Traditional Sessions: Technology Training Workshops will be held every Tuesday at 2:00 and Wednesday at 3:00 every week beginning February 7th in Best Lab Room 110. Below in the Blue table are the topics that will be covered. Please email cottinj@tristate.edu if you have a topic idea or wish to receive individual training. The green table below is the schedule for the Blackboard Online Workshop.

Topics Schedule: Tuesdays at 2:00 and Wednesday at 3:00
(Same session offerd both days.)

Dates	Topic	Details
February 7 and 8, 2006	Computer Tips and Tricks	Get the most out of Windows
February 14 and 15, 2006	Blackboard-Overview	Introduction to a Course Management System (Blackboard) how you can use it to supplement your class
February 21 and 22, 2006	Word-Mail Merge	Combining a letter and address database, personalizing mass mailings.
Feb. 28 and March 1, 2006	PowerPoint	Effective slide design and uses of PowerPoint
March 7 and 8, 2006	Spring Break	Enjoy the break
March 14 and 15, 2006	PowerPoint	Animations, Transitions and other media
March 21 and 22, 2006	Word-Track Changes	Keeping track of modifications made by multiple reviewers
March 28 and 29, 2006	Excel	Formulas, charts, graphs, and other functions
April 4 and 5, 2006	Outlook	Organize and manage mail, calendars, contacts, etc.
April 11 and 12, 2006	Copyright- Plagiarism	Copyright making sense of the GRAY area
April 18 and 19, 2006	Multimedia in the Classroom	Video and other learning objects
April 25 and 26, 2006	Tablet PC vs. Smartboards	Using digital ink annotations
May 2 and 3, 2006	Compressing Files and PDF	Decreasing files sizes for email and storage.

Online Sessions: Blackboard Training Workshops will be held Monday evenings from 7:30-8:30 PM online.

Breeze (online conferencing application) and Blackboard (course management system) will be used to deliver the online workshops.  Breeze will be online presentations  faculty can "attend" from a branch campus or from the comfort of their own home. If the faculty member is not able to attend the broadcast sessions, a recorded copy of the presentation can be reviewed at their convenience.

Blackboard provides an asynchronies delivery, allowing faculty to participate on their own time. Our intention is to have TSU faculty actually develop an online course while they are taking the workshop(s). At the end of the workshops the faculty members will be familiar with various types on online learning tools (Blackboard, Breeze, etc) and have a online course ready for offering.

Please email cottinj@tristate.edu if you would like to participate in the online Blackboard Workshops or have any training sessions.

Blackboard Workshops 7:30-8:30 Monday Evenings
Date	Topic	Details
February 6, 2006	Overview of Blackboard and Course	Passwords-Login Information Student/Faculty
February 13, 2006	Adding Announcements, Staff Information, and Syllabus	Suggestion on addition information, personal information under tools
February 20, 2006	Course Content I	Lesson layout, adding content and assignments
February 27, 2006	Course Content II	Lesson layout, adding content and assignments
March 6, 2006	Test, Quizzes, and Surveys	Test creation & management
March 13, 2006	Discussion Board	Set-up Forum, threads work, modifications, add files
March 20, 2006	Digital Drop Box- External Links	Receiving and sending files
March 27, 2006	Gradebook	Gradebook basics
April 3, 2006	Other Tools	Homepage, task, calendar
April 10, 2006	Communications-Virtual Classroom	Chat and groups
April 17, 2006	Tips and Tricks using Blackboard	Internal Link
April 24, 2006	Copyright & Online Resources	Finding online resources and what you should know about copyright material for educational use.
May 1, 2006	Adding Multimedia/Learning Objects	Enhancing your course content
May 8, 2006	Best Practices of Online Teaching/Learning	Suggestions and recommendations

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