WICShops: Program Calendar for the David B. Weigle Information Commons

Representatives of Penn Libraries, Critical Writing Program, Weingarten Learning Resources Center (VPUL) and Communication within the Curriculum (CWiC) will lead workshops to assist undergraduates with their research, writing, presentation and organizational needs.

Trying to create a poster to explain your research project to others? Wondering how to make a powerful visual statement? We will explore designing your poster in PowerPoint. We will look at page size options, font and color choices, Word Art, Autoshapes and drawing tools. Bring your poster information with you as well as your personal laptop if appropriate. We will share tips and tricks for poster formatting, show examples and discuss preparing a PDF for printing in the Vitale Digital Media Lab or similar facility. Presented by Anu Vedantham, WIC Director. This workshop will help students consider how to appropriately edit and revise writing assignments. Please bring your writing assignment, either in final or draft form, to the workshop. We will work through different methods of improving the paper for readability and coherence. Registration opens on 11/25/2009

This workshop will focus on three Bb tools; the Discussion Boards, the Blog/Journal, and the Wiki/Teams Sites. Learn how to use these tools and see some practical examples. Registration opens on 12/29/2009

Explore the Blackboard assessment tools of Pools, Tests and Surveys. The Pools tool creates banks of questions to be used in several tests. The Tests tool creates 15 question types including multiple choice, fill-in and short answer. The Surveys tool can test or query students anonymously. Registration opens on 12/30/2009

Learn how to use the BB Grade Center to work with different types of assignments, use the dropbox to collect assignments from students and make efficient use of assessment tools. Registration opens on 11/25/2009

Learn how to manage your course site, upload documents and syllabi, send email efficiently to students, create announcements and manage your student rosters. Registration opens on 12/24/2009

This popular spreadsheet package provides significant data analysis and graphing capabilities.

We will focus on Excel features for graphs and charts. We will discuss multiple axes, formatting data, choosing chart type, adding notes and images, and customizing your charts. We will discuss how to export charts to other formats including Word, PowerPoint and PDF. This is a hands-on workshop. ( Web Resource ) Online workshop Registration opens on 11/30/2009

This series is designed for faculty and instructors and provides hands-on experiences with new media, software and online resources.

Google is changing the way people find and use information.

We will look at the full range of Google services including some that may be new to you: Google Scholar, Google Book Search, Google Maps, etc. We will look at strategies to find quality resources quickly and efficiently using Google.

PowerPoint is a highly popular, often misused presentation software.

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. Presented by Molly Gastinger, Librarian. Registration opens on 1/21/2010

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.

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.

Registration opens on 11/25/2009

This series showcases new technologies. Vendor presentations may include sales-related content.

This workshop begins with a presentation on basics of Mac desktop use, overview of popular software services, multimedia and device connections followed by hands-on exploration and guidance. Presented by undergraduate Jacob Finkel, who is the Apple campus representative for Penn.Designed for new Mac users.

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.

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.