Faculty/Staff Professional Development Schedule - Summer 2008

 

NOTE: If sufficient interest is indicated, additional sections will be scheduled.  If you have suggestions for additional offerings, please email ece@nsula.edu.

 

 

Basic Blackboard

 

This is a three-hour introduction to Blackboard "buttonology" for instructors. We will demonstrate the instructor tools in the Control Panel of a Blackboard course shell.

 

Blackboard 7.3 Update

 

This course will address the changes and new features associated with Blackboards latest release. We will cover the changes to existing features as well as new features incorporated into this release.

 

 

Blackboard - Testing & Gradebook

 

This module will cover in depth areas in both gradebook and testing features. We will cover such subjects as preventing cheating, java strings, and automatic test creation.

 

Blackboard - As a Supplement

 

The module will help instructors who only wish to use Blackboard as a supplement to a traditional class. For entry level users.

 

Blackboard - Q & A

 

This module will allow instructors with questions regarding specific areas to come forward and have them answered.

 

Compressed Video Training

 

NOTE: This session will be held in Room 122 of Russell Hall.
In this workshop, instructors will learn how to operate the equipment in a compressed video classroom.

 

Respondus

 

In this workshop, trainees will learn how to use the Respondus test-building software package. 

 

Tips & Tricks for a Successful Online Course

 

 

Word - Office Tasks

 

This workshop will focus on daily office tasks, including topics such as:

• Format a paragraph
• Formatting text
• Cutting, copying, inserting, moving, and pasting text in a document
• Switch between editing views
• Using spell check, grammar, features, thesaurus, autocorrect, and auto text
• Using tabs
• Save and retrieve a document
• Use templates and wizards
• Preview and print a document
• Using mail merge

 

Word - Academic Projects

 

This workshop will focus on using Word for academic tasks, including topics such as:

• Using the Reviewing toolbar
• Formatting paragraphs and text
• Use tabs
• Find and replace
• Insert page breaks
• Insert headers and footers
• Creating a table of contents, indexes

 

Word 2007 - What's Different?

 

In this session, participants will be introduced to new features of Word. 

 

Excel - Level One

 

Trainees will learn basic features of Excel.

 

Skills:

• Introduction to Excel components
• Creating & navigating worksheets
• Entering text, dates, numbers
• Selecting cells
• Entering formulas & functions
• Saving and updating workbooks

 

Excel - Level Two

 

Trainees will learn intermediate features of Excel.

 

Skills:

• Formatting worksheets
• Printing workbooks
• Creating and modifying charts
• Saving worksheets as web pages

Excel 2007 - What's Different?

 

In this session, participants will be introduced to new features of Excel. 

 

FrontPage

 

Trainees will learn the basic features of FrontPage needed to build and manage web sites.

 

Outlook

 

Trainees will learn how to use features of Microsoft Outlook, including how to set up and use calendar features and how to manage email.

 

PowerPoint

 

Trainees will learn features of PowerPoint.

 

Skills:

• Toolbars
• Create a new presentation
• Explore PowerPoint views
• Placeholders, title areas, object areas
• Text formatting
• Apply a design template
• Apply spell-check
• Add slides
• Insert an object
• Use the Microsoft Clip Gallery
• Save a presentation
• Print a presentation
• Work with slide master
• Edit clipart images
• Insert image from another source
• Insert slides from another presentation
• Add WordArt
• Edit and format shapes
• Use text overlays with shapes
• Insert a chart
• Insert a diagram

Multimedia Overview

 

Professional development attendees will be presented with information on multimedia, the software used to create it, and examples of video, interactive content, and audio. Attendees will also be presented with an overview of two FREE software applications.

 

Professional Development Checklist :

• Audio Overview
• Interactive Content
• Video Overview
• Using Microsoft Producer to Spice Up a PowerPoint Presentation

Quality Matters

 

Quality Matters is a nationally recognized online course evaluation rubric based on standards and best practices.  The implementation of the Quality Matters rubric is currently a state-wide initiative.  In this workshop, presented by the Office of Electronic and Continuing Education,  you will learn more about the rubric and how applying it can benefit your online teaching,  You will receive a copy of the rubric along with tips to help you implement the standards in your online courses.

Web 2.0 Web Applications

 

Web 2.0 is an online movement that makes use of community applications that can be launched from any web browser anywhere that you can get an Internet connection. This workshop will cover some of the web applications and community tools that Web 2.0 encompasses. Such tools will include, but not be limited to, Google Docs (online office type application suite), Meebo (anywhere instant messenger service), Wikis, Zamar (online file conversion service), and Media Max (online file storage and file sharing suite). All the services that are mentioned are free.

Instructional Resources for Teaching Online

 

This workshop will explore numerous FREE online instructional resources that can spice up your online courses. You will have opportunities to explore Learning Object Repositories, online tools for creating your own learning objects, and more.

GIMP Basics

 

GIMP is an open source, free, image manipulation program that is equivalent in feature sets to Adobe Photoshop. This workshop teaches users how to use GIMP to create image compositions as well as basic procedures.