Upcoming Events

Note: Also visit the FASTRAC workshop schedule for a complete list of information technology workshops

Instructional Blogs & Wikis
This workshop will explore the Web 2.0 technologies blogs and wikis. What are these social networking technologies and there potential applications in teaching and learning? Workshop participants will also create a web-hosted blog or wiki during the session. more...
Date: 07/09/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Dion 109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Tracey Russo, trusso@umassd.edu, 508-910-6544

Word Mail Merge
This workshop covers the use of Microsoft Words mail merge tools. Participants create a letter and merge it with names and addresses from a separate data document. more...
Date: 07/10/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion-109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Rich Legault, rlegault@umassd.edu, 508-999-8799

myCourses Assessments
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to manage and create questions in the question database, create a quiz, survey, and self test, and configure assessment settings. more...
Date: 07/16/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion 109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Tracey Russo, trusso@umassd.edu, 508-910-6544

myCourses Grading
In this hands-on workshop participants learn how to set up, organize and manage student records, add columns to the student table to enter grades, export and import grades and manage the grade book settings. more...
Date: 07/17/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Location: Dion 109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Tracey Russo, trusso@umassd.edu, 508-910-6544

Live Conferencing in myCourses
This workshop will demonstrate Live Classroom, a live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. more...
Date: 07/22/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion 109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Tracey Russo, trusso@umassd.edu, 508-910-6544

Introduction to InDesign Part 1
InDesign is a sophisticated page layout and graphic design tool geared toward print publication. The first workshop in the three part series covers the basics of Adobe InDesign, and is intended for users with little or no InDesign experience. more...
Date: 07/23/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion-109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Rich Legault, rlegault@umassd.edu, 508-999-8799

Word Tables Graphics and Templates
This workshop covers the use of templates, and other time-saving features of Microsoft Word. Templates are used as blueprints for standardized documents, such as stationery. more...
Date: 07/24/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion-109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Rich Legault, rlegault@umassd.edu, 508-999-8799

Introduction to InDesign Part 2
The second workshop in the three part series covers working with text frames, threading text and importing text from other documents. more...
Date: 07/30/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion-109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Rich Legault, rlegault@umassd.edu, 508-999-8799

Introduction to InDesign Part 3
The third workshop in the three part series covers working with color, including managing color using the Swatches palette, using the eyedropper tool, and colorizing black and white images. more...
Date: 08/06/2008
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: Dion-109
Admission: Free!
Contact: Rich Legault, rlegault@umassd.edu, 508-999-8799