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Department
of Information
Technology Resources
Lehman College
Faculty
& Staff
Workshops
March - April 2006
About our
workshops
While the workshops
scheduled below emphasize software tools to create and manage
Blackboard content, the sessions on Microsoft Word, Microsoft
PowerPoint and scanning should be of interest to individuals who work
with these applications in other instructional settings. The
sessions will be conducted using Windows XP Professional but the
techniques and skills presented will in many cases apply to the
Apple Macintosh as well.
Blackboard: An
Introduction
Blackboard is a web-based
course management system
used for conducting a class entirely or partially online.
Blackboard may also be used to supplement
traditional classroom instruction with materials
accessible over the Internet.
Every Lehman College credit-bearing course section has a corresponding
Blackboard course section ready to be used by the instructor This
introductory workshop will cover
administrative and course
management issues such as
user names, passwords and enrollment; network access; a brief overview
of tools for adding content and for collaboration; and a brief
demonstration and hands-on exercise in adding simple content
such as syllabi and announcements. Back to
Schedule
Adding content to a
Blackboard Course: Using the Text Box Editor and Attaching Files
Learn how to use
Blackboard's Text Box Editor to create content.
Documents created with the Text Box Editor (only available when using
Internet Explorer under Microsoft Windows to manage your course) can
include hyperlinks, attached files, and embedded graphics, sound and
video. This session will also cover the alternative approach:
attaching existing documents created outside of Blackboard to a
Blackboard course. Such documents may be in a wide variety of
formats such as Microsoft Word, HTML, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft
PowerPoint and Microsoft
Excel. Techniques for attaching, organizing and copying
files and the advantages of
different file formats will be discussed. Back to
Schedule
Using PowerPoint in
Blackboard
Session will cover
techniques and recommendations for adding Microsoft
PowerPoint presentations to Blackboard course web sites. Topics
will include software requirements for viewing PowerPoint presentations
over the Internet, performance considerations, converting a PowerPoint
presentation to a web page, browser differences, printing and
compressing PowerPoint presentations. Session will not
cover
how to create PowerPoint presentations. Participants should
have a basic knowledge of PowerPoint. Back to
Schedule
Using Microsoft Word to
Create Blackboard and Web Content
Session will cover
techniques and recommendations for adding Microsoft Word
documents to a Blackboark course web site including creating word
documents for online viewing by incorporating web-like elements in a
Word Document (external and internal links, tables of contents, lists,
tables), adding graphics to a Word document, converting Word
documents to other formats including HTML, rtf, and Adobe
Acrobat. Participants should have a basic knowledge of
Word. Back to
Schedule
Using Microsoft
Word to Mark Up Student Papers
Microsoft Word
includes features that allow you to track
changes in documents, to add, hide and display comments, protect
documents from being changed and to apply suggested
editorial changes. These features can be applied to marking up
student papers and are especially useful when using Blackboard's
Digital Drop
Box to exchange papers between student and
instructor. However, marked up documents can just as easily be
sent as attachments via email outside of Blackboard. Back to
Schedule
Scanning Images and Text
Topics include basic
scanning concepts, hardware and software requirements, scanning for
different purposes (e.g. print, Blackboard), scanning slides, scanner
software settings
controlling file formats, image size and other properties, and
converting scanned images to text for editing in Word and other
applications. Back to
Schedule
Using Graphics in Blackboard
Topics include instructional uses of images in an online course,
attaching graphic images and documents with images to Blackboard,
software requirements, graphic file formats, file size and other
attributes, copyright issues, and a brief introduction to image editing
to convert and
modify images. Back to
Schedule
Sessions will consist
primarily of demonstration with
hands-on exercises where practical. The sessions will take place in the
Information
Technology Center,
Plaza Level, Carman Hall. Register by contacting the IT Center
Help Desk at (718) 960-1111 or via email at helpdesk@lehman.cuny.edu. Check at the Help Desk for the
room number on the day of the workshop.
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