Faculty Drop-in Labs Fall 2019

Open Lab Tuesdays, beginning September 10th, 2019, 2-4pm in SAM125D Media Production Lab

Open Accessibility Lab Thursdays, beginning September 12th, 2-4pm in SAM125D Media Production Lab

Faculty Drop-In Lab: Faculty can stop by anytime during the 2-hour block to get help with any instructional technology supported at CWU (Canvas, Panopto, Respondus, Top Hat, Kaltura, Ally, Threadz, etc.) No appointment necessary.

Open Accessibility Lab: • Faculty can drop by to improve the accessibility of your course content, design, files, and videos. No appointment necessary.

Transition from MediaAMP to Kaltura

As was communicated on June 5, Kaltura is the new CWU media management system. Please replace all Canvas MediaAMP hyperlinks and/or embed codes with hyperlinks to CWU's new media management system (Kaltura) by September 30, 2019.  Access to MediaAMP media will cease on October 1.

To this end, Multimodal Learning will provide training and online resources to introduce faculty and staff to this user-friendly media management tool:  

• CAN 164 Kaltura Streaming Media, Mon, Sept. 9, 1-2pm, SAM 126
• CAN 164 Kaltura Streaming Media, Thurs, Sept. 12, 11am-Noon, SAM 126
• CAN 164 Kaltura Streaming Media On Demand

Information about Kaltura is also available to faculty in the CWU Instructor Resource Course (Login required)

Fall  2019 Workshops

All workshops will include a web conference option, using Blackboard Ultra. Faculty at the University Centers and the Ellensburg campus, who wish to attend a training session from the comfort of their own office, may click on the JOIN ONLINE to launch the session at the scheduled time.

To register for one of the workshops below, please login into MyCWU >> Employee Tab >> Training Folder>> Request Training Enrollment then Search by Course Number. Training Enrollment Instructions. For enrollment assistance, please contact Kathy Johnson in HR 509-963-2072.

Important: All workshop attendance will be tracked on the HR Training Summary and can be used as evidence of teaching effectiveness for performance reviews. All workshops count towards the Master Online Teacher Certification.

On-Demand Workshop Recordings

To receive credit on your HR Training Summary, email delayna.breckon@cwu.edu and include the title of the session you participated in. All faculty are enrolled in the CWU Instructor Resource Course which has instructional guides on all learning technologies.

Training Offered by Vendors

• Respondus Online Webinars
• Top Hat Student Response System Webinars