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What You're Missing: Tuesday Webinars

Each Tuesday throughout the semester (excepting spring break week) we present a webinar (you login from anywhere) on a variety of interesting educational technology topics. So far, we have presented on:

"What to Tell Your Students About Blackboard"
"How to Post Your Won Video to YouTube"
Using the Blackboard Visual Textbox Editor"
"Test Deployment Options in Blackboard"
"Curious Question Types" (a rundown on the possible Blackboard question types)
"Using Google Scholar"

Over the next few weeks we will be presenting on:

"The Blackboard Early Warning System" (set criteria to warn you when students are falling behind)
"Using Groups in Blackboard"
"Copying Blackboard Courses" (just in time to get ready for summer courses)
"No Fooling, Archive Your Course" (just in time to show you how to backup your Bb courses)
"Google Docs"
"Remember Everything with Evernote"
"Blogging and Journaling in Blackboard"
"Easy Websites with WordPress"
"Finalizing Grades in Blackboard"

Webinars take off at 2pm each Tuesday. We use Blackboard Collaborate (formerly called "Elluminate Live!") to present, but you do not have to login to Blackboard to participate. Just go to this web page and, when the time comes, click the Login link. (Actually, its best to get there about 5 minutes early to make sure you can connect successfully). If you want to be sure your computer can support a Blackboard Collaborate session, use this page to test.

A full description of the topics and schedule may be found on the ATRC website. Faculty seeking Professional Development credit should add the session to their PD contract. After the sessions are over (they are all less than 1 hour) you can review them on our Webinar Archives page.

Upcoming Training

It's not all online. We continue to offer instructor led, in-person workshops. We encourage faculty members who want to improve existing or develop new technology skills to attend. Over the next few weeks we will be offering:

Date	Workshop	Time	Room
Friday March 2	Streamlining Media Resources	9-11am	LL-109
Wednesday March 7	Web Page Development: The Basics	10am-12pm	LL-109
Thursday March 8	Using SnagIt to Capture and Edit Images	1-3pm	LL-109
Friday March 9	Instructional Approaches for eLearning	9-11am	LL-109
Wednesday March 14	Web Page Development: Advanced Topics	10am-12pm	LL-109
Friday March 16	PowerPoint 3: Narrate and Create Online Video from Your PowerPoint Presentations	9-11am	LL-109

Our complete training descriptions can be found here, and our tabular schedule of events here.

There are only two Bb with Cream & Sugar sessions left this semester. That's right, come on by room LL-111 any time between 7:30am and 10:30 AM on Wednesday March 7 or 14 to joing our Blackboard technicians (Dave, Shay and Chris) to ask anything you want to know about Blackboard (or any other educational technology topic, for that matter) and have a cup of coffee or tea with them. PD credit is available for these sessions.

iPad app of the month

If you want to explain (to yourself or anyone else) why the moon has phases, why the earth has seasons or tides, what those tropic lines of latitude signify, what the constellations of the zodiac are all about, what significant earth science satellites are in orbit around earth, and where they are right now (!), what comprises the core of the planets of our solar system (including Pluto!), where scores of celestial objects are in relation to earth, what the actual scale/location relationship is between the planets and the sun, and lots more, you should get Solar Walk. Solar Walk is a truly impressive teaching app that lets you explore and manipulate the solar system (yes you can spin the planets at will and investigate the primary geographic areas on several of them). It even supports 3D view with your own 3D glasses or mirrored to a 3D TV. The app is for pay ($2.99) but worth it and then some if wish to explain any of these hard to visualize concepts about our solar system.