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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

ESS Workshop Recordings

The Educational Support Services workshop recordings:

Summer 2020

Day & TimeLink to Recording/TopicDescription
Wednesday,

July 1

10:00 AM -11:00 AM

AWW Whiteboard Tool This session will introduce faculty to a new collaborative digital drawing application (https://awwapp.com/) that facilitates student interactions in the online environment
Thursday,

July 2

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Open SlideOpenSlide is a new web application for viewing slides.  Open to all Vet students and faculty, OpenSlide can be used in place of Aperio SlideViewer, and works on any browser, tablet or smartphone, even with slow Internet links.  Instructors can organize collections of slides for a course, bookmarking interesting features and allowing quick access to a particular magnification and location on a slide.  Students can start and organize their own collections of bookmarks as well.   We’ll talk about using OpenSlide and get your ideas for how to improve and extend it.
Wednesday,

July 8

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Producing Your Own VideosThis session is designed to assist faculty and staff in optimizing self-produced instructional videos.  It will cover planning content, best practices for camera and microphone placement, and recommendations for editing and accessories.
Friday, July 10

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

H5P Interactive Content DevelopmentH5P is a new e-learning application that allows faculty to quickly and easily develop interactive elements and build branching cases inside of Canvas.
Wednesday, July 15

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Assessment Design

Resources and references available here

Navigating assessment design in the hybrid and online space.  This session will cover the basics of assessing key features, open book/take home exam best practices, and writing quality question.
Friday, July 17

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

The Basics of Accessibility

Resources and information on accessibility

This session will cover the basics of ADA compliant web-accessibility, including new University-supported tools that will help you streamline building courses on Canvas.
Wednesday, July 22

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Getting Started with PanoptoThis workshop will cover best practices for using Panopto to record and share lectures with students through Canvas.
Wednesday, July 29

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Share and Learn

 

Four faculty will present 10-minute mini-presentations with Q&A on what worked well, what challenges they faced, and lessons learned from remote instruction in spring/summer 2020.
Friday, July 31

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Assessments, Quizzes, and Grading in CanvasUnderstand Canvas assessment tools, learn about assignment settings, look at the student interface, and save time grading.
Wednesday, August 5

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Assessment of Clinical Reasoning

 

Clinical reasoning may seem like a black box that’s rooted in pattern recognition, experience, and personal factors, but in fact it can be reliably and validly assessed. We will discuss the Key Features approach to assessing clinical reasoning. Through this discussion, we will also offer ways to more directly teach clinical reasoning to students.
Friday,

August 7

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Poll EverywhereThis session will start with a brief recap on getting started with Poll Everywhere, followed by a discussion on the new Teams and Competition features of Poll Everywhere.
Wednesday, August 12

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

Building Community in Remote InstructionLearning is often a social process, which makes remote instruction particularly challenging and even isolating. Building community online takes concerted effort, and the product is an environment that fosters growth, connection, and meaningful learning. In this session, we will discuss tangible strategies that instructors can start using immediately to create community in an online environment.

Spring 2020

 

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