March 2012

Date Time Topic Description Facilitator
3/13/2012 1-2pm Using Adobe Acrobat Pro to Provide Feedback to Students and Peers In this workshop we will explore the various comment features available within Adobe Acrobat Professional that can be utilized to provide feedback, in particular audio feedback and even video feedback, to Students and Peers. A. Albright
3/13/2012 3-4pm Blogging/Journaling in Blackboard In this workshop, we will explore the Blackboard blogs and journals and discuss how they can be integrated into a course to encourage reflection and enhance the learning process. J. Gonzalez-Major
3/14/2012 1-2pm Using Visual Learning Environments (VUE) to Create Non-Linear Presentations This workshop will explore the creation of visual understanding environments (VUE) to create non-linear presentations. We will be using the VUE tool developed by Tufts University for this session. J. Gonzalez-Major
3/14/2012
Tuesday
3-4pm Using Grade Center Effectively This workshop will provide faculty with insights on how to more effectively use the Grade Center features for categorizing grade items to create SmartViews and enable grade weighting. A. Albright
3/15/2012 1-2pm Using Wikis in Blackboard In this workshop we will explore the Blackboard wikis and discuss how they can be integrated into a course to promote the social construction of knowledge.. J. Gonzalez-Major
3/15/2012 3-4pm Using Adobe Acrobat Pro to Provide Feedback to Students and Peers In this workshop we will explore the various comment features available within Adobe Acrobat Professional that can be utilized to provide feedback, in particular audio feedback and even video feedback, to Students and Peers. A. Albright
3/20/2012 1-2pm Using Grade Center Effectively This workshop will provide faculty with insights on how to more effectively use the Grade Center features for categorizing grade items to create SmartViews and enable grade weighting. A. Albright
3/20/2012 2:30-4pm Parallel Matlab class S. Schwarz
3/20/2012 1-2:30pm Shell Scripting Shell scripts provide a quick and powerful method for automating many common tasks and for completing†tasks that would be impossible to complete manually. †Participants in this class will use simple shell†programming (bash/ksh/sh) and UNIX/Linux tools to solve an example problem. Users should be familiar with†the material covered in Learning power tools for Linux/UNIX/Mac.Prerequisite: Basic terminal/command line experience (Unix/Linux/Mac; experience with a text editor http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/training/research/courses.html#shell R. Brittain