Presenter:  Jeff Huang, Turnitin Inc. 

Tuesday, March 19th, 11:45am-12:45pm

Location: CIT Lab, room 001, School of Education

Turnitin is a plagiarism-prevention service used by USF to submit essays to the Turnitin website, which checks the documents for unoriginal content. Turnitin can be used in formative assessment to help students learn how to avoid plagiarism and improve their writing. In this tech talk you will learn how to submit and assess student work using Turnitin and how to use it as a powerful teaching and assessment tool. You will also be introduced to the GradeMark feature for online grading, feedback, and voice comments.  

 Instructure Canvas

   Presenter: Ginny Wallace, CIT
Thursday, March 21st, 11:45am-12:45pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education

Canvas is the Learning Management System (LMS) USF is piloting for the second semester. This presentation will demonstrate several of the popular features such as assignment creation, speed grader, online feedback and incorporating audio/video almost anywhere in a course. Join us to learn more about Canvas! 

Blackboard: Next Generation Learning Management System

   Presenters: Matt Lord and Liam Ferris, Blackboard Inc. 
Tuesday, March 26th, 11:45am-12:45pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 001, School of Education

Attend a presentation by representatives from Blackboard for information and a demonstration on Blackboard's next generation of teaching and learning tools. The next release of Blackboard provides a more social, interactive and dynamic environment for today's learners. Get a preview of the features and functionality that are available in the next release of Blackboard.

  Presenters: Dane Riley and Rick Miller, Adobe Inc. 
Thursday, April 4th, 12:00-1:30pm
Location: CIT Lab, room 10, School of Education

Adobe InDesign CS6 is the most powerful and most widely used tool for the design and layout of digitally published documents. It is used for both print and digital publishing alike by content creators around the world. With the advent of tablet devices Adobe continues to offer leading solutions for digital publishing for a variety of output options. During this session you will learn how you can utilize the Creative Suite including Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign to create immersive content for your readers. This content may then be consumed on desktops, laptops and mobile devices. You will leave this session with an understanding of the workflow for using these tools and with a plethora of resources that can help you gain the expertise to use these tools for immersive digital publications.

  Presenter: Professor Art Karshmer 
Tuesday, April 9th, 11:45-12:45pm
Location: McLaren 252, Main Campus

Professor Art Karshmer's research is in the field of computer interfaces for the handicapped. The topic of the seminar will be teaching mathematics to the visually impaired. 

The blind and visually impaired community around the world have serious problems in both learning and using mathematics. While special Braille-like codes are of value, they offer only a linear view of mathematics, leaving the student to understand complex strings of special characters that imply the actual structure being presented. In this presentation, some background information is presented along with concepts and tools that can help in the understanding of two-dimensional objects presented in a one-dimensional manner. In particular, two projects developed by USF research and development teams.