Additional Offerings and Opportunities at SUNY Broome

Face-to-face trainings are offered throughout the Fall and Spring semesters.  Please check the calendar for upcoming training opportunities or contact the TRC for specific questions.

Blackboard 1-2-3 Face-to-Face

• Blackboard 1-2-3 (F2F) is an introduction to using the Blackboard learning management system for instructors teaching online, blended, or supplementing their face-to-face course with an online component. This training provides an overview of the Bb Environment with a hands-on opportunity to try out the various Bb tools, such as adding content, and creating discussions, assignments, and assessments. Training will also cover how to set up the Bb Grade Center and other tools for course management. Participants will leave with a solid understanding of the Bb basics, so they can begin the course development and/or course migration process.
• Blackboard 1-2-3 (F2F), which provides a total of 6 hours of training, is offered in two different formats:
  • Full day training (6 hours) – typically offered on Fridays or over breaks (not offered this semester)
  • Two sessions (3 hours each) – offered over two consecutive Friday afternoons.

Bb 1-2-3 Online

• Bb 1-2-3 ONLINE is the fully online equivalent of our face-to-face Bb 1-2-3 training series. Like the face-to-face training series, Bb 1-2-3 ONLINE is an introduction to using the Bb learning management system for instructors teaching online, blended, or supplementing their face-to-face courses with an online component. It provides an overview of the Bb environment with a hands-on opportunity to try out the various Bb tools, such as adding content, creating an assignment, quiz, and discussion forum. Training will also cover how to set up and use the Bb Grade Center and other tools for course management. Participants will leave with a solid understanding of the Bb basics so they can begin the course development and/or course migration process. The online workshop is self-paced and allows faculty to complete modules and activities as they have time. The course is monitored by an Instructional Designer and requires faculty to complete work, not only in the main Bb 1-2-3 course, but in a practice course shell. Check-in points and Bb tools are used to verify comprehension of the material and control the opening of lessons as each area is mastered.

Faculty Facilitator: Carine Surdey
Location: Online, Bb LMS

Bb Advanced: Managing Your Course

• This workshop is a review of how to effectively grade, utilize the grade center, and access student data via reports using Bb.  This training will cover how to grade assignments and discussions, and to ensure these grades are accurately presented in the grade center.

Bb Advanced: Grade Center

• This workshop is a review of how to effectively utilize the grade center.  This training will cover how to maximize the grade center capabilities and tailor the grade center to your instruction.

Bb Advanced: Tips & Tricks

• This workshop is a review of how to effectively utilize the features and tools in Blackboard.  This training will cover how to maximize your use of the LMS, reduce time spent on course administration tasks, and improve your overall user experience.

Bb Advanced: Collaborate

• Blackboard Collaborate is an online synchronous tool that can be used to engage learners, encourage collaboration, accommodate students at a distance, and enhance online communication.  Participants in this session will receive an overview of Blackboard Collaborate.

Bb Advanced: Ensemble

• Ensemble Video is a powerful online video platform that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in online, blended and web-supplemented courses at SUNY Broome.  Participants in this workshop will be given a private video library area to work and will be shown how to upload video, create playlists and share their content through Blackboard and email.

Promotion & Appointment Basics

• Review the basics and essentials of the Promotion & Appointment process at SUNY Broome. Newly hired, full-time employees working under the FA contract at SUNY Broome enter an Appointment process, the goal of which is to earn Continuing Appointment. In addition, these faculty members may apply for promotion or Professional Development Recognition Increment as stipulated by the Contract.

Microsoft Online Tutorials

• Intermediate and Advanced level tutorials for Microsoft Word and Excel are available online to faculty and staff through Blackboard. The materials and corresponding activities are grouped by level and are further divided into the individual topics which include step by step instructions with screenshots and exercise files. These tutorials are for college employees only and are not for public use and can not be used in course works or given to students.

OER Series (Open Educational Resources)

These workshops are related but not sequential.  Come to any one or two or come to all three.

• What are OER? What makes them open?
  • This session will cover the basics of Open Education Resources (OER) and why they are important.  We will also cover open licenses (Creative Commons as the distinguishing characteristic of OER.
• Investigating OER
  • This session will take a hands-on approach to investigating and evaluating several OER collections.  We will look to see what is available in different disciplinary areas and consider how we might use it.
• Open Pedagogy
  • This session will look beyond open resources to what the freedoms provided by open licenses can mean for teaching and learning.  We will consider what open resources allow us to do in the classroom with our students and what they allow our students to do.

Bb Advanced: Collaborate

• Blackboard Collaborate is an online synchronous tool that can be used to engage learners, encourage collaboration, accommodate students at a distance, and enhance online communication.  Participants in this session will receive an overview of Blackboard Collaborate.

Bb Advanced: Ensemble

• Ensemble Video is a powerful online video platform that can be used to enhance teaching and learning in online, blended and web-supplemented courses at SUNY Broome.  Participants in this workshop will be given a private video library area to work in and will be shown how to upload video, create playlists and share their content through Blackboard and email.

Contact us if:

• You don’t see what you’re looking for, or to recommend or request a topic.
• You are willing to offer a professional development opportunity to your campus colleagues.
• You would like to attend any of the above-listed programs, but the time listed doesn’t fit your schedule.
  • You have a group of 6 or more who are interested in offerings at other times