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Upcoming OTAN Activities- Week of February 6, 2023
OTAN provides activities and resources to support our adult education colleagues. (All times listed are Pacific Standard Time)
Advancing Canvas: Different Delivery Modalities - Monday, February 6th, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
This session will show how to design and facilitate a course using many modalities such as: Face-to-Face, Flipped Learning, Blended Classroom, Universal Modality Best Practices, and Canvas Mobile Apps.
Advancing Canvas: Studio - Tuesday, February 7th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Topics for this session include: Accessing Canvas Studio, Audio and Video, and Adding Videos to Canvas.
Canvas Assignments - Wednesday, February 8th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This introductory session demonstrates how to build and create assignments and assignment groups.
Overview of Northstar Features - Wednesday, February 8th, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
In this presentation, you will learn about Northstar Digital Literacy standards, assessments, curriculum, self-directed online learning, and reporting. You will ascertain how to start incorporating and implementing digital literacy into your organization using the Northstar features.
Advancing Canvas: Accessibility (A11y) - Thursday, February 9th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This session introduces Canvas Accessibility Resources, Screen readers, RCE tools, Tables, Headers, Color Contrast, Alt Text, Linking vs. Native content & Accessibility Checkers
Creating and Using Hyper Docs for Instruction (Afternoon Session) - Thursday, February 9th, 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM
This session will show and discuss how to create hyperdocs for online and classroom learning. Examples will be used and made available for copy, and more resources will be shown throughout. Google Workspace for EDU will be the main platform used for this session. Requests for other platforms may be made for in-service sessions and may also differ by facilitator.
Creating and Using Hyper Docs for Instruction (Morning Session) - Friday, February 10th, 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
This session will show and discuss how to create hyperdocs for online and classroom learning. Examples will be used and made available for copy, and more resources will be shown throughout. Google Workspace for EDU will be the main platform used for this session. Requests for other platforms may be made for in-service sessions and may also differ by facilitator.
OTAN Digest: February 2023
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OTAN’s Curriculum Offers for 2023
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