Workshops & Seminars

Fall 2015 TeAchnology Series

Fall 2015 TeAchnology Sessions Registration Form
Date & Time	Topic & Description	Format	Facilitators	Room
Fri. Nov. 6    12-1	PAST: Part 1: Quick Qualtrics Introduction Discuss the benefits of using Qualtrics from basic survey building to distribution to reporting.	Brown-bag Lunch	Haider & Stangl	Moccasin Flower
Tues. Nov.10 10:30-11:30am	Google Drive: Sharing and Collaborating Google Drive makes sharing your files simple. If you want to send a file or folder to someone so that they can view, edit, or comment on it, you can share it with them directly in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides, or through a link or email attachment. It also allows multiple people to edit the same file, and chat with each other for real-time collaboration. ​We will give you some helpful tips and allow time for Q&A and hands-on practice. ​	Hands-On	Bohm & Gades	IH 11 Computer Lab
Fri. Nov. 13th 12-1	Part 2: Qualtrics Open session. Bring your questions! We will offer some ‘Tips & Tricks’ as well as ‘10 things you wish you knew about Qualtrics’ before you started your survey.	Hands-On	Haider & Stangl	Lib 350 Computer Lab
Tues. Nov. 17 4pm	Universal Design: Creating Accessible Documents In this hands-on session, you will learn how to create and adapt your documents while following Universal Design principles.	Hands-On	Seykora & Stangl	Lib 350 Computer Lab
Thurs. Nov. 19 10:30-11:30am	Using Google Sheets & Forms ​You'll learn about the different ways you might use spreadsheets and how to navigate the Google Sheets interface. We will cover the basic ways to work with cells and cell content. Then, we’ll move on to Google Forms where you can learn how to plan your next trip, manage event registrations, whip up a quick poll, collect email addresses for a newsletter, create a pop quiz, and much more.	Hands-On	Bohm & Gades	IH 11 Computer Lab
Mon. Nov.23  12-1	WebEx: How to Schedule and Host a Meeting We will provide an introduction to WebEx, the University's web conferencing system, and give you some useful tips for hosting your own meetings.	Brown-bag Lunch	Cihak & Gades	HFA 45 The Learning Studio
Mon. Nov 30 12-1	Active Directory: ABC; Easy as one, two, three A basic introduction and overview of how Active Directory (AD) is used on the Morris campus. We will address benefits AD provides for end users and identify some cool things we are automatically configuring for lab, classroom, and office workstations. An open-ended Q&A period follows a short presentation--bring your lunch and your questions!	Brown-bag Lunch	Zaske	HFA 45
Tues. Dec. 15 10:30-11:30am	Google Drive: Sharing and Collaborating Google Drive makes sharing your files simple. If you want to send a file or folder to someone so that they can view, edit, or comment on it, you can share it with them directly in Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides, or through a link or email attachment. It also allows multiple people to edit the same file, and chat with each other for real-time collaboration. ​We will give you some helpful tips and allow time for Q&A and hands-on practice. ​	Hands-On	Bohm & Cihak	Sci 2530 Computer Lab
Thurs. Dec. 17 10:30-11:30am	Using Google Sheets & Forms ​You'll learn about the different ways you might use spreadsheets and how to navigate the Google Sheets interface. We will cover the basic ways to work with cells and cell content. Then, we’ll move on to Google Forms where you can learn how to plan your next trip, manage event registrations, whip up a quick poll, collect email addresses for a newsletter, create a pop quiz, and much more.	Hands-On	Bohm & Gades	Sci 2530 Computer Lab

Spring 2014 Tech Hangouts OnAir

Please plan to join us online for this Spring’s “Tech Hangouts OnAir”  In this 4-part series, the workshops will be held online with participants attending from their own desks.  Each session will be recorded to ensure that more people will be able to take advantage of these sessions.

We are looking for volunteers to “Hangout” live with the session presenters.  If you are willing to participate in this way, please contact Pam Gades and let her know.  As these sessions are also being recorded and will be available for anyone from UMM to view the recordings via YouTube, she will need your permission to share the recordings online after the session as well.

Searching the New Articles and Books Tab at Briggs Library Wed. April 2 – 10am to 11am Presented by Briggs Library:  Kellie Meehlhause and Peter Bremer Briggs Library recently unveiled a new way to search for articles, books, and multimedia simultaneously. The new search feature includes many (but not all) Briggs Library databases as well as Pounce content. Learn easy search tips and discover who can benefit the most from this exciting new resource.

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What’s New in Moodle 2.6?

Thurs. April 3 – 10am to 11am

Presented by Pam Gades, Instructional & Media Technologies, and Chlene Anderson, Office of Online Learning

The current version of Moodle is 2.4.  A new version, Moodle 2.6, was soft-launched on March 1, 2014. (That means you may start requesting 2.6 course sites.) The full release is scheduled for April 27, 2014.  We’ll highlight the most obvious changes rolling out in the new version.

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Moodle Tips & Tools – Tools and Features You May Not Know About
Wed. April 9 – 10am to 11am
Presented by Pam Gades, Instructional & Media Technologies Moodle has evolved to include more and more features as the updates roll out, and you may not have discovered  them yet.  I’d like to demonstrate some of these lesser-known features and share some tips for using them in your courses.

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Google Drive Best Practices

Thurs. April 10 – 10am to 11am

Presented by Instructional & Media Technologies:  Ramsay Bohm and Pam Gades; Computing Services: Jim Hall

Google Drive has changed the way we work. It is a powerful collaboration tool. In this session, we’ll share some best practices in using Google Drive:  uploading, converting, organizing, sharing, searching, and more.
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