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| Start Date and Time | Event Details | Location |
| Tuesday, May 21, 2013 |
| All Day | O'Kane Gallery - High Art Exhibition (Multi-Day Event)
Location: O'Kane Gallery
Cost: Free | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Blackboard: Grade Center
Would you like to make grades available to students online? The Blackboard Grade Center is a great way to give your students up-to-date information on how well they’re doing in your course. | |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Blackboard: Communication Tools
Come join us as we discuss different techniques for communicating with your students in the new Blackboard. We will discuss the difference between Mail and Messages, the Calendar Tool, and using Chat. We will also discuss the Notifications Dashboard and Announcements. | |
| Wednesday, May 22, 2013 |
| All Day | O'Kane Gallery - High Art Exhibition (Multi-Day Event)
Location: O'Kane Gallery
Cost: Free | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Collaborate: Lecture Capturing
Collaborate is UHD's new Web Conference tool! Just like Wimba, Collaborate offers a live, virtual classroom environment with features that include audio, video, application sharing and content sharing. It facilitates a way for educators and students to interact as if they were meeting face-to-face.
The Lecture Capturing Training will cover:
• Content Sharing (i.e.: PowerPoint Slides, PDFs, Etc.)
• Navigating Content
• The WhiteBoard
• Application Sharing
• Recording Tools | |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | K-20 Education/Industry/Business Adviosry Council Meeting
K-20 Education/Industry/Business Adviosry Council Meeting | |
| Thursday, May 23, 2013 |
| All Day | O'Kane Gallery - High Art Exhibition (Multi-Day Event)
Location: O'Kane Gallery
Cost: Free | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Course Content
In this training we will be adding files, action links, creating folders, and adding URLS. This session is designed for faculty members who want a refresher on adding content to their Blackboard courses. | |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Intro to PS Finance
This course introduces new users to the university finance system. | |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | UHD Sponsored Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, 1500 Mckinney St Houston, TX 77010 | |
| Friday, May 24, 2013 |
| End Day | O'Kane Gallery - High Art Exhibition (Multi-Day Event)
Location: O'Kane Gallery
Cost: Free | |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Campus Tour
Students will tour the UHD campus. | |
| 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Cost Center Verification
This course reviews the 1074 report and details the procedures for verifying cost centers. | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Excel: Intermediate
This training is for users that are comfortable with Excel, but need to get more out of the software. Our intermediate training class covers complex Excel functions, charting, and tools for working with data. | |
| Monday, May 27, 2013 |
| Memorial Day |
| Tuesday, May 28, 2013 |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Add 'WOW' to Your Blackboard Course
Add a WOW factor to your Blackboard course. In this class you will learn how to change the appearance of your course by adding buttons, changing course colors, and adding custom headers to capture your students’ attention. | |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Collaborate: Basics
Collaborate is UHD's new Web Conference tool! Just like Wimba, Collaborate offers a live, virtual classroom environment with features that include audio, video, application sharing and content sharing. It facilitates a way for educators and students to interact as if they were meeting face-to-face.
Collaborate Trainings will be broken into sessions; Basics, Lecture Capturing (recorded lectures for students to watch later), Creating Interaction (in a live Collaborate session) and Advanced Lecturing.
The Basics training will cover:
• Readiness
• Room Orientation & Tools
• Creating Profiles
• Basic Communication Tools (Video, Chat, Talk) | |
| Wednesday, May 29, 2013 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Turnitin & GradeMark
Concerned about plagiarism in your courses? Try Turnitin, an anti-plagiarism web-based tool which is available to faculty and students through Blackboard. This session will give you hands-on experience in submitting papers as an instructor to determine percentages of possible plagiarism. The tool can also be used by students to check their own paper before submitting. GradeMark gives instructors the ability to provide feedback to students by enabling editorial highlights, custom comments, and QuickMark editing marks directly on the student papers. The grades will automatically feed to the Grade Center. | |
| Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Blackboard: Tests
This course will cover the Blackboard Tests tool. Participants will learn how to create tests, including quizzes/exams, self-tests, and surveys. Specific topics include question pools, adding questions, test settings and managing grades. | |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | UHD Sponsored Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, 1500 Mckinney St Houston, TX 77010 | |
| Friday, May 31, 2013 |
| 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | ELI Party
Party for 250 people. | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Bb:Assignments
This course covers the Blackboard Assignments tool. Participants will learn how to create, review, and grade assignments as submitted by students online. | |
| Tuesday, June 04, 2013 |
| 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM | Blood Drive
Blood Drive | |
| Wednesday, June 05, 2013 |
| 8:30 AM - 2:30 PM | Blood Drive
Blood Drive | |
| Thursday, June 06, 2013 |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | UHD Sponsored Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, 1500 Mckinney St Houston, TX 77010 | |
| Friday, June 07, 2013 |
| 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Staff Awards
Staff Council hosts Staff Awards | |
| 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | Staff Awards Reception
Staff Awards Reception | |
| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | CJTC Cadet Graduations
Criminal Justice Training Center. Cadet Graduations. | |
| Monday, June 10, 2013 |
| 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Intro to PS Finance
This course introduces new users to the university finance system. | |
| Tuesday, June 11, 2013 |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | AP Fast Start Training
Accounts Payable PeopleSoft training | |
| Wednesday, June 12, 2013 |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Lunch and Learn with the President
Locations:
June 12
University of Houston-Downtown
One Main Street - Room A-300; White Oak Room
July 11
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
1801 Main Street, Suite 890
July 30
City of Houston
611 Walker Auditorium
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| Thursday, June 13, 2013 |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | "The SSEMYS" Division-wide Summer Celebration & Staff Recognition Meeting
"The SSEMYS" Division-wide Summer Celebration & Staff Recognition Meeting | |
| 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Travel Training - UHD056
Travel Training for policy and procedures related to business travel. | |
| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | UHD Sponsored Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, 1500 Mckinney St Houston, TX 77010 | |
| Wednesday, June 19, 2013 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Staff Council Meeting
Staff Council Meeting | |
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