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Faculty, staff, and TAs can sign up for workshops on Carmen topics. All upcoming sessions are held in the Science and Engineering Library.

Regularly-scheduled workshops (see Workshop Descriptions below) are offered during finals week through the second or third week of the following quarter. Additionally, workshop staff can answer individual questions for the 30 minutes following each session.

Upcoming Workshops

Workshop Descriptions

Topics of regularly-scheduled workshops include:

QuickStart

This workshop is designed for beginners, but is also good for users who want a better understanding of the default tools: Navigation; Preferences; Classlist and Email; News; HTML Editor; Simple Content.

Gradebook

The Gradebook is one of the most popular tools in Carmen, but users will find it much easier to use if they have taken this workshop: Setup Choices; Grade Schemes; Data Entry; Instructor and Student Views; Exporting Grades to a Spreadsheet; Transferring Grades to the Registrar.

Quizzes

Learn to create questions of various types and build quizzes with a variety of options and settings. Session includes a review of security issues and options.

Communication

Learn techniques and consider pedagogical strategies using Carmen's Communication tools: News; Discussion; Dropbox; Calendar; E-Mail; LiveRoom; Chat.

Best Practices in Content

Focus on effective uses of the Content and Files area in Carmen, learn to use Release Conditions, review options and techniques for using multi-media files. With interest, this workshop may cover optimizing Word and PDF files for easier downloading and accessibility. Optional: Explore content-related tools not included in the default course set.

Taking Your Course Online

This 2-part workshop series is offered quarterly and provides a conceptual framework for moving a face-to-face course to an online setting. (This series is a companion to the Teach Online website, which includes examples of common eLearning technologies and advice from Ohio State instructors with experience in online teaching.) See additional details.

User-Friendly Carmen Courses

This hands-on workshop covers simple ways to improve the usability of your courses in Carmen and to create a learner-centric design.

CarmenWiki

A wiki enables web-based collaboration for content creation. This workshop explores wiki use in teaching and learning situations, as well as provides some hands-on techniques for using CarmenWiki.

Media Manager

Media Manager, created in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences, allows easy organization and sharing of media collections (i.e., images, video, audio, and other file types). Explore how to use and optimize Media Manager with Carmen in this hands-on workshop.

Green Grading: Digital Tools for Assessment and Feedback

This workshop will explore various tools for assessing student work and providing feedback without having to print out and return student assignments. We'll look at the feedback options in the Carmen Quizzes, Dropbox, and Grades tools. We'll also demonstrate use of the commenting features in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Workshops by Request

Departments and colleges can request customized workshops to be held during Weeks 3-9 of a quarter or during the longer breaks after summer and autumn quarters. (Please note, sessions must occur between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.)

Following are examples of workshops available upon request:

Custom Carmen

Any of the regular Carmen workshops (or components) can be requested as a custom workshop for your group. We can tailor the workshop for your specific needs. We encourage departments to schedule workshops for faculty, new teaching assistants, or teaching groups.

Carmen Overview

This short demonstration course highlights the most commonly used tools in Carmen. The intent is to introduce faculty to effective and efficient uses of Carmen and to encourage brainstorming about how to incorporate Carmen tools into existing courses.

Additional Multimedia and eLearning Workshops

See the Digital Union's workshop schedule for upcoming multimedia and eLearning workshops, including sessions on Photoshop, iMovie, and Second Life.

Request Custom Workshops

Departments and colleges can request customized sessions for their instructors and staff. See below for example workshops, or email telrconsult@osu.edu to make arrangements.