Training Opportunities

The Center for Online Learning provides training in a number of formats to help instructors find the support they need when they need it. We provide technical training on how to use campus systems like Isidore, Warpwire, and Zoom, but also pedagogical training that helps instructors advance their teaching and learning skills. This page will be updated often with additional training opportunities as they are scheduled.


Center for Online Learning Contact Information & Hours

The Center for Online Learning is open from Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. During those times, we will respond to your phone calls, voicemails, and emails within less than 1 business day.


One-on-One Training

We are always happy to provide one-on-one help. Whether it’s a quick question or a longer consultation about your course design, we are here to help you in any way we can. Contact us at 937-229-5039 or at onlinelearning@udayton.edu to ask your questions or schedule an appointment. We are happy to meet in-person or remotely over Zoom, whatever you prefer.


Group Training Sessions

We are offering training sessions in-person in the LTC as well as virtually through Zoom. Some sessions are one-off large group training sessions while others are cohorted programs that will meet several times throughout the semester. For each session, please sign up using the Google Form underneath the training session description. Once you sign up, we will send you a Google Calendar invitation including the meeting’s location and time so you know when and where to be.

Current Sessions

Teaching with the Power of Stories (In-Person and via Zoom)

What differentiates your teaching from what students could learn on their own? Your personality, your experience, and your stories. These sessions will establish the power that stories have to increase your students' buy-in, comprehension, and retention. We'll cover four levels of storytelling that each can progressively elevate your teaching. Each of the two sessions below will cover the same content, so you can register for either one as it fits your schedule. Both sessions can be attended in-person or on Zoom.

  • Monday, November 1st at 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Thursday, November 4th at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Creating Graphics to Enhance Your Teaching (In-Person and via Zoom)

Adding an image to your teaching can increase information retention from 10% to 65% - that's astounding. But, there's a caveat: not just any image will improve retention. In these sessions, we'll review the science of "multimedia learning" and discuss the principles of image design to enhance learning. We will then explore a few tools that will assist you in the creation of graphics, including Canva, Snagit, and Adobe Spark. Each of the two sessions below will cover the same content, so you can register for either one as it fits your schedule. Both sessions can be attended in-person or on Zoom.

  • Monday, November 15th at 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Thursday, November 18th at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Drop-In Training (via Zoom)

There is no formal training program for our drop-in sessions. They are designed so instructors can pop in to ask quick questions at any time throughout the hour. Instructors are also welcome to attend the entire time and just ask questions as they work on creating their course content. Feel free to ask questions about Isidore, Zoom, Warpwire, and more.

  • Monday, December 6th at 3:00 - 4:00 PM
  • Monday, December 13th at 3:00 - 4:00 PM
  • Monday, December 20th at 3:00 - 4:00 PM

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Past Training Sessions

Isidore 101 (In-Person)

If you are able to do so, please bring your laptops to this session so you can follow along on your own computer.
During this one hour training session, we will introduce attendees to the UD’s learning management system, Isidore. We will show participants how to log in, set up their course sites, and get started with the basic tools within the system, including Roster, Announcements, Calendar, Zoom, and more. Both of the sessions below are standalone sessions. You are welcome to attend both, but it will be the same content during both sessions.

  • Tuesday, August 17th at 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday, August 25th at 10:00 AM

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Isidore 201 (In-Person)

If you are able to do so, please bring your laptops to this session so you can follow along on your own computer.
During this one hour training session, we will introduce attendees to some of the more advanced tools within UD’s learning management system, Isidore. We will show participants how to post and collect digital assignments, how to deliver online assessments, and how to update student’s grades in the Gradebook tool. Both of the sessions below are standalone sessions. You are welcome to attend both, but it will be the same content during both sessions.

  • Thursday, August 19th at 11:00 AM
  • Wednesday, August 25th at 2:00 PM

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Media Engagement Fellows (In-Person)

If you are able to do so, please bring your laptops to this session so you can follow along on your own computer.
This is a limited-seating, four-session cohort program. Create videos for your courses that teach, connect, and impress. This program will prepare and equip you to create effective videos for online and face-to-face courses. Topics will include: video editing, Lightboard, studio recordings, teleprompter, interviews, optimizing your webcam, video feedback, check-in videos, location shots, and more.

Media Engagement Fellows Promo Video (60 sec)

  • Wednesday, September 15th, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, October 6th, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, October 27th, 2:30 - 4:00 PM
  • Wednesday, November 17th, 2:30 - 4:00 PM

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Collaborative Reading with Perusall (In-Person and via Zoom)

If you are able to do so, please bring your laptops to this session so you can follow along on your own computer.
Perusall is a social reading tool that seeks to enhance discussions in the classroom by allowing students to collaboratively annotate textbooks, articles, videos, and more. During this training, participants will discover the learning science that grounds Perusall’s discussion model along with the process for integrating Perusall-hosted discussions into their Isidore sites. Finally, they will design and build their own Perusall discussion to be used within a current or upcoming course.

Each of the two sessions below will cover the same content, so you can register for either one as it fits your schedule.

  • Monday, September 13th at 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Tuesday, September 21st at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

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Struggles & Successes Groups (via Zoom)

If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it’s that instructors are often the best source of support for each other. From the Department of English’s “E-Learning Development Groups” to the idea exchange through the FlexTeaching Listserv , we witnessed ingenious ideas and outstanding compassion through these faculty conversations. To that end, we would like to facilitate the creation of small, cross-disciplinary faculty groups that will meet for 30 minutes twice a month for the Fall 2021 semester. In these Struggles & Successes groups (which will be held over Zoom), participating instructors will have a space to celebrate each other’s teaching achievements and brainstorm ideas to address any challenges that may arise. Learn more about how these groups work in the registration link below.

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