WORKSHOPS FOR FALL 2010

TO REGISTER FOR A WORKSHOP: http://etech.northern.edu/idesign

You will have to log in with your typical NSU credentials.

OCTOBER 2010
Day, Date, Time Workshop Title Description Presenter
Friday, October 1 9 Designing an online Learn what it takes Wendy
am course to design an online
course
Friday, October 1 Networking: Learn how to use Nicky
11 am Facebook & Twitter Facebook and
Twitter for teaching
or professional
purposes.
Tuesday, October 5 Google Apps Review the many Karla
1 pm free, collaborative
tools from Google
you might want to
use in teaching.
Tuesday, October 5, Excel I Study the basics of Nicky
3 pm Excel.
Wednesday, Respondus Learn how Linda
October 6, 3pm Respondus is used
to create exams for
import into D2L.
Thursday, October, Excel II Learn advanced Nicky
7 3 pm formulas in Excel.
Tuesday, October Google Docs Study one handy Karla
12, 3 pm Google
collaborative tool.
Wednesday, Networking: Learn how to use Kelsey
October 13, 3 pm Facebook and Facebook and
Twitter Twitter for teaching
or professional
purposes.
Thursday, October Panopto Discover a new Wendy
14, 3 pm screencasting tool
at NSU.
Tuesday, October Audacity Create audio files DJ
19, 3pm for your courses.
Wednesday, SMART Board Practice using an Kelsey
October 20 3 pm interactive white
board.
Thursday, October StudyMate Learn how Linda
21, 3 pm StudyMate is used
to create learning
activities for import
into D2L.
Friday, October 22 Audacity and Create audio files DJ
3 pm Working with Audio for your course.
files Plus, a review of
how to work with
audio files, what
programs to use
and how to save
them for D2L.

NOVEMBER 2010 WORKSHOPS

Day, Date, Time Workshop Title Description Presenter
Tuesday, November Randomize a quiz in Create a Karla
2, 2 pm D2L randomized quiz in
D2L by reviewing
the settings.
Wednesday, Mail Merge in Word Discover how to do Nicky
November 3, 3 pm & Excel a mail merge using
Word and Excel.
Thursday, Interactive Create interactive Karla
November 4, 3 pm PowerPoint PowerPoint
presentations presentations by
using various
techniques.
Friday, November 5, Expression Web If you are creating a DJ
3 pm faculty website on
the www3 server
you can learn how
to do so using
Expression Web.
Tuesday, November Semi-automatic Grade paperless by Wendy
9, 3 pm grader & Track using the semi-
changes in Word automatic grader
and tracking
changes in Word.
Tuesday, November Grading in D2L Covers the Linda
16, 3 pm Gradebook and how
to make changes to
it.
Wednesday, Podcasting What is podcasting DJ
November 17, 11 and how to create
am podcasts will be
covered.
Wednesday, Adding RSS Feeds Covers RSS Feeds Kelsey
November 17, 3 pm to D2L and how to add
them to your course
in D2L.
Thursday, Setting up groups in Create groups in Linda
November 18, 3 pm D2L D2L by reviewing
the various options.
Friday, November Sharing best Attend and share Wendy
19, 9 am practices in my what works well for
online course you in your online
class or view other’s
online courses.
Monday, November Windows 7 Learn the nuances Kelsey
29, 3 pm operating system of Windows 7
operating system.
December 2010 Workshops
Wednesday, Using Rubrics for Learn how to create Wendy
December 1, 3 pm grading rubrics, how to use
them and you will
receive samples of
rubrics for grading.
Thursday, Outlook 2007 I Discover the basic Nicky
December 2, 3 pm features of Outlook
and how to use it
effectively.

Questions? Contact Wendy Stubbs, Director of Instructional Design,

wendy.stubbs@northern.edu, TC 267, 626-7776.