Training/Webinars/Workshops: Staff Development Marathon

• Date: 29th August 2019
• Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:50 p.m. (1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)
• Venue: Lecture Theatre LT1 & Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Time: 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Class Attendance System (CAS) & Encryption on Sensitive Information
• Speaker: Mr NG Hon Fai, Nicky (IT Officer, Information Technology Services Office)
• Venues: Lecture Theatre LT1, S202
• Workshop Outline:
  • Introduction of class attendance system
  • How to create password-protected documents

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Classroom / AV Equipment Wireless and Presentation System
• Speaker: Mr NG Hon Fai, Nicky (IT Officer, Information Technology Services Office)
• Venues: Lecture Theatre LT1, S202
• Workshop Outline:
  • How to use AV equipment in classrooms and Lecture Theatres
  • How to make a class recording at Lecture Theatres
  • How to use wirless presentation in classroom and Lecture Theatres

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Moodle and Turnitin Assessment
• Speaker: Mr LUK Wing Lin, Chris (Senior Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • Using Moodle for Assessment
  • Add Turnitin Assignment (Setting)

Time: 12:00 noon. – 12:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: Lecture Capting System Using Panopto
• Speaker: Mr LUK Wing Lin, Chris (Senior Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • Panopto is a video content management system for uploading, managing and sharing all the institution's video and audio files. It is a centralised, secure place for recorded lectures, educational videos, campus events, and more.

Time: 2:00 p.m. –2:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Studiosity
• Speaker: Dianne Guise (Client Services Manager WA/SA/NT),Video Conferencing
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • Studiosity is an online academic support service to study help, online, anywhere! Connect in real-time with live experts or get Writing Feedback in less than 24 hours.

Time: 3:00 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: Interactive video editor Using H5P and Classroom Management System Using Veyon
• Speaker: Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • H5P can help add interactivity to videos, presentations, and asynchronous eLearning courses. H5P can help add hotspots, supplemental text, or multiple choice and fill-in-the blank questions to a video. Troggering an interactive element can pause the video; responses can cause the learner to skip to the appropriate section of the video.
  • Veyon is a free open-source software for computer monitoring and classroom management supporting Linux and Windows. It’s primarily targeted at the educational sector. Veyon enables teachers to remotely monitor and control students’ computers.

Time: 4:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to uReply & Kahoot!
• Speaker: Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • uReply - Good teacher-student interactions and communications are key to many modern teaching and learning concepts, such as active learning and student-oriented learning. Technology can assist these much-needed interactions and communications. uReply is a cloud-based student response system (SRS), which was designed to facilitate classroom interactions using mobile devices. It was developed at the CUHK and now have users across many of the UGC-funded universities.
  • Kahoot! Is a game-based learning platform, free for teachers of awesome and classroom superheroes. Play, learn, have fun and celebrate together. Kahoot! (https://kahoot.com/mobile-app/).

Time: 5:00 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Socrative & Poll Everywhere
• Speaker: Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • Socrative – Students share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats, quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space. Data will be saved to the teacher’s account while the ststistical results could be shown to the class in graphical format. Socrative (https://www.socrative.com/)
  • Poll Everywhere is a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, California. The company, founded in April 2007 is an online service for classroom response and audience response systems.

Poll Everywhere (https://www.polleverywhere.com/)

• Date: 30th August 2019
• Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (12:00 noon. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch)
• Venue: Learning Commons E-classroom, THEi (Chai Wan)

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Sharepoint & Office 365
• Speaker: Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • To introduce Office 365
  • SharePoint, OneDrive, Office 365 applications;
  • Co-creation and co-editing among team members;
  • How to create Forms

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: An Introduction to Adobe Acrobat e-Form & Office 365 e-Form
• Speaker: Mr FONG Sui Kam, Tommy (Technician, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • To introduce how to create Adobe Acrobat e-Form and e-form using Office 365

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

• Workshop topic: Academic Writing and Library Databases
• Speaker: Dr MA Wai Kit, Will (Head, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • To analyze literature review in academic writing
  • To explain VTC library databases
  • To search for relevant scholarly references
  • To cite in-text and include full references

Time: 1:00 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

• Workshop topic: Quantitative Data Analysis SEM Using SmartPLS
• Speaker: Dr MA Wai Kit, Will (Head, Learning Commons)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • To introduce the process of data analysis using SmartPLS:
    • Descriptive statistics
    • Instrument validation
    • Regression analysis
    • Measurement model and structural model

Time: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

• Workshop topic: 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Qualitative Content Analysis Using Nvivo
• Speaker: Dr Lee Wai Ying, Liane (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management and Hospitality)
• Venues: Learning Commons E-classroom
• Workshop Outline:
  • Nvivo - the most powerful software for gaining richer insights from qualitative and mixed-methods data
  • Store and organize
  • Categorize and analyze
  • Visualize and discover
• Teaching staff and students can borrow Notebook PC No.11 which installs with SmartPLS and NVivo for research and project work, at Learning Commons.