2011 Convocation Faculty Workshops

Monday, August 22, 2011 - Friday, August 26, 2011

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Once again, the Teaching Learning Center will offer free Faculty Workshops during the week of Convocation. Subjects include daily tools needed such as the many resources within O-Space Learning Management System and ePortfolio modules, as well as creating Blogs, or searching basic databases. As before, these workshops will be held on the Goldsmith Campus, in the Ahmanson Building. Come learn something new or sign up to simply refresh your memory…
Facilitated by Sue Maberry, Heather Cleary, Derek McMullen, Jean-Marie Venturini, and Kathleen Forrest.

Schedule

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UPDATE: All Monday and possibly all Tuesday classes moved to AHMN 501A

Date	Time	Class	Room	Facilitator
Mon 8.22	10:00am	O-Space: Basic	501A	Kathleen Forrest
Mon 8.22	11:00am	e-Portfolios	501A	Heather Cleary
Mon 8.22	1:00pm	O-Space: Submissions	501A	Heather Cleary
Mon 8.22	2:00pm	O-Space: Learning Outcomes	501A	Jean-Marie Venturini

Tues 8.23	10:00am	e-Portfolios	TLC ?	Heather Cleary
Tues 8.23	11:00am	O-Space: Learning Outcomes	TLC ?	Heather Cleary
Tues 8.23	1:00pm	OtisDID	TLC ?	Heather Cleary
Tues 8.23	2:00pm	O-Space: Basic	TLC ?	Kathleen Forrest

Wed 8.24	10:00am	O-Space: Basic	TLC	Kathleen Forrest
Wed 8.24	11:00am	Basic Database Searching	TLC	Sue Maberry
Wed 8.24	1:00pm	Scanning Slides, Photos	TLC	Derek McMullen
Wed 8.24	2:00pm	Capture your own Photos	TLC	Derek McMullen

Thurs 8.25		Convocation		Provost's Office

Fri 8.26	10:00am	O-Space: Submissions	TLC	Heather Cleary
Fri 8.26	11:00am	O-Space: Learning Outcomes	TLC	Jean-Marie Venturini
Fri 8.26	1:00pm	Blogs	TLC	Heather Cleary
Fri 8.26	2:00pm	Learning e-Portfolios	TLC	Jean-Marie Venturini

Unless otherwise noted, all workshops are in the TLC.

List of Available Workshops

If you cannot these workshops, they may be offered throughout the year and are easily available by request.

Basic Database Searching: Introduction to the various online resources purchased by the Otis Library and to the methods for finding needles among the haystack of the billions of pages of data. Discussion of strategies for faculty to use in teaching students to do appropriate research for courses. Facilitators: Sue Maberry, Heather Cleary

Blogs: Learn how to start a blog and use it in class or for a group with a common interest. Create and customize your own. Discuss pedagogy of using blogs. Facilitator: Heather Cleary

e-Portfolios: General introduction to our e-Portfolio section within O-Space. Faculty, students, and staff may create e-Portfolios for a variety of uses. They may be used as part of a class that requires posting artwork for review. Individuals can also use personal ePortfolios as they build their body of work. Graduating seniors can direct potential galleries or employers to their site. Facilitator: Heather Cleary

Learning e-Portfolios: Learn this specific type of e-Portfolio. Students will start their Learning e-Portfolios during Foundation year and maintain it throughout their time at Otis. Several sections of this important topic will be available on different days and times to accommodate your schedules. Facilitators: Heather Cleary, Jean-Marie Venturini

O-Space: Basic: General Introduction to the Learning Management System section of O-Space. Confirm your classes are listed and students are enrolled; learn to upload your Syllabus as well as other file formats. Set up your attendance records and grading modules. Learn about setting up Communities. Facilitator: Kathleen Forrest

O-Space Course Features: Submissions and Learning Outcomes (NEW): An introduction to new O-Space tools that will allow faculty and students to connect submitted coursework to learning outcomes. This new feature will be a requirement in particular LAS courses beginning Fall 2011. Facilitators: Heather Cleary, Jean-Marie Venturini

OtisDID: General introduction to our Otis Digital Image Database (DID). Create slideshows for your classes. Learn how to sign in, search the databases, and select images to create a presentation. Practice with the presentation viewer. Organize your slideshows. Upload your personal images to supplement ours. Create canned searches. Burn your slideshow to a CD. Export your images into PowerPoint. Facilitator: Heather Cleary

Scanning Slides, Photos, & Prints and Capturing Your Own Photos to Use: Useful skills for teaching are covered with these two workshops. Learn how to scan a variety of image formats as well as capture your photos from your own camera. Once you have your images, learn Photoshop basics on how to save them to use for your own class or project. Facilitator: Derek McMullen

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