ITS Technology Workshops for October
This fall, ITS has scheduled many workshops about educational technology topics,web design & social media, the phone system.and Microsoft Office. The scheduled classes for October are posted below. If you are interested in attending any of these classes, please register here.
If you would like to preview the classes that are scheduled for the remainder of the semester, the full schedule and all class descriptions are located here.
Educational Technology |
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| Course | Description | Date & Time | Instructor | Location |
| Blackboard Teaching Circle(2 of 4)Back to top | This teaching circle is a more informal learning community where specific questions posed by the attendees can be addressed and discussed. The teaching circle will begin with a mini-lesson on a Blackboard feature or teaching strategy and then will conclude with a Q & A session and sharing time. This month we will demonstrate Adaptive Release Rules that allows the content in Bb to be shown or hidden based on certain criteria (ie. A grade). | 10/1/2013 noon-1pm Tue |
Linda Macaulay | N108 WebEx |
| Atomic Learning – Overview | Learn about the new technology training videos available to all faculty, staff and students. Learn how to login, search for, and view tutorials. An overview of the many content areas available for 24/7 access will be shared. | 10/3/2013 9:30-10:30am Thur |
Linda Macaulay with Kari Houle from Atomic Learning | N108 or Online – Conference Number: 877-860-3058 Participant Code:120576 |
| Teaching Strategies for Student Success(2 of 4) | This session is a more informal learning community where specific questions posed by attendees can be addressed and discussed. The session will begin with a mini-lesson on a teaching strategy and then will conclude with a Q & A session and sharing time. This session will focus on multiple means for students to show what they know to foster student success. | 10/9/2013 12-1pm Wed |
Linda Macaulay | N108 or WebEx |
| Google Forms | How to use a free website – Google Drive – as part of an enhanced learning experience that helps keep students engaged and provides useful formative assessment data. | 10/10/2013 10-11am Thur |
Linda Macaulay | N210 |
| WebEx Teaching Circle(2 of 3) | This teaching circle is a more informal learning community where specific questions posed by WebEx hosts can be addressed and discussed. The teaching circle will begin with a mini-lesson on a WebEx feature or teaching strategy and then will conclude with a Q & A session and sharing time. | 10/17/2013 10-11am Thur |
Linda Macaulay | WebEx |
| Learning Team Contracts for Collaborative Work | Methods for using contracts with teams of students to clearly explain expectations and grading for group work will be explored. | 10/21/2013 4-5pm Mon |
Linda Macaulay | N108 |
| Blended Learning Strategies | When a course meets partially online and partially face-to-face, this is a blended model. Strategies for implementing this learning model will be explored. | 10/23/2013 12-2pm Wed |
Linda Macaulay | N108 or WebEx |
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Cisco Phone, Web Design & Social Media |
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| Course | Description | Date & Time | Instructor | Location |
| Cisco Phone Introduction | This is a hands-on class, so you will bring your phone to use during the session. The Cisco phones on your office desk have lots of features. Learn what the soft-keys are and what the buttons do and then use them. Dial non-college numbers, listen to voice mail through the phone and from Outlook, and speed up or slow down the message. Listen to voicemail in Outlook. Transfer, hold, resume and forward calls, work with call stacking, change the background on the phone panel. Lots of time for practice and questions. | 10/2/2013 3-4pm Wed |
Kathy Kellie | N108 |
| Deramweaver CS6 Basics | Plan, design, edit, test and publish a web site using powerful Dreamweaver CS5. You will learn how to setup a site, create pages, link to pages in your web site and other web sites. Preview, test and then easily publish your site all in Dreamweaver. We’ll use tables for layout purposes and examine CSS styles as well as edit and insert photos | 10/7/2013 9am-noon Mon |
Kathy Kellie | N234 |
| Social Media and Professional Development | How to use Twitter (primarily) to network with your peers in your field — where to find the industry thought leaders, and how to use social media to become one – how to use Twitter at conferences and to stay in touch with professionals on a daily basis. | 10/16/2013 1-2pm Wed |
Donna Talarico | N108 or WebEx |
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