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ITS Technology Workshops for November

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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 November 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
Course Description Date & Time Instructor Location
Blackboard Teaching Circle(3 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). 11/5/2013
noon-1pm
Tue		 Linda Macaulay N108 or
WebEx
Digication e-Portfolio Drop in Tech Support This informal, drop-in session is a time for students, faculty or staff to come to get help with their e-portfolios. 11/11/2013
4-5pm
Mon		 Linda Macaulay N108
Create Engaging Videos with Animoto This free web tool can be used to quickly create a video “commercial” with images, video and sound. Perhaps you want to make a video holiday message to send this year? 11/12/2013
1-2pm
Tue		 Linda Macaulay N210
Teaching Strategies for Student Success
(3 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 of engaging students to foster student success. 11/13/2013
2-3pm
Wed		 Linda Macaulay N108 or
WebEx
Social Media and the Classroom A very high level overview of resources available and how other schools are using social tools effectively for classroom use. 11/20/2013
1-2pm
Wed		 Donna Talarico N210 or
WebEx

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Cisco Phone, Web Design & Social Media
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. 11/6/2013
3-4pm
Wed		 Kathy Kellie N210

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Microsoft Office

 
Course Description Date & Time Instructor Location
Excel Basics Become comfortable setting up and formatting a spreadsheet, work with page settings and printing features specific to Excel. Enter and edit words and numbers. *Note: Date of 1st session changed.
11/4 Mon
11/12 Tue
11/19/13 Tue
10-11pm		 Kathy Kellie N108

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