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Unleash Assessment Superpower: Leveraging Lamakū for Data-Driven Rapid Pedagogical Improvement

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Imagine this: the moment when students complete a quiz or immediately after you grade the assignments, you can view the achievement on each student learning outcome (SLO). This allows you to adjust your teaching to make rapid pedagogical improvement. 

In this workshop, we’ll explore the essential Lamakū functions for course-level assessment, including:

  • entering course SLOs
  • setting achievement levels
  • aligning quizzes, assignments, and rubrics with SLOs
  • choosing achievement calculation methods
  • viewing and interpreting the Master Gradebook for immediate insights.

Participants will practice setting up Lamakū assessment functions and learn assessment-for-rapid-pedagogical-improvement practices from national showcases.

Guest Presenter: Dr. Yao Zhang Hill, Assessment and Curriculum Support Center.

This event is co-sponsored by Assessment and Curriculum Support Center, UH Online Innovation Center, and UH Mānoa Center for Teaching Excellence.

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2025 UH Student Panel: Lamakū and the Learner Experience

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Join this webinar as student panelists representing a spectrum of our student body across the UH system (e.g., undergrad and grad students, university and community college campuses). They will be sharing perspectives on navigating Lamakū courses as learners, including challenges, successes, and overall experiences thus far. This is a great opportunity to hear directly from students and gain insights for teaching and learning in Lamakū.

Presenters:

  • Steffanie Sobitz (UH Mānoa)
  • Johnny Zhou (Moderator), UHOIC

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Faculty Show & Share: Enhancing the Learner Experience with Lamakū

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Join us on Sept. 9 for a “behind-the-scenes” look at Lamakū courses leveraging tools and features available to instructor-users across the system. Three UH faculty from different campuses will share their developed courses with implemented strategies for content creation, visual design, interactive elements, and learning activities. Whether you’re new to Lamakū or looking to refresh your courses, leave with some practical ideas and inspiration to enhance teaching and foster deeper student learning and engagement.

Presenters:

  • Karadeen Kam-Kalani (Honolulu Community College)
  • Mahealani Kaneshiro (UH Mānoa)
  • Felicia Wun (Leeward Community College)
  • Laura Chuang George (UHOIC)(Moderator)

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This event is co-sponsored by the UH Online Innovation Center and the OFDAS Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE).

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Leveraging Lamakū Creator+ (with H5P) and Lumi for Creating Content, Interactives, and Assessments!

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With Lamakū as our new enterprise learning management system (LMS), let’s explore more of what it has to offer! UH has opted into Creator+ (with H5P) and Lumi tools for instructor roles to create and enhance Lamakū content, interactives, and activities (discussions, assignments, quizzes).

Join us for an engaging webinar where faculty and instructional designers from across the UH system will share their experiences and insights on their current use of these tools to increase student engagement, streamline curriculum creation and assessment, and improve visual design. This is your chance to get hands-on with these tools alongside the presenters for some collaborative exploration, discussion, and learning!

Guest Speakers:

  • Anuschka Faucci (Leeward Community College)
  • Avree Ito-Fujita (UHCC System Office)
  • Kahealani Lono (UH Mānoa)
  • Laura Chuang George (UHOIC, Moderator)

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2025 Faculty Panel on GenAI for Teaching, Learning, & Doing: The Good, The Challenging, and The Innovative

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As AI continues to permeate the world of higher education, what are some ways we, as faculty and staff, can leverage this new co-existence while improving the educational experience? Join this webinar as our UH faculty guest panelists share their various endeavors into integration of GenAI “for good” in teaching and learning contexts. Leave the session with helpful strategies, tips, and resources, and learn about some of the inspiring AI-related happenings at UH!

Presenters:

  • Brett Oppegaard (UH Mānoa)
  • Syreeta Washington (Leeward CC)
  • Alice Swift (UHOIC, Moderator)

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Beyond the Basics: Maximizing Lamakū for Course Design, Development, and Teaching

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Now that there have been several Lamakū Discovery Sessions and Support Sessions dedicated to the “basics,” let’s take it to the next level! Take a deeper dive with instructional designers and faculty members across the system who will share some advanced Lamakū features and functionality (e.g., Intelligent Agents) along with tips and quirks. Join this session if you are feeling adventurous and want to take advantage of what Lamakū has to offer! 

Presenters:

  • Kristin Hargrove, Windward Community College
  • Susan Jaworowski, Kapi‘olani Community College
  • Jamie Sickel, Kapi‘olani Community College
  • Kellie Taguchi, UH Mānoa

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UH Lamakū Faculty Panel: Insights from the Summer 2024 Pilot

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As the transition to Lamakū (Brightspace by D2L) progresses, gaining insights from those who have navigated this change early is invaluable. The experience of the UH Summer Pilot faculty transition, their approach to the new LMS, and common challenges and solutions encountered can help others navigate the shift to Lamakū. Join us to gain valuable insight directly from a diverse panel of pilot faculty across multiple UH campuses who have made this transition and taught their course during the 2024 summer sessions.

Presenters:

  • Johnny Zhou (Moderator), UHOIC
  • Cara Chang (Language Arts, Leeward Community College)
  • Coty Gonzales (Psychology, Honolulu Community College)
  • Shamila Janakiraman (Learning Design and Technology, UH Mānoa)
  • Tiffani Amana (Humanities/Speech, Hawaiʻi Community College)

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AI Exploration Showcase

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Interested in learning more about how your UH colleagues are integrating AI in teaching and learning? Join the AI Exploration Showcase to hear from our “explorers” participating in the AI Explorer Badge opportunity. Learn about their journey towards exploring, using, and applying AI along with lessons learned along the way. During this engaging session, you will also have the opportunity to pick their brains and interact with your colleagues.

Presenters:

  • Brent Hirata, Leeward Community College
  • Priscila Leal, UH Mānoa
  • Yoshiko Okuyama, UH Hilo
  • Johnny Zhous, UHOIC
  • Hui-Ya (Laura) Chuang (Moderator), UHOIC

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Work Smarter Not Harder: Level Up AI Prompting

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Entering prompts into AI tools may appear to be a simple process, but it can be tricky to refine. Curious at all to see how the same prompt produces different outputs across various tools like ChatGPT, Bard, Adobe Express, Dall-E, etc.? Join this webinar to improve your prompting skills and discover some strategies and frameworks to enhance usage in different contexts.

Presenters:

  • Shane Jackson, Undergraduate Program Advisor, NAWSON Office of Student Services, UH Mānoa
  • Matt Parcon (Moderator), Instructional Designer, UHOIC

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*This event is co-sponsored by the UHM Center for Teaching Excellence.

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2024 UH Student Panel: Bridging Perspectives on AI in Education

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As Artificial Intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated with higher education, understanding its impact on learning, engagement, and the academic experience from the learner’s perspective is crucial. Join us as we gain valuable insights directly from a diverse panel of students across multiple UH campuses who are navigating this evolving AI landscape.

Presenters:

  • Johnny Zhou (Moderator), UHOIC
  • Alexander Tang (East Asian Languages & Literatures, UH Mānoa)
  • Amanda Patrick (Psychology and Sociology, UH West Oʻahu)
  • Kailee Murakami (ADN Nursing, Kapiʻolani Community College)
  • Kimberly Song (Psychology and Communication, Kapiʻolani Community College)
  • My Que Ly (Psychology, UH Mānoa)

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