JULY 30 | 2:00 PM ET With fall 2020 plans still a work in progress, it may be hard to focus on student retention. However, the issue is more important than ever to our students and our institutions. While a new approach may seem impossible right now, our webinar will discuss how you can work fast and light with respect to short timelines and small budgets this fall to support student retention. We've been working with campuses using this approach both prior to and during COVID-19. We'll share what we're learning and how you can make it work for you this fall, regardless of your situation and how it may evolve.     Register today to save your seat! REGISTER HERE ... View more

JULY 20 | 2:00 PM ET Whether you’re an instructor or administrator, you’re probably staring down your institution’s class start date and have lots of questions. Teaching online and contemplating how to keep students from zoning out on video calls? Delivering your course asynchronously and want to keep students engaged with your video lectures? Committing to a hybrid format and evaluating the myriad of options available? Or maybe you’re an administrator that’s wondering how to support all of these different formats. No matter your role or where you are in planning - we’re here to help. Join this webinar to hear from our student engagement pros on how they are tackling their Fall plans. Solina Lindahl (California Polytechnic University) and Matt Evans (University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire) will offer an instructor’s perspective on planning for engagement in hybrid and online course formats, while Grace Tuttle (Boise State University) will share how she’s navigating her university’s needs as an administrator.     Register today to save your seat! REGISTER HERE ... View more

JULY 15 | 2:00 PM ET Start how you want to finish. There are few courses more important to ensuring students develop the skills and habits to do well in colleges than First Year Experience and College Success. In this interactive webinar, participants will be introduced to easy-to-implement methods for First Year Experience and College Success courses to encourage and evaluate student engagement for better learning outcomes. From tracking attendance to gauging students' conceptual understanding, student engagement opportunities are endless, yet within reach with the ubiquity of mobile devices. The session will explore and demonstrate engagement, survey and analytics tools that enable community college faculty, course coordinators and administrators with pre-built teaching resources and class activities to get quickly and affordably get started using student engagement tools in College/Student Success courses.     Register today to save your seat! REGISTER HERE   Presented by:  Mandy Shaffer has over 17 years of experience in education with a focus on student success, engagement, and technology. She is the Director of Institutional Initiatives at Macmillan Learning. Mandy holds a Bachelors in Sociology and a Masters in Elementary Education from The Ohio State University. After teaching in the classroom, she turned her passion for teaching and learning to writing and editing textbooks, developing educational technologies, presenting and training on pedagogy/technology/retention platforms, and consulting with institutions on retention, student success, and engagement. An Ohio native, Mandy now calls Orlando, Florida home. ... View more

JULY 23 | 2:00 PM ET This Fall, instructors will be tasked with engaging students in a variety of different formats—while delivering courses online, in-person, at a scheduled class time or even asynchronously. No matter if your classroom is virtual or face-to-face, though, we’re here to help keep active learning at the forefront with our new Assignments functionality. iClicker’s new Assignments feature allows you to engage students with pre-authored questions that they can work through at their own pace. Instructors can use assignments to gather feedback, promote participation, and provide lightweight student assessment. Best of all, students can still feel like they are an active participant in their courses from various locales and on their own time. Join this webinar for a tour of the new Assignments functionality and learn how simple it is to start using immediately.     Register today to save your seat! REGISTER HERE   Presented by: Lindsay Johnson - Executive Product Marketing Manager Kristina Treadway - Director of Product ... View more

In October 2018 EdSurge released the research study, "Measuring Up: How Community Colleges Define, Measure and Support Student Success", which revealed important trends in student success initiatives, current practices for institutional analytics and early indicators of student success at community colleges in the United States. In this interactive webinar, highlights from the study will be presented alongside five easy-to-implement methods that can be incorporated in College Success courses to encourage and evaluate student engagement for better learning outcomes. From tracking attendance to gauging students' conceptual understanding, student engagement opportunities are endless, yet within reach with the ubiquity of mobile devices. The session will explore and demonstrate analytics tools that enable community college faculty, course coordinators and administrators to understand how to get quickly and affordably get started using student engagement tools in College/Student Success courses.     Access the recording today! Watch Recording   Presented by: Vance Gray is the former dean of social sciences at Atlanta Metropolitan State College (University System of Georgia) and instructor of political science at Spelman College. Dr. Gray currently serves as the Consultant to the Office of Academic Affairs, Student Success & Completion for the University System of Georgia. Dr. Gray was the former director of the First Year Experience Program at Atlanta Metropolitan and served as the the USG point of Contact for the Momentum Year and Gateways to Completion efforts. He participated in the intelligence community program with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence’s Center for Excellence in National Security Studies in 2010, and the 2015 and 2018 Council on Foreign Relations Educators Workshops. Dr. Gray holds degrees in English literature from the University of Washington, Seattle, and an MBA and PhD (international politics/economics, urban politics, public administration, and American government) from Clark Atlanta University. ... View more

Connecting with students online is easy when you’re doing something fun together. With iClicker, you can host online games that will help build a sense of community in your classroom while helping students master key concepts. Join iClicker training specialist Lindsey Thomas for a demonstration of the many different types of games you can play with your students during your live class sessions. We hope you join us with a cold beverage, a tasty snack, and will take the opportunity to participate as a “contestant” (aka student) using iClicker Reef.     Access the recording today! Watch Recording ... View more

Co-Sponsored by eRezLife  Housing professionals need solid strategies to make sense of assessment data, put results into context, and drive action to improve the residential experience. Benchmarking is one powerful option. Benchmarking involves making comparisons to identify best practices and opportunities for improvement. While making comparisons to other institutions is the most recognized form, it is only one form; to focus solely on that narrow definition means missing other opportunities. This webinar will describe the various types of benchmarking and use housing-specific examples from both Skyfactor and eRezLife to demonstrate its value.   Access the recording today! Watch Recording   Presented by: Matt Venaas is a Research Manager at Skyfactor, a Macmillan Learning company. In this capacity on the Analytics & Research Team, he is responsible for survey design and content for over 50 national benchmarking assessments. He also is responsible for analyzing data from these assessments to build educational content and conduct national studies. Since 2015, he has presented over 50 educational sessions at national higher education conferences on a wide range of topics related to student affairs assessment, student success, and retention. He is currently a member of the Directorate Board for ACPA’s Commission for Assessment and Evaluation and has twice served on faculty for the Student Affairs Assessment Institute. He has a M.S.Ed. in Adult and Higher Education and a B.A. in Political Science from Northern Illinois University. Cate Morrison joined eRezLife Software in 2018 after enjoying 13 years as a Student Affairs professional at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Responsible for Community Engagement and Outreach at eRezLife, Cate is an active member of the ACUHO-I community, sitting on numerous committees and workgroups, including the Academic Initiatives Program Planning Committee and serving as a faculty member for ACUHO-I's STARS College. Cate appreciates the ability to connect, work, and learn with student affairs professionals across North America and the UK over their shared passion for Student Affairs and improving the student experience. Cate completed her B.A. in Family Studies and Psychology at the University of British Columbia and holds a Student Affairs and Services Certification from the University of Manitoba. ... View more

JULY 28 | 1:00 PM ET   Cosponsored by Skyfactor and eRezLife We know that there is no one type of student that makes the perfect RA. We know our RAs reflect the diversity of our residents and are required to complete a range of complex and sometimes disparate tasks. So, it can be difficult to define success in the role. What if we use data to assist in this process? This webinar will apply a framework related to the Peter Principle to discuss ways to use data to assess common traits and trends in the RA role and how to apply these insights to our work with RAs. Register today to save your seat! REGISTER HERE   Presented by: As the Director of Analytics and Research at Skyfactor, Sherry Woosley drives the content strategy for the Mapworks Student Retention System and more than 40 Benchworks program assessment products. As one of the original creators of Mapworks, Sherry spent more than 10 years working in the area of assessment at Ball State University, where she also founded a graduate level academic program in institutional research. She has published articles in the College Student Journal, The Journal of College Student Retention, The Journal of College Student Development, The NASPA Journal, and Assessment Update. Sherry has also delivered more than 100 presentations at national conferences. Nationally recognized for her work in assessment, college student transitions, and predictive analytics, She holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Organizations from University of California, Santa Barbara. Cate Morrison joined eRezLife Software in 2018 after enjoying 13 years as a Student Affairs professional at the University of British Columbia in Canada. Responsible for Community Engagement and Outreach at eRezLife, Cate is an active member of the ACUHO-I community, sitting on numerous committees and workgroups, including the Academic Initiatives Program Planning Committee and serving as a faculty member for ACUHO-I's STARS College. Cate appreciates the ability to connect, work, and learn with student affairs professionals across North America and the UK over their shared passion for Student Affairs and improving the student experience. Cate completed her B.A. in Family Studies and Psychology at the University of British Columbia and holds a Student Affairs and Services Certification from the University of Manitoba. ... View more

Natalie Dougall, Faculty Advocate and iClicker Trainer, discusses best practices for onboarding your students with iClicker in a virtual classroom. She shows how you can incorporate iClicker into your course with minimal fuss, provides methods for getting students started with the iClicker Reef app, and shares some icebreaker activities that get students comfortable in your class and using iClicker.     Access the recording! Watch Recording ... View more

ON-DEMAND Instructors who had been using iClicker Classic in face-to-face classes can seamlessly transition to a virtual classroom without having to switch to a new software. Senior Client Relationship Specialist Kelly Morrow shows iClicker Classic users how to enable Reef in their course settings and explain to students the steps to switch from physical clickers to the iClicker Reef web/mobile app.     Access the recording today! Watch Recording     Lindsey Thomas   Training and Documentation Manager   Kelly Morrow   Senior Client Relationship Specialist ... View more

ON-DEMAND iClicker Learning Solutions Specialist Alana Craig hosts a special iClicker Cloud instructor training webinar, which covers the nuts and bolts of setting up your iClicker Cloud account and course, downloading the software, and using the software for polling, quizzing, and attendance in a virtual classroom.     Access the recording today! Watch Recording ... View more

Calls to adopt and support open educational resources (OER) are on the rise across higher education. Because of the interdisciplinary and often abstract considerations that accompany an institutional embrace of OER, early expectation setting is important for everyone involved. In this first webinar in our   On the Open Road   series, participants will learn about some of the early planning and ongoing practices that have led to successful university initiatives in OER.   Watch Recording ... View more

Open Educational Resources are, by definition, free to learners. Still, running an effective OER initiative to get these free resources into the hands of students in a meaningful and pedagogically sound way takes time, energy, and money. In this webinar, TJ Bliss will explore the various ways colleges and universities are financing their successful OER initiatives, including methods for internal funding and an exploration of the external funding landscape.     Watch Recording ... View more

Faculty are continuously searching for textbooks and materials that fit course requirements and their teaching style. Before the availability of open educational resources (OER), faculty were restricted to commercial publications designed for broad audiences with general theories and concepts across a wide array of topics. Though these resources offer relevant information and supplemental materials, they do not always meet the needs and interests of faculty and students. Adopting and creating free, openly licensed resources (OER) offers faculty the freedom to reuse and remix materials that complement their teaching style and approach based on their discipline training, expertise, and knowledge of their students. In this webinar, faculty will learn about free open educational resources, benefits of going OER, and ideas on their use and application.   Watch Recording ... View more

As the open educational resources (OER) movement matures, questions continue to emerge about how to best support and sustain the use of OER at scale. Instructors and librarians maintain valuable partnerships for managing OER adoption but may need additional assistance when it comes to ensuring ongoing use and (re)development of resources. Instructional designers and technologists, in particular, have the skills, resources, and experience necessary to shepherd sustainable simple OER adoptions into long-term learning innovations. In this webinar in our   On the Open Road   series, participants will learn how those who support the design, implementation, and technology of teaching and learning on campuses might further expand the potential of OER in higher education.     Watch Recording ... View more

Clickers can dramatically improve your students’ engagement in the classroom. But, like all teaching tools, there are more and less effective ways of incorporating them into your class. This webinar will include a brief review of the motivations for using clickers, as well as practical guidelines for ensuring their success, including writing effective questions, facilitating student discussion and choosing a grading policy that minimizes stress for you and your students. Enrollment will be limited to ensure all participants have time to ask questions and share experiences. Watch Recording ... View more

Join Macmillan's Learning Science & Insights team as they share new research and insights on attendance. In this webinar, Dr. Kara McWilliams, Vice President, Impact Research, will discuss the learning science behind the benefits of taking class attendance and what trends sophisticated data mining reveal that have guided the development of new attendance features in iClicker. Dr. McWilliams will also share experimental research conducted with instructors and partner institutions into how using iClicker to take attendance improves important student outcomes like engagement and course performance. Watch Recording ... View more

Studies show that engaging students through activities, discussion and collaboration is more effective than traditional lecturing. iClicker is pleased to invite you to an Composition & Literature-specific webinar led by Blake Westerlund. Attend this webinar to learn key strategies, ideas and best practices as they relate to the English classroom! Watch Recording ... View more

Studies show that engaging students through activities, discussion and collaboration is more effective than traditional lecturing. iClicker is pleased to invite you to a Developmental English-specific webinar led by Natalie Dougall, Faculty Advocate and Trainer for iClicker. Attend this webinar to learn key strategies, ideas and best practices as they relate to the English classroom! Watch Recording ... View more

Studies show that engaging students through activities, discussion and collaboration is more effective than traditional lecturing. In this webinar, Brandon Tenn, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Math at Merced College shares key strategies, ideas and best practices as they relate to the modern Chemistry classroom! Watch Recording ... View more

As seen on CNN, NBC and the Discovery Channel, rock star instructor Dr. Kate Biberdorf shares best practices on planning and executing active learning strategies that engage students for deeper learning.     Watch Recording ... View more

Student engagement and affordability are hot topics on most campuses of higher education. In this webinar, Leif Nelson, Director of Learning Technology Solutions at Boise State University, will discuss these important topics, and will share specific examples and initiatives of how Boise State is addressing these challenges to help their students succeed. Watch Recording ... View more

Using a student engagement tool integrated into your campus learning management system can help engage students and help you measure student performance. Join Dr. Leslie Hendrix, Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of South Carolina and active learning guru, as she shares her best practices from using both the iClicker student engagement tool and Canvas learning management system in her own classroom. Watch Recording ... View more

Student Response systems are traditionally thought of as in-class tools. And why not? They are great for creating connections, improving student focus, identifying misconceptions, and giving every student a voice. But there are a variety of ways that schools are beginning to use Student Response systems. Dr. Kimi King of the University of North Texas will present some ways that she uses iClicker Cloud (the Student Response System at UNT) in creative, out of the box ways. This presentation is ideal for faculty or administrators interested in adopting a SRS for the institution, and how to maximize that investment. Watch Recording ... View more

While the benefits of a classroom response system in large lecture halls may be obvious, those same benefits can be obtained in smaller, more intimate class of 30 or fewer students. Led by Brian Geislinger of Gadsden State Community College, this webinar will discuss both how iClicker can be effectively used in small classes, as well as the unique challenges that active learning techniques in a smaller group can present. Watch Recording ... View more

Enhance the level of learning in your classroom by asking higher level questions for problem solving, making connections, and peer interaction. This webinar, led by Cindy Albert of the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire, will provide tips for creating question prompts, as well as how to craft the follow up questions to encourage deeper learning. Watch Recording ... View more

Data-Driven Instruction: How to Optimize Student Analytics Charles Rigdon and Eric Aldrich at the University of Missouri–Columbia are two seasoned, data-driven professionals who utilize a variety of technology tools to report on student success.   In this webinar, they will show you how they've used student response systems data and student retention software to track students' progression throughout their coursework. They will also discuss how those tools can measure student comprehension in individual courses and flag struggling students who need personalized support.     Watch Recording ... View more

Leslie Hendrix, is an active learning guru. Join the discussion as she talks about engagement strategies and tools that are working in her courses–and how her students have responded to her active learning efforts. She’ll show you how easy it is to increase participation, confirm understanding, and measure student performance using iClicker's flexible active learning platform, iClicker Cloud.     Watch Recording ... View more

More and more, educators are bringing a “flipped” classroom approach to their courses to encourage student preparation before lecture and make class time more interactive. With all the buzz around flipped instruction, many wonder: How much work will it require? What are the best practices? What is the impact?   Professor Kevin Revell shared practical tips and tricks for building a flipped classroom to increase student engagement and improve learning.     Watch Recording ... View more

Introducing iClicker's Reef Attendance With iClicker's Reef application, taking accurate attendance is now as simple as clicking a button.   Instead of using codes that can be shared, iClicker’s new attendance solution uses geolocation technology that recognizes if students are within range of the classroom when they “check in.” No more cheating—or voting from dorm rooms!   Experienced user Dr. Michael Shapiro, Professor at the Georgia State University, and Kristina Treadway, iClicker Product Manager, showcase iClicker’s new attendance tool.   Watch Recording ... View more