Instructional Technology Workshops and Seminars Fall 2012

FACULTY WORKSHOPS

City Tech Online Seminar
FULLY ONLINE
October 10th, Wednesday - November 9th, Friday This fully online seminar includes only one face-to-face meeting on Wednesday, October 10th, from 10:30am to noon. If you cannot attend the face-to-face meeting, you can still participate. Learn how to design your online course syllabus, communicate with students online, and assess students individually and as teams. Participation is required for faculty who will be teaching partially online and fully online courses and who have not already participated in CUNY Online. Prerequisite: Introduction to Blackboard. For more information or to register, contact Dr. Karen Lundstrem klundstrem@citytech.cuny.edu

Faculty Blackboard 9.1:
Location: G-604
Bring your syllabus and course materials on diskette, and prepare your actual course on Blackboard for Web-enhanced instruction. All faculty must have a CUNY portal ID before attending this workshop. You should also check to make sure your course is listed on Blackboard. To obtain a CUNY portal ID and register, please email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
August 30, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
September 4, Tuesday: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
September 8, Saturday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
September 10, Monday: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
September 12, Wednesday: 11:00am - 12:30pm
September 19, Wednesday: 5:00pm - 6:30pm
September 20, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
September 27, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
October 2, Tuesday: 11:00-12:30pm

Faculty Grade Center:
Location: G-604
Grade Center workshop will cover how to setup grade center for your class including some basic and advanced usage. To register please email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
September 5, Wednesday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
September 6, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
October 3, Wednesday: 5:00pm-6:00pm
October 15, Monday: 11:00am -12:00pm
October 27, Saturday: 11:00am -12:00pm

Faculty Blackboard Collaborate:
Location: G-604
Online professors can now use a voice-chat tool to have live conversations with their distance learning students. In addition, you can use push technologies to share your applications and materials with any student using an Internet connection. This workshop is open to all faculty members. To register email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
September 13, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
September 24, Monday: 10:00am - 11:30am

Blog & Wiki for Faculty:
Location: G-604
Learn how to create group or private assignments for students using Blog or Wiki tool. To register email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
October 4, Thursday: 11:00am-12:00pm
October 16, Tuesday: 2:00pm-3:00pm
October 24, Wednesday: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
October 29, Monday: 2:00pm-3:00pm

Faculty ePortfolios
Location: G-606
A faculty workshop introducing the ePortfolio project on OpenLab's Wordpress software. Discover a simple, effective way to bring ePortfolios into your classroom to support your students' academic growth. To register, email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
September 15, Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00am
September 20, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
September 24, Monday: 10:00am - 11:00am
October 11, Thursday: 5:00pm-6:00pm
October 23, Tuesday: 1:00pm-2:00pm

Faculty Websupport1:
Location: G-604
Websupport1 workshop will cover how to create basic web page(s) and website. It will also cover how to upload files to server. To register please email itec@citytech.cuny.edu
September 28, Friday: 11:00am-12:00pm
December 3, Monday: 10:00am -11:00am

Blackboard Walk-in Clinics for Faculty:
Location: G-604
No registration required
In this session all kinds of Blackboard questions will be answered. Bring materials to work on your course and get individualized attention.
October 25, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
November 15, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
November 29, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
December 6, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Presentation Rooms for Faculty:
Location: G-604
No registration required
Presentation room workshops only take a few minutes. You will learn how to turn on and use the equipment in a classroom containing a built-in computer, projector, and VCR/DVD player.
September 13, Thursday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
September 19, Wednesday: 10:00am-10:30am
September 20, Thursday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
September 24, Monday: 9:30am-10:00am
September 24, Monday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
September 27, Thursday: 12:30pm-1:00pm
September 27, Thursday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
October 4, Thursday: 1:00pm-1:30pm
October 9, Tuesday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
October 16, Tuesday: 5:30pm-6:00pm
October 17, Wednesday: 10:00am-10:30am
October 18, Thursday: 1:00pm-1:30pm
October 22, Monday: 10:30am-11:00am
October 23, Tuesday: 9:30am-10:00am
October 23, Tuesday: 5:30pm-6:00pm

STUDENT WORKSHOPS

Student Blackboard and CUNY Portal:
PLEASE ANNOUNCE THESE TO YOUR STUDENTS
Location: G-604
Walk-in, no registration required
Basic student instruction will be provided in how to get the portal ID and use Blackboard for class assignments.
September 5, Wednesday: 11:00am - 12:00pm
September 6, Thursday: 5:00pm - 6:00pm
September 8, Saturday: 11:00am - 12:00pm
September 11, Tuesday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
September 19, Wednesday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
September 24, Monday: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
October 1, Monday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
October 3, Wednesday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Student Blackboard Collaborate:
Location: G-604
Walk-in, no registration required
This workshop will cover how a student can participate in online course, communicate with instructor and fellow classmates using microphone, webcam, text chat or application sharing tool.
September 4, Tuesday: 10:00am - 11:00am
September 12, Wednesday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm
September 20, Thursday: 4:00pm - 5:00pm
October 2, Tuesday: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Student ePortfolios:
Location: G-606 (ePortfolio lab)
Walk-in, no registration required
These student workshops are provided for classes where faculty members offer ePortfolios. Students should identify the course and instructor when entering G-606.
October 1, Monday: 10:00am -11:00am
October 4, Thursday: 1:00pm -2:00pm
October 10, Wednesday: 5:00pm -6:00pm
October 20, Saturday: 12:00pm -1:00pm
October 24, Wednesday: 10:00am -11:00am
October 30, Tuesday: 3:00pm - 4:00pm
November 1, Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:00pm

Introduction to Microsoft Word 2010 for Student:
Location: G-604
Walk-in, no registration required
This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft Word 2010 starting from how to create a document, fix spelling errors, change page setups to save the document.
October 9, Tuesday: 2:00pm -3:00pm
October 18, Thursday: 5:00pm-6:00pm

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 2010 for Student:
Location: G-604
Walk-in, no registration required
This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft Excel 2010.
October 22, Monday: 12:00pm-1:00pm
October 31, Wednesday: 10:00am -11:00am

Introduction to Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010 for Student:
Location: G-604
Walk-in, no registration required
This workshop will cover the basic fundamentals of Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.
October 3, Wednesday: 11:00am -12:00pm
October 25, Thursday: 3:00pm-4:00pm