7:30am - 8:50am   Coffee & Registration

8:50am - 9:00am   Greetings and Start the Day

9:00am - 10:00am   Accessibility in the LMS- Panel Session
Panelists:
Karen Bellnier, Director of Instructional Technology and Online Learning, Community College of Rhode Island
Kate Beverage,  Director of Technology for Teaching and Learning, Worcester Polytechinic Institute
Stacy Cohen, Instructional Technologist, Framingham State University
Erin DeSilva, Assistant Director, Learning Design and Technology,  Dartmouth College
Robin Robinson, Director of Education Technology and Instructional Design, Framingham State University
Lindsey Van Gieson, Senior Instructional Technology Systems Specialist, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Join a panel of colleagues discussing accessibility in a variety of Learning Management Systems [LMS]. The panel will share their expertise and answer questions related to guiding principles of accessibility in an LMS, accessibility design considerations, and what content inspection tools people are currently implementing in their LMS.

10:00am - 10:15am   Morning Break

10:15am – 11:00am   Open Educational Resources [OER] - Panel Session  
Panelists:
Rachel Baum, eLearning Librarian and OER Coordinator, Bay Path University
Teresa Maceira, Head of Reference, Outreach, and Instruction, Uuniversity of Massachusetts - Boston
Grace Mah, Associate Director, Academic Innovations and Distance Education , Bunker Hill Community College
Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, North Shore Community College

Online Educational Resources [OER] are free and openly licensed educational materials that can be used for teaching and learning. Our panel of specialists will be discussing the benefits of implementing and getting started with OER, sustaining faculty buy-in, and managing copyright challenges in all online and on ground classrooms

11:00am - 11:50am   Active Learning for Faculty Development
Moderators/Facilitators: 
Chris Gaudreau, Learning Technologist, Bay Path University
Mary Wiseman, Instructional Designer, Bay Path University

Symposium attendees will participate in an active learning exercise generating a series of fast-paced conversations focused on creating strong learning opportunities to be used for engaging faculty development. A collaborative Google Doc will be available for attendees to dive into the deep end and will allow them to return to their institutions invigorated with ideas from the group session.

11:50am - 12:50pm   Lunch

1:00pm - 3:00pm   Afternoon breakouts by LMS
Attendees will break out into smaller groups by LMS. Afternoon sessions will be organized by specific LMS User Group Coordinators.
See details below.

3:05pm - 3:30pm   Full Group Wrap up

3:30pm   End

 

Blackboard User Group Afternoon Agenda:
You heard what was shared in the morning session, but how do these topic integrate with your Blackboard platform? Join the Blackboard team to hear where the company is heading with the Learn and Ultra platform. During the session, Blackboard will cover current features, upcoming roadmap developments, and share what to expect in the near future. The Blackboard team will also be available to answer member questions, even the ones that are hard to ask.

1:00pm - 2:15pm  Roadmap Presentation with Blackboard Representatives

2:15pm - 2:30pm  Break                                    

2:30pm - 3:00pm  Question and Answer             

3:05pm - 3:30pm  Symposium Wrap-up               

Canvas User Group Afternoon Agenda 
Canvas Representatives will be present to take questions and present:
Jennifer Jones, Customer Success Manager, Canvas
Alexis Skokos, Canvas Regional Director, NorthEast Canvas

1:00pm - 2:15pm   Upcoming products and Services
Hear from Canvas representatives about new products and services.

2:15pm - 2:30pm   Afternoon Break

2:30pm - 3:00pm   Q & A and Other Topics with Canvas
Our Canvas representatives will wrap up the afternoon with a Q&A session for User Group members.

3:05pm - 3:30pm   Full Group Wrap up

Moodle User Group Afternoon Agenda

1:00pm - 2:00pm  Building Competency Frameworks in Moodle
Speaker: Erin Courville, Instructional Designer & Instructor, Granite State College

Beginning with Moodle 3.1 in 2016 a new feature was added to Moodle Core: Competencies.  The documentation on the feature has been complicated and limited to this point.  This session will outline what Moodle Competencies are, how to set up a competency framework, how to set-up a course with competencies, how to set up and activity with competencies.  I will also share information about setting up scales for competency frameworks & configuring Learning Plans and Cohorts to meet your needs.  Come with your questions, and I will do my best to answer them!

 2:05pm - 3:00pm  Moodle in English-Live
Speakers:
Katie Nazarian, User Services Libarian, Mitchell College
Erin Courville, Instructional Designer & Instructor, Granite State College

Moodle in English is a popular online community that helps English speakers from all over the world crowdsource resources and troubleshoot as a team. During this session, we will follow the format of the Moodle in English site: a question will be raised and participants that are able to contribute to the answer will share their insights.  Please come with your questions and be ready to help your Moodle colleagues conquer challenges that have them stumped!

3:05pm - 3:30pm  Full Group Wrap up