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Training for Faculty, Staff and StudentsTraining for Faculty, Staff and Students

The Department of Information and Technology Services is pleased to announce the following workshops for faculty, staff and students. Reservations are required and can be made by calling 614-823-1875 or by sending an e-mail to Frank Brusca. Walk-ins are discouraged due to seating limitations and preparation of training materials. If classes are full, you can have you name placed on a standby list.

Unless noted, all classes will be held in the IT Training room (015C) in Roush Hall.

If you would like a class on a topic not listed here (or a class at a different time), please contact me via phone (614-823-1875) or by e-mail. I will do my best to accommodate your request (keep in mind that the availability of classrooms with the appropriate software can be a limiting factor).

IMPORTANT NOTES:

If you request a seat in a workshop, you will receive an Outlook invitation confirming your seat in the workshop. You will need to use Outlook or Webmail to see if you made it into a workshop. If you don't accept your Outlook invitation your seat in the workshop will reassigned to someone else.

If you request a workshop that is full, your name will be added to the wait list.

Reservations are required. UNRESERVED WALK-INS ARE NOT ALLOWED.

Classes will begin promptly at the announced starting times. Since these compact training classes are so short, if you're late, you will be asked to sign up for a later session.

If you are scheduled to attend a workshop and cannot attend, please contact Frank Brusca or call 614-823-1875 ASAP. Since many of these workshops are "sold out," we can offer your seat to someone on the waiting list.

Minimum of two attendees are required for each workshop; workshops with only one attendee will be canceled.

Class Title,
Dates, Times &
Seats Available		 Description &
Who Should Attend

Transitioning to Office 2007

9/19

9 am-12 noon (7 seats available)
2-5 pm (7 seats available)

9/22

9 am-12 noon (FULL)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

Office 2007Description: During the summer of 2007, ITS will be installing MS Office 2007 on selected computers. Those computers include:

  • All classrooms
  • All labs
  • All new computers

This new version of MS Office is radically different and the user interface has changed (for example, there are no more menus). If your computer is slated to have Office 2007 installed, or if you use MS Office in a classroom or lab it is highly recommended that you attend this workshop.

This workshop will cover the user interfaces of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Access (Outlook retained its old design). We will explore the new designs and demonstrate how to perform familiar routine tasks.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who will be using MS Office 2007.

Prerequisite(s): A good working understanding of MS Office 2003 (or earlier).

NOTE: This is not an introductory workshop and is not intended for anyone who does not already know how to use MS Office.

Acrobat Professional 7 Basics

8/29

9 am-4 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

AcrobatDescription: An introduction to basic Acrobat Professional use. Topics will include:

  • Understanding the Acrobat user interface
  • Creating Acrobat files
  • Editing existing Acrobat files
  • Creating hyperlinks
  • Creating and managing bookmarks
  • Page numbering
  • Combining Acrobat files into a single document
  • Collaborating with Acrobat

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who interested in using Acrobat Professional.

Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills.

Note: Acrobat Professional is not the same as the Acrobat Reader. This workshop will be using Acrobat Professional 7. Acrobat Professional is not part of Otterbein's standard deployment.

Introduction to Blackboard - for Faculty

9/2

9-11 am (9 seats available)
1-3 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

9/10

9-11 am (4 seats available)
1-3 pm (7 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

BlackboardDescription: Learn the basics of Blackboard and how you can benefit from this online course management system.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who have little or no experience with Blackboard.

Prerequisite(s): Working knowledge of how to use a browser.

Introduction to Moodle - for Faculty

9/3

9-11 am (10 seats available)
2-5 pm (10 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

9/8

9-11 am (9 seats available)
1-3 pm (10 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of Moodle and how you can benefit from this online course management system.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who have little or no experience with Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): Working knowledge of how to use a browser.

Using Wikis in Moodle

9/9

9 am-12 noon (10 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

9/12

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of creating online collaborative wikis in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more about using wikis in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Using Blogs in Moodle

9/9

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 204

9/12

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of blogging in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more about using blogs in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Creating Assignments in Moodle

9/26

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)

10/3

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of creating assignments in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who would like to learn more about creating and managing assignments in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Using Glossaries, Books, Games, Journals and Slide Shows in Moodle

9/26

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

10/3

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of glossaries, online books, instructional games, journals and slide shows in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more about using these Moodle tools.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Writing Papers, Theses and Dissertations with MS Office 2007

9/29

9 am-12 noon (1 seat available)
2-5 pm (7 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS WordDescription: MS Word 2007 contains valuable tools that facilitate the formatting aspects of writing papers, theses, dissertations - actually any lengthy document. This workshop will explore:

  • MLA and APA templates
  • Using styles
  • Working with endnotes and footnotes
  • Inserting citations
  • Automatically creating bibliographies
  • Automatically creating tables of contents

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more about using MS Word 2007's reference tools.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of MS Word.

Creating Online Surveys

10/6

9 am-12 noon (7 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

Description: Otterbein has an online survey system. Learn how to create powerful online surveys. No programming or database experience necessary!

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students interested in creating online surveys. Students will need faculty or staff sponsorship in order to attend.

Prerequisite(s): Working knowledge of how to use a browser and an understanding of survey fundamentals.

Intro to Excel 2007

10/10

9 am-12 pm (4 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS ExcelDescription: Learn the basics of using Excel. Learn to format cells and ranges, manipulating data from cell to cell and table to table.

Note: This workshop will be using Excel 2007 and is not appropriate for those using Excel 2003 or earlier.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students interested in learning how to use spreadsheets.

Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills. This is a very basic and fundamental class and is only meant for entry level Excel users.

Introduction to MS Word 2007

10/14

9 am-12 pm (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (7 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS WordDescription: Learn the basics of word processing with MS Word. This workshop covers:

  • Page set-up
  • Text formatting
  • Paragraph formatting
  • Inserting text
  • Selecting text
  • Undo
  • Search and replace
  • Spell checking
  • Using tables

Note: This workshop will be using Word 2007 and is not appropriate for those using Word 2003 or earlier.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who want to learn how to compose basic document.

Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills.

Creating Quizzes and Exams in Moodle

10/16

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of creating quizzes and exams in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who would like to learn more about creating and managing online tests in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Creating Online Portfolios in Moodle

10/17

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of creating portfolios in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more creating an online portfolio in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Creating Journals and Diaries in Moodle

10/20

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)

10/24

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn the basics of creating journals and diaries in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who would like to learn more about creating and managing journals and diaries in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Creating and Managing Databases with Moodle

10/20

2-5 pm (8 seats available)

10/24

9 am-12 noon (7 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Moodle lets you create online databases quickly and easily. You can use this database tool to keep track of class information, research or other data.

Who Should Attend: Faculty and students who would like to learn more about using Moodle's database tool.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle, a basic understanding of databases and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Introduction to PowerPoint 2007

10/27

9 am-12 pm (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

PowerPointDescription: Learn the basics of Microsoft's famous slideware program. Learn how to use clip art, add and delete slides, and create bullet lists.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who would like to use PowerPoint for presentations and classroom activities.

Note: This workshop will be using PowerPoint 2007 and is not appropriate for those using PowerPoint 2003 or earlier.

Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills.

Notes: This is a very basic and fundamental class and is only meant for entry level PowerPoint users.

Introduction to Microsoft Publisher 2007

10/31

9 am-12 pm (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS PublisherDescription: Learn to use Microsoft's desktop publishing program. Learn to use templates and wizards to create professional-looking publications.

Note: This workshop will be using Publisher 2007 and is not appropriate for those using Publisher 2003 or earlier.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who want to learn how to the basics of desktop publishing.

Prerequisite(s): Basic computer skills.

Mail Merges with MS Word 2007

11/3

9 am-12 pm (6 seats available)
2-5 pm (7 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS WordDescription: Document merging can save you a lot of time if you need to send out mass mailings or create catalogs. Unfortunately, in an effort to make merging better, the merge process in MS Word 2007 became incredibly more complicated and more frustrating to use. This workshop covers:

  • Navigating through the process with the Task Pane
  • Creating a merge template/document
  • Selecting a data source from another Word file, Excel, Access or even your Outlook contacts list
  • Creating the merged document
  • Saving and printing options

Note: This workshop will be using Word 2007 and is not appropriate for those using Word 2003 or earlier.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who want to learn how to create merge documents. Participants should have a good understanding of MS Word fundamentals.

Prerequisite(s): A good basic understanding of MS Word. This workshop is not intended for those new to MS Word.

Using Audio, Video and Podcast with Moodle

11/5

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn how to embed audio, video and postcasts into your courses using Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who would like to learn more about embedding multimedia into their Moodle sections.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle, a basic understanding of multimedia and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Managing Groups in Moodle

11/7

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MoodleDescription: Learn how to create student groups, assign them permissions and manage their activities in Moodle.

Who Should Attend: Faculty who would like to learn more about using groups in Moodle.

Prerequisite(s): A basic understanding of Moodle and knowledge of how to use a browser.

Using Style Sheets in Microsoft Word 2007

11/10

9 am-12 noon (8 seats available)
2-5 pm (8 seats available)

Location: Roush 015C

MS WordDescription: If you compose lengthy documents in Microsoft Word, you should be using style sheets and formatting. Be forewarned: Stylesheets are one of the coolest and most time saving feature in all of MS Word! Once you learn about styles you will never want to compose documents without them! This workshop covers:

  • Understanding style sheets
  • Creating and modifying styles
  • Implementing styles
  • Copying styles
  • Page numbering
  • Page and section breaks
  • Auto-generating tables of contents

Note: This workshop will be using Word 2007 and is not appropriate for those using Word 2003 or earlier.

Who Should Attend: Faculty, staff and students who want to learn how to save time and promote visual consistency in their Word documents. Participants should have a good understanding of MS Word fundamentals.

Prerequisite(s): A good basic understanding of MS Word. This workshop is not intended for those new to MS Word.
Seating availability as of 8/18/2008.



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