Quality Matters Standards Course Review
Are you developing or working on improving the design of an online or hybrid course? We can help! Guided by the Quality Matters rubric and a course development checklist, a certified Quality Matters (QM) Peer Reviewer will evaluate your course on Quality Matters Standards 1–8. Any Hawkeye instructor, full-time or adjunct, can submit their course for review.
Submit your course for Quality Matters Standards review.
Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR); Virtual
Learn the underlying principles behind the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric and the critical elements of the QM quality assurance process. Learn about drafting helpful recommendations as you apply the Rubric to an actual course. In addition to learning about the QM Rubric and the course review process, participants will learn to apply the concept of alignment and draft helpful recommendations for course improvement.
Hawkeye Community College's goal is for all instructors teaching an online and/or hybrid course to have Quality Matters training in either APPQMR or IYOC.
This workshop is for you if you are....
- an instructor relatively new to teaching an online or hybrid course
- a new instructor to Hawkeye College without prior APPQMR and/or IYOC certification training within the last 5 years
- a person wanting to learn more about Quality Matters standards and how they pertain to designing an online/hybrid course.
You must be a full participant in order to receive credit for the course.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Caffeinated Conversations: Teaching, Learning and Everything in Between
Do you miss chatting with colleagues over a morning cup o’ Joe about teaching? Building remodels, social distancing restrictions, and new formats for teaching/learning have kept us apart, but no longer! Join Marcea Seible and colleagues in Brock Student Center on Friday mornings for some good old-fashioned coffee (or tea) and conversation. Bring your own or grab a cup at the Redtail Cafe Java Hut. Contact Marcea if you would like to join her at a different date/time.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Select a session to register.
Canvas New Quizzes
New Quizzes will eventually replace the classic quizzes functionality currently in Canvas. Instructors can use New Quizzes to build quizzes with several new question types. We will walk through how to use and select various quiz settings then build your quizzes. You will also be shown how to add questions from other quizzes as well as adding questions from question banks located in your other courses.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Canvas: New Features, Key Elements and the Basics
See some of the newest Canvas features demonstrated and learn about key timesaving features and essential course design elements you should be using to prepare your courses. We will also review best practices for preparing your course before the semester begins.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Select a session to register.
Copyleaks Training
As of August 2023, Hawkeye has changed their plagiarism detection platform from Turnitin to Copyleaks. Both have similar integrations in Canvas. This brief session will cover the specifics of using Copyleaks within Canvas. Learn how to navigate Copyleaks' user-friendly interface, interpret similarity reports, understand citation nuances, and implement best practices for maintaining originality and academic integrity. Additional information can be found in the Copyleaks Help Center.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Designing an 8-Week Class
This workshop will assist faculty in redesigning a course from a 16-week into an 8-week format, ideal for summer sessions and 8-week terms. Using one of their own courses, participants will walk through the process of identifying key course components, designing assignments and assessments, and structuring course content into well-designed modules.
Facilitator: Marcea Seible
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Designing Assessments that empower students to use AI
Generative artificial intelligence platforms, including ChatGPT, have become integral to modern technological ecosystems. This session is designed to equip educators with sophisticated strategies for crafting assessments that incorporate the use of AI by students. Following the principles of Safe, Purposeful and Equitable, participants will be shown best practices for showing students how to use AI. Additionally, the session will stress the importance of cultivating critical thinking skills in students, enabling them to evaluate generative AI for phenomena such as 'hallucinations' and inherent biases.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Select a session to register.
Google Sites for Quality Faculty Plan Portfolio
The college has adopted Google Sites for creating Quality Faculty Plan (QFP) portfolios. Faculty should attend this training to learn how to begin creating their QFP portfolio or how to migrate their existing paper-based QFP binder into an electronic portfolio in Google Sites. Participants will learn where to find the QFP template in Google Sites, how to begin adding items into their portfolio, and how to publish their portfolio site for their dean or others to view.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Improving Your Online Course (IYOC); Face-to-Face Session
This is the same as the two-week online course except offered in a face-to-face setting in one half day!
Apply the underlying principles of the Quality Matters (QM) Rubric. Participants use the QM Rubric to review their own online or hybrid course and develop a course improvement plan.
The content is based on the essential Specific Review Standards of the Quality Matters Rubric. Participants come away with a plan for course improvement so enrolling in the workshop with a pre-developed online or hybrid course is required.
Hawkeye Community College's goal is for all instructors teaching an online and/or hybrid course to have Quality Matters training in either APPQMR or IYOC.
This workshop is for
- an instructor wanting to review their own existing online/hybrid course using the QM standards
- a new instructor to Hawkeye College teaching an online/hybrid course with APPQMR certification within the last 5 years
- a seasoned online/hybrid instructor wanting to apply QM standards to a new online/hybrid course.
- an seasoned online/hybrid instructor with an existing online/hybrid course needing to fulfill the QM training requirement.
(A minimum of 6 registrations are required for each session.)
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Panopto 1: The Basics
Panopto is a user-friendly and flexible video capture and streaming solution that empowers instructors and students to enhance learning through the use of video. Panopto provides a method for delivering content and tools as a third-party integration for instructors to enable within their Canvas courses.
This training session will walk you through the basics of capturing, uploading, and sharing recordings/videos of any classroom dynamic using Panopto.
Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Select a session to register.
Panopto 2: Beyond the Basics
If you have attended Panopto 1: The Basics Training, this hands-on session will explore advanced options such as; editing, enabling student recording, adding captions, creating quiz questions, adding web page links in recordings, adding YouTube clips and creating Panopto assignments that can be added directly into Canvas. Participants will also exchange tips and tricks for getting the most out of Panopto.
Attending a Panopto 1: The Basics Training is required before attending Panopto 2: Beyond the Basics.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Respondus LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor Training
Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Canvas Quizzes. Respondus Monitor is a remote proctoring service that simultaneously records a student’s screen and webcam video during a Canvas Quiz. Afterward, flagged events and proctoring results are available to the instructor for review.
Pre-registration is required. Select a session to register.
Using Generative AI to Improve your Course
During this session users will be shown various ways Generative AI programs such as ChatGPT and Eduaid.ai can be used to improve course items such as course objectives, assessments, and other content. (Note: Please come prepared with at least one thing you would like to improve in your course.)
Pre-registration is encouraged, but walk-ins are welcome. Select a session to register.