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Fall 2008
Workshops
Academic Technology will
offer five types of training
opportunities to Palomar College faculty
members in Fall 2008:
A 4-day in-person “technology
camp” to be held August 4-7
In-person instructor facilitated
workshops
Online, self-paced workshops
To-be-arranged individual
training and,
To-be-arranged departmental
training
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 instructor facilitated
training will be held synchronously and
will use the Elluminate Live!
e-conferencing software built-in to
Blackboard.
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.
To-be-arranged individual
training should be arranged with the
contact person given in the description
of that type of training below.
An overview of each of
these types of training, along with
information on other training resources,
can be found at
http://www.palomar.edu/atrc/attraining.htm
Technology
Camp
A four-day,
six-hour-per-day, hands-on “technology
camp” will be offered Monday - Thursday
August 4-7 on the ground floor of the
San Marcos campus library. Sign-up
early because seating is limited. The
aim of the camp is to create materials
and learn techniques that will be of
practical use in presenting courses in
the Fall of 2008. Deadline for camp
enrollment is July 21, 2008.
Technology Camp Agenda
|
Monday, August 4 –
“Presentation Day” |
|
Start |
End |
Topic |
Facilitator |
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9:00am |
9:30am |
Greeting and introductions |
ATRC Staff |
|
9:30am |
10:30am |
Classroom technology – digital
projectors, the classroom
computer, DVD/VCR players,
streaming media, remote-control
PowerPoint, and classroom
performance clickers |
Terry Gray
Lee Hoffmann
Haydn Davis |
|
10:45am |
12:00pm |
Presentation technology – PowerPoint
basics from the ground up |
Terry Gray |
|
12:00pm |
1:00pm |
Brownbag lunch topic: Using PowerPoint
for teaching and learning |
Mike Arguello |
|
1:00pm |
2:45pm |
Syllabus project: create a PowerPoint
presentation based on your
syllabus for Blackboard, web and
classroom presentation |
Haydn Davis
Terry Gray |
|
2:45pm |
3:00pm |
Raffle of Day 1 Prize: A remote control
PowerPoint presenter |
Staff |
|
Tuesday, August 5 –
“Media Day” |
|
Start |
End |
Topic |
Facilitator |
|
9:00am |
9:15am |
Day 1 Recap and Demo |
Haydn Davis |
|
9:15am |
10:00am |
Using a digital audio recorder to record
messages/lectures for your
students |
Terry Gray |
|
10:00am |
10:45am |
Audio and video topics: Using audio and
video to teach: YouTube videos,
streaming media, custom DVDs,
recording your own video |
Haydn Davis
Terry Gray |
|
11:00am |
12:00pm |
Audio project: Recording your syllabus
for Blackboard and the web. |
Terry Gray |
|
12:00pm |
1:00pm |
Brownbag lunch topic: The best
multimedia clips and resources
for education. |
Various presenters |
|
1:00pm |
2:45pm |
Video project: Creating a custom video
project for classroom use. |
Haydn Davis |
|
2:45pm |
3:00pm |
Raffle of Day 2 Prize: A WS-311 digital
audio recorder |
Staff |
|
Wednesday, August 6 –
“Blackboard Day” |
|
Start |
End |
Topic |
Facilitator |
|
9:00am |
9:15am |
Day 2 Recap and Demo |
Haydn Davis |
|
9:15am |
10:00am |
Using Blackboard for face-to-face
instruction |
David Gray
Haydn Davis |
|
10:00am |
11:00pm |
Creating content areas in Blackboard and
using the Blackboard assignment
manager |
Haydn Davis
David Gray |
|
11:00am |
12:00pm |
Using the TurnItIn Anti-plagiarism
service within Blackboard |
Haydn Davis
David Gray |
|
12:00pm |
1:00pm |
Brownbag lunch topic: My best Blackboard
idea: several faculty members
will discuss best practices for
use of Blackboard. |
Various presenters |
|
1:00pm |
1:45pm |
Using the Blackboard 8 Grade Center |
David Gray |
|
1:45pm |
2:45pm |
Blackboard project: Creating an
organization scheme for your
Blackboard course shells, and
adding your syllabus and other
materials to Blackboard. |
Haydn Davis
David Gray |
|
2:45pm |
3:00pm |
Raffle of Day 3 Prize: A Flip Video
Camera |
Staff |
|
Thursday, August 7 –
“Resource Day” |
|
Start |
End |
Topic |
Facilitator |
|
9:00am |
9:30am |
Day 3 Recap and Demo |
Haydn Davis |
|
9:30am |
10:45am |
Using the Palomar College Library
electronic resources, including
instruction on how to create
persistent links to library journal
database articles in Blackboard. |
Katy French |
|
11:00am |
12:00pm |
The new search tools: Google tools (book
search, blog search, image
search, etc), the Internet
Archive, Yahoo search tools,
Microsoft Live Search, Merlot,
Blackboard scholar |
Various presenters |
|
12:00pm |
1:00pm |
Brownbag lunch topic: The iPod (and other
portable media devices):
revolutionary learning tools. |
AT Staff |
|
1:00pm |
1:30pm |
Wikipedia and other open source learning
tools: the good, the bad and
the ugly. |
Haydn Davis
David Gray |
|
1:30pm |
2:00pm |
The best free PC software out there (and
some Mac software too). |
AT staff |
|
2:00pm |
2:45pm |
The how-to hour (really 45 minutes) where
the AT technical staff answers
all your how-to questions |
AT tech staff |
|
2:45pm |
3:00pm |
Raffle of Day 4 Prize: An iPod Touch |
Staff |
Workshop Descriptions
Blackboard Essentials
Facilitated by:
Chris Norcross,
Academic Technology
Date: Thursday,
August 21 (Part-time pre-plenary,
immediately preceding the Part-time
Faculty Plenary Session)
Time: 3:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
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.
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.
The Blackboard 8 Grade
Center
Facilitated by:
David Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, August 21 (Part-time
pre-plenary, immediately preceding the
Part-time Faculty Plenary Session)
Time: 3:00 -
5:00 p.m.
Location: LL-104
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Blackboard 8 replaced the older
gradebook tool with a new Grade Center.
This workshop will explain how to use
the new Grade Center. Previous
familiarity with the Blackboard
gradebook is not required.
What’s New in Academic
Technology
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, August 21 (Part-time plenary
breakout)
Time: 7:15
-9:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Participants will discover the new
features and tools available for
technology enhanced teaching and
learning at Palomar College, including
presentation technology, 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.
What’s New in Academic
Technology
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date: Friday,
August 22 (Full-time plenary breakout)
Time: 10:30
-11:45 a.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Participants will discover the new
features and tools available for
technology enhanced teaching and
learning at Palomar College, including
presentation technology, 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.
The Blackboard 8 Grade
Center
Facilitated by:
David Gray, Academic
Technology
Date: Friday,
August 29
Time: 10:00
a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Location: LL-104
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Geared for both the beginner and more
experienced user, this session will
cover what is new about the Blackboard 8
grade center, a very significant
departure from past versions of the
Blackboard gradebook.
Classroom Presentation
Technology
Facilitated by:
Lee Hoffmann, Terry
Gray, Haydn Davis, Audio Visual and
Academic Technology
Date:
Thursday, September 4
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This workshop demonstrates 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. In addition,
PowerPoint presentation through digital
projectors, remote control of PowerPoint
through wireless controllers, annotation
of PowerPoint through tablet PCs, and
the use of the Elmo document camera will
be demonstrated. Finally, Dr. Haydn
Davis will demonstrate the use of
Classroom Performance System (CPS) Radio
Frequency (RF) polling devices
(clickers) for the classroom.
Audio Recording Your
Lectures/Messages to Students
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date: Friday,
September 5
Time: 10:00
a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
Designed for instructors who wish to
record anything from short messages to
their lecture series and place links to
the audio recordings in Blackboard. We
will learn how to use the Olympus WS-311
digital voice recorder to record (either
in class or at your desk) your lecture
or other materials, transfer the
recordings to your computers, edit the
recordings, if necessary, and place the
recordings within your Blackboard
courses. Audio file formats (wma and
mp3), simple audio editing (with
Audacity), the use of USB devices, and
uploading and linking in Blackboard are
the skills that will be taught.
Using the Blackboard
Discussion Board and Discussion Board
Grader
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis, Academic
Technology
Date:
Tuesday, September 9
Times: 1:00 p.m.
-3:00 p.m. & 4:00p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This
workshop covers the features of the
Discussion Board in Blackboard version 8
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.
Creating Your Own Web
Site
Facilitated by:
Chris Norcross,
Academic Technology
Date:
Wednesday, September 10
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
:
Introduction to website 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
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, September 11
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
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 working with
PowerPoint 2007.
Optimizing Photos for the
Web
Facilitated by:
Chris Norcross,
Academic Technology
Date:
Tuesday, September 16
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This
workshop teaches how to prepare
photographs for a website or inclusion
in PowerPoint. All steps involved in
preparing your digital photo for the web
will be covered, including cropping,
resizing, and color correcting.
Using the TurnItIn
Anti-plagiarism Service In Blackboard
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis, Academic
Technology
Date:
Wednesday, September 17
Times: 1:00 p.m.
-3:00 p.m. & 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Academic Technology has deployed the
TurnItIn Anti-plagiarism tool through
the Blackboard system. Join Haydn Davis
is discovering how to create a TurnItIn
“assignment” and how to control the
various settings to get the most out of
TurnItIn. Haydn will also cover how to
read the TurnItIn originality report.
Presenting PowerPoint in
the Classroom
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, September 18
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
This
workshop covers use of the PowerPoint
control keys, PowerPoint remote control,
annotation of PowerPoint slides on a
tablet PC, and use of the Elmo document
camera in the AT labs.
Getting the Best Free
Software for the PC
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date: Friday,
September 19
Time: 10:00
a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
In
this workshop we will be identifying and
(in some cases) downloading the best
free software available for learning and
teaching with technology, including
browser add-ins, helper programs and
stand-alone applications.
Using the Blackboard
Assignment Manager
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis, Academic
Technology
Date:
Tuesday, September 23
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
The
“digital drop box” feature in Blackboard
is obsolete. It has been replaced by a
much better Assignment Tool. This
workshop explains how to use the new
“assignment” feature and why it is
superior to the drop box in several
ways. Learn to use the assignment
feature now and gain control over class
assignment management!
How to Subscribe to a
Podcast
Facilitated by:
David Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Wednesday, September 24
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
For
those who are not yet subscribing to
podcasts, David explains from the ground
up what a podcast is and what kind of
software you need to receive them. He
will also cover how to find podcasts of
interest.
PowerPoint 2: Creating
Advanced Presentations with PowerPoint
2007
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, September 25
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Global
editing via slide masters
Design
themes
Custom
design templates
Global
animations
Custom
transitions and animations
Graphics and drawing objects
Linked
Charts and graphs
SmartArt
Non-linear presentation
Multimedia elements
Illustration tools
Presentation management options
We will be working with
PowerPoint 2007.
WebQuests
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis, Academic
Technology
Date:
Tuesday, September 30
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
WebQuestsare
an important tool for engaging and
challenging the online learner. This
workshop describes how to construct a
web quest and provides guidance and
models for best practices in using
webquests.
How to Narrate and
Publish Your PowerPoint Presentation as
a Flash Movie for the Web
Facilitated by:
David Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Wednesday, October 1
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
Participants
will learn how to use Camtasia Studio to
narrate a PowerPoint presentation and
export the resulting file as a Flash
Shockwave file. How to link to the SWF
file within Blackboard will also be
covered.
Limit:
6 participants.
Using Audio and Video in
PowerPoint
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, October 2
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This workshop focuses on
using multimedia objects, specifically
various audio and video files, in
PowerPoint and includes the following:
Appropriate audio and video file
formats
Recording custom audio for
PowerPoint
Recording custom video for
PowerPoint
Importing audio and video files
“Calling” vs. embedding media files
Controlling audio/video playback
Using
CD background music
Narrating a PowerPoint presentation
Using Persistent URLs
(PURLs) to link to electronic journal
database articles in Blackboard
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date: Friday,
October 3
Time: 10:00
a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
Save your department’s duplication
budget and make life easy for your
students by linking to the research
journal articles you want your students
to read from within Blackboard rather
than duplicating hard-copy articles and
handing them out to students. This
workshop covers how to create persistent
URL links to articles in many of the
for-pay journal databases owned by the
Palomar College library.
Using YouTube and
TeacherTube videos to Teach
Facilitated by:
Haydn Davis, Academic
Technology
Date:
Tuesday, October 7
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-111
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
YouTube is still one of the most visited
sites on the Internet. Learn how to
embed YouTube and TeacherTube videos
into Blackboard content areas, web
pages, and PowerPoint. This workshop
will also cover how to publish your own
video to YouTube.
Drawing in PowerPoint
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, October 9
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This workshop will focus on using the
drawing tools in PowerPoint 2007 and
develop the following skills:
Alignment of objects
on slides
Grouping and
ungrouping objects
Ordering layers of
objects
Using Autoshapes
Using Callouts
Controlling color and
presentation color themes
Drawing objects
Using grids and
guides
Drawing and
controlling lines
Using shadowing and
reflections
Applying 3D effects
and other formatting options
Animation of drawn
objects
Creating Templates in
SharePoint Designer
Facilitated by:
Chris Norcross,
Academic Technology
Date: Friday,
October 10
Time: 10:00
a.m. -11:00 a.m.
Location: Online
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
Demonstrates how to use Microsoft
SharePoint Designer to create Dynamic
Web Templates (DWT). A DWT is used to
easily apply common web page design
and/or navigation to multiple web pages.
This workshop will be held online using
Elluminate Live! Information
about Elluminate will be emailed to all
registrants at least 1 week before the
workshop.
Using Google Earth
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, October 16
Time: 1:00
p.m. -3:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 2 Hours
Description:
This workshop demonstrates how to use
Google Earth to develop the “lit trip,”
the historical atlas, and other
geocentric teaching techniques.
Creating Diagrams in
PowerPoint
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, October 23
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
This workshop focuses on using the new
Diagramming and SmartArt tools in
PowerPoint 2007. The use of custom
animation to enhance diagram
presentation will also be covered.
Using Charts in
PowerPoint
Facilitated by:
Terry Gray, Academic
Technology
Date:
Thursday, October 30
Time: 1:00
p.m. -2:00 p.m.
Location: LL-109
PD Hours: 1 Hour
Description:
We will use Excel charts to paste, and
then dynamically link charts into
PowerPoint and also build charts and
graphs from scratch using PowerPoint
tools. Chart formatting will be
emphasized.
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 brow | 
