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| Adobe Photoshop for the Web I |
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| Audience: |
Beginning
Photoshop users. |
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The basics of the Adobe Photoshop program will be explored. Learn how to use the tools in the program to create effective web graphics and integrate them into your pages. Time will be spent learning to use the Adobe Photoshop tools dealing with layers, and preparing images for the Web.
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| Adobe Photoshop for the Web II |
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| Audience: |
Beginning
Photoshop users |
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This session will focus on additional Web applications of Photoshop. Specific topics include creating Web animations, creating buttons, hot spots in images and rollovers.
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| Are
the Students Getting It?: Using Surveys, Self-Tests, and Quizzes
in Illinois Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who want to go beyond the basics in their use of Illinois
Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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Assessments in Illinois Compass (surveys, self-tests and
quizzes) have a lot of often overlooked potential for enhancing
teaching and learning in the online environment. In this brief
workshop, we'll be exploring and discussing how assessments
can be used for a range of purposes from assessing student
understanding to increasing opportunities for student learning.
Rather than focusing on the basic button-pushing involved in
creating assessments, this workshop emphasizes the higher-level
issues of the interplay between assessment design and pedagogical
purpose.
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| The
Basics of Digital Audio in Documents and in Your CMS |
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| Audience: |
People who would like to add audio to their electronic documents. |
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We will use software, that is available on the internet for free, to edit digital audio files from a variety of sources.
We will go over some of the basic guidelines that are helpful in using these files in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and in HTML documents (web pages).
Mac users welcome but we will use software only available to Windows users.
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| The
Basics of Digital Images in Documents and in Your CMS |
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| Audience: |
People who have a digital camera, scanners, etc. but don't know how to adjust large images to function efficiently on the internet. |
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We will use software, that is available on the internet for free, to edit digital images from a variety of sources.
We will go over some of the basic guidelines that are helpful in using these images in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and in HTML documents (web pages).
Mac users welcome but we will use software only available to Windows users
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| Before,
During, and After the Lecture: Use of Online Discussions in
Illinois Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who want to go beyond the basics in their use of Illinois
Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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We will explore ways in which selective, weekly use of online
discussions can help students prepare for, engage with, and
return to course lectures, content, and work. Examples of online
discussion assignments that incorporate hyperlinks, images,
and web pages will be introduced. In addition, we will cover
important features of the Illinois Compass Discussion tool
that make managing online discussions easy and using online
discussions powerful teaching tools: "gradable topics",
navigation strategies, compiling messages, and reviewing "Discussion
Activity Overview" information.
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| Beginning
WebCT Campus Edition |
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| Audience: |
This
workshop is geared toward instructors that are new to designing
courses in the WebCT Campus Edition environmnent. |
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WebCT is a tool that facilitates the creation of sophisticated World Wide Web-based educational environments. WebCT provides a variety of tools "at the click of a button." Features include course syllabus, course contents, on-line discussion & chat, e-mail, calendar, assignment drop box, grade book, online tests/surveys and other supportive web components. We will discuss uploading and managing lecture notes, selectively releasing course materials, and tracking usage of course materials.
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| Blackboard Basics |
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| Audience: |
Faculty new to Blackboard or those who want a refresher on what the CMS has to offer. This is intended to be the first of two basic Blackboard workshops. |
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Scheidenhelm is the Assistant Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Design Center at Northern Illinois University and holds a PhD in English. She works with faculty who wish to integrate technology into their online and traditional classes and periodically teaches online and face-to-face courses for the Department of English.
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| Blackboard Basics II: The Instructor's View |
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| Audience: |
Faculty new to Blackboard or those who want a refresher on what the CMS has to offer. This is intended as a follow-up to the introductory session. |
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| This hands-on workshop will cover the basics of how to create organizational folders, add content, set up discussion fora, and collect assignments electronically in the Blackboard Course Management System (CMS). We will include discussion on the pedagogical implications of decisions made regarding course layout and function. |
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Blackboard
III: Mosaic of Advanced Course
Management Skills |
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| Audience: |
A beginning Blackboard user will benefit from this workshop.
Also, a user of earlier versions of Blackboard may benefit from this workshop. |
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| This
hands-on session will provide Blackboard users with an opportunity
to investigate the finer points of setting up and customizing
their Blackboard courses. We will cover how to establish groups
and discussion boards, as well as how to add graphics and other
course-enhancing components. |
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| Building
Academic Communities Using Online Discussion |
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| Audience: |
The
topics covered in this workshop will be appropriate for
faculty with few technology skills. Due to the pedagogical
applications discussed, more experienced faculty might
also benefit from attending. |
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| Whether
a course is offered face-to-face or completely online, virtual
discussion experiences can provide a welcoming and inclusive
environment for students. This hands-on workshop will provide
participants an opportunity to perfect their synchronous/chat
and asynchronous/bulletin board skills; additionally, it will
feature pedagogical discussion on how to promote and sustain
effective academic discussions that maintain the integrity
of the university classroom. We will provide examples of grading
rubrics and various types of discussion assignments. |
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| Building
a Basic Illinois Compass Course (WebCT Vista) |
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who are getting started with Illinois Compass (WebCT Vista). |
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| This workshop explores the basic design features of Illinois Compass. It includes topics about building a course home page, posting lecture notes and outlines, using simple grade book features, and communicating with students. |
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| Building Online Tests with Respondus |
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| Audience: |
This workshop is geared toward instructors (all levels of experience) that want to administer online tests and surveys.
This workshop is applicable to users of all course management systems.
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| Respondus is a tool that facilitates the creation of tests and quizzes in Blackboard, WebCT, or with the traditional paper and pencil method. Learn to create a bank of test questions and publish them to a course management system. The session also includes a demonstration of how Respondus can be used to generate reports from tests that have already been administered. The use of on-line tests including the advantages and disadvantages will be discussed. Although this workshop uses the WebCT environment, it is applicable to users of other course management systems. (Respondus is PC only. A "lite" version is free.) |
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Cheating on the Web: Catching Up with your Students
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| Audience: |
Instructors and faculty at all levels. |
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| The online world is full of hard-to-resist opportunities for cheating, and the instructor is usually the last one to know. Participants will see examples of how students can cheat using the World Wide Web and explore ideas for ensuring that students are being graded for their own work. |
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Creating
a Custom Illinois Compass Course Web Site (WebCT Vista)
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who want to go beyond the basics in their use of Illinois
Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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| Learn
how to control the appearance of your Compass home pages and
organizer pages to fit the needs of your courses. We'll
cover everything from changing background colors and icons
to working with external HTML editors like Dreamweaver and
Homepage to create true custom Web pages within Compass. |
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Creating
Custom Textbooks in Illinois Compass (WebCT Vista)
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who want to go beyond the basics in their use of Illinois
Compass (WebCT Vista) |
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workshop will help you use Illinois Compass to create your
own online custom course packet and distribute materials (from
journal articles to movie clips) to students in a structured
manner. Topics covered will include: Organizing files for upload;
Creating a file structure; Uploading multiple files; File issues
(Word documents, PDFs, PowerPoint, HTML, and multimedia); Linking
to library e-reserves; and The many ways to organize materials
in your course site. |
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| Creating FLASH Animation Objects for the Classroom and Internet in a Swish, Without FLASH |
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| Audience: |
This
workshop is for a broad range of skills. Even if someone
is a Flash expert, this workshop can be very helpful. This
is for people interested in learning to create animation
of text and images for an online environment. General computer
knowledge in Windows environment required |
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This hands-on training session will provide participants the
opportunity to learn quickly how to create Macromedia Flash
content for the classroom or online environment. Using a relatively
inexpensive (<$40) and user-friendly authoring program called
SWISH, participants will create animated Flash content to use
for web site navigation, or classroom demonstrations.
Mac users welcome but we will use software only available
to Windows users.
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| Creating Instructional Games in PowerPoint |
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| Audience: |
This
presentation is intended for users that are already familiar
with the creation of presentations using MS PowerPoint. |
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Are you tired of using PowerPoint only as a slide show? Come and learn how to add variety and fun to your courses by creating computer-generated versions of popular games, such as Jeopardy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and Hollywood Squares.
Upon completion of this workshop, you will be able to:
* Discuss how games can be incorporated effectively into instruction
* Explain non-linear ways to use PowerPoint
* Use advanced features of PowerPoint, such as action buttons, custom animation, drawing and graphics editing tools
* Create several examples of popular games to utilize in instruction
* Re-use and re-purpose games for difference courses and subjects
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| Creating Web Templates Using Dreamweaver and Photoshop |
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| Audience: |
Beginning
Photoshop users. |
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| This session will focus on creating a look for your Web site in Adobe Photoshop and the steps needed to convert this layout to the Web. Once a template is created, following pages can be quickly created, updated and maintain in Dreamweaver. |
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| Designing Instruction for the Web: Building a Framework |
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| Audience: |
This workshop is geared toward instructors that are planning to or already teach in the online environment. Support staff that design/develop instructional environments will also find this discussion useful. |
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| This workshop is based on a platform of pedagogical issues related to teaching in the online environment. This workshop contains an opportunity for discussion of various aspects involved in developing an online course. There will be a full opportunity to pose challenges, brainstorm solutions, and share innovative perspectives. Some topics include: How to get started developing an online course from scratch, how to incorporate your in-class activities that just don't seem like they will work in the online environment, identifying with your students by building a community, and using various instructional strategies to keep your students motivated. |
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| Exploring
Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts |
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| Audience: |
Any
instructor interested in learning about these emerging
internet phenomena and how they might be used pedgagocially. |
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Blogs, wikis, and podcasting are not only challenging traditional journalism and media, but are also exciting and innovative technologies with great potential for educational use. This session will showcase the software, tools, and approaches for those just getting started with blogs, wikis, and podcasts. Demonstrations will be supplemented with hands-on work and discussions. Attendees will build a blog using Google's Blogger and begin posting. Software demonstrated will include:
* Blogger (the simplest, quickest blog to get started with)
* Picassa2 & Hello (for posting images to blogs)
* Bloglines (for combining lists of favorite blogs with your own)
* Segue
* Wikimedia
* Wikipedia
* iPodder
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| Gaining Control of Your Web Pages |
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| Audience: |
Intermediate and Advanced Dreamweaver users. |
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| This session will focus on utilzing style sheets to gain more control over your web page design. Update existing pages by modifying how the Web browser sees the tags. Create a set of styles that can be used throughout all of your documents making it faster to design and update your pages. Plus you will learn to create designs that you hadn't been able to before. |
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| Introduction to Macromedia Fireworks |
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| Audience: |
Beginning Macromedia Fireworks users; Faculty with basic computing and Internet usage skills |
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| Have you been looking for a cheaper, easier, and more efficient way to create simple graphics other than using Photoshop? This hands-on session will introduce the Macromedia Fireworks interface and provide simple steps for creating stylized banners, buttons, and other images that can be imported into any Web page, learning management system, or Microsoft Office application. |
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| Introduction
to PowerPoint |
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| Audience: |
Powerpoint beginners who have never used Powerpoint. |
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| Participants will learn how to make computer-based presentations for lectures, conference presentations, job talks, etc. Through interactive labs, participants will practice creating a presentation from templates, entering and editing text boxes, incorporating images, shapes, and animations, and also utilizing some slide management options. No previous experience necessary. |
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Improving
PowerPoint Lectures
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who already use powerpoint in their lectures. This session
will NOT be a hands-on lab session. |
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| This workshop presents practical tips for improving academic lectures supported by Powerpoint. We'll show you how to move beyond bullet points and text-packed slides to more compelling, dynamic presentations. One part technology, one part public speaking. |
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| Introduction to the Blackboard Content System |
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| Audience: |
A beginning Blackboard user will benefit from this workshop. Also, a user of earlier versions of Blackboard may benefit from this workshop. |
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| This workshop will be an introduction to the Blackboard Content System, version 2. Participants will learn how to access the Content System, add files to it, connect files to courses, and share files with other users. |
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| Introduction to Streaming Media: Real, QuickTime and Windows Media |
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| Audience: |
Faculty wishing to use streaming media as supplemental material. Participants should have basic computer skills, and experience in video/audio capture preferred but not required. |
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| The
use of multimedia material can serve to greatly enhance in-class
or online teaching environments. This hands-on workshop is
intended for faculty who intend to stream video/audio clips
online. Participants will be working with captured video/audio
files and using 'Real Producer' to encode the clips. Participants
will also be shown how to upload these files to the university's
media server using an FTP program. Previous experience with
capturing video workshop is preferred but not required. |
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| Managing Your Course Content in WebCT Campus Edition 4.1 |
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| Audience: |
The
attendees should have familiarity with using Internet browsers.
They should be beginner-level WebCT Campus Edition users. |
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This workshop will focus on organizing course content and tools within your WebCT site. By the end of the workshop, you will be able to answer these questions:
What tools are available in WebCT?
How do I organize my WebCT homepage?
What are the WebCT Wizards and how do they help me?
What are the options for posting my syllabus on WebCT?
What are the features of a good online syllabus?
How can I organize my course materials in WebCT?
What is a WebCT Content Module?
What types of files can I use in the Content Module?
How do I zip and unzip multiple files for use in WebCT?
What tools are available in the Content Module tool?
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| Online
Assignments: Faster, Frequent Feedback in Illinois Compass
(WebCT Vista) |
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| Audience: |
Instructors
who want to go beyond the basics in their use of Illinois
Compass (WebCT Vista). |
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The assignment tool allows students to complete assignments
online, turn in files and publish assignments for public viewing.
The goal of this workshop is to illustrate the use of the tool
to give students fast and frequent feedback. We will survey
best practices and techniques for integrating the assignment
tool into teaching.
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| The
Online Student Experience PART I: Course Communication |
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| Audience: |
This workshop is geared toward instructors that are wanting to learn by experiencing the various communication components in the online environment. Although it is developed using WebCT, it would be beneficial to all users of any course management system. |
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| Become a student and experience how to communicate in the online environment. This workshop will provide the online experience from the students' perspective. Participants will have discussions with other participants through the "Discussion Forum" and "Chat" components, communicate with the instructor through various "Communication Tools", and use the "Course Calendar" for viewing events and time management. Along with the hands-on component, there will be plenty of face-to-face assistance along with group discussions of this virtual experience. Pedagogical topics related to online communication will be discussed from the instructor's perspective. Although this course is developed in the WebCT environment, it is applicable to users of other course management systems. |
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The
Online Student Experience PART II: Content & Assessment
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| Audience: |
This workshop is geared toward instructors that are wanting to learn by experiencing the various communication components in the online environment. Although it is developed using WebCT, it would be beneficial to all users of any course management system.. |
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Become a student and experience the online environment. This
workshop will provide the online experience from the students'
perspective while learning about computer hardware. Participants
will read online lectures in the "Content Module",
view supplemental information in the “Image Gallery”,
submit assignments via the "Assignment Drop Box",
take "Quizzes", and receive "Feedback".
Along with the hands-on component, there will be plenty of
face-to-face assistance along with group discussions of this
virtual experience. Pedagogical topics related to developing
online content & assessment will be discussed from the
instructor's perspective. Although this course is developed
in the WebCT environment, it is applicable to users of other
course management systems.
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| Preparing Students for the Virtual Classroom Experience |
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| Audience: |
While this workshop requires only basic technology skills, more experienced faculty will also benefit from the pedagogical aspects. |
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| As faculty, we frequently assume our students have the technology skills they need to succeed in an online course or a class that uses online course components (discussion, document retrieval, etc.). But the extent of online experience may not be a good predictor of a student's success in a technology-rich course. This hands-on workshop will provide an overview of the various competencies students-and faculty-need to be successful in the online environment. Participants will take several inventories and will have an opportunity to create and share an assignment designed to combine an academic exercise with an online competency. |
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| Short Focused Tutorials |
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| Audience: |
This workshop is geared toward instructors that are wanting to learn by experiencing the various communication components in the online environment. Although it is developed using WebCT, it would be beneficial to all users of any course management system.. |
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This hands-on workshop will demonstrate the mechanics of adding
voice/video to existing PowerPoint slide presentations that
are downloadable for varying degrees of bandwidth. Faculty
may consider using this educational strategy to reinforce a
concept presented in their own face-to-face session, provide
a tutorial on new information, or review material for an upcoming
examination. Participants will be using Apreso for PowerPoint,
a remarkable software program that compresses large-size files
for more manageable distribution online. It offers students
a significant amount of control when viewing material. Participants
should be familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint. Please bring
a short (5-10 slides) PowerPoint presentation to experiment.
A brief prepared script is also recommended.
audience: Participants should have basic computer skills, and be familiar with Microsoft PowerPoint.
lab: I will require the curent version of 'Apreso for PowerPoint' software program. There is a 30 day evaluation version available from http://www.apreso.com/tryforfree.asp . Please install just prior to the 2005 FSI so that the trial verison will still be viable. I will also require Microsoft PowerPoint and an appropriate number of headset microphones (not simply headphones).
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| Teaching with the Smart Podium |
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| Audience: |
The "best
practices" examples
provided in this workshop should be relevant for faculty
with little technology expertise as well as those who are
more well versed in classroom technologies. This session
will NOT be a hands-on lab session. |
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| Wired and technologically-equipped classrooms are no longer a rarity on most university campuses; many of us are being assigned to rooms with a smart podium and are looking for ideas on how to effectively use the smart technology to enhance our teaching. This workshop will demonstrate a variety of ideas for using the components of a typical smart podium for low-threshold applications, as unique uses for PowerPoint, and higher-end techniques, as streaming media. |
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| Using
WebCT Campus Edition to Enhance Communication with Your Students |
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| Audience: |
The
attendees should have familiarity with using Internet browsers.
They should be beginner-level WebCT Campus Edition users. |
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Participants will learn to use the various communication tools provided in WebCT CE. By the end of the workshop, they will be able to answer these questions:
What communication tools are available in WebCT?
What is the difference between asynchronous and synchronous online communication?
How do I use the WebCT Discussion Board?
How can I structure discussions to encourage online participation?
How does the WebCT email tool work?
How can I use the chat tool in my classes?
What is an online whiteboard and how can I use it?
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| When Google Doesn't Find It: Web Search Strategies for the Classroom |
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| Audience: |
Faculty with basic computing and Internet usage skills |
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| Locating what you want on the Internet can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. You know the information is there, but how do you find it? With the expansive amount of information available online it is increasingly vital for students and faculty to be proficient in both finding resources online and evaluating their reliability. While search engines permit you to perform keyword searches, not all search engines are alike. Google has references to over eight billion web pages, but what do you do when Google doesn't find what you need? This hands-on session offers many practical solutions for finding the information you are looking for on both the World Wide Web and the "Invisible Web" and will assist you in implementing Web search and evaluation strategies for the students in your class. |
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