Webinar topic:

Learning How to Increase Learner Engagement

Date:

20th April 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:

4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi teaching staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

Webinar Outline (40 minutes):

Positive versus Active Learning

• Why not just lecture
• The value of engaged students

Increasing Engagement Strategies

• Problem-based learning
• Use index cards
• Think-Pair-Share
• Leverage flip charts
• Summarizing
• Role playing
• Student presentations
• Content recall activities
• Simulations
• Blogs, wikis, and collaborative work

N.B. The presentation is available in LinkedIn Learning.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for Staff)

Remark:

All application should be made via VTC email.

Workshop topic:

2 Days VR and VR Development Workshop

Date:

13th and 20th March 2021 (Saturday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

(Note. Priority will be given to teaching staff.)

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

ICT Software Engineering Laboratory (Room N1033)(CW campus)

Capacity:

20

Workshop

outline:

• Introduction – VR and Getting start in UE4
• Viewport
• Static Meshes and Materials
• Blueprint
• Basic Room environment set up
• Sub-level
• Lighting System
• Texture and material
• Day and night
• Basic Post Processing skill
• Finalizing

Epic Game -Unreal Engine 4.26  (Please create an account)

https://bit.ly/3qaAdFt

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for Staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 9th March 2021 (Tuesday)

Remark:

Recording:

• This workshop will NOT be video recorded.

How to register:

• Participant need to complete the online Registration Form.
• The acceptance of registration is based on first-come-first-served, until quota filled. We will notify on the next working day by email. Please check your VTC email for results.
• If quota filled, further registrants will be notified by email on the next working day to place in the waiting list. If someone withdraw, and there is a vacancy, we will inform waiting list by telephone.  
• Applicants must be able to attend BOTH sessions (13th and 20th March 2021).

Not able to attend:

• If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the workshop, you need to send email to thei-lc@thei.edu.hk

two days in advance (on or before 11 March 2021) to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this workshop

• If you did not attend workshop and you did not inform us in advance, you will be suspended from joining other workshop in the coming three months.

Webinar topic:

Studiosity – Your 24/7 online study and writing help

Date:

23rd February 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:

4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Speaker:

Ms. Dianne Guise

(Partner Services Manager WA/SA/NT, Studiosity)

Participant:

THEi students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• The Subject Specialists are available to help students any time with writing or study questions around core academic numeracy and literacy skills and concepts. Students can upload any writing draft for feedback, which will be returned within 24 hours and includes tips on how to make it better. They can also ask a subject-question in English, statistics, research skills, and more, in a

live, one-to-one session with a specialist.

• An Introduction to Studiosity, hands-on demonstration of LiveChat and Writing Feedback, followed by a Q&A session

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for student)

Remark:

All application should be made via VTC email.

Workshop topic:

A Workshop on Using LC equipment

Date:

16th February 2021 (Tuesday)(Postponed until further notice)

Time:

4:15 pm - 5:15 pm

Mr. LUK Wing Lin, Chris

Participant:

THEi students

Medium of Instruction:

Cantonese

Venue:

e-classroom, Learning Commons (Chai Wan)

Workshop

outline:

• Introduction to PC notebook/MacBook Air one-day loan scheme
• Introduction to basic computer Windows start-up and Wi-Fi setup 
• Introduction to LC printing services
• Introduction to LC (loan) equipment
• Guide to the use of wireless presentation (on TV & Interactive Whiteboard via PC Notebook, MacOS, mobile Android/iOS, etc.)
• Introduction to One-Button Studio, and group study rooms

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for student)

Deadline: 9th February 2021 (Tuesday)

Remark:

All application should be made via VTC email.

Workshop topic:

The Use of Turnitin and Online Marking Experience Sharing

Date:

9th February 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:

4:15 pm - 5:00 pm

Speaker:

Mr. Cheung Hon Man, Abel 

(Teaching Fellow I, English Language Team, SGEL)      

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• To introduce the plagiarism prevention platform Turnitin;
• To brief the steps on how to add Turnitin Assignment in Moodle and the configuration setting;
• To show how to prepare a rubric for marking;
• To give standard and customized comment to student assignments; and
• To generate PDF report for the assignment and comments to distribute to students

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Deadline: 2nd February 2021 (Tuesday)

Remark:

All application should be made via VTC email.

Webinar topic:

Monitor your learning progress using Moodle reporting tools

Date:

2nd February 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:

Student: 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Academic Staff: 4:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Speaker:

Ms. Natalia Dovhan 

(Support specialist, Intelliboard)                                                                                                                         

Participant:

THEi academic staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Student: Learner Dashboard in Moodle - what data students can see in their Dashboards, how to track their progress and how to use their Dashboard.
• Academic Staff: Instructor Dashboard in Moodle and Reports - what would be available for Instructors, how they can use Dashboard and suggestion of the reports that could benefit them, how to add “completion” function to measure students’ progress.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 26th January 2021 (Tuesday)

Remark:

All application should be made via VTC email.

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to AutoCAD

Date:

27th January 2021 (Wednesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Speaker:

Mr. Joshua Yau                                                                                         

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Taking the AutoCAD Tour
• Altering Objects
• Manipulating Objects
• Annotating the Drawing
• Manipulating Objects and Data
• Dimensioning and Annotation
• Plotting

Registration:

(Enrolment is full)

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 23rd December 2020 (Wednesday)

Remark:

Recording:

This online webinar will NOT be video recorded. 

How to register:

All application should be via VTC email.

Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.

The webinar have a limited quota.

If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful. 

Not able to attend:

If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar:

If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Get the AutoCAD Trial:

You can download trial version before the webinar (limited period: 30 days) https://www.autodesk.com/free-trials

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details:

[https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/AY_2020/2021]

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2016 (Intermediate)

Date:

25th January 2021 (Monday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Speaker:

Ms. Kiki Cheung                                                                                        

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Overview of formulas in Excel
• Overview of Excel tables
• Flash Fill
• Text Function
• Summarize Functions
• Lookup Function
• Logical Function
• Apply conditional formatting
• Formula Auditing
• PivotTable
• Create Chart
• Protecting Worksheets and Workbooks

Registration:

(Enrolment is full)

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 23rd December 2020 (Wednesday)

Remark:

Recording:

This online webinar will NOT be video recorded. 

How to register:

All application should be via VTC email.

Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.

The webinar have a limited quota.

If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful. 

Not able to attend:

If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar:

If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details:

[https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/AY_2020/2021]

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to InDesign (Editing Tool)(Intermediate)

Date:

20th January 2021 (Wednesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Speaker:

Mr. Dominic Keung

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Introduction of Adobe InDesign
• Interface setting
• Basic drawing tool
• Color format
• Copy and duplicate object
• Effect style
• Insert photos
• Difference shape photo format
• Using grid line to insert text/object/image
• Compound Shape
• Compound Shape and image
• Using Text tool
• Character Format
• Insert text method
• Master page setting
• Master Page / Multi Master Page
• Save file

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 18th December 2020 (Friday)

Remark:

Recording:

This online webinar will NOT be video recorded. 

How to register:

All application should be via VTC email.

Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.

The webinar have a limited quota.

If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful. 

Not able to attend:

If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar:

If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Get the Adobe InDesign Trial:

You can download trial version before the webinar (limited period: 7 days) https://adobe.ly/3lBf457

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details:

[https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/AY_2020/2021]

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to Illustrator (Drawing Tool)(Intermediate)

Date:

19th January 2021 (Tuesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Speaker:

Mr. Dominic Keung

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Drawing tools
• Transform Tool
• Align tool
• Gradient tool
• Gradient stroke & stroke style
• Save file
• Text type
• Character & Paragraph
• Area Type Options
• Type on Path Option / Effect / Align to Path
• Area Type style
• Text Wrap
• Banner & poster design

Registration:

(Enrolment is full)

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 17th December 2020 (Thursday)

Remark:

Recording:

This online webinar will NOT be video recorded. 

How to register:

All application should be via VTC email.

Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.

The webinar have a limited quota.

If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful. 

Not able to attend:

If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar:

If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Get the Adobe Illustrator Trial:

You can download trial version before the webinar (limited period: 7 days) https://adobe.ly/3lBf457

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details:

[https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/AY_2020/2021]

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to Photoshop (Photo Editing)(Intermediate)

Date:

18th January 2021 (Monday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Speaker:

Mr. Dominic Keung                                                                                   

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Introduction of Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
• Interface setting
• Preferences setting
• Short cut key
• Color format
• Pantone Color Guide
• Layer knowledge
• Copy layer
• Basic retouch photo skill
• Camera Raw filter
• Retouching photo
• Content Aware
• What is remove background?
• Create Mask effect

Registration:

(Enrolment is full)

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for student)

Deadline: 16th December 2020 (Wednesday)

Remark:

Recording:

This online webinar will NOT be video recorded. 

How to register:

All application should be via VTC email.

Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.

The webinar have a limited quota.

If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful. 

Not able to attend:

If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar:

If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us 3 days in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Get the Adobe Photoshop Trial:

You can download trial version before the webinar (limited period: 7 days) https://adobe.ly/3lBf457

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details:

[https://learning.thei.edu.hk/wiki/index.php/AY_2020/2021]

Webinar topic:

Advanced: Applying paper training on ASCE Library (American Society of Civil Engineers) for research

Date:

10th November 2020 (Tuesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

Students and teaching staff learn how to outline a civil engineers paper, choose an appropriate journal and publication. The webinar is suitable for Year 3-4 senior students for preparing their final year project (FYP). It may also help academic staff to prepare scientific research and publications.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for Staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 3rd November 2020 (Tuesday)

Webinar topic:

Basic: Using functions and platform on ASCE Library (American Society of Civil Engineers)

Date:

3rd November 2020 (Tuesday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

ASCE Library is an online database established by American Society of Civil Engineers, which provides publications and standards about civil engineering. 

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for Staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 27th October 2020 (Tuesday)

Webinar topic:

An Introduction to Premiere (Video Editing) (Intermediate)

Speaker:

Mr. Terenz Chow                                                                            

Date:

31st October 2020 (Saturday)

Time:

9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

(12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch)

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

Cantonese

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Creating Cuts-Only Videos
• Editing Audio
• Adding Video Transitions
• Creating Dynamic Titles
• Adding Video Effects
• Exporting Frames, Clips and Sequences

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 9th October 2020 (Friday)

Recording:

• This online webinar will NOT be video recorded.

How to register:

• All application should be via VTC email.
• Successful participants will receive confirmation email one week prior the webinar commence by VTC email.
• The webinar have a limited quota.
• If the webinar is overenrolled, applicants will be placed on standby list. If you do not receive our confirmation email, you may consider your enrollment unsuccessful.

Not able to attend:

• If you have successfully registered but you cannot attend the webinar, you need to send email to thei-lc@vtc.edu.hk three days before the webinar to inform us so that we can reallocate the place to standby applicants.

Penalty applied for this webinar

• If you did not attend webinar and you did not inform us in advance, you will be suspended from joining other webinars in the coming three months.

Get the Adobe Premiere Trial

• You can download trial version before the webinar (limited period: 7 days)
• https://adobe.ly/3kMCsfE)

Go to Integrated Learning Platform to read more workshop details: Link

Workshop topic:

How to Make a Virtual Tour

Date:

29th October 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

Cantonese (English are required)

Venue:

Learning Commons E-classroom / Online Platform - MS Teams

Workshop

outline:

• You are going to learn how to prepare a virtual tour like this:
  • LC virtual Tour: https://www.thei.edu.hk/student-services/learning-commons/virtual-tour
• With a virtual tour, you can allow the readers to walk-through an existing location from anywhere, anytime.
• You can generate more engagement and arouse readers’ interest.
• This training will provide the face to face workshop and the webinar, please choose the venue in the registration form.
• The training will demonstrate how to use free Orbix360° and Google Street View to prepare the virtual tour.
• Participants need to download the Google Street View app and sign up Orbix360º account before you attend the training. Also, please bring your mobile device to attend the training.

App: “Google Street View” (Please download and install the App to your mobile phone/tablet/iPad. You will use your mobile device to take photos):

Andriod: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.street&hl=en_US&gl=US

IOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/google-street-view/id904418768

Orbix360º (Please create an account)

https://orbix360.com/

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for Staff)

Link (for Student)

Webinar topic:

Talk on Intellectual Property Rights

Speaker:

Mr. Louis Lee

(Intellectual Property Department)

Date:

27th October 2020 (Tuesday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• The Intellectual Property Department will promote awareness of intellectual property rights of the individual, and a respect for the rights of others.
• All staff and students are welcome to attend for a better understanding

on how to handle intellectual property rights in their daily teaching and

learning in higher education.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 19th October 2020 (Monday)

Webinar topic:

How to use Artstor Digital Library

Date:

22nd October 2020 (Thursday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• To demonstrate how to use the search engine of finding the image resources
• To introduce some interesting or special collections in Artstor Digital Library, such as Arielle Kozloff Brodkey: Egyptian and other Ancient Art

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 15th October 2020 (Thursday)

Webinar topic:

BMG Production Music

Date:

19th October 2020 (Monday)

Time:

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff and students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• BMG Production Music provides one-stop platform with 1,000,000+ music tracks for your production.
• It is a highly versatile and specialized music catalogue which offers a variety of scoring options for all areas of contemporary media production such as online website, TV, radio broadcast, and film production.
• The webinar will have hands-on practice to demonstrate how to search the music resources.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Link (for Student)

Deadline: 12nd October 2020 (Monday)

Webinar topic:

What is LinkedIn Learning and How is it best supporting your 

self-learning

Date:

21st October 2020 (Wednesday)

Time:

3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Participant:

THEi students

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• To promote a culture of learning
• To digitize classroom learning at a global scale
• To explore career development from industrial leaders
• To connect skills and competency to employability opportunity

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for student)

Deadline: 14th October 2020 (Wednesday)

Webinar topic:

What is LinkedIn Learning and How is it best supporting continuous self-development

Date:

21st October 2020 (Wednesday)

Time:

4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Participant:

THEi staff

Medium of Instruction:

English

Venue:

Online Platform - MS Teams

Webinar

outline:

• Linkedln Learning provides dedicated training resources in a wide variety of topics offered by industrial leaders and training consultants for staff development. It lets you learn at your own pace. You can select courses relevant to your current role in areas like business, technology and leadership. You can indicate your interested topics and let LinkedIn Learning search and recommend to you from time to time.
• You can also pursue other passions! With courses on digital literacies, financial literacy, social media, collaboration, communication, teamwork, resilience, you'll be able to grow and develop in the areas you care about and relevant at work.

Registration:

Please register online through

Link (for staff)

Deadline: 14th October 2020 (Wednesday)