Blackboard Jumpstart

Tuesday, June 3, 10am-3pm
Wednesday, June 11, 10am-3pm
Instructor: Ginny Wallace

This workshop will introduce participants to the University's Blackboard Learning System. It is for professors who have little or no experience with Blackboard.

Each participant will have an opportunity to develop a Blackboard course site using the following Blackboard features:

• customizing Blackboard tabs and modules
• posting a Discussion Board forum
• using the Assignment feature
• preparing an online Classroom Assessment Technique (CAT)
• setting up the Gradebook feature
• uploading a syllabus, course handouts and/or other course documents
• using the Turnitin Building Block feature

Learn how to create one-page flyers, calendars and newsletters no only like a pro, but which you can email or send them to your clients! You will also learn how to create a basic website, completed with images, links, and navigation without learning HTML.
(Note:  Publisher 2003 is a PC-based program.)

This workshop will introduce the USF community to Learning Objects' Campus Pack suite of tools available through Blackboard. Participants will be shown features of the tools including a private journal, blog, wiki, and e-portfolio, view examples and discuss the pedagogical potential of each
tool.

The second half of the workshop will be hands-on for the participants. They will experiment with each application within a Blackboard course site.
 
The Campus Pack suite of tools is one of the applications being reviewed in the USF Blogs and Wikis Pilot Project scheduled for the 2008-09 academic year. Interested faculty and staff will be encouraged to be a part of this project.

This workshop will provide an introduction to the tools, terminology and process for creating your first podcast.  Learn how to record an audio file using a digital voice recorder and computer, edit your audio file using Audacity, and publish your podcast on iTunes University at USF.  The workshop will incorporate:

• Using an iPod (and other recording devices), capabilites, features of Podcast recording, listening and viewing
• iTunes functionality, access to Podcasts, organizing media
• Editing an audio file using Audacity
• Podcast types, examples and functionality
• iTunes U:  what it is and how it its being implemented at USF
• Hands-on activities using all the above mentioned tools to create your own Podcast

Getting Started with InDesign

Wednesday, June 11, 10-3pm
Instructor: Eileen Lai

This workshop will show you how to create single-page and multiple-page documents using Adobe's InDesign.  You will learn how to flow text and insert images into your document; customize masterpages; create swatches; and create styles for characters and paragraphs.

Blogging 101: Getting Started with Blogging in the Classroom

This workshop introduces blogging, discusses its growing role in
academia, and suggests strategies for integrating blogging into the
classroom. The workshop will provide a basic introduction to blogging,
applications to its use in the classroom, and examples of student
developed blogs. Next, the workshop places blogging within various
academic activities such as fostering collective intelligence, peer
review, and professional networking. There will be an opportunity to
develop your own blog, review and apply various features and custom
settings, as well as time for sharing and discussion.

This workshop will introduce the participants to what a wiki and blog are and they are being used in education. During the workshop, we will

• discuss various free-ware applications
• discuss how wikis and blogs are being
• applied in research
• supporting collaboration
• changing teaching and learning environments
• share examples of how other educators are using blogs and wikis
• create a wiki and blog [using a free-ware application]
• discuss guidelines for successful student engagement in a wiki or blog assignment

Join Andew Smith, from the San Francisco Apple Store, as he shares tips and techniques for mastering the Mac OSX 10.5 Leopard environment. Develop a better understanding of how your computer is organized and how to maximize your use of it in a short amount of time.

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Clickers for the Classroom

Monday, June 2, 10-2pm
Instructor: John Bansavich

Clickers (Personal Response Systems) use radio frequency technology to transmit and record student responses to in-class questions. Clickers are designed to increase student engagement and interactivity in the classroom. Participants will see examples of how clickers can be used in the classroom and receive hands-on instruction for incorporating clickers into your classroom.

Ever have a PowerPoint presentation not show as expected? Problems with video and audio? We will show you how to safely embed images, audio and video elements into PowerPoint presentations.  Find out how to make your presentation work on any computer and at any location.  Previous experience using PowerPoint is required for this class.

Image Editing

Monday, June 16 , 10-3pm
Instructor: John Bansavich

The purpose of this workshop is to introduce working with graphic media on the computer, including digital photography, image editing, and correct formatting of images for use in other computer applications (PowerPoint, web). Learn basic photographic composition, lighting, and functions of a digital camera. Use free image-editing software Picasa (Windows) or iPhoto (Mac) to edit and prepare your images for use in projects.

What's in a story? Using iMovie and iDVD, you can be that storyteller beginning with a collection of digital images, video, text, music and audio narration; we'll then go through the process of bringing these elements together and creating a presentation on DVD.  Whether the story is personal, educational or professional, this class brings together the tools to create a digital story to "emphasize personal voice and facilitating teaching methods."

Getting Started with Second Life

Tuesday, June 10, 10-3pm
Instructor: Jean Hewlett, Regional Librarian at the USF North Bay Regional Campus

Far more than a game, Second Life is an excellent platform for distance education and professional networking. In this workshop, we will discuss the experience of offering university continuing-education classes on Second Life, from the standpoints of both instructor and student. Classes on Second Life do not have the sense of isolation that normally permeates online education. You teach in a virtual classroom that feels like a real place, and you can see your students.  In addition, the virtual world environment allows an instructor to utilize marvelous immersive demonstration materials. This hands-on workshop will provide you with the terms, concepts and tools to get started building a virtual presence in Second Life.

This workshop is an introduction to Open Source software; exploring what it means and the range of products that are available.  Many of the Open Source software projects are readily downloadable and free!  We will look at examples in Publishing and Productivity, Graphics and Imaging, Video Conversion, and Audio.  Join us for an exciting look at emerging open source software tools that can increase your productivity without breaking your pocketbook!

e-mail cit@usfca.edu or call x2223 if you have any questions.
Register online http://www.usfca.edu/its/cit/intensive