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Summer 2009 Tech Camp
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Second
Annual Summer Tech Camp
Come join
the Academic Technology
staff for three full days of
learning and practicing your
teaching-with-technology
skills—and get Professional
Development credit for it
too. Summer Tech Camp will
be held this year August
4-6, 9am-3pm each day. Sign
up early because seating is
limited. There will be food,
giveaways and prizes along
with exposure to a skill set
aimed at increasing your
ability to use the new media
effectively in your fall
classes.
We will be
fully developing a teaching
module in Blackboard that
uses various technology
tools, your web space, Jing,
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the
Wimba Voice Tools, Learning
Objects journals, assessment
and presentation tools in
Blackboard, YouTube, and a
few other tech tools to
learn together how to fully
develop such a module.
See you at camp. |
Fall
2009
Workshops
Academic Technology will
offer four types of training
opportunities to Palomar College faculty
members in Fall 2008:
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In-person instructor facilitated
workshops
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Online, self-paced workshops
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To-be-arranged individual
training
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To-be-arranged departmental
training
[Academic
Departments Only]
Resources for the
in-person and online training can be
found in a Blackboard course titled
“Academic Technology Training,” in which
all faculty and staff members are
pre-enrolled. You will find it in the
“My Courses” area when you login to
Blackboard.
Each faculty and staff
member at Palomar College has a
pre-created Blackboard login account
which uses their Palomar userid as
username (i.e., the part of the email
address to the left of the @ sign is the
Blackboard username), and their Palomar
email password as the password.
The schedule of In-person
and online instructor facilitated
workshops is given below, and can be
found on the web at
http://www.palomar.edu/atrc/attrainingschedule.htm.
The online self-paced
training uses workshops developed in
Blackboard. Login and complete the
assigned reading and other course work
at any time throughout the Fall
semester.
To-be-arranged
departmental training should be arranged
through department chairs. We have
provided a menu of possible training
topics below, from which departments may
select training topics. Groups of
individuals should consult with your
chair to schedule the training at your
location and at the best time for your
department. This training is
intended for academic and not
administrative departments.
To-be-arranged individual
training should be arranged with the
contact person given in the description
of that type of training below.
Workshop Descriptions
A. In-Person
Workshops
Blackboard Essentials
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Facilitated by: |
Chris Norcross |
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Date: |
Thursday,
August 20 (Part-time pre-plenary) |
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Time: |
3:00 - 5:00
p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Blackboard is the essential tool for
conducting technology-enhanced teaching
at Palomar College. It is used to
organize and present teaching and
learning materials, conduct class
communications, interact with students,
carry out assessments, deliver
assignments and perform grade book and
other record-keeping functions. This is a
demonstration (hands-off)
workshop to introduce participants to
the Blackboard Learning System,
including how to login to Backboard and
review self-help videos. The range of
teaching tools available within
Blackboard will be discussed.
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Classroom Technology
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Facilitated by: |
Lee Hoffmann,
Haydn Davis, Terry Gray |
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Date: |
Thursday,
August 20 (Part-time pre-plenary) |
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Time: |
3:00 - 5:00
p.m. |
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Location: |
BES-1 |
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Description: |
Get a refresher (or first
time) tour of the technology available
in most Palomar classrooms. Learn the
use of the classroom computer and
digital projector, the pixie wall
controls for classroom computer/video
output switching, the uses of the
classroom DVD and VCR, and
considerations for understanding how
audio from media plays in the classroom.
Additional topics will include:
PowerPoint presentation through digital
projectors, remote control of PowerPoint
through wireless controllers, the use of
Classroom Performance System (CPS) Radio
Frequency (RF) polling devices
(clickers) for the classroom, and,
checkout procedures for other AV and
ATRC equipment.
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Academic
Technology at Palomar College
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis and Terry Gray, Academic
Technology |
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Date: |
Thursday,
August 20 (Part-time plenary
breakout) |
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Time: |
7:15 -9:00
p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Participants will discover the
new features and tools available
for technology enhanced teaching
and learning at Palomar College,
including the Wimba Voice Tools,
Learning Objects, Academic
Technology training opportunities, new
Blackboard Features, the latest software
downloads, new AT equipment, and more.
A valuable prize will be raffled off at
the end of the presentation. |
Academic
Technology at Palomar College
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis and Terry Gray, Academic
Technology |
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Date: |
Friday,
August 21 (Full-time plenary
breakout) |
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Time: |
TBA |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Participants will discover the
new features and tools available
for technology enhanced teaching
and learning at Palomar College,
including the Wimba Voice Tools,
Learning Objects, Academic
Technology training opportunities, new
Blackboard Features, the latest software
downloads, new AT equipment, and more.
A valuable prize will be raffled off at
the end of the presentation. |
Classroom Technology
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Facilitated by: |
Lee Hoffmann,
Haydn Davis, Terry Gray |
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Date: |
Friday,
August 28 |
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Time: |
10:00 a.m. -
12:00
p.m. |
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Location: |
BES-1 |
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Description: |
Get a refresher (or first
time) tour of the technology available
in most Palomar classrooms. Learn the
use of the classroom computer and
digital projector, the pixie wall
controls for classroom computer/video
output switching, the uses of the
classroom DVD and VCR, and
considerations for understanding how
audio from media plays in the classroom.
Additional topics will include:
PowerPoint presentation through digital
projectors, remote control of PowerPoint
through wireless controllers, the use of
Classroom Performance System (CPS) Radio
Frequency (RF) polling devices
(clickers) for the classroom, and,
checkout procedures for other AV and
ATRC equipment.
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Using SafeAssignment to
Teach About and Detect Plagiarism
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
September 2 |
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Time: |
1:00 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Academic
Technology has deployed the Safe
Assignment Anti-plagiarism tool
through the Blackboard Learning
system. Join Haydn Davis in
discovering how to create a Safe
Assignment “assignment” and how
to control the various settings
to get the most out of Safe
Assignment. Haydn will also
cover how to read the Safe
Assignment originality report,
and the pedagogy of plagiarism
instruction. |
Using Student
Journals in Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Chris Norcross |
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Date: |
Friday,
September 4 |
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Time: |
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Learn how to
use the journal tool in
Blackboard to serve as a writing
platform for your students. In
this workshop you will discover
how to use the tool to
efficiently provide
individualized feedback as your
students reflect on course
readings, class discussions, or
field experiences. |
Using Student Blogs in Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
September 9 |
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Time: |
1:00 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Learn how to
use the student blogging tool in
Blackboard to assign individual
and/or group blogs. Topics will
include how to set up/configure
a student and group blog; how to
monitor comments; how to insert
links, graphics, and other media
within the blogging tool; and
the pedagogy of blogging. |
Using Student Wikis
in Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Terry
Gray |
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Date: |
Thursday,
September 10 |
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Time: |
1:00 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Wikis are the
ideal group project tool. In
this workshop learn how to use
the student wiki tool in
Blackboard to assign and track
group projects. Topics will
include how to set up/configure
a group wiki; how to configure
and monitor contributions and
edits; how to insert links,
graphics, and other media into
the wiki articles; how to assess
participant contributions to the
wiki. |
Web Page
Development
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Facilitated by: |
Chris Norcross |
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Date: |
Friday,
September 11 |
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Time: |
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Introduction
to web page creation and
management. In the workshop each
student will create a personal
web page on a Palomar College
web server, and is introduced to
the concepts of growing the page
into a site and managing the
site. SharePoint Designer 2007
will be used as a web authoring
tool, but other authoring tools
will be discussed. |
PowerPoint 1: Creating
Basic Presentations with PowerPoint 2007
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Facilitated by: |
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology |
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Date: |
Thursday,
September 17 |
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Time: |
1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Construct a simple PowerPoint
presentation
Modify its design
Add text and graphics
Use SmartArt diagrams
Perform basic drawing tasks
Print from PowerPoint
Present PowerPoint in the classroom
Save presentations for the web
We will be creating a
simple presentation with
PowerPoint 2007 during this workshop.
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Technology Roundtable: What Works in
Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis |
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Date: |
Friday,
September 18 |
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Time: |
10:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Join your
colleagues as they present their
favorite tips & tricks for using
the Blackboard Learning System
to teach effectively.
Refreshments will be served and
a valuable prize will be given
away. |
PowerPoint 2: Advanced PowerPoint
Techniques
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Facilitated by: |
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology |
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Date: |
Thursday,
September 24 |
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Time: |
1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
This hands-on workshop explains how to:
Animate
slides and objects on slides in
PowerPoint
Control animation triggering and
timing
Add audio and video to
PowerPoint slides
Animate SmartArt diagrams
Group, order, align and apply
special effects to graphics in
PowerPoint
Hyperlink from slide to slide;
slide to file; slide to media;
and presentation to presentation
Use hidden slides during a
presentation
Handle footnotes and references
within PowerPoint
Save presentations for the web |
We will be creating
and animating a presentation in
PowerPoint 2007 during the course of
this workshop.
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The Wimba Voice Tools
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis |
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Date: |
Friday,
September 25 |
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Time: |
10:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
This hands-on
workshop explains how to use the
Wimba Voice Tools, which are
integrated into the Blackboard
Learning System. The Voice Tools
include Voice Authoring, Voice
Email, threaded Voice Boards
(audio discussion boards), Voice
Presentation (audio, web-based
slide shows). The Voice Tools
are simple to work with and
engaging for both students and
instructors. |
Adding Content to Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Chris Norcross |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
September 30 |
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Time: |
1:00 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Learn how to
organize and deliver content
using the Blackboard Learning
System. Different file formats
and options, as well as best
practices, will be discussed. |
Using Google Earth
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Facilitated by: |
Terry Gray |
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Date: |
Friday,
October 2 |
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Time: |
10:00 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Google Earth
is a revolutionary new, FREE
tool for exploring and teaching
about the earth. In this
workshop we will learn how to
use Google Earth, how to
navigate about the planet (and
the heavens), how to create
custom placemarks and combine
them into earth tours and
instructional presentations that
can be viewed by your students,
and how to use the many Google
Earth layers most effectively. |
Using the
Blackboard Assignment Manager
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
October 7 |
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Time: |
1:00
p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
The “digital
drop box” feature in Blackboard
is obsolete, and will be removed
from our next version of
Blackboard, version 9. It has
been replaced by a much better
Assignment Manager Tool. This
workshop explains how to use the
new “assignment” feature and
explains why it is superior to
the drop box in several ways.
Learn to use the assignment
feature now and gain control
over class assignments. |
How to Create a
Podcast in Blackboard
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Facilitated by: |
Dr. Haydn
Davis and Terry Gray |
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Date: |
Friday, October 9 |
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Time: |
10:00
a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Learn to use
the new podcast tool in
Blackboard to create a course
podcast, to build a subscription
channel for your audio lectures,
add audio content and distribute
it easily to your students,
allow student audio input to
your Blackboard course, and
more. |
Using the Blackboard Discussion
Board
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Facilitated by: |
Chris Norcross |
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Date: |
Wednesday,
October 14 |
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Time: |
1:00 p.m.
- 3:00 p.m. |
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Location: |
LL-104 |
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Description: |
This workshop
covers the features of the
Discussion Board in Blackboard
and the abilities it extends to
faculty and students. It
describes how to use the
built-in grader linked to the
Blackboard grade center, and how
to manage discussion threads. |
B. Online,
Self-Paced Workshops
If you
wish to access the Academic Technology
Training Blackboard site in order to
take online, self-paced training, (or
simply to review the materials there),
follow this procedure:
1. Login
to Blackboard—all faculty and staff
members at Palomar College have a
Blackboard account and are pre-enrolled
in Academic Technology Training as
students. To login, open a web browser
and go to http://www.palomar.edu/blackboard.
Click the "User Login" button. Use your
palomar email ID (without the @palomar.edu
part of it) as your Username and your
Palomar email password as password.
2. In
the My Palomar tab area of Blackboard,
in the "My Courses" box, scroll if
necessary until you see the "Courses in
which you are enrolled" section, and
click on "Academic Technology Training."
3. Click
on the Folder labeled "Online Self-Paced
Training."
4. Click
on the link for the course in which you
are enrolled. We are offering 5 online,
self-paced workshops this semester:
Detailed Descriptions of
Self-Paced Workshops
Copyright Essentials
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis & Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Location: Internet
PD Hours: 4 Hours
Description:
This online, self-paced workshop
presents the basics of copyright use of
educational materials. The discussion
will emphasize concepts of Fair Use and
place special emphasis on the TEACH Act
of 2002. Anyone who uses copyrighted
handouts or other materials in their
in-person classes, and especially those
who use copyrighted digitized audio and
video files, can benefit from this
workshop. A discussion of the Academic
Technology TEACH Act checklist and Fair
Use worksheet will be included, along
with Academic Technology policies on
copyright and intellectual property.
Blackboard Essentials
Facilitated by:
David Gray, Shay
Phillips & Chris Norcross, Academic
Technology
Location: Internet
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Blackboard is the essential tool for
conducting technology-enhanced teaching
at Palomar College. It is used to
organize and present teaching and
learning materials, conduct class
communications, interact with students,
carry out assessments, deliver
assignments and perform grade book and
other record-keeping functions. You
will review screen videos and printed
materials to learn basic Blackboard
concepts and practices. A discussion
board will be maintained for Q&A.
Adding Content to Your
Blackboard Course Site
Facilitated by:
David
Gray & Shay Phillips, Academic
Technology
Location:
Internet
PD
Hours:
2 Hours
Description:
This self-paced Internet workshop uses
screencasts and written materials to
demonstrate the process of adding
different types of materials to your
Blackboard course sites, and makes best
practice recommendations for methods and
practices.
Windows Vista Essentials
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Location: Internet
PD Hours: 4 Hours
Description:
This workshop is designed for those who
need to know the basics of working with
Windows Vista. Screencasts and written
materials provide instruction in the
following:
Create
and manage files and folders
Manipulate multiple windows
Use the
task bar
Create
shortcuts and quick links
Change
the display properties and
personalize Vista
Perform
basic computer maintenance tasks
Improve
system performance
Zip and
unzip files in compressed folders
Save
files to USB drives, CD-R, and DVD-R
discs
Use
network drives
Install
and configure media players and
other common software
Uninstall software
Schedule automatic updates
Learn
the basics of Vista security
including the new Security Center
Styling Your Web Site
with CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Facilitated by:
Chris Norcross,
Academic Technology
Location:
Internet
PD Hours:
2 Hours
Description:
Using CSS (Cascading
Style Sheets) is the best way to control
the presentation of websites. This
workshop site will use screencasts and
written materials to show you how to use
CSS.
Prerequisite:
The Academic Technology in-person
workshop “Creating Your Own Web Site.”
To-be-arranged
Personal Training and
To-be-arranged Departmental Training
The Academic Technology
department is prepared to offer the
following training topics on a
to-be-arranged basis for any department
who requests it. To schedule training,
the department chair should contact Dr.
Haydn Davis at hdavis@palomar.edu or
call at ext. 2341.
Please Note:
Departmental training is intended for
Academic Departments only.
Menu of available
training topics
Blackboard topics
Blackkboard essentials
Adding Content to
a Blackboard Course Site
Using the
Blackboard Grade Center
Placing Audio
Recordings in Blackboard
Placing
PowerPoint Presentations in
Blackboard
Adding Publisher
Content to Blackboard
Using the Oscelot
Podcaster in Blackboard
Using the
Blackboard Assignment Manager
Using the
Safe Assignment Service
in Blackboard
Using the
Blackboard Discussion Board and
Discussion Board Grader
Using Assessment
Tools in Blackboard
Using Advanced
Assessment Tools in Blackboard
Using the Survey
Tool in Blackboard
Using Adaptive
Release in Blackboard
Using the
Blackboard Performance Dashboard
Using the
Blackboard Early Warning System
Using the
Elluminate eConferencing Tool in
Blackboard
Managing a
Blackboard Course (course
settings, organization, backup,
and life cycle management)
Engaging the
Online Learner
The Exemplary
Blackboard Course
PowerPoint Topics
PowerPoint 1:
Creating Basic PowerPoint
Presentations with PowerPoint
2007
PowerPoint 2:
Advanced PowerPoint Concepts
Presentation
Technology: Digital Projectors,
Sound, DVD/CD/VCR, Remote
Control, and PowerPoint
Presentations
Using Classroom
Performance System Remote
Polling Devices (clickers) with
PowerPoint
Animating Objects
in PowerPoint
Using Audio and
Video in PowerPoint
Uploading a
PowerPoint Presentation to
Blackboard
Converting a
PowerPoint Presentation to PDF
Drawing in
PowerPoint 2007
Creating SmartArt
Diagrams in PowerPoint 2007
Creating Charts
in PowerPoint 2007
Publishing Your
PowerPoint Presentations
Narrating Your
PowerPoint Presentations
Converting Your
PowerPoint Presentations to
Flash with Camtasia
Other Office 2007
Programs
The Office 2007
Fluent User Interface: The
Ribbon and More (with examples
from Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
Outlook 2007
Email Skills
Outlook 2007
Calendar and Scheduling Skills
Backing up
Outlook 2007 Data
Web Authoring Topics
Creating Your Own
Web Site
Styling Your Web
Site with CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets)
Creating
Interactive Forms for Your Web
Site
Preparing Photos
for the Web
Making Banners
and Buttons for Your Web Site
Document Preparation
Topics
Using Acrobat to
Create/Edit PDF Documents
Document Formats
Online: HTML vs. PDF vs. DOCX
Teaching/Learning
Strategies
Using Google Apps
Creating an
Academic Blog
Creating Podcasts
Catching Podcasts
Using Google
Notebook
Using Google
Earth
Using Google Book
Search
Using WebQuests
Using Classroom
Performance System RF Polling
Devices (clickers)
Using Digital
Audio Recorders
Creating
Streaming Media Files
Creating
Streaming Video Files
Copyright
Essentials
Windows Vista
Essentials
Windows XP
Essentials
Using Internet
Explorer 7
Creating
Persistent Links to Journal
Database Articles
Using iTunes
You and Your iPod
Using the Windows
Media Player
Basic Uses of
Photoshop
Related
Resources
Adobe Online Training
Microsoft Newsgroups
MS Office Webcasts
MS Office System Webcasts
Microsoft Training Home PageTraining
Presentations from
Microsoft
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