Time 8:30 9:00 CB-106 Registration and Welcome CB-108 9:00 9:50 The High Touch Digital Classroom (Rickert) Video Creation (Eldridge) 10:00 10:50 SoftChalk (Rine) MS OneDrive & the Cloud (Worth) 11:00 11:50 Student Feedback or How to Manage Discussion Forums and Assignments (Worth) Bb Gradebook (Perry) 12:00 12:30 Closing Session Workshop Descriptions Bb Gradebook (Clovis Perry). The Blackboard gradebook is a powerful tool and both online and face-to-face students love it. Learn how to set up the Bb Gradebook for your class. High Touch Digital Classroom (Greg Rickert). Over the course of almost four decades, scholars in the area of Instructional Communication have investigated factors of the communication process that both enhance and complicate student learning and motivation. This session will focus on identifying specific instructor communication behaviors likely to enhance student learning and motivation and how to adapt these behaviors to the design of online learning environments. This presentation will provide an overview of the constructs for participants and solicit from the participants examples of how the constructs may be illustrated in the face-to face classroom and how to develop these same constructs in mediated or online settings to create "high touch" learning environments. MS OneDrive & the Cloud (Ben Worth). All BCTC faculty and staff now have access to MS OneDrive, a cloud based technology suite that allows you to create and share MS Office documents from anywhere there is Internet access. And, yes, it’s mobile friendly for both your IOS and Android device. SoftChalk (Connie Rine). Learn how to use SoftChalk, the content authoring software that allows you to export interactive PowerPoint lectures to YouTube and to insert multimedia in your classes Student Feedback or How to Manage Discussion Forums and Assignments (Ben Worth). Discussion forums are a great way to prep face-to-face students for in-class exercises and for online students to engage course content. Running and moderation discussion forums also offers real challenges and instructors new to using forms can quickly find themselves overwhelmed. Learn some tricks about how to set up and manage discussion forums. Video Creation (Brent Eldridge). Learn the ins and outs and tips for creating audio and video support for your classes. Software solutions include YouTube, Camtasia, Screen-Cast-O-Matic, Jing and more. Also covered: tips on captioning your classes.