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To register for a workshop please click on the name of the workshop you are interesting in attending to see the list of dates and times offered. You will receive an email confirmation confirming your registration. If a workshop is full you will be assigned to the wait list. If you are unable to attend a workshop, please contact the workshop presenter to cancel your registration.

If you are unable to attend a workshop, access your My Workshops page (link also in top right of page) to see your registrations, and click the Drop button beside the appropriate entry. The workshop presenter will be notified and your seat will be available for another participant.

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type iconIntroduction to Drupal 7
This workshop introduces users to the basic functions for creating and publishing content to a Drupal 7 website at Appalachian. Users who will be maintaining a website are required to attend. Please note the prerequisites.

Having a Drupal site is a prerequisite because we have found that it is easier to retain information from the workshop if you have a site to work on already. However, people who are interested in learning how to use Drupal are welcome to attend as well.
Introduction to Yo-Mart Shopping & Requisitioning
The purpose of this training session is to provide an overview of our e-procurement system (Yo-Mart) and train users to create and manage their online requisitions from searching for items and submitting requisitions to tracking status and receiving. This training is aimed at those users who will have the role of requestor in Yo-Mart.
type iconAsULearn Quickstart
The Quickstart is a prerequisite introduction, for faculty, to the AsULearn online course management tools. This workshop provides an overview of the AsULearn interface, activities, resources, blocks, and settings. Participants will have the opportunity to practice several hands on course building activities. Presenters will also provide examples, tips, and recommended practices for implementing AsULearn with your teaching strategies.
Aportfolio -Faculty Overview Workshop
This workshop introduces faculty to Aportfolio, Appalachian's integrated ePortfolio platform. Faculty will learn about the pedagogical and assessment potential of ePortfolios for courses or programs. The workshop will provide examples of how a variety of programs are integrating ePortfolios to highlight student competencies, transferable skills, and learning. Examples of exemplary student ePortfolios will be shared along with methods of providing meaningful assessment and feedback on student work. Faculty will also experience the process of initiating their own Aportfolio and explore the ease of use within the interface. Additional information will be provided on the campus-wide support the Aportfolio team offers for students and faculty.
type iconAsULearn Gradebook Makeover
This workshop provides an overview of the AsULearn online grade book. Whether you grade with a point system or assign percentage weights to items or categories, this workshop will get you started. Exporting grades to Excel or importing grades may be discussed, if time permits.
type iconIntroduction to Zoom Web Conferencing
This online webinar provides an overview for using Zoom for web-conferencing.

This professional development session will be conducted entirely in a Zoom web-conference room. You may participate in this session from any Internet-connected computer, on or off-campus. You are not required to have a webcam or microphone to participate in the session, but it may enhance your experience to have them. Once you register for the workshop you will be sent additional information on preparing for this webinar.

The facilitator will provide information and guidance on using Zoom for web-conferencing sessions. Participants will have the opportunity to experience the sessions from both a student and moderator role and interact with some of the basic tools in a Zoom session.
type iconPreparedness 101
A student goes unconscious. A person with a gun enters your building. Now quick - what di you do? Seconds count in these situations and people may look to you for the answers. It is vital that you know the steps to take in order to stay safe and help others.

Preparedness 101 is designed to cover the basic action steps to follow during a variety of emergency situations, as well as provide an overview of how the university will respond to these situations. Workshop length is 45 minutes, plus 15 minute3s for questions and general discussion.
type iconWhat's new in Iclicker?
This workshop will introduce you to iClicker Cloud. iClicker Cloud uses the traditional question interface of the popular iClicker Classic student response system but allows to use a mobile device to respond. With iClicker Cloud students can utilize the build in study tools to review responses outside of class. Additionally it give the flexibility to use traditional iClicker remotes and smartphones in a mixed environment in class. iClicker Cloud gives includes polling, quizzing and attendance options and integrates with AsuLearn.
type iconAsULearn Go Pro
If you’re like most faculty, you use AsULearn successfully for a few things, and that’s great. But time is precious, and this year, you’d like to snuggle in a little closer to your learning management system and really put it to work for you. Consider this the “staff picks” of AsuLearn -- the things your IT Consultants wish they could say to everyone, if we only had the chance. We’ll move quickly through a range of topics, from savvy metacourse settings, to a few gradebook tricks, to a better understanding of the relationship between Google and AsULearn -- a veritable treasure trove of ways to reduce your teaching grind.

For more basic AsULearn concepts, try one of our AsULearn Quickstart workshops.

This workshop will be a live synchronous meeting in Zoom. The link to the session will be sent a few days prior to the session.
type iconCombining Sections in AsULearn - Webinar
Teaching multiple sections of the same course? Don't want to have to post course materials multiple times in multiple AsULearn course sites? Attend this 1-hour webinar (from the comfort of home or office) and learn to use the "course meta link" to combine enrollments from multiple sections or courses into ONE AsULearn course site, while still being about to sort your gradebook by section, and send announcements to separate sections as well!

This professional development session will be conducted entirely in a Zoom web conference. You may participate in this session from any Internet-connected computer, on or off-campus. You are not required to have a webcam or microphone to participate in the session, but it may enhance your experience to have them. Once you register for the workshop you will be sent additional information on accessing this webinar.