Fall 2020 Training Series

We’re kicking off the fall term with a webinar training series focused on best practices for distance learning and course customization.

Please find below the highlights of our newest features & tools and cover a range of topics to help you prepare for the upcoming term.

What’s New: Fall 2020 – In this webinar, Alex, a member of Hawkes’ training and support team, will share some of the exciting features and tools that were recently released in preparation for the fall semester. A few highlights to look forward to include Instructor Single Sign On (Teach Platform), updated Curriculum page styling, and updates to Zoom and Pan on static graphs in the student courseware.

Introducing TEACH Platform – Say goodbye to logging in to multiple Grade Books! In this webinar, Jen O’Brien will provide you with a tutorial of our new instructor log in, Teach! Teach is a single sign-on platform where you can access all of the courses you are teaching with Hawkes. Teach will also allow you to seamlessly access the student view directly from your instructor account without the need to sign in via a separate website.

Advanced Grade Book Features – In this webinar, Danielle, a member of our training and support team, will show you some of the advanced features available in your Hawkes Grade Book. She will highlight customizing the Student To-Do List, ‘Visible On’ lesson due dates, unique Curriculum settings, Learn Screen Notes, diagnostic testing, and the basics of Question Builder.

Preparing for a New Semester – In this webinar, Victoria, a member of Hawkes’ training and support team, will help you prepare for the start of a new semester by walking you through the steps for setting up a new section in Hawkes. This training will include the basics of creating new sections, whether you are starting fresh or updating your previously created settings and templates. We will highlight reminders, assignment groups, late penalties, and lesson due date templates.

Customizing Learn, Practice, and Certify – In this webinar, Megan, a member of Hawkes’ training and support team, will walk you through a detailed overview of our new Lesson Builder. This tool, released over the past year, allows you to customize the content of our lessons in a variety of ways. She will share the steps for adding and removing questions from our default curriculum, moving questions between lessons, and adding your own content to Learn Screens.

Assignment Builder: Creating Custom Tests, Quizzes, and More – In this webinar, we will provide a detailed overview of our Assignment Builder for WebTests. This tool allows you to create your own online and printable assignments to supplement the Hawkes lessons. Bryan, a member of our training and support team, will walk you through the basic navigation and functionality of the tool, as well as the wide range of customizable settings available when assigning these quizzes or tests online.

Reporting & Analytics Overview – It’s all about the analytics! In this webinar, Joanna, a member of the Hawkes training and support team, will share some of our most widely used reporting tools available to help you review your students’ grades and performance. These reports include All Student Scores, Detailed Student Grades, Search by Criteria, and our comprehensive Assignment Reviewer tool.

Mastery Learning Made Simple – This 20-minute webinar will provide an overview of the student experience using the Hawkes software. See how adaptive technology meets a competency-based approach to create an ideal environment for online learners. Join Jennifer O’Brien for a walk through of the customizable learning modules and the simplistic 3-step process to mastery of course objectives: Learn, Practice, Certify.