

YuJa provides high-quality, flexible, secure, ADA compliant video streaming across all devices and platform and it’s integrated with Brightspace. As the content owner, you determine when videos are deleted, and with whom they are shared. This 60 minute workshop provides an overview of the media library management system, step-by-step instructions for creating video-based quizzes that seamlessly interact with the Brightspace grade book, and more.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Groups, Group Assignments, Group Discussions (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop addresses the options available in Brightspace for separating a larger class into smaller groups for discussions and assignments.

Thursday, October 24, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Feinberg 249

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, October 25, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Groups, Group Assignments, Group Discussions (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop addresses the options available in Brightspace for separating a larger class into smaller groups for discussions and assignments.

Friday, October 25, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja: Editing video, subtitles, and creating video quizzes (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Yuja, SUNY Plattsburgh's streaming video platform isn't just for collecting and streaming videos, it also has an intuitive editing interface for both video and auto-generated subtitles. In addition, Yuja can also be used to create video quizzes that are tied directly to the Brightspace gradebook. In this workshop, we will show you how.

Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja: Editing video, subtitles, and creating video quizzes (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Yuja, SUNY Plattsburgh's streaming video platform isn't just for collecting and streaming videos, it also has an intuitive editing interface for both video and auto-generated subtitles. In addition, Yuja can also be used to create video quizzes that are tied directly to the Brightspace gradebook. In this workshop, we will show you how.

Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Quizzes and Question Library (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop covers the creation, management, and grading of quizzes in Brightspace, beginning with an introduction to Brightspace's Question Library.

Thursday, October 31, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Feinberg 249

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, November 1, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Quizzes and Question Library (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop covers the creation, management, and grading of quizzes in Brightspace, beginning with an introduction to Brightspace's Question Library.

Friday, November 1, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, November 8, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, November 15, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, November 22, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace Clinic (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This 60-minute online Brightspace session has no fixed agenda, but is designed to provide you with an opportunity to ask questions—and get answers—about particular issues you may encounter with Brightspace. The "clinic" session is designed to answer questions from faculty who've already attended Brightspace training.

Friday, December 6, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Gradebook (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop provides an overview of Brightspace's gradebook.

Thursday, December 12, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Gradebook (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This workshop provides an overview of Brightspace's gradebook.

Friday, December 13, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja video streaming platform (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

YuJa provides high-quality, flexible, secure, ADA compliant video streaming across all devices and platform and it’s integrated with Brightspace. As the content owner, you determine when videos are deleted, and with whom they are shared. This 60 minute workshop provides an overview of the media library management system, step-by-step instructions for creating video-based quizzes that seamlessly interact with the Brightspace grade book, and more.

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja video streaming platform (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

YuJa provides high-quality, flexible, secure, ADA compliant video streaming across all devices and platform and it’s integrated with Brightspace. As the content owner, you determine when videos are deleted, and with whom they are shared. This 60 minute workshop provides an overview of the media library management system, step-by-step instructions for creating video-based quizzes that seamlessly interact with the Brightspace grade book, and more.

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Teaching with Brightspace (4-weeks) (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Participants will be fully immersed in an online environment where they will take part as a student, learn online pedagogy, and experience building an online module using the tools available in Brightspace. This workshop is fully online and requires no face-to-face, synchronous commitment. It requires about six hours of time each week to complete the readings, watch videos, complete a couple written assignments, and participate in forums. Upon completion, participants will be certified to teach online at Plattsburgh.

Monday, January 6, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja: Editing video, subtitles, and creating video quizzes (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Yuja, SUNY Plattsburgh's streaming video platform isn't just for collecting and streaming videos, it also has an intuitive editing interface for both video and auto-generated subtitles. In addition, Yuja can also be used to create video quizzes that are tied directly to the Brightspace gradebook. In this workshop, we will show you how.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025 from 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Zoom (Online)

Yuja: Editing video, subtitles, and creating video quizzes (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

Yuja, SUNY Plattsburgh's streaming video platform isn't just for collecting and streaming videos, it also has an intuitive editing interface for both video and auto-generated subtitles. In addition, Yuja can also be used to create video quizzes that are tied directly to the Brightspace gradebook. In this workshop, we will show you how.

Wednesday, January 8, 2025 from 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - Zoom (Online)

Brightspace: Teaching with Brightspace (4 days) (Seats available for faculty and staff.)

This four-day online workshop covers all aspects of teaching in Brightspace. Three hours each day will be spent in Zoom sessions covering the tools available to you in Brightspace, and an estimated four hours each day will be spent in Brightspace itself, completing readings, watching videos, completing written assignments, and participating in forums. Following the successful completion of the workshop, attendees will be certified to teach fully online and remote courses at SUNY Plattsburgh.
Note: The Zoom sessions will run from 9:00am through 12:00 each day. Zoom session details and directions for accessing the Brightspace workshop site will be emailed to participants the day before the workshop begins.

Monday, January 13, 2025 from 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - ACC-Campus TBA


Contact Information

For more information about Technology Enhanced Learning workshops, please contact:

Peter Friesen
Email: friesep@plattsburgh.edu

Last Updated 7/25/18