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Academic Technology focuses on faculty training, but both faculty and staff can
sign-up for the workshops, including
any of the workshops listed below. This page
lists the schedule for all in-person or online
instructor facilitated workshops, self-paced online
workshops, and to-be-arranged individual training. To learn
about custom, to-be-arranged
departmental or personal training, see our
Training Description Page.
Each workshop listed below has a related Blackboard
course component, which contains the course outline,
handouts, screen videos, illustrations, external
resources, and other materials. The
Blackboard course is titled "Academic Technology
Training." Each faculty and staff member is
pre-enrolled in this training site. You will
find it listed in the My Courses area when you login
to Blackboard. Use your Palomar userid (that
is, the portion of your email address to the left of
the @ sign) as your Blackboard login username, and
your Palomar email password as the Blackboard login
password.
Important Note:
Faculty members can sign-up for PD credit for these workshops. If you do not sign-up with
the PD office, please
contact Academic Technology to let us know which
workshops you will be attending in case we need to communicate with you.
We have
constructed our training in order to address
technology competencies, as illustrated in the
following legend:
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Technology
Essentials |
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Communication Skills |
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Presentation
Skills |
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Assessment Skills |
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Document
Preparation Skills |
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Teaching and Learning
Strategies |
Dedicated
Blackboard Training or Contains Blackboard
Component |
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The General
Schedule - In-person instructor
facilitated workshops |
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Join us for summer
tech learning fun - food, prizes,
technology provided...
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Facilitated by: |
AT Staff |
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Date: |
August 3-6 |
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Time: |
9:00a.m. -
3:00p.m. each day |
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Location: |
LL-109 |
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Description: |
Joint the
Academic Technology staff for
the third annual Summer Tech
Camp. The event is
especially important this year
because it will focus on
teaching with the new version of
Blackboard, version 9, which
will "go live" in the fall 2010
semester. The changes
between the current version 8
and the new version 9 are not
trivial. Summer tech camp
will go beyond the "New to Nine"
and other related training being
offered in the spring. The
emphasis will be on those who
already use Blackboard in their
teaching, but need to make their
courses "9 ready." Of
course, beginners are welcome,
but we will stress the full
range to Blackboard 9 tools.
We ask for a commitment to
attend all four days of the
camp. Here is what will be
happening:
Day 1:
Blackboard Foundations - The
base principles of the new
Blackboard version 9, and
migration of your existing
Blackboard 8 (called
"Blackboard Classic")
content (if any) to the new
version.
Day 2:
Course Building - Most
effective structuring of
your Blackboard courses, and
addition of course contents
of all kinds, documents,
audios, videos, PowerPoint
presentations, flash
objects, etc.
Day 3:
Using the Blackboard
Communication Tools - How to
most effectively use email,
chat, discussion boards,
voice tools, econferencing,
course blogs, wikis or
podcasts, and the other
communication tools built in
to Blackboard to effectively
communicate with your
students.
Day 4:
Assessing Student Learning
in Blackboard - The most
effective use of the new
Blackboard assessment
tools--question types,
question pools,
randomization, test timing,
test deployment, the
anti-plagiarism service, and
use of the Blackboard grade
center.
As always, the
event will be catered, with
morning coffee, fruit and rolls,
and a full lunch provided for
attendees. Again, as
always, there will be valuable
giveaways at the end of each day
and a grand prize at the end of
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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
4
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 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: -
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: -
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: -
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: -
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
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Academic Technology offers special topics training on a To-Be-Arranged
basis. Contact Haydn Davis (hdavis@palomar.edu
or ext. 3626) to make arrangements.
Using SafeAssign
Anti-plagiarism Service
PD Code # -
We have deployed Safe Assignment,
a leading anti-plagiarism service through Blackboard. We have
developed
several
screencasts, and made the brief
product manual available for self-instruction, but if you would
like custom training delivered to you or your department, contact
Dr.
Haydn Davis (ext. 2341).
Using RF
Polling Devices (Clickers)
PD Code # -
Radio frequency polling devices are a great way to focus
discussion and retain attention during a classroom presentation or
meeting. Palomar College now provides these devices for checkout to
faculty and staff. We have also site licensed the software for
creating polls, which can be self-contained or integrated into
PowerPoint. You will be up and running with your own in-class use
of these systems after receiving this training.
Special Topics in
Blackboard
PD Code # -
This is an opportunity to spend time with one of our
Blackboard systems administrators to address topics of special
interest. If you have special usage problems or want to pursue a
special interest within your Blackboard class you may arrange time
under this activity code.
Special Topics in PowerPoint
Code # -
Terry Gray – TBA, extension 2877
If you need special assistance with your PowerPoint
projects, or want to cover one of the more obscure features of the
program, this is your opportunity to work us on your projects.
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TBA Departmental Training |
Please arrange departmental training
through department chairs.
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:
This training is intended for academic, and not administrative,
departments.
Menu of available training topics
Blackboard topics
Blackboard 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
Blackboard Assignment Manager
Using the
Safe Assign Anti-plagiarism 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
Using YouTube
Using Slideshare
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
Using Internet Explorer 8
Creating
Persistent Links to Journal
Database Articles
Using iTunes
You and Your iPod
Using the Windows
Media Player
Basic Uses of
Photoshop
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