Professional Learning Schedule

Check out the Professional Learning schedule for July 20 to 24. Be sure to visit the Teaching + Learning website regularly for an updated list of Professional Learning and Live Q&A sessions.

Sessions will also be recorded and made available online. You can find past recordings at the bottom of the page. No registration required.

Tuesday, July 21 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

RESPONDUS: Converting a Word Document to a Blackboard Test 

Looking for an easier way to load exams and quizzes into your Blackboard course site? Do you have a Word document with test questions that you want to use? Respondus is powerful third-party tool for preparing, managing, and uploading exams.

In this workshop we will show you how to:

  • Download and install Respondus to your Windows computer
  • Format test questions and answer keys in Word
  • Import Word documents into Respondus
  • Publish a test from Respondus to Blackboard
Tuesday, July 21 11 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Managing "Hot Moments" in the Online Classroom Workshop *REGISTRATION REQUIRED*

A ‘hot moment’ in the classroom is an emotion-laden moment of conflict or tension that threatens to derail teaching and learning. ‘Hot moments’ are usually triggered by a comment on a sensitive issue such as a racist comment. Most faculty are uncertain how to effectively respond to a ‘hot moment’.

Learning Outcomes:

In this workshop, participants will:

  1. discuss their role in developing and maintaining an inclusive online classroom climate
  2. apply strategies to cool down a tension filled online classroom community
  3. identify their responsibility to respond to a hot classroom moment such as a racist comment
Thursday, July 23 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Lumen5 – Create your Course Trailer

A step-by-step guide to Humber's newly acquired Course Trailer video builder: Lumen5. We'll take a dive into each of the steps accordingly.