Introduction to Stage 3 Course Editing

In this webinar, LearnIT2teach mentor Chayan explained the Stage 3 course editing requirements using the resource modules, (i.e., File, Folder, URL, Page and Label).

This webinar will provided suggestions on how these items can enhance a blended or online course.

This session should help participants complete some of the Stage 3 assessment tasks, and it will foster flexibility and creativity in course editing.

Stage 3 Getting Started

This webinar by LearnIT2teach mentor Chayan Mallick provides an introduction to the LearnIT2teach Stage 3 training.

Collaboration Courses on Avenue.ca

In this Moodle webinar, LearnIT2teach mentors Vesna Radivojevic and Paul Carter showed Avenue teachers how to set up and use ‘Collaboration Courses’ with their colleagues. This demonstration explained:

– collaboration courses on Avenue (06:48)
– how to request a collaboration Course (14:26)
– how to enrol teachers in the course (14:56)
– how to use the course for communication and support (16:25)
– how to use the course to collaborate and share resources (20:11)
– how to use the Sharing Cart block (25:05)
– how to use the Mass Actions Block (34:06)
– how to create a consistent look for courses at your SPO (44:49)

The session ended with a Q&A (1:01:22)

Creating an introduction to blended learning course for LINC programs

his webinar was delivered by Maria Kenward, a LINC and EAL instructor who has taught in a variety of programs in private, public and post-secondary settings. Passionate about adult education and digital literacy, Maria was offered the unique opportunity to collaborate with blended instructors to create an introduction to blended learning course, or Transitions, for new and continuing LINC students entering blended classes for the first time.
Explore the challenges and benefits of such a course, while Maria shares how the program has evolved and changed over the past five years in response to student, instructor and program needs.

Key takeaways include:
– lessons learned during the creation and implementation process;
– how classes like Transitions can become a foundation for a successful blended program; and
– how the ideas behind Transitions can be adapted for other programs and providers as they plan what post pandemic learning looks like, and as they embrace the increasing focus on essential digital skills in LINC and other EAL programs.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g1WU…
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Maria is a graduate of Queen’s Artists in Community Education B.Ed program, she was drawn to Adult Education after completing her TESL certification and post graduate certification in EAL.
She is currently completing her Master’s and when not studying or in the classroom, she can be found exploring the beautiful West Coast with her family, or at home with a large coffee, and an even larger crossword.

Creating a SCORM Activity with Hot Potatoes

In this webinar, LearnIT2Teach developer, Sepideh Alavi demonstrates how two Hot Potatoes applications (JCloze and JQuiz) can be used to create several variations of cloze activities and multiple-choice items, and how teachers can embed reading passages, audio and video all on the same page with the questions.

She will then explain other unique features of these tools, and show how they can be superior to their Moodle and H5P counterparts.

LearnIT2teach Stage 2 A to Z

In this webinar by LearnIT2Teach developer and mentor, Marjan Bateni, she demonstrated how to get up and running with the Avenue courseware.

Marja also explained and demonstrated how to complete many of the Stage 2 assessment requirements, including how to:
– add a file/course outline
– add a URL
– add a teacher contact page
– add a Choice activity
– access and use the ePortfolio
– meet the practicum requirement

EduLINC to Avenue Guided Tour

In this webinar, LearnIT2Teach developer and mentor, Paul Carter, takes EduLINC teachers on a tour of the Avenue.ca site.
This session covers Avenue Basics for EduLINC teachers who will be moving to Avenue.

Webinar topics:
Introduction (02:02)
Get an Avenue Account (06:11)
Migrate Courses (08:47)
Spot the Differences on the New Site (13:30)
Access Training Courses and Support Documents (30:16)
Enroll Students (38:25)
Access and Use the ePortfolio (47:17)
Q&A (55:21)

Introducing Avenue’s Updated Literacy Courseware

LearnIT2Teach developer, Catherine Porter, navigates Avenue’s new Literacy courseware, introducing the new activities and providing ideas for use with low level learners.

Catherine has worked with FL/CLB 1L/CLB 1 learners in the Moodle LMS for five years and connects her F2F experiences with authoring decisions.

Effective Avenue Course Design Part 2 of 2

This webinar by LearnIT2teach mentor and developer John Allan, introduces several ways to energize Avenue course pages through course design.

This session builds on last week’s webinar, Effective Course Design 1.

The following topics are demonstrated and discussed.
– Zero Topic
– Introductory/orientation video or animation
– Enhancing labels with interactive content (non assessed)
– Direct links to activities or resources with QR codes
– Random (glossary) block
– RSS feeds
– Level-Up Block
– Games, demo Snowman Game

Avenue Quiz Module Training: Part 3 of 3

This three-part webinar series demonstrates how to set up a Quiz in the Avenue courseware.

In part 3, LearnIT2Teach developer, Sepideh Alavi, continues demonstrating how to create questions that are most useful in a language learning context and how teachers can configure the settings of the Quiz module.

Avenue ePortfolio Demonstration with Q & A (Dec 2020)

In this webinar, Avenue/LearnIT2teach team member Jim Edgar provides an overview of available features on the Avenue ePortfolio, describes what enhancements users can expect in the near future, and gives an update on how artifacts can be collected from activities that were completed by students prior to November 22.

The demonstration includes:
– how to use the auto collection of artifacts (tagging and which activities to tag)
– the auto collection of teacher feedback
– how to view a learner’s ePortfolio and use the toolbar filters and sorting buttons
– how to upload to a learner’s ePortfolio
– how to download artifacts
– the ePortfolio from a learner’s perspective
– how to delete artifacts

The webinar concludes with a question and answer session.

Episode 32: Part 3 with Dr. Tony Bates

This is the third and last podcast interview with Dr. Tony Bates, a leading light for Canadian educators on questions of online and distance learning. In this episode,we are talking about how educators can make creative use of media. Tony describes the key ‘affordances for the main media types and what each does best.