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Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. Learn how to manage your course site, upload documents and syllabi, send email to students, create announcements and manage your student rosters. Additional tools to be discussed include Assignments and the Grade Center. Restricted to faculty, instructors, department administrators, and student assistants working with faculty.

Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. The session will include demonstrations of the collaboration tools available in Blackboard, including a summary of the changes in the updated blog and wiki tools; examples of how faculty have used these tools in their sites in the past; and Q&A. Restricted to faculty, instructors, department administrators, and student assistants working with faculty.

Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. Learn how to setup your Blackboard Grade Center to work with different types of assignments and make efficient use of assessment tools. Restricted to faculty, instructors, department administrators, and student assistants working with faculty.

Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. Learn how to effectively use Blackboard Assessment tools. Topics include creating tests and surveys, working with pools, as well as test administration and grading. Restricted to faculty, instructors, department administrators, and student assistants working with faculty.

Blackboard courseware workshops designed for faculty, instructors and graduate students. Get personalized assistance with Blackboard from our Courseware Support Team. Restricted to faculty, instructors, department administrators, and student assistants working with faculty.

Learn how to use this professional Web design program. We will explore Dreamweaver for changes in page design. We will create pages with blank and templated layouts, add text, links, images and rollover images. We will discuss ways to make your website more functional on multiple platforms and browsers. Presented by Lisa Marie Patzer.

Learn how to use this professional Web design program. We will provide small group assistance for your Dreamweaver project work. Please bring your files with you. This is not a formal workshop on Dreamweaver. This is an opportunity to work with assistance on your website, and gain understanding of the software.

Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program. Please note that in this class we will use Excel 2007 or 2010. Learn how to create spreadsheets, enter and format data, use mathematical calculations, and more. This is a basic course, addressed to users with no previous experience with the software.

Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program. Please note that in this class we will use Excel 2007 or 2010. We will show you how to use Excel to extract meaning from data. We will bring in data from webpages, convert and format data in automated ways, look at ways to make data cleaner and more reliable, graph trends and find meaning in masses of numbers.

Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program. Please note that in this class we will use Excel 2007 or 2010. Do you want to take your Excel skills to the next level? This workshop will teach you powerful Excel tricks and shortcuts to increase efficiency and productivity in doing data analysis. We will show you how to eliminate time in data entry and editing, how to rapidly create formulas and charts to calculate and display results in no time, and other powerful shortcuts that can save you tons of time in navigating data in Excel.

Microsoft Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program. Please note that in this class we will use Excel 2007 or 2010. Get personalized assistance with Excel during this walk-in session. We will provide one-on-one and small group support for your Excel projects and questions. Gain the understanding you need on macros, data analysis, graphs, formulas, and other topics.

Adobe Illustrator provides powerful ways to designing print publications, brochures, flyers and web graphics. It works well with PDF files and can handle a wide variety of image formats. Please see individual sessions for level information.

Learn how to use Apple's iMovie '09 software, which is available for Penn students, faculty, and staff in the Vitale Digital Media Lab. This class will provide a hands-on introduction to using Apple iMovie software, which is available for Penn students, faculty, and staff in the Vitale Digital Media Lab. You will learn how to capture video from a DVD, VHS tape, or from your own video camera. You will learn to organize or delete video clips, add a new soundtrack, add subtitles, and create special effects.

Adobe InDesign is a robust page layout application that can produce sophisticated magazine and newspaper layouts, as well as newsletters, brochures and mailers. Adobe InDesign is a robust page layout application that can produce sophisticated magazine and newspaper layouts, as well as newsletters, brochures and mailers.

Adobe InDesign is a robust page layout application that can produce sophisticated magazine and newspaper layouts, as well as newsletters, brochures and mailers. Do you create publicity flyers frequently? Explore how an InDesign template can save you time. You can specify overall consistency for branding and logos, while making your flyers more eye-catching. Templates can make it easy for many staff members to update flyers, improving organizational efficiency.

This professional image-editing software assists with online and print publications. A basic introduction to this powerful image editing software aimed at first-time users. Learn how to open, create, and save image files. Participants will learn to make a variety of basic but important adjustments to photographs using some of the many tools Photoshop makes available.

This professional image-editing software assists with online and print publications. In this fast-paced class, we will introduce and explore one of the most fundamental yet powerful features in Photoshop -- Layers, which allow you to edit your images in a nondestructive way, isolate areas of your images for specific adjustments, repair damage, correct & enhance colors, fix problems in composition, and more, all while retaining as much flexibility and editability as possible. We will examine the Photoshop Layers palette, color adjustment layers, layer masks, type layers, shape layers, blending modes, and tricks for organizing complex files. This class assumes a working knowledge of Photoshop basics.

This professional image-editing software assists with online and print publications. Research posters need to explain findings quickly and powerfully. Each visitor may spend just a few seconds on your poster. Learn how to make your points using good visual design and explore the hardware and software details of printing your poster.

This professional image-editing software assists with online and print publications. Join us for an exploration of new features in Adobe CS6.

PowerPoint workshops are presented at several levels. Please note that in this class we will use PowerPoint 2007 or 2010. Learn the basics of PowerPoint hands-on. Participants will learn to create new presentations, apply design templates, manipulate text, insert graphics, prepare notes and handouts from PowerPoint slides, save presentations, and more.

Prezi is a web-based tool that outshines PowerPoint in many ways. It allows you to create and present presentations with motion and organic structure, and keeps your audience engaged. Explore at http://www.prezi.com Prezi is a web-based tool that outshines PowerPoint in many ways. It allows you to create and present presentations with motion and organic structure, and keeps your audience engaged.

Prezi is a web-based tool that outshines PowerPoint in many ways. It allows you to create and present presentations with motion and organic structure, and keeps your audience engaged. Explore at http://www.prezi.com Prezi is a web-based tool that outshines PowerPoint in many ways. It allows you to create and present presentations with motion and organic structure, and keeps your audience engaged. We will spend time exploring, creating, and polishing a Prezi project during this 90 minute "Make and Take" session.

Learn the basics of how to create your own personal bibliographic citation database using this web-based bibliographic management tool. The workshop will focus on how to create a personal database online, import references automatically from databases and library catalogs, organize and annotate references, format references and bibliographies in Microsoft Word documents and more. NOTE: RefWorks is freely available to all current Penn students, faculty, and staff.

This series explores new technologies. We will share examples of video projects used in a variety of classes at Penn. We will show video examples of student work, discuss ideas for assignment design, assessment and showcasing completed projects. Designed for faculty, instructors, graduate students.

This series explores new technologies. TurningPoint is the audience response system of choice at Penn. The program works with PowerPoint to promote interaction between a presenter and his/her audience using a clicker device. TurningPoint Anywhere is a similar program that can be used with Keynote, PDF, web and other software. We will explore Installing TurningPoint software, creating interactive PowerPoint slides, hardware setup, and polling with response devices. Time will be reserved to touch on more advanced features including connecting polling data to course management software. Bring your laptop with you if convenient.

This series explores new technologies. Store, edit, and share documents with collaborators using Dropbox and Google Drive. Learn about the features of each service, from setting permissions to sharing large files. Please bring your own laptop to this workshop.

This series explores new technologies. Microsoft Access is a powerful desktop database application that can be intimidating for new users. We will start with a short guided tour and then start a conversation about ways to structure databases, to prepare data for your database, to collaborate, to share, to make attractive reports and to efficiently enter data. Bring your questions and be prepared to participate.

This series explores new technologies. Explore the use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) for your website. We will discuss templates, page layouts, easy ways to create and adapt styles.

This series explores new technologies. We will take video using iPads, edit the video on the iPad using video-editing apps, and upload the video to YouTube. Make quick videos for class and leisure purposes easily!

This series explores new technologies. Use Flip cams to make quick powerful videos to promote events, share thoughts, capture moments. We will take and upload short videos and give suggestions for uses in educational contexts.

This series explores new technologies. Come to discuss and experiment with popular iPad apps. Hear recommendations and discover sources for reviews. Bring your own iPad to the session or try out one of ours.

This series explores new technologies. Get started setting up and using an iPad. Learn the fundamentals of all the i words (iOS, iTunes, iCloud), syncing and backups, basic troubleshooting, and more. Bring your own iPad or try out one of ours.

This series explores new technologies. We will discuss how to get started with LinkedIn, set up a basic profile for yourself, research potential employers, network effectively and take advantage of key features of this specialized social network. Presented by Shannon Kelly, Coordinator, Job and Internship Postings, Career Services.

This series explores new technologies. This session will be held ONLINE ONLY through Adobe Connect. Mendeley is a free reference manager and academic social network that can help you organize your research, collaborate with others online, and discover the latest research. We will guide your hands-on exploration and compare this tool to other options like Zotero and Refworks.

This series explores new technologies. Forms are a powerful aspect of MS Access for controlling data entry, branding your database, providing protection and consistency. We will design simple forms and discuss options for advanced form design. No prior experience with Access assumed.

This series explores new technologies. We will explore creation of Access tables, structuring your databases, and setting up relationships. We will explore a variety of queries. No prior Access experience assumed. We will work with sample data from Excel to create a basic Access database.

This series explores new technologies. Preserve the buzz around trending topics and current events by creating a social media narrative with Storify.

This series explores new technologies. We will create Tumblr blogs and explore this active online community. We will discuss ways to follow, comment and repurpose content from other Tumblrs and ways to integrate with other social media.

This series explores new technologies. Learn how to build and maintain a professional presence on the microblogging site Twitter. Develop searching skills to locate industry leaders, identify credible job postings, and keep aware of current events in your field.

This series explores new technologies. Wordpress is a powerful solution for blogging as well as website creation. We will begin with basic setup of your account and first blog, explore choices for interactivity and collaboration, and look at best practices. We will create and comment on posts, upload images and documents, and bring in content from other blogs. No prior knowledge of Wordpress assumed. Presented by Caitlin Shanley, Educational Technology Librarian.

This series explores new technologies. WordPress is a powerful solution for blogging as well as website creation. We will begin with basic setup of your site and look at best practices. We will create and comment on posts, upload images and documents, and bring in content from other blogs. We will spend time exploring, creating, and polishing a WordPress site during this two-hour Make and Take session. No prior knowledge of WordPress assumed.

Zotero is a great way to organize your online resources, bibliographies, blog posts and PDFs. Keep track of what you have found, and find it again easily.