Technology Workshops for Faculty
Academic Computing is offering a full schedule of workshops this June. These hands-on workshops give faculty a chance to learn about a new technology while working with content from their own courses.
These workshops fill up quickly, so register early!
Workshops on basic use of technology for teaching:
- Overview of available teaching technologies
- Basic creation of digital documents using PDF
- Basic introduction to digital images
- Basic presentation building in PowerPoint
- Basic grade management using Excel
Workshops about course Web sites:
- Creating public course Web sites using Dreamweaver
- Creating course Web sites in WebCT Campus Edition 4.1
- Building quizzes and surveys in WebCT Campus Edition 4.1
- Using communications tools in WebCT Campus Edition 4.1
Workshops about digital video:
- Basic digital video capture and editing in iMovie (MacOS)
- Basic digital video capture and editing in Movie Maker (Windows)
- High-end video editing with Final Cut Pro
Workshops on emerging technologies:
- Using blogs, wikis and podcasts to distribute classroom content
Can't make it to a workshop? We also offer one-on-one consulting through our Instructional Media Lab (413-545-2823 or instruct@oit.umass.edu).