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Online,
Self-Paced Training |
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 "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:
Copyright Essentials – PD credit
= 4 hours
Blackboard Essentials – PD credit
= 2 hours
Adding Content to Your Blackboard
Course Site – PD Credit = 4 hours
Windows Vista Essentials – PD
Credit = 4 hoursStyling Your Web Site with CSS
(Cascading Style Sheets) – PD Credit = 4 hours
Detailed
Descriptions of Online, Self-Paced Workshops
Copyright
Essentials
Facilitated by: Haydn
Davis & Terry Gray, Academic Technology
Location: Internet
PD Hours: 4 Hours
PD Code: 07
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
PD Code: 229
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
PD Code: 14
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
PD Code: 12
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
PD Code: 23
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.”
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