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Nick Cherney

CLB7 8 Participating in Workplace Meetings Tour

In this session, LearnIT2teach mentors and content developers Marjan Bateni and Paul Carter give Avenue teachers a guided tour through the PBLA module for CLB 7/8, Participating in Workplace Meetings.

The session demonstrates: – how to use the new PBLA module with your class – skill-building and skill-using tasks – assessment tasks and rubrics – files for in-class use – ePortfolio artifacts from the module

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Nick Cherney

Jamboard and Avenue.ca

In this interactive webinar, LearnIT2teach mentor Jennifer Artan shows how to create, use, and share Google Jamboard.

Jen demonstrates how this interactive whiteboard is a useful tool for synchronous or asynchronous online classes.

She also examines the different ways that this tool can be used throughout the CLB levels and stages, and she explains how it can be used to create an ePortfolio artifact

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Nick Cherney

Exploring LearnIT2teach Stage 4

An overview of LearnIT2teach Stage 4 is provided in this webinar by LearnIT2teach developer and mentor John Allan.

In Stage 4, teachers master the creation of their own e-activities and the skills needed to upload them to the Tutela.ca digital repository where they can be shared with other professionals across Canada.

Stage 4 participants are encouraged to create their own self-correcting ESL exercises using H5P, Hot Potatoes

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Nick Cherney

Assessing and Collecting Samples for PBLA

In this webinar, LearnIT2teach mentor Marjan Bateni provides tips and step-by-step demonstrations on how to collect artifacts for all four skills and add them to a learner’s portfolio on Avenue.

Marjan also shows how to assess different skills and assign a Benchmark for PBLA purposes.

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Nick Cherney

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.

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Nick Cherney

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

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Nick Cherney

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

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Nick Cherney

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

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Nick Cherney

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<br

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Nick Cherney

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

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