Selection Time Title of Option Option Leader What will be covered?
9:00
Option A Mary Kavanaugh, The new Office 2007 interface, how to save and retrieve documents, create PDFs, manipulate and change text, handle case and capitalization, zooming in and out, undo and repeat commands
9:00 Option B Nancy Ovitsky, How to make comments on a document, track revisions, create tables of contents, alphabetize a list, and create headers and footers.
9:00 Option C
John Clark, The new Murdock classrooms are equipped with an Extron system, document camera, and tablet PCs. Join John Clark as he explains how to use each device.
10:00
Option A David Eve, Get a basic understanding of PowerPoint: creating custom slide shows, animations, marking up the screen
10:00
Option B John Clark, Learn how to care for your laptop & back up your files.
10:00
Option C Christopher Thomas, Learn how to use the tablet pen, calibrate the screen, write journal notes, import pictures, and write on PowerPoint files.
11:00
Option A Mary Kavanaugh, Join Mary Kavanaugh for a hands-on session and learn how to separate in-box from out-box, create folders, sort messages, delete messages, undelete messages, and customize your First Class email.
11:00
Option B David Eve,
David Eve will show you how to easily add pictures, video, sound to a PowerPoint
11:00
Option C John Clark, Learn how to convert photos and documents into a digital format as well as some basic scanning tips
12:00 LUNCH Faculty Stories
1:00
Option A Mary Kavanaugh, Blackboard Vista is a powerful course support tool. Come try it out and learn how to set up a "sandbox" or test area to try it out.
1:00
Option B Robert Harris, Learn how you can easily engage your class, instantly understand student comprehension, create an interactive lecture environment, and track student performance using MCLA's student response system.
1:00
Option C Amy Stevens, MCLA's new website will be nothing without you. In this short workshop, we will look at sample faculty pages, you'll receive a template for making sure the basics are covered, as well as spotlighting your area of expertise. If there is time, we'll even take a new photo.
2:00
Option A Michael Birch, Join Mike Birch for a tour of the MCLA TV studio and brainstorm with him ways that the studio could be used in conjunction with your educational needs.
2:00
Option B David Eve, Learn how to create charts, how to update your charts and graphics in Excel. We'll also cover grade books in Excel (if there is interest).
2:00 Option C Monica Joslin,
E-portfolios are a fantastic way for your students to organize and archive their class projects - especially multimedia projects, as well as being a way for faculty to assess learning activities at an individual and class level. In this session, Dean Monica Joslin, Professor Nancy Ovitsky and Web Communications Manager Amy Stevens will quickly walk you through the basics of e-portfolios and how you could use them in your classroom.
