Start of School Webinar: Sakai Essentials for Faculty



If you are new or returning to teach this fall, please join us for Sakai Essentials for Faculty on August 2nd at 2:00pm CT. This live webinar will cover Sakai native teaching and learning tools, such as Calendar, Lessons, Assignments, Tests & Quizzes, Rubrics, Gradebook, and more. It will also quickly introduce Sakai integrated tools like Zoom, Panopto, and VoiceThread. A panel of moderators will be available to ask questions throughout the session.

ITRS Pathways: Sakai Integrated Tools Series

ITRS Pathways provide flexible opportunities for learning throughout the year. An ongoing schedule of live, interactive sessions is now available. You can register for a single session or complete all four sessions in a series to earn a digital badge (3 contact hours). Digital badges are issued through Credly, providing many ways to share your badge to popular destinations such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.

Session 1: Zoom

This session focuses on Zoom Pro as an integrated tool within your Sakai Site. Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing service. The session will cover scheduling meetings, security settings, and sharing recordings. (45 minutes)

Tuesday, August 8th, 10:00am CT

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Session 2: Panopto 

This session focuses on Panopto as an integrated tool within your Sakai site. Panopto is a platform for capturing lectures and prerecording content. The session will cover recording, editing, and sharing videos; as well as evaluating student work. (45 minutes) 

Tuesday, August 8th, 11:00am CT 

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Session 3: VoiceThread 

This session focuses on VoiceThread as an integrated tool within your Sakai site. VoiceThread is a tool for presenting narrated slideshow lectures, narrated student presentations, and rich multimedia discussions. This session will cover creating a VoiceThread, using the VoiceThread assignment builder, and options for sharing threads with colleagues and students. (45 minutes) 

Thursday, August 10th, 10:00am CT

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Session 4: Plug and Play: Using Readymade Learning Assets in Sakai

This session focuses on on-demand, self-directed learning tools available in Loyola's catalog of instructional technologies. Tools such as Labster and Learning Cloud provide extensive libraries of topic-based learning for use in courses, as supplemental lessons, or for your own independent professional development. This session will provide an overview of Labster and Learning Cloud and will cover locating and adding relevant on-demand content to your courses. (45 minutes)

Thursday, July 27th, 1:00pm CT

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Thursday, August 10th, 11:00am CT

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ITRS Tech Topics

ITRS Tech Topics are designed to keep you updated on new and emerging technologies at Loyola. These offerings vary throughout the year and require advanced registration. If you have a suggested topic not already listed below, please contact us at itrs@luc.edu.

Special Topics in Learning Analytics: Zoom Analytics

Thursday, July 27th, 10:00am CT

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Interactive Learning with Top Hat

Wednesday, August 2nd, 1:00pm CT

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Special Topics in Learning Analytics: Panopto Analytics

Thursday, August 3rd, 1:00pm CT

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Gradescope: New Features for Fall

Tuesday, August 22nd, 2:00pm CT

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Intro to Sakai for Students

Thursday, August 24th, 1:00pm CT

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