Fall 2008

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Multimedia
CAMTASIA - RECAPTURE THE MOMENT Adding movement and sound to your Powerpoints and lectures can make it profound. Knowledge will abound and keep your students around. This class will cover how to narrate and produce Powerpoint slides and easily convert to video formats varying from email to ipod. You will also learn how to create quick video clips for use in classroom lectures or online. By the end of the class you will have a clear understanding of how Camtasia works, how to produce and edit your video, how to caption it for universal design, and you will leave with a video clip you can start using right away! You can even "You-Tube"! The first half of this class is online It will be made available Monday, June 9th and should be completed by Wednesday, June 18th. The online portion is important to complete and REQUIRED for the inclass portion - it will give you the script you need to complete the second part in class.
Blackboard Online Course Management System
BLACKBOARD - ON CAMPUS - TAKE TIME TO EVOLVE . . . it will help you problem solve. Create an ecofriendly course, and you’ll cultivate a new renewable source. Embrace a new technique, and you can make it quite unique. This class will cover a WIDE variety of elements contained within Blackboard’s Course Management System. Find out what learning units are and how best to use them, get the scoop on importing tests, creating test banks from keywords and types. Discover how to use html to create pages that look beautiful and function correctly.
BLACKBOARD BEST PRACTICES - ONLINE - SURVIVAL KIT BOOTCAMP Find out what you need to thrive with blackboard by your side This class is ONLINE ONLY and runs Monday, June 16 through Friday, June 20.(08) Whether you're a new user or you've used Blackboard before, this online quick overview class is designed to help you organize and utilize Blackboard's utilities. But the best part is you can do it from home! We will cover creating checklists, backup plans, guidelines and procedures, common navigational techniques, organizational ideas, Blackboard tips and tricks, discussions about common challenges, work-arounds, antiplagarism and fix-it tools, and great ways to increase student retention outcomes.
Guest Speakers
THE MAC GUYS - iTunes U and Unlocking the 21st Century Learner Today's students face a complex world, rich with media and technology, with more demands on their time and attention, and a consumer-like expectation of their educational experience. Community Colleges face shrinking budgets, increased costs, increased competition from for-profit schools, and fight a constant struggle to meet the technology expectations of their changing student demographic. Come see a presentation from Apple that addresses these concerns in an exciting new way. This is not just podcasting, but an alternative teaching model that links technology to the pedagogy in a far less obtrusive and innovative way. You have seen the commercials now come see the groundbreaking product in action. Apple will show you how this device is changing the face of education and show you how other instructors at Saddleback are using these technologies to reach current and incoming students.
Microsoft Powerpoint
POWERPOINT - Powerful Pertinent Perfect Presentations Have you ever wondered how those amazing Powerpoints were created? Join this all day class and we will walk through the steps and create a Powerpoint using sound and video technology. We have many new and creative templates to be utilized. So, click away and don’t delay as I’m sure this class will fill up fast!
Photoshop
PHENOMENAL PHOTOSHOP FUN Pick a potential portrait and before you know it - you can't wait to show it. Dress it up with a frame; you never know it could get you fame. This class will cover a wide variety of techniques - everything from creating quick and fun frames for your photos to making easy adjustments, colorizing black & white photos, blending more than one photo together, adding text, masking techniques as well as understanding your layers and some great keyboard shortcuts.

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