Support
Workshops and Events
The LMS Academic Support team provides a regular series of support and information events for all staff.
The Venue for all events is: Learning studio : G17 Elisabeth Murdoch building unless stated otherwise.
The current schedule of events:
| Friday 3rd May | 10.00am - 11.30am | LMS - Turnitin and GradeMark - >> Enrol |
| Monday 6th May | 2.00pm - 3.30pm | LMS - Tests and Surveys - >> Enrol |
| Tuesday 7th May | 2.00pm - 3.30pm | LMS - Assignments and Feedback - >> Enrol |
| Tuesday 14th May | 2.00pm - 4.00pm | LMS - Blogs and Wikis - >> Enrol |
| Tuesday 21st May | 10.00am - 11.30am | LMS - Grade Centre - >> Enrol |
| Friday 31st May | 10.00am - 12.30pm | LMS - Essential Elements - >> Enrol |
| Monday 3rd June | 2.00pm - 3.30pm | LMS - Turnitin and GradeMark - >> Enrol |
| Friday 7th June | 10.00pm - 12.00pm | LMS - Blogs and Wikis - >> Enrol |
| Tuesday 11th June | 2.00pm - 3.20pm | LMS - Tests and Surveys - >> Enrol |
| Thursday 13th June | 2.00pm - 3.20pm | LMS - Assignments and Feedback - >> Enrol |
Enrolling in LMS events.
Bookings for LMS workshops are made through the Themis website and will be noted in your Themis HR training record.
- Themis guide: How to enrol in LMS workshops
Please note that enrolments via Themis close two working days before the start of the workshop.
If you have problems enrolling through Themis, and want to book into one of the LMS workshops please contact Debbie Emerson.
Lunchtime Forums
Copyright & LMS
Did you know that you can show TV programs and movies on the LMS? Want to know how?
In this session, you will learn about your copyrights and responsibilities when putting material on the LMS, including how to use blogs and wikis in a copyright compliant manner. Filling your LMS page with images, journal articles, links to web sites, radio and television broadcasts and YouTube clips can be a great way to interact with students, however you will need to manage your copyright responsibilities, so come along and find out how.
- Where
- LMS Training Studio, G17 Elisabeth Murdoch Building (Parkville) (map)
- Date
- Thursday, 28th March 2013
- Time
- 12pm – 1:30pm
Please email Astrid Bovell to reserve your place
LMS workshops
LMS - Essential Elements
Creating a subject presence in the LMS
Pre-requisites: No prior LMS experience is needed.
Description: This 2.5 hour workshop introduces users to the basic features of the LMS, including the key elements considered essential under the LMS Framework guidelines.
Topics include: structure and design of your LMS subject, providing information and resources to students, and subject management and availability.
LMS - Tests and Surveys
Pre-requisites: LMS Essential Elements or equivalent
Description: This 80 minute workshop focuses on the Test and Survey options in the LMS.
Topics include: creating tests and surveys, question types, question management, setting test conditions, providing feedback and grades, and viewing test and survey data.
LMS - Assignments and Feedback
Pre-requisites: LMS Essential Elements or equivalent
Description: This 80 minute workshop focuses on assignment and feedback options in the LMS associated with the Blackboard assignment tool.
Topics include: providing an assignment submission area for students and groups, collecting submissions, using rubrics, providing feedback and grades.
Note: Turnitin is an alternate assignment tool available for use in the LMS.
LMS - Blogs and Wikis
Enabling interactive and/or collaborative learning
Pre-requisites: LMS Essential Elements or equivalent
Description: This 2 hour workshop will focus on the blog, journal, podcast and wiki tools in the LMS. These tools may be used for private reflection, group projects, or the generation of collaboratively authored resources.
Topics include: creating and managing blogs and wikis for subjects, communities, individuals and groups.
LMS - Grade Centre
Grading made easy
Pre-requisites: LMS Essential Elements or equivalent
Description: This 90 minute workshop focuses on tools that will help you manage your student assessment.
Topics include: managing student grades, setting and using smart views, using weighted columns, student display options, Grade Centre history and grade statistics.
Turnitin and GradeMark
Pre-requisites: LMS Essential Elements or equivalent
Description: This 90 minute workshop will give an overview of the workflow required to create, view and grade student assignments using the Turnitin tool; emphasis will be on options when creating assignments, discussion and review of similarity reports, using GradeMark to provide online marking and rich feedback to students.
Workshop notes: Turnitin guide, GradeMark guide and Rubrics guide.
LMS for Library Staff
Pre-requisites: No prior LMS experience is needed.
Description: This 90 minute session is a hands-on introduction to functionality in the LMS that can be used to promote Library resources and services to staff and students.
Topics include: How to use the LMS to link to resources such as LibGuides, Readings Online collections, individual library collection items and web pages, how to upload documents to the LMS for access by students, using communities to share subject specific resources and using a playpen subject to develop skills. Other LMS tools will be demonstrated in the session.
Customised LMS staff development workshops
The LMS Academic Support team is also able to organise customised LMS workshops for your particular group, Department or Faculty. To arrange a customised workshop and discuss staff development requirements for your session, please contact the Academic Support team.
Copyright awareness and information sessions
Using the LMS does not remove your copyright responsibilities. The Copyright Office has copyright awareness and information sessions and resources available for staff and students.
LMS workshops, forums and events are now integrated with the Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (GCUT). GCUT participants are able to credit these events towards completion of the 'special topics' component of the first GCUT subject. Details of the GCUT.
For more information about these sessions, or for any concerns you have about managing your LMS subject, please contact the LMS Academic Support team via the online form.