The Instructional Advancement Center is offering classes on Blackboard Grade Center, Blackboard Assignments, and Introduction to Blackboard 9.1 and Learning Modules. For a full description of the classes and to register, please visit http://www.iacmiami.org/a/events. For more information, contact Kelley Seaman at [email protected] or 305-284-2008.

Integrating digital course materials into curricula in meaningful ways requires assessing a vast array of options and selecting the right one(s) for your institution. Determining your “digital readiness” is a key starting point for building and implementing a well-defined strategy. In this event, hosted by the Instructional Advancement Center, Rodney Sims, account executive of XanEdu Publishing, Inc., will provide an overview of the Digital Transformation Spectrum of best practices. Learn practical “how-to” advice for advancing to the next level(s), view an iPad demo using course packs, and explore how leading institutions have engaged students, faculty, and IT departments around common digital initiatives. The class will be held on Tuesday, March 20 from 12 to 4 p.m. in the University Center, Room 226A.

For more information on this event, contact Rodney Sims at 734-476-4933, e-mail [email protected], or visit www2.xanedu.com/folio-x. To register, please visit http://www.iacmiami.org/a/events. Refreshments will be served.

Do you have an iPad? Would you like to learn how to use it in new and interesting ways? The first iPad Exploration session will be held on Friday, March 2 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the University Center, Flamingo Ballroom D, Room 226D. Bill Vilberg, director of the Instructional Advancement Center and an iPad user since the day the original iPad was released, will review basic techniques, demonstrate how to use some of the standard apps, and look at other apps available for iPads. Bring your questions and your iPad.

To register visit http://iacevents.org/ and click on the name of the session, “iPad Exploration.” For more information, contact Kelley Seaman at 305-284-2008 or [email protected].

Technology, like the Blackboard class website system, can enhance learning when it is used appropriately, or interfere with learning when used inappropriately. A new workshop series, “Bad Practices in Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL),” will begin on Friday, February 24 and March 9 with “Don’t Focus on the Goals,” from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Richter Library, Faculty Exploratory, Room 305. Using Blackboard without focusing on the goals is one way to interfere with learning. This collaborative workshop will demonstrate the behavior, discuss ways to avoid it, and then provide brief hands-on practice in techniques that can help you implement the good habit of focusing on goals. Participation is limited. Sign up is required. To sign up, visit www.iacevents.org and click on the session title. For questions or accommodations, contact Kelley Seaman at [email protected] or 305-284-2008.

The Instructional Advancement Center is offering Blackboard and Multipurpose Classroom Technology Training sessions.

Blackboard classes will focus on Blackboard Grade Center, Blackboard Assignments, Introduction to Blackboard 9.1, and Learning Modules.

The general-purpose classrooms in the Memorial Building, Learning Center, and Residential Colleges are equipped with technology that can be used to enhance teaching. The Multipurpose Classroom Technology Training session will demonstrate the features of these classrooms, from the lights and telephone system to the writing tablet and video cameras. Teachers using these classrooms are encouraged to attend one of the scheduled demonstrations. If you are unable to attend a scheduled session or would prefer one-on-one training, Ken Gamber, classroom technology manager at the Instructional Advancement Center, is available for private sessions. Gamber can be contacted at 305-284-6239 or [email protected].

For a full description of training sessions and to register, visit www.iacmiami.org/a/events. For more information, contact Kelley Seaman at [email protected] or 305-284-2008.