TECHNOLOGY TRAINING COURSE CATALOG
Spring 2014
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This schedule is subject to change.
Prepare for your profession. Knowledge can set you apart. Get the technical skills you need to succeed. IS&T offers technology training workshops to all students, faculty and staff, on a wide range of topics. Just choose any of the openenrollment course offerings listed here, register, and show up.
Contents Digital Skills and Scholarship Workshop Series Registering 4 Websites and Blogs 4 Dreamweaver 1: Getting Started 4 Dreamweaver 2: Adding Style to Pages 4 Edublogs 5 HTML & CSS 1: Getting Started 5 HTML & CSS 2: Adding Style to Pages 6 HTML & CSS 3: Page Layout 6 Spreadsheets and Databases Excel 1: Getting Started Excel 2: Formulas and Functions Excel 3: Charts and Formatting Access 1: Tables and Forms Access 2: Queries and Reports
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Graphic Design 8 3D Modeling with SketchUp 8 Photoshop 1: Getting Started 9 Photoshop 2: Adding Effects and Filters 9 Photoshop 3: Retouching Images 10 Illustrator 1: Getting Started 10 Illustrator 2: Designing Logos 10 Illustrator 2: Infographics 11 Presentations 11 Rethinking PowerPoint 11 Prezi 12 Keynote 12
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Research 12 Qualtrics 12 NVivo 1: Getting Started 13 NVivo 2: Exploring Your Data 13 NVivo for Literature Reviews 14 SPSS 14 PowerPoint: Creating Research Posters 14 Documents 15 iBooks Author 15 InDesign 1: Getting Started 15 InDesign 2: Styling and Formatting Techniques 15 Word: Formatting Long Documents 16 General Computing 16 Getting the Most out of Your iPad 16 Mac Basics 17 Windows Basics 17 Video and Audio 17 iMovie 17 Final Cut Pro 18 Premiere Pro 18 After Effects 18 Audacity 19 Garage Band 19 Pro Tools 20 Logic Pro 20 Audio Booth Training and Production Consulting Sessions 21
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Digital Skills and Scholarship Workshop Series Registering
Classes are FREE to all current members of the Georgia State University community, including faculty, staff, and students. Registration is appreciated but not required. However, when seats are limited, priority will be given to registered attendees. To sign-up for a class, go to technology.gsu.edu/training. At the website, locate the course you would like to attend, choose the date you would like to register for, and click the Register button. You’ll be asked to supply a little information so that we can contact you with attendance details and better tailor the class to your needs. Please bring your PantherCard ID to the workshop for verification purposes. Registration opens four weeks prior to each class. If you register for a class and can no longer attend, please contact exchange@gsu.edu to drop the class. This will open up your seat to another attendee.
Websites and Blogs Dreamweaver 1: Getting Started
Dreamweaver is Adobe’s powerful web development tool. If you’re looking to build websites from scratch, Dreamweaver offers a structured environment to help guide and organize your work. By the time this workshop is over, you will have created a simple, three-page website. Topics • Root folders • Navigating the Dreamweaver workspace • Creating a page • Adding and editing text • Adding images • Adding links • Embedding video Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, January 15, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 24, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Dreamweaver 2: Adding Style to Pages
This workshop picks up where Dreamweaver 1 ended. We’ll take the simple, threepage website we created in Dreamweaver 1 and begin to improve the design and add style by using CSS. Topics • Web design basics • Adding style to pages • Centering a page • Adjusting page layout
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This schedule is subject to change.
Prerequisites Dreamweaver 1 or equivalent experience Dates Wednesday, January 22, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 31, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Edublogs
Are you a faculty member interested in creating and maintaining a personalized and professional web presence? Are you a student wanting a web portfolio? Edublogs, a WordPress instance customized for the Georgia State community, is a free, quick and easy-to-use solution that requires little to no coding. Users can create and edit personal pages, with a GSU URL, that are accessible to anyone with an Internet browser. Topics • Creating pages • Using templates • Adding and editing text • Adding and editing multimedia • Adding widgets Prerequisites None Dates Friday, January 10, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, February 6, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 3, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
HTML & CSS 1: Getting Started
HTML is the foundational grammar of the World Wide Web. Together with CSS, HTML provides the backbone for all web pages. In this class, we’ll introduce the core concepts of web design and HTML that are applicable across a wide array of disciplines and web-based endeavors. We’ll structure the workshop around the construction of a simple, three-page website. Topics • Overview of web coding basics • Root folders • Common HTML tags • Creating new pages • Adding links, images, and video Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, January 16, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 10, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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HTML & CSS 2: Adding Style to Pages
In this workshop, we’ll continue working with our simple, three-page website to explore various ways to add style and functionality to the page. Topics • CSS basics • Div tags and span tags • Tag selectors, Classes, and IDs • Internal vs external style sheets Prerequisites HTML 1 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 23, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 17, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
HTML & CSS 3: Page Layout
In this session, we’ll explore various techniques used to lay out a page. We’ll start with a single-column layout and then use CSS to create distinct sections and columns. Topics • Web design basics • Absolute and relative positioning • Floats • Centering a page • Designing for a variety of devices Prerequisites HTML 2 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 30, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 24, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Spreadsheets and Databases Excel 1: Getting Started
This workshop introduces participants to the basics of Microsoft’s powerful spreadsheet software. This class uses the Windows version of Excel but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • Navigating Excel • Adding and editing data • Introduction to formulas and functions • Formatting basics • Charting basics • Importing data • Printing Prerequisites None 6
This schedule is subject to change.
Dates Thursday, January 16, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 3, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, February 13, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 10, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 10, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Excel 2: Formulas and Functions
This workshop explores formulas, functions, and built-in tools that are useful when analyzing and extracting meaning from data. This class uses the Windows version of Excel, but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • Writing formulas • Functions • Relative and absolute links • Goal seek • Solver Prerequisites Excel 1 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 23, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 10, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, April 01, 2014
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Excel 3: Charts and Formatting
This workshop introduces participants to charting and formatting features in Excel, and walks participants through the process involved in adding Excel charts to Word documents and PowerPoint presentations. This class uses the Windows version of Excel but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • Creating and editing charts • Formatting tables and text • Using conditional formatting • Adding Excel tables to Word and PowerPoint Prerequisites Excel 1 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 30, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 17, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Access 1: Tables and Forms
Access is Microsoft’s powerful relational database tool. This workshop introduces participants to core database concepts and explores best practices in database construction. The basics of form creation are also introduced. Topics • Databases vs spreadsheets • What is a relational database? • Creating tables • Controlling data entry • Form basics Prerequisites Excel 1 or equivalent experience Dates Monday, January 27, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Access 2: Queries and Reports
This workshop walks through the steps involved in writing queries to extract meaning from databases. We will also introduce quick ways to generate reports. Topics • Relationships • Primary and foreign keys • The query builder • Basic functions • Reporting basics Prerequisites Access 1 or equivalent experience Dates Monday, February 3, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Graphic Design 3D Modeling with SketchUp
SketchUp is a 3D modeling software that is free and easy to use. Architects and other designers use SketchUp to plan and model their 3D visions for the physical world. In this workshop we will create basic three-dimensional drawings of buildings and other simple physical objects. Topics • Navigating SketchUp • Customizing units • Moving in 3D using orbit, pan, and zoom • Creating basic 3D drawings • Using the offset tool • Applying textures • Saving 2D images 8
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Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, February 5, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 27, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Photoshop 1: Getting Started
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful and expansive image editing and graphics creation tool. In this workshop, we’ll stick to the basics and create a simple graphic with text. Topics • Vector vs bitmap images • Navigating Photoshop • Importing images • Layers • Selection tools • Adding text • Saving for print and web Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, January 16, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 3, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 24, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Photoshop 2: Adding Effects and Filters
Building on topics introduced in Photoshop 1, this workshop will dive into the world of adjustment layers, effects, and filters. The workshop will center on creating a custom flyer. Topics • Adjustment layers • Blending options • Filters • Effects • Stacking layers Prerequisites Photoshop 1 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 23, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 10, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 31, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Photoshop 3: Retouching Images
In this workshop, we’ll introduce some techniques and tools used to touch up images in Photoshop. Topics • Healing and color replacement • Clone stamp tool • Dodging and burning • Blending • Removing items Prerequisites Photoshop 2 or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, January 30, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 17, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, April 7, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Illustrator 1: Getting Started
Interested in creating graphic art or a custom logo? Illustrator is your tool. In this workshop, we’ll introduce you to Adobe’s powerful vector art creation tool. Topics • Navigating Illustrator • Drawing basic shapes • Drawing custom shapes • Applying colors and gradients • Saving for print and web Prerequisites None Dates Monday, February 10, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Illustrator 2: Designing Logos
A great logo can set your organization or business apart, creating a distinct and recognizable brand. In this workshop, we’ll work through the basics of logo design and construction in Illustrator. Topics • Working with text • Adding dynamic type effects • Creating custom shapes using the Shape Builder tool Prerequisites Illustrator 1 Dates Monday, February 17, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
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This schedule is subject to change.
Illustrator 2: Infographics
Infographics make information and data come to life by using pictures to make the patterns and themes of your content easier to digest. In this workshop, we’ll use Illustrator design tools to make complex information easier to understand. Topics • Planning an infographic • Working with text • Creating custom shapes • Using the Graph tool • Alignment and layering Prerequisites Illustrator 1 Dates Monday, February 24, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Presentations Rethinking PowerPoint
We’ve all been forced to sit through really boring and ineffective PowerPoint presentations. PowerPoint doesn’t have to be that way! In this workshop, we’ll share and practice using some design tips to help you transform your presentations from boring to brilliant in no time. This class uses the Windows version of PowerPoint but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • PowerPoint best practices • Design tips • PowerPoint slide analysis and transformation • Working with multimedia • Designing with SmartArt Prerequisites Basic understanding of PowerPoint Dates Tuesday, January 14, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, February 20, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 6, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 17, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Prezi
Prezi is an engaging, cloud-based presentation and storytelling tool that allows easy collaboration and sharing across a variety of devices. If you’re interested in a slick and easy alternative to PowerPoint, you need to check out Prezi. Topics • Design tips • Using templates • Creating frames • Adding images and media • Creating a path • Adding animations Prerequisites None Dates Tuesday, January 28, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Keynote
Keynote is part of Apple’s iWork suite. The software offers an alternative to PowerPoint for Mac users who are seeking to develop engaging, media-rich, slidebased presentations. Topics • Themes • Adding and editing slides, text, and images • Adding media • Adding timing, transitions, and effects • Export options Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, January 23, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Research
The Georgia State libraries offer a wide variety of research-related training and consulting services. To access research guides specific to your discipline, visit research.library.gsu.edu. Or, to find out more about other library services, visit library.gsu.edu.
Qualtrics
Qualtrics is a web-based tool for creating and administering surveys. Qualtrics streamlines the creation of surveys and makes it easy to distribute your survey to your class or research participants. This workshop will introduce you to the survey creation, distribution, and analysis tools available within Qualtrics.
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This schedule is subject to change.
Topics • Creating and managing surveys • Survey templates • Adding standard, specialty, and advanced question types • Distributing surveys • Viewing results Prerequisites None Dates Monday, January 27, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
NVivo 1: Getting Started
When undertaking qualitative research, it doesn’t take long for things to get messy. You can quickly find yourself buried under interview transcripts, photographs, videos, memos, web sites, articles and other texts. Nvivo is a powerful data collection and analysis tool for the qualitative researcher. In this 90-minute workshop for beginners, we’ll look at strategies for getting your data into the system, setting up preferences for how you want to work, organizational principles, and other tips and tricks. Topics • Getting to know the NVivo workspace • Exploring different types of sources that can be analyzed • Basic coding of text and multimedia sources • Using queries to explore and code your data • Recording comments and ideasRecording comments and ideas Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, February 05, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 06, 2014
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
NVivo 2: Exploring Your Data
This workshop picks up where NVivo 1 leaves off and continues to explore ways to organize, analyze, and present your qualitative research data. The workshop also covers how to build queries to explore and analyze your coded data. Topics • Creating classifications with attribute values and sets to facilitate comparative analyses • Autocoding sources • Coding queries • Matrix queries • Data visualizations Prerequisites NVivo 1 or equivalent experience Dates Wednesday, February 12, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 13, 2014
10:00 AM
11:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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NVivo for Literature Reviews
Writing a literature review involves reading text sources, pulling out or “coding” themes in those sources, exploring and analyzing the patterns among those themes, and then presenting a narrative of the insights that the existing research lends your own original research. This can be a pretty daunting task. Fortunately, tools like NVivo can help you find connections and organize your thoughts. In this session, learn how NVivo can help you improve your literature review writing workflow. Topics • Import references from Zotero or EndNote • Organize and classify the literature by source types • Code the literature for major themes • Do text and coding queries to explore themes Prerequisites None. This is a stand-alone NVivo course. Dates Tuesday, March 25, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
SPSS
SPSS Statistics is a powerful application that can read and analyze data as well as generate reports and graphs. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to define variables, enter data, import data from other types of files (such as text and Excel files), manipulate data (such as select cases and split files), find and replace data, format output (such as edit graphs), transfer output to a Word document, and analyze data. Topics • Navigating SPSS • Importing data • Analyzing data • Creating simple graphs Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, January 30, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 3, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
PowerPoint: Creating Research Posters
This workshop was developed to help you shine at your next poster presentation. In this workshop, we’ll cover the poster creation process from initial design to printing. This class uses the Windows version of PowerPoint, but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • Poster design basics • Editing slide layout • Adding and editing text • Adding and editing images and graphs • Exporting for print Prerequisites None 14
This schedule is subject to change.
Dates Monday, March 10, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 10, 2014
9:00 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Documents iBooks Author
iBooks Author is an Apple authoring platform for creating iBooks that can be viewed on both iOS and OSX devices. The beautifully formatted book templates can incorporate interactive diagrams, video, presentations, galleries, and more. In this class we will walk step-by-step through authoring and publishing an iBook. Topics • Navigating iBooks Author • Working with templates • Formatting text • Adding media • Publishing and viewing iBooks Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, February 19, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
InDesign 1: Getting Started
Part of Adobe’s Creative Suite, InDesign is a powerful layout and publication tool useful for a wide variety of applications, especially the publication of multi-page documents such as newsletters, magazines, newspapers and books. Topics • Navigating InDesign • Text editing and formatting • Character and paragraph styles • Placing images • Exporting to PDF Prerequisites None Dates Tuesday, January 28, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, February 17, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 27, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
InDesign 2: Styling and Formatting Techniques
Building on topics covered in InDesign 1, this workshop will introduce additional formatting techniques that can be used to ensure consistent and predictable styling within and across documents. Topics • Master pages • Arrangement and alignment tools • Anchored objects • Advanced text editing and text frame options • Preflight and packaging For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Prerequisites InDesign 1 or equivalent experience Dates Tuesday, February 04, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 3, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Word: Formatting Long Documents
If you’re a researcher, you know that there are some pretty strict guidelines when it comes to preparing journal articles, theses, and dissertations for publication. This workshop was designed for people comfortable with the basics of Word, but who want to explore features to more quickly and easily format long documents. This class uses the Windows version of Word but there is significant overlap for Mac users. Topics • Styles • Page and section breaks • Footnotes and endnotes • Headers and footers • The citations manager • Creating tables of contents and lists of figures Prerequisites Some experience using Word Dates Wednesday, January 29, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 13, 2014
3:00 PM
4:30 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
General Computing Getting the Most out of Your iPad
If you have an iPad and want some suggestions regarding how to use it within your academic and professional workflow, this is the class for you. This informal session will offer an overview of many apps we at the Exchange find useful. If you have your own iPad, feel free to bring it. If not, we’ll have some for you to use. If you’re interested in teaching using iPads, check out our Teaching with iPads workshop. Topics • Setting up your iPad • Finding apps • App suggestions for organization • App suggestions for reading Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, January 15, 2014
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, April 3, 2014
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
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This schedule is subject to change.
Mac Basics
Never used a Mac before? This is the class for you! This workshop will cover the absolute basics you might need to know when making the switch from a PC, including keyboard and mouse differences, Apple “lingo”, Mac equivalent programs, and how to find documents and applications. Topics • Navigating the Mac operating system • Working with an Apple mouse • Using a Mac keyboard • Installing programs on a Mac • Finding programs and apps Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, January 15, 2014
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, February 20, 2014
9:30 AM
10:30 AM
403 ClassroomSouth
Windows Basics
In this introductory class, learn the basics of using a computer running the Windows operating system. Topics • Navigating Windows • Organizing files • Installing programs • Finding programs Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, January 22, 2014
9:30 AM
10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth
Monday, March 3, 2014
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Video and Audio iMovie
Part of Apple’s iLife suite for the Mac, iMovie offers a quick and easy way to create high quality videos. If you’re interested in doing anything from creating YouTube videos to producing polished digital stories or documentaries, iMovie is a great place to start. Topics • Creating a new project • Importing video • Adding and editing video and images • Working with sound • Adding titles and transitions • Exporting Prerequisites None
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Dates Monday, January 27, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Monday, April 14, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro is a Mac-based professional video editing tool. In this workshop, we’ll introduce you the basics you’ll need to get started. Topics • Importing and sorting clips • The timeline • Working with transitions and text • Working with audio • Rendering and exporting Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, February 5, 2014
10:00 AM
12:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 13, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Premiere Pro
Part of the Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe’s Premiere Pro is a professionalquality digital video editing solution that can be used in both Mac and Windows environments. This workshop will cover the basics so you can get started on your own projects right away. Topics • Setting up your project • Importing files • Working with audio • Adding images, effects, and text • Exporting and finalizing Prerequisites None Dates Wednesday, February 19, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
1:00 PM
2:30 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
After Effects
Adobe After Effects is primarily used for creating motion graphics and visual effects. After Effects allows users to animate, alter and create media in 2D and 3D space, using various built-in tools and third party plug-ins. Users will learn to use these tools, as well as how to control variables to adjust for aspects such as line of sight and angle of observation.
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This schedule is subject to change.
Topics • Animation basics • Keyframing • Masking • Effects and Compositing • Color correcting • Exporting Prerequisites Photoshop 1 or equivalent experience Dates Wednesday, February 12, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Thursday, March 27, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth
Audacity
Audacity is a free, easy, open-source, and cross-platform audio editing tool. Whether you’re interested in creating ringtones, podcasts, or soundtracks, Audacity can help you get it done. This workshop will focus on creating a simple audio podcast. Topics • Audacity interface • Recording voice • Importing audio Prerequisites None Dates Tuesday, February 11, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Monday, March 24, 2014
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
408 HaasHowell
GarageBand
GarageBand is a simple, fun, and powerful tool for creating music. You can record your own instruments and vocals or use the thousands of copyright free sound files that Apple provides. This workshop shows you how to use GarageBand to make your own songs, mix them, and output them as MP3s. No formal music training is required. Topics • Creating a new project • Working with loops • Adding voice and software instrument tracks • Editing track effects • Volume control • Export options Prerequisites None Dates Tuesday, February 18, 2014
11:00 AM
12:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Monday, April 7, 2014
3:30 PM
5:00 PM
408 HaasHowell
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Pro Tools
Pro Tools is a professional caliber audio production tool used in broadcast, film, and music production. In this session, we’ll introduce you to the basics. Sample Topics • Navigating Pro Tools • Adding and editing tracks • Working with studio hardware • Post-production basics Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, January 30, 2014
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Logic Pro
Logic Pro is an Apple-based professional audio production tool. If you’ve ever used GarageBand and want to take your work to the next level, you’ll love this workshop. In this session, we’ll introduce you to the basics. Check it out. It’ll be fun. Topics • Navigating Logic • Adding and editing tracks • Working with studio hardware • Post-production basics Prerequisites None Dates Thursday, February 6, 2014
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
3:30 PM
5:30 PM
408 HaasHowell
Audio Booth Training and Production Consulting Sessions
Whether you’re just getting started on your audio production journey or have an existing project that needs some attention, we can help. Our audio production expert has real-world experience in the field and can offer both advice and technical assistance. Software installed in the recording studio includes Pro Tools and Reason. Consulting sessions are 30 minutes long. To make the most of your time, please bring your project file and/or list of topics you’d like to discuss. ** These sessions take place in the Digital Aquarium. This is not a classroom workshop. Instead, it is a chance to work one-on-one with an audio production expert. Sign up for your 30-minute appointment using the signup sheet in the Digital Aquarium, Student Center Room 390.
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This schedule is subject to change.
Dates Tuesday, January 21, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Monday, January 27, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Thursday, February 20, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Tuesday, March 04, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Monday, March 31, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
3:00 PM
5:00 PM
Digital Aquarium
Technology Training Isn’t All We Have to Offer. Find out more at:
technology.gsu.edu/students • Online technology training with Skillsoft and Lynda.com • Studio-quality video and audio prodution tools • Multimedia equipment checkout • Free university-licensed and discounted academic software
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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D2L: Getting Started * 13 11a-12p at CS 401 D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 3p-4p at CS-401
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Cool Tools – Yammer * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
InDesign 1 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Prezi 1p-2:30p at CS 401
Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
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THURSDAY
SPSS 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Photoshop 3 3p-4:30p at CS 403 Pro Tools 3:30p-5:30p at HH 408
Excel 3 9a-10:30a at CS 401 HTML & CSS 3 11a-12:30p at CS-401
Collaborate * 3p-4p ONLINE Photoshop 2 3p-4:30p at CS 403
Excel 2 9a-10:30a at CS 401 HTML & CSS 2 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Keynote 1p-2:30p at CS-403
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Excel 1 16 9a-10:30a at CS 401 HTML & CSS 1 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Photoshop 1 3p-4:30p at CS 403 D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 3p-4p at CS-401
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twitter.com/GSUTheExchange
Digital Textbooks Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
Creating Games Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
Creating Instructional Videos and Screencasts Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
D2L: Getting Started * 10 11a-12p at CS 401 D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 1p-2p ONLINE Edublogs 1p-2:30p at CS 401
FRIDAY
The Exchange - 106 Library South CS 401 - 401 Classroom South CS 403 - 403 Classroom South Digital Aquarium - 429 Student Center HH 408 - 408 Hass Howell * - Instructor Workshops
D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 9 11a-12p at CS-401 D2L: Assessing Student Progress* 1p-2p at CS 401 Teaching with iPads * 3p-4p at CS-403
facebook.com/GSUTheExchange
Word: Formatting Long Documents 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Collaborate * 3p-4p ONLINE Rethinking PowerPoint 3p-4:30p at CS 401
ARIS 1 * 9a-10:30a at CS 401 D2L: Getting Started * 11a-12p at CS 401
Windows Basics 9:30a-10:30a at CS-401 Dreamweaver 2 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Edublogs 3p-4:30p at CS 401
www.gsu.edu/ist/exchange
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Collaborate * 15 10a-11a ONLINE Dreamweaver 1 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Getting the Most from Your iPad 1p-2p at CS 403 Mac Basics 3p-4p at CS 403
D2L: Active Participation * 1p-2p at CS 401 D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 3p-4p ONLINE
WEDNESDAY
January 2014
Teaching with iPads * 21 9a-10a at CS-403 D2L: Assessing Student Progress* 11a-12p at CS 401 Cool Tools – Piazza * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Rethinking PowerPoint 9a-10:30a at CS 401 D2L: Active Participation * 11a - 12p at CS 401 Cool Tools – ShareStream * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 * 11a-12p at CS-401 D2L: Getting Started * 1p-2p at CS 401 Collaborate * 3p-4p ONLINE
THE EXCHANGE 404.413.4700 Library South 106
Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
Qualtrics 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Access 1 11a-12:30p at CS 401 iMovie 1p-2:30p at CS 403
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday NO WORKSHOPS
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MONDAY
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
IS&T
SOFTWARE TRAINING SCHEDULE
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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HTML & CSS 3 9a-10:30a at CS-401
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Exchange Ideas – Polling * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Dreamweaver 2 1p-2:30p at CS 401
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Excel 1 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Collaborate * 3p-4p ONLINE Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
Access 1 9a-10:30a at CS 401
THURSDAY
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D2L: Getting Started * 10a-11a at CS 401
Mac Basics 9:30a-10:30a at CS-401 Rethinking PowerPoint 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
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Collaborate * 13 10a-11a ONLINE Excel 1 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Making Custom Google Maps * 3p-4p at CS 401
Edublogs 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Logic 3:30p-5:30p at HH 408
facebook.com/GSUTheExchange
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SPSS 19 9a-10:30a at CS-401 Premiere Pro 11a-12:30p at CS-403 iBook Author 1p-2:30p at CS 403 D2L: Assessing Student Progress* 3:30p-4:30p at CS 401
NVivo 2 1p-2:30p at CS 401 After Effects 3:00p-5:00p at CS 403 D2L: Active Participation * 3:30p-4:30p at CS 401 Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
D2L: Getting Started * 4:30p-3:30p at CS 401
ARIS 1 * 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Final Cut Pro 10a-12p at CS-403 Sketchup 11a-12:30p at CS 401 NVivo 1 1p-2:30p at CS 401
WEDNESDAY
February 2014
www.gsu.edu/ist/exchange
GarageBand 11a-12:30p at HH 408 Dreamweaver 1 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Exchange Ideas – Turnitin & GradeMark * 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
Audacity 11a-12:30p at HH 408 Teaching with iPads * 1p-2p at CS-403 Cool Tools – Collaborate * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
Cool Tools – Skydrive * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
InDesign 2 11a-12:30p at CS 401
THE EXCHANGE 404.413.4700 Library South 10
Illustrator 2: Infographics 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
HTML & CSS 2 9a-10:30a at CS-401 Illustrator 2: Logos 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Photoshop 3 1p-2:30p at CS 401 InDesign 1 3p - 4:30p at CS 401 Excel 3: Charts 3p-4:30p at CS 401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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HTML & CSS 1 9a-10:30a at CS-401 Illustrator 1 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Photoshop 2 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Excel 2: Functions 3p-4:30p at CS 401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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MONDAY
Access 2 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Photoshop 1 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Excel 1 3p-4:30p at CS 401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
IS&T
SOFTWARE TRAINING SCHEDULE LOCATIONS
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Mapping with Google Maps and Google Earth - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
twitter.com/GSUTheExchange
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Data Visualization with Tableau - Exchange Makerspace* 10a-2p at The Exchange
Instructor Playtime - RIPPLE - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
ARIS Game Jam - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
FRIDAY
The Exchange - 106 Library South CS 401 - 401 Classroom South CS 403 - 403 Classroom South Digital Aquarium - 429 Student Center HH 408 - 408 Hass Howell * - Instructor Workshops
This schedule is subject to change.
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TUESDAY
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iMovie 11a-12:30p at CS 403 Excel 3: Charts 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Logic 3:30p-5:30p at HH 408
Access 2 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Excel 2: Functions 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Prezi 3p-4:30p at CS 401 Pro Tools 3:30p-5:30p at HH 408
WEDNESDAY
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Rethinking PowerPoint 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Edublogs 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Illustrator 1 3p-4:30p at CS 403
www.gsu.edu/ist/exchange
Cool Tools – Mindmeister and Mindnode * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Excel 1 10a-11:30a at CS 401 NVivo for Lit Reviews 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Premiere Pro 1p - 2:30p at CS 403
Sketchup 11a-12:30p at CS 401 InDesign 1 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Collaborate 3p-4p ONLINE * After Effects 3:00p-5:00p at CS 403
facebook.com/GSUTheExchange
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LOCATIONS
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twitter.com/GSUTheExchange
Instructor Playtime - RIPPLE 28 - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
Instructor Playtime - RIPPLE - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
Infographics - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
FRIDAY
The Exchange - 106 Library South CS 401 - 401 Classroom South CS 403 - 403 Classroom South Digital Aquarium - 429 Student Center HH 408 - 408 Hass Howell * - Instructor Workshops
NVivo 2 13 10a-11:30a at CS 401 D2L: Assessing Student Progress* 1p-2p at CS 401 Word: Formatting Long Documents 3p-4:30p at CS 401 Final Cut Pro 3p-5p at CS 403
NVivo 1 10a-11:30a at CS 401 D2L: Active Participation * 1p-2p at CS 401 Rethinking PowerPoint 3p-4:30p at CS 401
THURSDAY
March 2014
NO WORKSHOPS DURING SPRING BREAK. HAVE FUN!
Photoshop 2 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Cool Tools – VoiceThread * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Photoshop 1 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Teaching with iPads * 1p-2p at CS403 Cool Tools – ThinkLink * 3p-3:20p ONLINE Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
THE EXCHANGE 404.413.4700 Library South 10
Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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Dreamweaver 1 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Photoshop 1 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Audacity 3:30p-5:00p at HH 408
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ARIS 2 * 9a-10:30a at CS-401 PowerPoint: Research 1p-2:30p at CS-403 Excel 1 3p-4:30p at CS-401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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MONDAY
ARIS 1 * 9a-10:30a at CS 401 Edublogs 11a-12:30p at CS 401 Windows Basics 3p-4p at CS 401 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
IS&T
SOFTWARE TRAINING SCHEDULE
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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TUESDAY
1
22
15 After Effects 3:00p-5:00p at CS 403 Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
Access 2 3:30p-5p at CS 401
Collaborate 10a-11a ONLINE * NVivo 2 1p-2:30p at CS 40 Illustrator 2: Infographics 3p-4:30p at CS 403
NVivo 1 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Illustrator 2: Logos 3p-4:30p at CS 403 Access 1 3:30p-5p at CS 401
WEDNESDAY
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www.gsu.edu/ist/exchange
facebook.com/GSUTheExchange
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PowerPoint: Research Posters 10 9a-10:30a at CS-401 Excel 1 3p-4:30p at CS-401
Rethinking PowerPoint 11a-12:30p at CS 401
LOCATIONS
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twitter.com/GSUTheExchange
CII / Exchange Teaching and Learning Conference
Instructor Playtime - RIPPLE - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
(Re)presenting Ideas - Exchange Makerspace * 10a-2p at The Exchange
FRIDAY
The Exchange - 106 Library South CS 401 - 401 Classroom South CS 403 - 403 Classroom South Digital Aquarium - 429 Student Center HH 408 - 408 Hass Howell * - Instructor Workshops
InDesign 2 3 1p-2:30p at CS 401 Getting the Most from Your iPad 3p-4p at CS 403 SPSS 3p-4:30p at CS-401
THURSDAY
APRIL 2014
NO WORKSHOPS DURING FINALS. GOOD LUCK!
HTML & CSS 3 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Cool Tools – Lynda.com * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium
Excel 3: Charts 8 10a-11:30a at CS 401 HTML & CSS 2 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Cool Tools – Padlet/Lino/Google Drawing * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
Cool Tools – Evernote, Skitch, and Penultimate * 3p-3:20p ONLINE
HTML & CSS 1 1p-2:30p at CS-401
Excel 2: Functions 10a-11:30a at CS 401
THE EXCHANGE 404.413.4700 Library South 106
iMovie 11a-12:30p at CS 403 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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Photoshop 3 1p-2:30p at CS-401 GarageBand 3:30p-5:00p at HH 408 Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p-5p at The Exchange
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March 31
Dreamweaver 2 11a-12:30p at CS-401 Photoshop 2 1p-2:30p at CS-401 Audio Consulting 3p-5p at Digital Aquarium Code Camp - Spring 2014 * 3:30p - 5p at The Exchange
MONDAY
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY
IS&T
SOFTWARE TRAINING SCHEDULE This schedule is subject to change.
Code Camp Spring 2014 – Learn with the Exchange [NEW!] Hey, instructors! Do you want to learn how to code? We do, too! Come join the Exchange’s instructional designers as we learn the basics of scripting and start to write simple programs using JavaScript. The plan is to head to Codecademy.com and then help each other troubleshoot as we all work through the modules together. We’ll be progressing throughout the semester, so it’d be best if you could come to the first session and then keep coming. However, we’ll be posting our progress on our blog, so, if you want to catch up and join us somewhere in the middle, that’s fine, too. Either way, please register for the session so that we know how many people to expect. It is worth emphasizing that NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED to participate. We don’t know how to code either… yet. However, coding is something that is increasingly second nature to our students. At the Exchange, we see Code Camp Spring 2014 as an opportunity to catch up a little and to work against the idea that learning new skills requires a sage on a stage or some other expert-led training session. We think that learning new skills, technological or otherwise, requires only a playful spirit, willingness to embrace failure as something productive and fun, and a supportive network of friends and colleagues. Come join us! Good times! Dates
3:30 PM
Monday,April 14, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, April 7, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, March 31, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, March 24, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, March 10, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, March 3, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, February 24, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, February 17, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, February 10, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, February 3, 2014
3:30 PM
Monday, January 27, 2014
5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
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Training Is Just One of the Technology Resources Available to Assist Instructors. Find out more at:
technology.gsu.edu/faculty
• Online technology training with Skillsoft and Lynda.com • Instructional and presentation equipment checkout • Multimedia hosting with Sharestream • Free university-licensed and discounted academic software For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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April 15, 2014 - Lynda.com
Members of the GSU community can access Lynda.com’s entire library of software and programming training at technology.gsu.edu/lynda. Instructors seeking to integrate technology into their teaching can build playlists and then share them with their students, making it easier than ever to try something new.
Instructor Makerspaces [NEW!] Calling all playful instructors! Bring your lunch and join us at the Exchange for a Friday of low-stress tinkering and exploration. Instructional designers at the Exchange will be on hand to help you as you build all sorts of cool stuff. This semester, we’ll be creating instructional videos and podcasts, analog and digital games, digital textbooks, maps, infographics, and data visualizations. We’ll start each session with a very brief introduction to the topic and then open up the session to exploration. Exchange instructional designers will be on hand to troubleshoot or learn with you. For the R.I.P.P.L.E. sessions (Rework, Innovate, Play, Produce, Learn, Engage), bring a stale, boring, or otherwise ineffective lesson and we’ll play with ways to breathe new life into it. If you have any questions about what’s going to happen during a given week, just shoot us an email at exchange@gsu.edu. Give it a shot! Good times!
January 17, 2014 - Creating Instructional Videos and Podcasts January 24, 2014 - Creating Games January 31, 2014 - Digital Textbooks February 7, 2014 - Mobile Gaming with ARIS February 14, 2014 - R.I.P.P.L.E. February 21, 2014 - Data Visualization with Tableau February 28, 2014 - Mapping with Google Maps and Google Earth March 7, 2014 - Infographics March 14, 2014 - R.I.P.P.L.E. March 28, 2014 - R.I.P.P.L.E. April 4, 2014 - (Re)presenting Ideas April 11, 2014 - R.I.P.P.L.E.
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This schedule is subject to change.
February 4, 2014, 3-3:20 - SkyDrive
Georgia State University has a new way to store and share documents in the cloud. Learn how to add, edit, and share documents.
February 11, 2014, 3-3:20 - Collaborate
Teaching a fully online course with a synchronous component? Want to hold virtual office hours or exam reviews? Interested in having virtual meetings or inviting a speaker to your class who lives out of the area? Collaborate can do all these things and more! This session will demonstrate the functionality of Collaborate and offer some tips for facilitating engaging and meaningful online sessions. For a more in-depth presentation, consider enrolling in one of our 1-hour Collaborate ONLINE sessions.
February 18, 2014, 3-3:20 - Turnitin & GradeMark
Teach your students about plagiarism, find out how much of a student’s work was taken from outside sources, and learn about an easy and quick way to give students comments on the papers they submit via the D2L Dropbox.
February 25, 2014, 3-3:20 - Polling Online and Face-to-face
Whether you are checking for understanding, assessing prior knowledge, or gauging student interest, polling in both face-to-face and online environments provides instantaneous, formative assessment that meaningfully informs your teaching.
March 4, 2014, 3-3:20 - ThingLink
With this easy to use image annotation tool, you and your students can provide contextualized audio, video, text, and links that help to explain or add to a visual representation.
March 11, 2014, 3-3:20 - VoiceThread
Peer review student work, debate, discuss, or problem-solve using the VoiceThread media-centric conversation space in the cloud.
March 25, 2014, 3-3:20 - MindMeister and MindNode
Organize your thoughts on an idea or project using these easy-to-use mind mapping apps. Users can explore ideas and the relationships that exist among them.
April 1, 2014, 3-3:20 - Evernote, Skitch, and Penultimate
With Evernote, you can type, create reminders, and access them anywhere. With Skitch, you can take notes directly on images or pdf files. With Penultimate, you can take notes as if you were using a pen and paper, store them, and then, thanks to the tool’s handwriting analysis capabilities, search the text of your notes. And, by leveraging the syncing capabilities of Evernote, you can view all of these products’ notes and annotations anywhere.
April 8, 2014 - Padlet, Lino, and Google Drawing
Are you looking for ways to encourage collaboration and interaction at a distance? Padlet, Lino, and Google Drawings make it possible for your students to brainstorm, plan, and draw using shared online workspaces.
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Dates
9:00 AM
Monday, March 10, 2014
9:00 AM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
10:30 AM 10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth
Creating Custom Google Maps [New!]
Did you know that you and your students can create and share custom Google Maps? In this hands-on workshop, we’ll create maps of our own and discuss ways that simple exercises like this can engage students in deeply contextual learning. Topics • Adding locations • Adding descriptions and multimedia • Sharing maps Prerequisites D2L: Getting Started or equivalent experience Dates Thursday, February 13, 2014
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth
Cool Instructional Tools – ONLINE (Pedagogy Bytes) [New!] At the Exchange, we spend a lot of time exploring new technologies and imagining ways that they might support teaching and learning at Georgia State. This series of very short, 20-minute, online demonstrations is designed to not only share some links to cool tools but also offer suggestions as to how they might meet pedagogical aims. And, since we’re hosting them online using Blackboard Collaborate, you’ll also get a sense of how synchronous online classes can be mediated using this GSU-supported tool. If you want to participate, great! Just enroll in each session you’d like to attend using the session’s unique registration link on the technology.gsu.edu/training site. We’ll add you to the attendee list and send you a participation link prior to the session. To make sure you get a spot, please register at least a day in advance.
January 14, 2014, 3-3:20 - ShareStream
Sharestream is our campus media server.You’ll learn how to add media to your Sharestream account and easily share it with individuals, classes, or other groups of people. You’ll also learn how to set up a Pick and Play account that will allow your students to add videos to a course account for review by the instructor or class participants.
January 21, 2014, 3-3:20 - Piazza
Piazza is a unique Q&A environment for asking and answering course questions. Students leverage their shared knowledge and collaborate on a single student response to questions. Instructors can provide their own answers to questions or simply endorse the community-generated response.
January 28, 2014, 3-3:20 - Yammer
Think of Yammer as Facebook for small, private groups. Features include a news feed and push notifications for smartphone apps as well as capabilities for polling, calendar creation, collaborative document editing, and much more. This schedule is subject to change.
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Teaching with iPads
iPads are great, but it’s not always obvious how they can be used to enhance teaching and learning. In this workshop, we’ll walk through a few suggestions. If you have an iPad, bring it! If not, we’ll have some available to use. Topics • Apps • Apps • Apps • Apps
for for for for
collaboration media creation organization and note taking reading and annotation
Prerequisites None Dates
1:00 PM
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
2:00 PM
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
9:00 AM
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
3:00 PM
Thursday, January 9, 2014
4:00 PM 10:00 AM 3:00 PM 2:00 PM
403 ClassroomSouth 403 ClassroomSouth 403 ClassroomSouth 403 ClassroomSouth
Creating Mobile Games with ARIS 1: Getting Started [NEW!]
ARIS (Augmented Reality Interactive Storytelling) is an iOS-based mobile gaming platform. In this hands-on workshop, we will construct a simple mobile game. While we do so, we’ll chat about ways that this kind of technology could support pedagogical aims. If you have an iPad or iPhone, please bring it. If you don’t, that’s fine, too. We’ll bring extras. Topics • Creating quests and objects • Adding dialog • Adding requirements Prerequisites None Dates
9:00 AM
Monday, March 3, 2014
9:00 AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
10:30 AM 10:30 AM
401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth
Creating Mobile Games with ARIS 2: More Cool Features [NEW!]
In this session, we’ll explore ways to add features and functionality to your ARIS games. As was the case in the Getting Started session, we’ll also chat about ways that ARIS might be used to engage students in context-based learning. Topics • Using the decoder • Integrating the notebook Prerequisites Creating Mobile Games with ARIS 1: Getting Started
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Tips for approaching assessment within D2L D2L Gradebook D2L Quizzes Respondus Turnitin Grademark PeerMark
Prerequisites D2L: Getting Started or equivalent experience Dates
1:00 PM
Thursday, March 13, 2014
3:30 PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
11:00 AM
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
1:00 PM
Thursday, January 9, 2014
2:00 PM 12:00 PM 4:30 PM 2:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth
Collaborate ONLINE [NEW!]
Teaching a fully online course with a synchronous component? Want to hold virtual office hours or exam reviews? Interested in having virtual meetings or inviting a speaker to your class who lives out of the area? Collaborate can do all these things and more! This session will show you the ins and outs of using Collaborate and some tips for creating engaging and meaningful online sessions. If you want to participate, great! Just enroll in each session you’d like to attend using the session’s unique registration link on the technology.gsu.edu/training site. We’ll add you to the attendee list and send you a participation link prior to the session. To make sure you get a spot, please register at least a day in advance. Topics • Setting up Collaborate • Inviting participants • Running the meeting • Tips and tricks to encourage participant engagement Prerequisites None Dates
10:00 AM
Wednesday, April 09, 2014
3:00 PM
Thursday, March 27, 2014
3:00 PM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
10:00 AM
Thursday, February 13, 2014
3:00 PM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
3:00 PM
Thursday, January 23, 2014
10:00 AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
3:00 PM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
4:00 PM 11:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 11:00 AM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM 11:00 AM
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Teaching in the Digital Age
This schedule is subject to change.
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Creating modules Promoting interaction Collecting and grading student work Integrated tools
Prerequisites None Dates
10:00 AM
Thursday, February 27, 2014
3:30 PM
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
11:00 AM
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
11:00 AM
Monday, January 13, 2014
11:00 AM
Friday, January 10, 2014
1:00 PM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
2:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 12:00 PM 4:30 PM 11:00 AM
401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth
D2L: Facilitating Active Online Participation
Well-designed online classes offer a variety of ways for students to interact with instructors and each other. This workshop offers an overview of the tools available to facilitate rich and authentic online interactions. Topics • What is possible in D2L? • Tips for encouraging participation • D2L discussion boards • Group tools • Wimba • Collaborate • Peermark • Edublogs Prerequisites D2L: Getting Started or equivalent experience Dates
1:00 PM
Thursday, March 6, 2014
3:30 PM
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
11:00 AM
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
1:00 PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
2:00 PM 12:00 PM 4:30 PM 2:00 PM
401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth 401 ClassroomSouth
D2L: Assessing Student Work
Instructors exploring online course management solutions can choose from a variety of student assessment tools. This workshop explores ways to streamline the grading process and provide students useful and prompt feedback. Topics • What is possible in D2L?
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
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Innovative Instructors Workshop Series Registering
Classes are FREE to all current members of the Georgia State University community, including faculty, staff, and students. Registration is appreciated but not required. However, when seats are limited, priority will be given to registered attendees. To sign-up for a class, go to technology.gsu.edu/training. At the website, locate the course you would like to attend, choose the date you would like to register for, and click the Register button. You’ll be asked to supply a little information so that we can contact you with attendance details and better tailor the class to your needs. Please bring your PantherCard ID to the workshop for verification purposes. Registration opens four weeks prior to each class. If you register for a class and can no longer attend, please contact exchange@gsu.edu to drop the class. This will open up your seat to another attendee.
Desire2Learn D2L: What’s New in D2L 10
This semester, we’ve upgraded to Desire2Learn 10. Learn what’s new in this informative session. Topics • Navigation • Discussions • Rubrics • Notifications • Dropbox feedback • Grades • News items (students) • Drag and Drop Prerequisites D2L: Getting Started or equivalent experience Dates
3:00 PM
Thursday, January 16, 2014
3:00 PM
Monday, January 13, 2014
1:00 PM
Friday, January 10, 2014
11:00 AM
Thursday, January 9, 2014
3:00 PM
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
11:00 AM
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
12:00 PM 4:00 PM 12:00 PM 2:00 PM 4:00 PM 4:00 PM
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D2L: Getting Started
Desire2Learn is the University System of Georgia’s central learning management system. If you are interested in the kinds of things that D2L and associated tools can do for you, this introductory overview is just what you need to get started. Topics • The “big idea” of learning management systems • Tips for blended/hybrid learning newbies
This schedule is subject to change.
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Explore. Discover. Innovate. Learn more about the technology-enabled teaching and learning resources available to instructors at Georgia State Each semester, the Exchange offers a wide variety of opportunities for instructors to improve their teaching and deepen student learning. The Innovative Instructors Workshop Series explores online classroom management techniques and technology-enabled solutions to pedagogical problems. Learn more about not only Desire2Learn, but also other available instructional tools, and how to promote student engagement and mastery of curricular content, using technology.
Contents Innovative Instructors Workshop Series
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Desire2Learn
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Registering
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Teaching in the Digital Age
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D2L: What’s New in D2L 10 D2L: Getting Started D2L: Facilitating Active Online Participation D2L: Assessing Student Progress Collaborate ONLINE [NEW!]
Teaching with iPads Creating Mobile Games with ARIS 1: Getting Started [New!] Creating Mobile Games with ARIS 2: More Cool Features [New!] Creating Custom Google Maps [New!]
Cool Instructional Tools – ONLINE [New!] Instructor Makerspaces [NEW!] Code Camp Spring 2014 – Learn with the Exchange
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Custom Technology Training Workshops Do your students or staff need specific technical skills to succeed in a course or career field? In addition to scheduled workshops, IS&T’s Exchange can design and deliver custom technology training workshops on a wide range of topics at no cost to you. We can tailor any of our open-enrollment course offerings to fit exactly what your group needs or develop other workshops by request. We can usually even reserve lab space for the training or can come to your class or meeting. Review our scheduled, open-enrollment workshop topics for ideas or contact the Exchange to discuss your custom training needs. Web: technology.gsu.edu/exchange Email: exchange@gsu.edu Phone: (404) 413-4700
Location: Library South, Room 106 Hours: 8:00am - 5:00pm
For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training
This schedule is subject to change.
TECHNOLOGY TRAINING COURSE CATALOG
Spring 2014
The Exchange
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technology.gsu.edu/training For updated course listings and to register, visit technology.gsu.edu/training