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Telecommunications Studies Department of the Graduate School of
Management and Technology is sponsoring a series of workshops--usually scheduled
on the second or third Sunday of each month. These workshops are casual (though
intense) and designed to provide the skills necessary not only for teaching online, but
also for developing increasingly sophisticated multi-media course materials. The workshops are lead by Steve Kerby and are designed specifically for GSMT faculty needs. All ITS graduate faculty are urged to attend. We will provide a Continental Breakfast and a coffee/juice break. |
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| June 13 | Online Basics: Tricks and Tips in Building an Online
Lesson
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This workshop is
designed to give you the basic skills for building and formatting an online lecture.
The session begins by opening a lecture text in Word. We then convert the
document to HTML and do some basic page layout in Composer. We continue by learning
how to find, copy, and add images/backgrounds to a web page. We complete the morning
by learning how to work with templates. Familiarity with the Windows environment is assumed, but no special computer or software skills are necessary. |
| July 18 | Power Point Does More Than You Think: Tricks and Tips for In-Class and Online | Since PowerPoint
is an excellent transition path to moving your in-class materials to online
delivery, we are offering a training session that focuses not only on best practices
in building PowerPoint presentations, but also on ways you can begin to think about
adding multi-media components for future online delivery. This particular session uses
PowerPoint 97. We will cover the basics quickly in overview fashion. The
workshop will focus on some of the advanced features of PowerPoint (sound, video, and
slide animations), on the assumption that learning some of these multi-media
options will introduce faculty members to ways multi-media can be incorporated into the
classroom (both F2F and online). Although no previous experience with PowerPoint is necessary, it is assumed that most participants will have some familiarity with the program. |
| Aug. 22 | The Basics: Formatting and Publishing an Online Lecture | This
workshop repeats the main components of the June session (basic skills for formatting
an online lecture) with one major addition: we will spend a full two hours on How
to Publish Web Pages. We will learn (a) how to acquire a Polaris account, (b)
how to set permissions and create directories in UNIX, (c) two different ways of
publishing, and (d) best practices for managing web pages in a UNIX environment. We will
work directly in UNIX (via telnet) as well as learn how to use an FTP program. Familiarity with the Windows environment is assumed, but no special computer or software skills are required. |
| Attending? Email Steve Kerby |
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| Sept. 12 | Working with WebTycho 2.1 |
This
workshop covers essential skills for teaching online in the context of WebTycho Version
2.1. We will open with a discussion /presentation on Best Practices, then do a
series of short workshops designed to hone skills in online course delivery through the
WebTycho environment. Although we will cover the Conferences and Study Group areas, we
will concentrate on ways of loading course content (including using a JavaScript for
opening new windows). This workshop is designed for those who (a) have no familiarity with WebTycho whatsoever, (b) were trained in a different version of WebTycho, or (c) have recently graduated from Tycho training but want to refresh their skills. Familiarity with the Windows environment is assumed, but no special computer or software skills are required. |
| Attending? Email Steve Kerby |
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| Oct. 17 | The Basics: Formatting and Publishing an Online Lecture | This workshop is a repeat of the August session,
concentrating primarily on designing and uploading effective web pages for online
course delivery. Familiarity with the Windows environment is assumed, but no special computer or software skills are required. |
| Attending? Email Steve Kerby |
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| Nov. 14 | PowerPoint Does More Than You Think: Tricks and Tips for In Class and Online | This workshop is a repeat of
last July's session. It covers PowerPoint basics in overview fashion, then
concentrates on some of PowerPoint's advanced features. This workshop is an
excellent way for you to begin thinking about ways you can add multi-media components to
your classes whether in class or online. Although no previous experience with PowerPoint is necessary, it is assumed that most participants will have some familiarity with the program. |
| Attending? Email Steve Kerby |
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| Dec. 12 | This workshop demonstrates how faculty members can
add audio and video components to their online lectures. Each workshop participant
will record, encode, and publish (a) a short audio introduction to a lecture, and (b) a
short RealMedia "movie" using RealPresenter. We will work with RealMedia production software and the GoldWave audio editing program. Headphones and microphones will be provided, but bring yours if you can. Experience with PowerPoint will be helpful, but no special familiarity with editing or encoding software is assumed. |
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