ProQuest will be hosting the following Webinars:
ProQuest Ebook Central: Tips & Tricks for Faculty – April 28th at 2pm EDT
During this new and often unfamiliar teaching and learning environment, students and their instructors need to rely on as much electronic content they can access. While the physical library may be unavailable, books are not. ProQuest’s Ebook Central ebook titles can be used as course reserves, made into supplemental reading lists (and shared easily with students), highlighted and annotated for focused reading and reviewing. After this 30-minute session, faculty members will have the knowledge to locate titles applicable to their courses, create lists of books and recommend them to students, and discover Ebook Central tools that assist with research.
ProQuest Academic Platform: Tips & Tricks for Faculty – April 30th at 1pm EDT
While institutions are operating remotely, faculty are finding themselves faced with new and unfamiliar tasks, such as integrating resources into Learning Management Systems or institutional websites, holding lectures and discussions virtually, and providing research support to students who are navigating this new virtual environment. This 30-minute webinar will highlight the tools in the ProQuest Academic Platform (https://search.proquest.com) that simplify these tasks. Attendees will walk away able to find their institution’s ProQuest databases, direct students to tools that help them navigate the research process, and share and embed resources.
Alexander Street Video: Tips & Tricks for Faculty – May 5th at 2pm EDT
Are you looking for ways to engage students in the online instruction environment? Maybe a video you’ve traditionally shown as part of your coursework is now inaccessible since campus and the library is unavailable. Alexander Street Video provides options for working in a new online teaching environment using video. From simply watching, to searching transcripts for the exact content you need, to embedding video in a Learning Management System, this 30-minute session will examine how video can be used to support teaching and learning, student success, and stress relief through entertainment and education.
Alexander Street Multimedia: Tips & Tricks for Faculty – May 7th at 2pm EDT
In this new virtual learning environment, faculty are being asked to incorporate a variety of multimedia resources into their courses to engage students from a distance. This 30-minute webinar will highlight the tools in the Alexander Street multimedia platform, (https://search.alexanderstreet.com/) that simplifies this task. Attendees will walk away able to find their institution’s Alexander Street collections, create audio and video clips, build customized playlists complete with external links, and share and embed these resources.