Mines Online is offering a variety of on-demand workshops during the 2024-2025 academic year. These workshops support faculty who are building and teaching online, using Canvas to support residential courses, or just interested in learning more about online teaching and learning! Each workshop is hosted by one of our Mines Online team members.
We do, however, encourage you to visit our partners from the Trefny Center for a variety of synchronous events this upcoming year!
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Workshops
The following workshops are available on an as-needed basis:
Educational Technology that Enhances Formative Assessment: Cool tools to check in on student learning
Research shows that student learning improves when students are given adequate opportunities to practice, fail, review feedback, reflect and try again. Integrating formative assessment methods and via online tools can greatly improve your course and the impact it has on students. Come to this workshop to learn more about formative assessment and leave with resources and ideas.
Sign-up: Request here.
Third-Party Material Use and You
Are you planning to use anything in class that you didn’t make yourself? Did you know that you could face serious criminal and civil penalties just for sharing a video or uploading a PDF? If so, you won’t want to miss Third-Party Use and You. In this session, you’ll learn a strategy for approaching 3rd party material usage and the necessary documentation process when using such items.
Sign-up: Request here.
Video Creation: Editing and Embedding Techniques
In this session you will learn editing techniques using Adobe Premiere and Camtasia. This workshop will also demonstrate how to export and embed videos in online courses.
Sign-up: Request here.
Course Guide Support
Before you begin work with an Online Learning Experience Designer (OLED) in your collaborative online course build, you need to clearly define the vision and focus of your course through the creation of a Course Guide (a simplified course map). The Course Guide needs to be submitted and approved before you begin development.
Once you submit your course guide and have it approved, you get assigned to an OLED to begin the collaborative build. These office hours are to aid you and provide feedback as you work on your course guides.
Sign-up: Request here.
Third-Party Materials
Looking to learn more about copyright, Creative Commons, Open Educational Resources, digital piracy, and other topics related to using third-party materials in class? If so, consider requesting one of these workshops:
Derivatives aren’t just for calculus
Have you ever wanted to modify or adapt a third-party work but weren’t sure what you could and couldn’t do? Unclear about the difference between derivative and transformative works? If so, you’ll want to attend this workshop (no calculator required).
Note: This workshop is available on an as-needed basis. Please contact cpowell@mines.edu for more information.
Who Owns This?
Figuring out who owns a copyright can be a real puzzle. In this interactive session, we’ll learn how to identify clues, find reliable sources, and get to the bottom of any ownership mystery.
Note: This workshop is available on an as-needed basis. Please contact cpowell@mines.edu for more information.
They Said Yes!
Getting written permission is always your best bet for using a third-party material legally in class, but asking can feel daunting. What if they say no? What if they never write back? In this short workshop, you’ll learn some tips and tricks that make this process a lot easier.
Note: This workshop is available on an as-needed basis. Please contact cpowell@mines.edu for more information.