Our workshops are designed for faculty who want to learn technology tools in the context of how they can be used in college classrooms, using examples of how they have been used by Hunter colleagues. We update them each semester as technology tools and instructors’ needs change. Workshops are listed below by date offered. You can also view them grouped on our Workshop Categories page.
Please use the registration links to let us know that you will be joining us. We change registration links to links to resources or recordings after the date of the workshops.
Upcoming Workshops
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Workshop
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Presenter
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Mon. 3/25/2024
6:00 - 7:00 PM
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Same Course, Different Platforms: Blackboard vs Brightspace
Join us for an informational session on Hunter’s learning management system transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. We will discuss the timeline, the learning and support resources available and the steps that professors can take to get ready to teach on Brightspace in 2025. We will showcase exemplary courses built in Blackboard and redesigned in Brightspace. Compare the look and feel of the two courses and learn about features and tools that will be available in the new platform.
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Shiao-Chuan Kung
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Wed.
3/27/2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
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Getting Useful Learner Feedback
Using Mircrosoft Forms, Professors gather data from students that will give them insights into their practice. Explore the tools afforded to you through Microsoft 365’s survey tools.
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Logan Spevak
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Wed.
4/3/2024
5:00 - 6:00 PM
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Same Course, Different Platforms: Blackboard vs Brightspace
Join us for an informational session on Hunter’s learning management system transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. We will discuss the timeline, the learning and support resources available and the steps that professors can take to get ready to teach on Brightspace in 2025. We will showcase exemplary courses built in Blackboard and redesigned in Brightspace. Compare the look and feel of the two courses and learn about features and tools that will be available in the new platform.
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Shiao-Chuan Kung
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Thurs.
4/4/2024
10:00 - 11:00 AM
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New Time-Saving AI Features in Zoom
AI Companion, a suite of AI-powered tools now available for use in your CUNY Zoom account, can make quick work of preparing summaries or minutes of meetings, organizing meeting recordings into logical chapters, and even preparing a list of follow-up items after your meeting is over. In this workshop, we will go over the four AI Companion tools available to you in your CUNY Zoom account, with demonstrations of and use cases for each. We will also go over some shortcomings of the AI Companion technology and review the accuracy of meeting summaries AI Companion generated during actual meetings.
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Justin Tricarico
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Mon.
4/8/2024
12:00-1:00 PM
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Lightboard: a New Way to Record Lectures
The Center for Online Learning has recently added a new piece of technology to help professors record lectures. The Lightboard acts as a see-through whiteboard that lets you face the camera and present handwritten content easily to your learners. This tool has a use case for all disciplines; if you write or draw on a board to explain a concept or a process, then the Lightboard is for you!
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Logan Spevak
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Wed. 4/10/2024
1:00 - 2:00 PM
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Same Course, Different Platforms: Blackboard vs Brightspace
Join us for an informational session on Hunter’s learning management system transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. We will discuss the timeline, the learning and support resources available and the steps that professors can take to get ready to teach on Brightspace in 2025. We will showcase exemplary courses built in Blackboard and redesigned in Brightspace. Compare the look and feel of the two courses and learn about features and tools that will be available in the new platform.
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Shiao-Chuan Kung
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Thurs. 4/11/2024
10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Blackboard Ally to Improve Accessibility of Course Materials
Ally, a tool integrated into Blackboard, is designed to help professors improve the accessibility of online course content by flagging content that is not accessible and suggesting ways to make it accessible. In this workshop, we will go over how to use Ally’s accessibility rating system to optimize your course content for accessibility, with a focus on how to remediate content that Ally rates poorly for accessibility. We will also discuss Ally’s student-facing features, including the ability to transcode your course content to different formats, such as HTML, braille, and audio.
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Justin Tricarico
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Tues. 4/16/2024
10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Create Course Content using Snagit
Snagit, available to use at no cost for any CUNY faculty member, will enable you to quickly and easily create multimedia content for your course. Snagit allows you to capture and annotate anything you can see or hear on your computer, allowing you to create annotated images and screen shots as well as screen recordings with live video and audio narration. In this workshop, we’ll go over how you can use Snagit to create content for mini-lectures, instructional and review videos, how-to guides, and other multimedia content for your courses.
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Justin Tricarico
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Wed.
4/17/2024
1:00-2:00 PM
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Back Channeling: Give Students More Ways to Participate
Zoom’s chat tool is useful to increase participation, field questions, and gather real-time feedback. Explore recommended tools that replicate the ability to make lectures more interactive through backchanneling--using a class chat. Learn how to set up a ‘class chat’ and replicate the utility of Zoom chat for an in-person class.
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Logan Spevak
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Fri.
4/19/2024
10:00 - 11:00 AM
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Same Course, Different Platforms: Blackboard vs Brightspace
Join us for an informational session on Hunter’s learning management system transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. We will discuss the timeline, the learning and support resources available and the steps that professors can take to get ready to teach on Brightspace in 2025. We will showcase exemplary courses built in Blackboard and redesigned in Brightspace. Compare the look and feel of the two courses and learn about features and tools that will be available in the new platform.
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Shiao-Chuan Kung
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Tues.
4/23/2024
12:00 - 1:00 PM
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Same Course, Different Platforms: Blackboard vs Brightspace
Join us for an informational session on Hunter’s learning management system transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. We will discuss the timeline, the learning and support resources available and the steps that professors can take to get ready to teach on Brightspace in 2025. We will showcase exemplary courses built in Blackboard and redesigned in Brightspace. Compare the look and feel of the two courses and learn about features and tools that will be available in the new platform.
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Shiao-Chuan Kung
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