Instructional Technology Workshops
ITECH
offers a number of hands-on workshops which provide opportunity to actively
explore many different types of multimedia software, course management
tools, and best practices for the online environment. The workshops typically
last from 1 to 3 hours and are offered frequently throughout the Fall
and Spring semesters. Training workshops are also available upon request
at times and locations that are convenient to you. For more information,
contact Instructional Technology via email: itech@pjc.edu
or phone: 484-1238.
Current
workshop offerings are accessible via the Workshop Registration
link located in the upper right hand corner of all ITECH
web pages.
Basic
HTML
Learn the basic HTML tags using a simple text editor! This workshop teaches
the participant to build a web page complete with graphics, hyperlinks,
bulleted and numbered lists, e-mail links, and more, using Hypertext Markup
Language, the most widely used code on the Internet.
FrontPage
Participants learn how to create basic Web pages and hyperlinks, format
and enhance Web pages, and work with graphics.
Dreamweaver
Participants learn how to create basic Web pages and hyperlinks, format
and enhance web pages, and work with graphics.
ANGEL
Basics
Participants will get a basic overview of ANGEL, with a focus on
understanding ANGEL's organizational structure, navigating the ANGEL
environment, adding content, and customizing course and user
preferences. They will discover how this valuable
tool can be used to support traditional as well as on-line courses.
ANGEL 101 Online
Participants will learn how to
navigate ANGEL, organize and manage content, use basic tools, create
tests, set up gradebooks, and more. The course is self-paced and
should take users about 4 hours to complete. This is an excellent
opportunity to evaluate online learning from the student perspective.
ANGEL
Collaboration Tools
Participants will learn how to use ANGEL’s collaboration tools,
including the Discussion Board, Email, and Chat.
ANGEL
Gradebook
Participants will learn how to use the Gradebook in ANGEL, including organizing
and managing categories, assignments, calculating grades, and viewing course statistics.
Creating
Online Tests
Participants will learn how to use Respondus to create online student
assessments that can be uploaded into an ANGEL course.
ANGEL
Assignment Dropbox
Participants will learn how to create and distribute course assignments
to students, as well as download, evaluate, and assign grades to student
submitted
work.
Learning-Centered
Assessment: Moving Away from Multiple Choice Tests
Participants examine various forms of alternative assessment, the learning
styles and teaching methods they support, and the design and use of rubrics
to score them. A variety of methods and software programs that can be
utilized in the creation or facilitation of assessment and measurement
will be demonstrated.
Building
Student Success: Chunking and Just in Time Teaching Strategies
Participants explore two practical strategies that will allow them to
deconstruct current face-to-face or distance courseware in an effort to
become more learning-centered and increase student retention. Participants
will work together in small groups to deconstruct part of an actual course
unit, applying these two strategies.
Interactive
PowerPoint
Participants learn how to create a PowerPoint that allows them to include
interactivity, graphics, and other creative features such as a ready-made
template for a Jeopardy style game. Impatica, a software program that
compresses and produces PowerPoint for Internet viewing, will also be
featured.
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Microsoft
Office Productivity |
From
Office to Web
Participants will learn to use Microsoft’s “Save as Web Page”
feature to publish office documents to the Web. Special Emphasis will
be placed on Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications.
PowerPoint
Participants will learn the basic skills necessary to effectively create
impressive, educationally sound, on-screen slide shows using Microsoft
PowerPoint.
Publisher
Participants will learn how to create basic newsletters and brochures
using Microsoft Publisher.
Photoshop
Participants will learn the basic operation, tools, and functions of Adobe
Photoshop. Emphasis will then be placed on image resolution, image color
correction, quick fixes and web graphic export capabilities.
StudyMate
StudyMate by Respondus is an authoring tool that makes it easy to create
Flash-based learning activities and games. Formats include Fact cards,
Pick-A-Letter, Fill in the Blank, Matching, Crosswords, and Glossaries.
You can import items from MS Word and publisher test banks, making it
easy to create interesting, interactive activities from existing content.
The activities you create can be saved to a CD-ROM, presented on any web
server, or published directly to ANGEL, PJC's online course management
system. Best of all, PJC has a site license!
Adobe
Acrobat
Participants will learn the skills necessary to create PDF documents of
various complexities. Adobe Acrobat can create PDF files for distribution
through networks, on the Internet, or by disk or CD.
Publishing
to the Web
Participants will explore how to publish Web content using Secure Shell
FTP and WinZip.
