| Workshops | ||
| These workshops provide hands-on training in a wide
variety of computer applications. Classes are provided for those faculty or staff members who work on computers using the Windows operating system.
Introductory classes expose the participants to the basic tasks of creating, modifying, formatting, saving and printing documents. Intermediate and advanced classes go further and explore additional features available in the listed software applications. Classes cover the new Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Microsoft Office 2003 Suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Photoshop, Web Page Creation, Dreamweaver, Captivate, Blackboard, Wimba, and Clickers. |
||
Workshop Registration |
You can register for any workshop via our online workshop registration form or by calling 619 594-2203. | |
| Summer 2008 Workshops | The following ITS-BATS (Baseline Access,
Training & Support) Hands-on Workshops are being offered this semester. Faculty Blackboard, Wimba and Clickers workshops are included.
Windows workshops will be held in LL 260 and LL 261. |
|
| Workshop Descriptions | ||
|
Introduction to Computers (no longer offered) This workshop is designed for the beginner in both the Windows and Mac environment. After this workshop, you will have a better overall understanding of basic computer terminology and how using the computer can make your work easier. This workshop will be taught at a slow, friendly pace. Introduction to the Windows XP Operating System
(no longer offered) This hands-on workshop is designed for faculty or staff who are new to the Windows operating system and for current Windows users who want to re-learn the basics.
Microsoft Office 2007: Overview - NEW for Spring 2008 The newest version of the Microsoft Office 2007 Suite comes with a radical new design and interface. Gone are the toolbars and drop down menus you’ve become familiar with. They have been replaced with “The Ribbon”. This workshop will introduce you to the Ribbon and the other tools available in Office 2007. Learn about the following elements:
Microsoft Word 2007: Introduction - NEW for Spring 2008 Microsoft Word, a full-featured word processor, includes automatic formatting, easy-to-create tables, and the ability to create and position graphics. In this workshop, you will get a hands-on overview of the primary features of this application.
Microsoft Word 2003: Introduction Microsoft Word, a full-featured word processor, includes automatic formatting, easy-to-create tables, and the ability to create and position graphics. In this workshop, you will get a hands-on overview of the primary features of this application.
Microsoft Word 2007: Intermediate I - NEW for Spring 2008 Expand your knowledge of some valuable features and time saving tips and tricks available in Word. This workshop will provide hands-on practice using a variety of useful features.
Microsoft Word 2003: Intermediate I Expand your knowledge of some valuable features and time saving tips and tricks available in Word. This workshop will provide hands-on practice using a variety of useful features.
Microsoft Word 2007: Intermediate II - NEW for Spring 2008 Learn more about features available in Word such as:
Microsoft Word 2003: Intermediate II Learn more about features available in Word such as:
Microsoft Word 2003: Tables (no longer offered)
The Tables feature in Word allows you to organize
data in multiple columns of numbers and text without using tabs. Tables also provide a
convenient way to present text in side by-side paragraphs or to arrange text beside
graphics.
Microsoft Word: Mail Merge (no longer offered)
The Mail Merge feature allows you to combine varying data with text that
remains constant. With the tables feature, it is easy to organize data for
merging. In this workshop, you will learn to use Mail Merge for creating
form letters, labels, and addressing envelopes.
To learn more about Mail Merge XP, go to the handout at http://its.sdsu.edu/~bats/PDF/pdfhandouts.html
Microsoft Word 2003: Templates and Styles (no longer offered)
Have you ever been confused trying to figure out
how templates and styles work in MS-Word? With a template you can store
"boilerplate" text to save you time. Styles define the appearance of the various
text elements of your document. When you apply a style to a paragraph or word, you can
apply a whole group of character or paragraph formats in one simple operation. In this
workshop you will learn all about how to use templates and styles to improve the speed and
efficiency of your word processing work.
Microsoft Excel 2007: Introduction - NEW for Spring 2008
Number crunching is made easy with this comprehensive spreadsheet application that gives you the tools to manage, format, chart, and analyze data. This workshop will provide hands-on practice using the basic features of Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Excel 2003: Introduction
Number crunching is made easy with this comprehensive spreadsheet application that gives you the tools to manage, format, chart, and analyze data. This workshop will provide hands-on practice using the basic features of Microsoft Excel.
Microsoft Excel 2007: Intermediate I - NEW for Spring 2008
Explore absolute versus relative referencing, conditional
formatting, using comments, creating charts and working with simple functions.
Microsoft Excel 2003: Intermediate I
Explore absolute versus relative referencing, conditional
formatting, using comments, creating charts and working with simple functions.
Microsoft Excel 2007: Intermediate II - NEW for Spring 2008
Customize Excel to work the way you work. You will use the
Outlining, Validation and Auditing tools. You will link a worksheet to MS Word, and
you will learn the power of concatenation.
Microsoft Excel 2003: Intermediate II
Customize Excel to work the way you work. You will use the Outlining, Validation and Auditing tools. You will link a worksheet to MS Word, and you will learn the power of concatenation.
Microsoft Excel 2007: Intermediate III - NEW for Spring 2008 This workshop provides hands-on practice using a variety of the more advanced
features of Microsoft Excel such as filtering, macros, protection, and the IF Function. Microsoft Excel 2003: Intermediate III (formerly, Advanced I) This workshop provides hands-on practice using a variety of the more advanced
features of Microsoft Excel such as filtering, macros, protection, and the IF Function.
Microsoft Excel 2007: Intermediate IV - NEW for Spring 2008 This workshop provides hands-on practice using additional advanced features of Microsoft Excel such as working with arrays, creating and using Pivot Tables
and Pivot Charts and working with the various Lookup functions.
Microsoft Excel 2003: Intermediate IV (formerly, Advanced II) This workshop provides hands-on practice using additional advanced features of Microsoft Excel such as working with arrays, creating and using Pivot Tables
and Pivot Charts and working with the various Lookup functions. Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: Introduction - NEW for Spring 2008
PowerPoint is a presentation software package that is part of the Microsoft Office suite of products. You can use PowerPoint to create presentations for a wide variety of audiences and purposes. PowerPoint is most effective when used to enhance and reinforce the information and actions being communicated by the presenter. This workshop will cover the following introductory topics.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Introduction
PowerPoint is a presentation software package that is part of the Microsoft Office suite of products. You can use PowerPoint to create presentations for a wide variety of audiences and purposes.
PowerPoint is most effective when used to enhance and reinforce the information and actions being communicated by the presenter. This workshop will cover the following introductory topics.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: Intermediate - NEW for Spring 2008
Designed to build on the material covered in MS-PowerPoint Introduction, this workshop will go beyond the basics to address intermediate level topics. Included in this workshop is how to work with templates, backgrounds, images and color schemes.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Intermediate
Designed to build on the material covered in MS-PowerPoint Introduction, this workshop will go beyond the basics to address intermediate level topics. Included in this workshop is how to work with templates, backgrounds, images and color schemes.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: Advanced - NEW for Spring 2008
This workshop focuses on how to design an effective Slide Show. Building on the topics covered in the Introductory and Intermediate workshops, you will learn how to animate charts, create an automated presentation and how to work with audio and video within PowerPoint.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Advanced
This workshop focuses on how to design an effective Slide Show. Building on the topics covered in the Introductory and Intermediate workshops, we will walk through the features like transitions, content builds, and animation, along with automating your presentation.
We will address in depth many of the considerations presenters take into account when working with content and animation in front of an audience.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2003: Presentation Skills In school you are expected to communicate information through reports and presentations, a presentation carries the speaker's personality and allows immediate interaction between the presenter and the audience. A good presentation has the following elements:
Content - It contains the necessary information. But unlike a report, which is read at the reader's own pace, a presentation must account for how much information the audience can absorb in one sitting. Structure - It has a logical beginning, middle, and end. It must be sequenced and paced so that the audience can understand it. Where a report can have appendices and footnotes to guide the reader, the presenter must be careful not to loose the audience when wandering from the main point of the presentation. Packaging - It must be well prepared. A report can be reread and portions skipped over, but with a presentation, the audience is at the mercy of a presenter Human Element - A good presentation will be remembered much more than a good report because it has a person attached to it.
Introduction to Microsoft Access I: Overview and Tables
(no longer offered) This introductory workshop covers basic database concepts. You will receive a general overview of the concept of a flat versus a relational database, as well as the steps involved in designing a database. You will learn to create basic Tables [which contain data specific to a particular theme or topic] in Access. Introduction to Microsoft Access II: Relationships and Queries (no longer offered)
In this workshop, you will learn to define relationships between your tables and to use queries to view, change and analyze data in different ways. Introduction to Microsoft Access III: Forms
(no longer offered) Access forms are used to simplify data input into your database. You can also edit the data in your database by using a form. In this workshop you will create and edit simple forms. You will explore some of the properties associated with forms. Introduction to Microsoft Access IV: Reports
(no longer offered) You can generate professional
looking reports that can be shared with other people. In this workshop you
will create and modify simple reports. You will learn how to group data and
produce reports based on selected parts of your database. Microsoft Access: Intermediate I
(no longer offered) This workshop is a continuation of the Intermediate I workshop. In this workshop we will cover two additional Action Queries (the Make Table Query and the Update Query). We will also work further with forms by adding a subform to an existing form, we will change the Tab Order in a form and we will add a list box to a form so that we can quickly look up a specific record in the form. Microsoft Access: Intermediate II
(no longer offered) This workshop is a continuation of Access Intermediate I workshop. In this workshop we will cover two additional Action Queries (the Make Table Query and the Update Query). We will also work further with forms by adding a Subform to an existing form, we will change the Tab Order in a form and we will add a list box to a form so that we can quickly look up a specific record in the form. Adobe Photoshop CS:
Introduction Photoshop is an extraordinary image editing program that allows you to merge, edit,
and colorize images, retouch photographs, and create photo montages for print and the Web. This hands-on
introduction will take you on a tour of Photoshop's main features and show you practical ways to accomplish
popular beginner tasks. Adobe Photoshop CS: Intermediate A continuation of the beginner's workshop, this
session covers some of the introductory topics in more depth and
introduces you to some of the more advanced features of Photoshop CS such as selection tools, layers and image opacity.
Adobe Photoshop CS: Advanced
This workshop will build upon techniques utilized in the Intro and Intermediate Photoshop. Topics for this workshop will include:
Web Basics
(no longer offered) In this workshop, you will start with a simple description of
what the Web is and how it works. Learn to create a basic web page with basic HTML coding.
Creating a Web Page 1: Introduction to KompoZer - NEW for Spring 2008 Using KompoZer you will create a basic web page without
learning HTML. Then you will learn how to transfer your web page to SDSU's
ROHAN web server and make the web page available for anyone to look
at on the WWW.
Creating a Web Page 2: Introduction to Dreamweaver
This workshop is an introduction to Dreamweaver 's web page creation capabilities with an introduction to the interface and main features. Attendees will set up and format a web page, insert text, images, links and learn to upload files using Dreamweaver's built-in FTP capabilities. Creating a Web Site 1: Dreamweaver Intermediate 1
This workshop is an introduction to Dreamweaver’s web site creation capabilities. This workshop is designed to give attendees experience using Dreamweaver’s tools to format their web site using tables. Topics include site planning, creation and management.
Creating a Web Site 2: Dreamweaver Intermediate 2 This workshop is designed to give attendees experience using Dreamweaver’s more advanced tools to format their web site. Learn to create clickable image maps and add interactivity to your site.
Managing a Web Site 1 - Templates: Dreamweaver Advanced 1 This workshop is designed to give attendees experience setting up Dreamweaver Templates and creating Library Objects, which allow you to change an entire site's layout or content by simply making changes in only one master document - a great time saver.
Managing a Web Site 2: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Dreamweaver Advanced 2
Learn to create and use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in your web site. CSS allows you to make precise font and formatting definitions that can be quickly applied to your entire web site. Workshop attendees will learn to create their own styles, edit existing styles, and import styles from external style sheets. Making Your Web Site Accessible: Dreamweaver
Learn tips and techniques to make your web site accessible to individuals with disabilities. At this workshop you will learn approaches to making web page objects, such as images, tables, and other web page elements more accessible. Introduction to Flash (no longer offered) Flash is a program for creating animated vector-based web content and multimedia on the web. During this workshop, you will learn about the use of vector graphics, and how to use the tools and interface of Flash. The workshop will conclude with the creation of an animated GIF of your name.
Flash: Intermediate(no longer offered) Create Flash animated movies in this two-part workshop. Learn the basics of animation, learn to create scalable vector graphics from simple shapes to complex forms . Learn to create symbols and place them in custom libraries, and assign actions to symbols you have created. Captivate Learn how to create accessible online instructional tutorials that include animation and voice narration. WWW - Searching the Internet
Not offered this semester. Please see the tutorial at http://its.sdsu.edu/~bats/PDF/pdfhandouts.html to learn about effectively searching the Web. Digital Video Editing with iMovie (no longer offered)
iMovie is a digital video editing application specially designed to give beginning moviemakers the power to create compelling digital movies. In this workshop, you'll learn how to transfer video clips to and from your digital camcorder, edit and arrange them into storylines, enhance them with professional-looking transitions and animated onscreen titles, and even add music and visual effects.
Please see handout at http://its.sdsu.edu/~bats/PDF/pdfhandouts.html Turnitin.com Plagiarism Detector for SDSU Faculty
Turnitin.com is a plagiarism detection service available to SDSU faculty. Papers are submitted electronically to Turnitin, which compares the paper content to over 4.5 billion Internet sources along with previously submitted papers with the Turnitin database. Turnitin searches for similarities between a student's paper and existing documents and then provides the faculty with annotated results. The workshop covers suggestions for using Turnitin to help students understand plagiarism, create a class site, and interpret reports, along with SDSU policies on plagiarism.
Contact ctohsaku@mail.sdsu.edu or 619 594-2203 for training. Setting up Poster Sessions for Large Format Printing (no longer offered) Set-up large page sizes, add text and graphics in PowerPoint. Covers choosing fonts, text sizes and color combinations. Learn the hidden tips and tricks that will make putting a poster together faster and easier. We will talk about how to make a PDF from your file and what to do if you want to us. Introduction to Blackboard This hands-on workshop introduces you to the many features of Blackboard, and gives you a forum to ask questions. Among other things, you'll be introduced to our automated system, learn how to add content and graphics to a course site, and create folders. Even if you're a savvy computer user, this workshop will show you things that will save you time in the long run. The Blackboard Gradebook This workshop will include posting grades for assignments and exams, choosing options for displaying grades, accessing the different gradebook views, adjusting or weighting gradebook items, exporting the gradebook to Excel, and viewing gradebook item statistics. Using the Blackboard Discussion Board as a Teaching and Learning Tool This workshop will include how to use the Discussion Board and the very useful Discussion Grader. During the workshop, valuable Discussion Board activities that help engage and teach your students will be presented. Sign up to learn about this powerful teaching and learning tool. Blackboard Creating Assessments Create online quizzes and anonymous surveys to assess student learning. Learn assessment features such as question types and the ability to download responses for statistical analysis. Find out how easy it is to create and manage Blackboard exams and surveys offline using the campus-wide licensed application Respondus (Windows only). Create and import question types such as multiple choice, true/false, Likert scales, and essay. Also, learn how to easily create exams and surveys in Microsoft Word for import to Blackboard.
Respondus Find out how easy it is to create and manage Blackboard exams and surveys offline using the campus-wide licensed application Respondus (Windows only). Create and import question types such as multiple choice, true/false, Likert scales, and essay. Also, learn how to easily create exams and surveys in Microsoft Word for import to Blackboard Blackboard Adaptive Release Learn to create dynamic content in Blackboard that keeps pace with your students' progress automatically. Adaptive Release provides a way to release content to users based on a set of rules provided by an instructor. The rules may be related to date and time, individual users and user groups, scores or attempts on any Gradebook item, or review status of another item in the course. Wimba Voice Tools Voice Tools gives you the ability to add voice recordings, voice-based discussion boards, and live chat sessions combining text and voice to a Blackboard course, to send out voice-based emails through Blackboard, and to easily create podcasts. Wimba Live Classroom Prerequisite: Intro to Blackboard or Equivalent Knowledge Live Classroom is a web-conferencing system, offering you the ability to hold and archive class sessions, group meetings, office hours, or guest presentations online with audio, video, text, images, and multimedia materials. Participant interaction may occur through text chat, audio discussions, shared whiteboard, application sharing, and polls. Introduction to Clickers Prerequisite: Interested SDSU Faculty Clickers are keypads that wirelessly transmit student input for a receiver connected to a computer used by an instructor. Instructors use the eInstruction response system to present questions interspersed throughout a presentation, receiving immediate feedback about student skills and knowledge. Clickers may be used for attendance, quizzes and group activfities, and more. Get up and running with eInstruction. Learn how to create and deliver questions, and upload results to Blackboard. Faculty from several disciplines will present their uses of clickers. Effective Use of Clickers Prerequisite: SDSU Faculty currently using Clickers For faculty who are currently using clickers in the classroom, work with ITS consultants and other clicker faculty to share effective practices and troubleshoot. Clickers Basics for Faculty Interested in Teaching with Clickers in Summer and/or Fall 2008 Prerequisite: SDSU Faculty who will be using Clickers Primarily aimed at faculty planning to teach with clickers, this hands-on workshop is designed to help you learn the basics on using clickers in your class. Experienced faculty will present some ideas for effective clicker use, and ITS consultants will help you get started.
| ||