Training workshops are offered throughout the year and new schedules are posted a few weeks before the beginning of each term. There may be workshops listed here that are only offered once per year or by special request.

Prerequisites:

Although some courses precede all other courses in a subject area, you are not absolutely required to have taken that course to take a higher level course. In other words, you may already have mastered the prerequisite skills by some other means. However it is critical that you have mastered these prerequisite skills before attending a course. If you attend a course and are not prepared, the instructor might not be able to successfully cover all of the workshop objectives for the other students or you will be unable to keep up with the session. Please read the prerequisites carefully as you consider registering for a workshop.

Workshop Descriptions in Alphabetical Order by Topic

Access 2007: Introduction to

Overview of Access 2007; learn record navigation techniques; use the Find, Sort, Filter commands; create and use a simple data entry form; create a simple report using a wizard. Link to Access workshop handouts. Prerequisite:basic Windows skills.

Access 2007: Database Design

The essence of the course is to learn how to design your database so that you can extract from it the information you need while avoiding design flaws that might threaten the efficiency or integrity of your database. We will cover relational database concepts, control and validation of input, and importing and linking data from other sources in Access. Come to class with a specific database creation project in mind and you may get a head start on your project. Link to Access workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to Access 2007 or equivalent.

Access 2007: Queries

Learn how to create a variety of complex database queries, including parameter queries; create a calculated field. Link to Access workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Access 2007 Database Design.

Access 2007: Form Design

Use form wizards; create and modify forms used for data entry; use control toolbox; modify object properties; edit form headers and footers; create a simple switchboard form. Link to Access workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Access Queries 2007 or equivalent.

Access 2007: Report Design

Create a variety of reports using the Report Wizard; modify a report design using the Toolbox; create mailing labels. Link to Access workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Access 2007 Queries or equivalent.

Acrobat: Introduction to

Learn to use Adobe Acrobat software to create and enhance PDF files. Topics include: converting documents from Microsoft Office applications, using navigation tools, creating simple forms, creating bookmarks and hyperlinks, scanning a paper document into a PDF file, and using the Acrobat touch-up and page management tools. Link to Acrobat workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic word processing skills

Acrobat: Forms

How to create forms and use the Form tools in Adobe Acrobat Professional. How to create simple calculations for form text fields. How to save and reuse data from a completed form. How to validate and format the data entry at the client-side will also be covered. Link to Acrobat workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to Acrobat or equivalent.

Captivate and CamStudio: Overview Demonstration

View a demonstration overview of these two different software packages. You can use software such as Adobe Captivate to create online demonstrations and interactive activities enhanced with text captions and/or narration. CamStudio makes it easy to record narration while you display PowerPoint slides for video podcasts; you can also use it to create simple demonstrations with narration. Resulting movies from Captivate and CamStudio can be converted to Flash .swf files. This will be a demonstration session - feel free to bring a snack or drink with you.

Cascading Style Sheets

Learn how to use Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to format and enhance the appearance of your web pages. CSS can help you improve the accessibility of your web pages. Link to CSS workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Introduction to HTML

Computer Tip Swap - Lunch & Learn

Bring your lunch to an informal session where you can ask questions and learn new tricks on how to do things in Office, GroupWise, web browsers, Windows, etc. It's okay to arrive a little late or leave a little early if you need to but pre-registration is requested.

Creating Accessible Web Pages

Tips on how to make your web pages as accessible as possible to those with disabilities. Many of the same techniques will help all users navigate your web site. Topics include good page organization for accessibility, use of attributes to provide alternative means of accessing multimedia components of your site, and validation tools. Also learn about federal guidelines and WVU requirements for web page accessibility. Link to "Creating Accessible Web Pages" workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Introduction to HTML; some knowledge of how to use Cascading Style Sheets would be useful.

Dreamweaver: Introduction to

Dreamweaver is a powerful web page development tool. This workshop will concentrate on learning to use Dreamweaver to create and modify web pages using an existing template. Link to Dreamweaver workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to HTML or equivalent knowledge.

Dreamweaver: Intermediate

This course is for the Dreamweaver user who wants to go beyond the introductory material. Topics include file management, templates and libraries, search and replace, site maintenance and testing tools, and page design. Link to Dreamweaver workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to Dreamweaver or equivalent knowledge.

eCampus from Scratch - Introduction for Faculty Designers

WVU eCampus is a course management tool used at WVU for completely online courses and to enhance the learning experience for traditional courses. Learn how to use the online grade book tool available within WVU eCampus, where students can view released grades individually within an authenticated secure environment. Learn how to upload and post an online syllabus in eCampus. Learn how to add content files, create assignments, use the discussion tool, create a simple online quiz, and customize the appearance of a WVU eCampus course section. Workshop is limited to faculty, instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and those who provide computer support to faculty. Link to WVU eCampus workshop handouts. Goals of the workshop:

• Review the WVU eCampus Environment: roles, navigation, basic Design Tab skills .
• How to add tools and content to a section as a section designer.
• How to customize the course section appearance.
• Quick overview of the Grade book
• How to learn more about WVU eCampus after the workshop is over.
• How to request WVU eCampus development space.

eCampus: Teaching with

How to use classroom management and communication tools available to faculty under the Teach tab. Workshop is limited to faculty, instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and those who provide computer support to faculty. Link to WVU eCampus workshop handouts. Depending on the attendees' learning needs, we will cover a selection of topics from this list:

• How to create and use discussion topics, including blogs and journals
• How to post announcements
• How to use the internal mail tool
• How to create and use a chat room
• How to create and use a Grading Form
• How to use the Grade Book to post grades
• How to use Selective Release
• How to track students' usage of WVU eCampus tools and content.

eCampus: Creating and Managing Quizzes and Assignments

WVU eCampus is a course management tool used at WVU for completely online courses and to enhance the learning experience for traditional courses. Workshop is limited to faculty, instructors, graduate teaching assistants, and those who provide computer support to faculty. Link to WVU eCampus workshop handouts. Goals of this intermediate workshop:

• How to create an assignment
• How to grade and provide feedback on an assignment
• How to create and use a grading form
• How to create quiz questions
• How to create a quiz, a survey, and a self-test
• How to reset a quiz
• How to review quiz submissions and summary statistics

eCampus: HTML Creator

WVU eCampus is a course management tool used at WVU for completely online courses and to enhance the learning experience for traditional courses. HTML Creator is a built-in web page editor that is available within WVU eCampus for creating content pages, for formatting mail messages and discussion postings, and for formatting organizer page headers and footers. It has a spell checker and allows you to create tables and insert uploaded images. The HTML Creator tool in WVU eCampus has many powerful and useful features you might not discover on your own. This short course will show you how you can create or edit html documents for your course section directly in eCampus. Link to WVU eCampus workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to WVU eCampus for Faculty Designers or equivalent

eCampus: Intensive

WVU eCampus is a course management tool used at WVU for completely online courses and to enhance the learning experience for traditional courses. Spend a day learning more about eCampus. Registrants will be asked to help select which tools and topics will be covered in the session: assessment (quiz), assignment, communication tools (announcements, calendar, chat, discussion), customizing course appearance, grade book, grading forms, group management, learning module, loading and linking to content, selective release, uploading a syllabus, web links. A detailed agenda will be sent to registrants as part of the reminder to attend. Link to WVU eCampus workshop handouts.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) Program at WVU

This workshop is designed to familiarize faculty and graduate students with the Electronic Theses and Dissertation program at WVU. Workshop will focus on the procedures involved in the production of an electronic theses or dissertation using Adobe Acrobat software. Link to ETD workshop handouts. Related workshop: Word Skills for ETD Preparation. Prerequisite:basic word processing skills.

Excel 2007: Introduction to

Create and edit a spreadsheet and apply formatting. Topics include: inserting, editing, and formatting information; changing column width/row height; inserting/deleting columns and rows; calculations and built-in functions; copying data; drawing tools; printing; charting data. Link to Excel workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic Windows skills.

Excel 2007: Intermediate  

Topics include: sorting and filtering data; automatically filling a range with data; combining spreadsheets into one file; linking data between spreadsheets; pivot tables. Link to Excel workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel.

Excel 2007: Advanced

Review calculations and built-in functions, then learn to create more complex formulas. Topics include: naming cells and ranges; goal seek and solver; customizing the toolbar and Excel default settings; creating interactive web pages. Link to Excel workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Introduction to Excel.

GroupWise: Getting Organized with

Novell GroupWise is the official electronic mail and calendar software for faculty and staff at WVU. Learn how to use its features to help you organize your work life and reduce stress. Topics include: using tasks and checklists to manage your to-do lists, creating folders and using rules to sort email into folders, marking appointments and email messages with color-coded categories, creating reminders to help you remember important dates and tasks, searching all of your folders at once for important messages, tracking messages sent to other WVU GroupWise users, and personalizing subject lines on received messages. Link to GroupWise workshop handouts. Pre-requisite: participants must already have their own GroupWise accounts.

HTML: Introduction to

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is used to create web page documents for publication and distribution on the World Wide Web. Learn how to create and format simple web pages from scratch using basic HTML tags. Link to HTML workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic word processing skills.

HTML: Intermediate

Topics include tables, forms, attributes, meta tags, and the use of colors.  Link to HTML workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to HTML.

Office 2007: Transitioning to

This session will provide a chance for attendees to learn more about Microsoft Office version 2007 and how it differs from previous versions of Office. The file formats have changed and the interface has been completely revamped: ribbons and tabs have replaced the menu bar, the Office Button replaced the File menu and Options command, functionality has been added to the status bar, galleries of themes and and a plethora of designs provide Live Previews of their selections, and a mini-toolbar formatting palette now floats above selected text. The focus will be on transition survival tips for those who are contemplating an upgrade to Office 2007 . The session will concentrate on the Office 2007 versions of Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Link to "Transitioning to Office 2007" workshop handouts. Prerequisite: none

Photoshop: Introduction to

Learn how to perform basic tasks in Adobe Photoshop such as using the toolbar and palettes, how to crop, how to rotate images etc. Workshop designed for those new to using the software but all are welcome to register. Link to Photoshop workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic Windows skills.

Photoshop: Intermediate

How to edit and prepare images for use on printed materials using Adobe Photoshop software. Link to Photoshop workshop handouts. Pre-requisite: Intro to Photoshop or basic hands-on experience using Photoshop software.

Photoshop: Web Graphics

Skills and tricks useful for creating and editing images in Photoshop for use on web pages. Link to Photoshop workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Intro to Photoshop or equivalent experience.

PowerPoint 2007: Introduction to

How to create effective presentations and visual aids using Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. Topics include: editing and formatting text, inserting clip art and pictures, using drawing tools, changing the slide color scheme, and using the different views (Slide, Notes Page, Outline, Slide Sorter, Slide Show). Link to PowerPoint workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic Windows skills.

PowerPoint 2007: Intermediate

For those who are familiar with the basic functions of PowerPoint. Topics include: applying object animation and build effects; adding interactions. Link to PowerPoint workshop handouts. Prerequisite: Introduction to PowerPoint or equivalent knowledge.

PRS: Using PRS Clickers and Software

This workshop is designed for those faculty members considering the use of the Personal Response System clickers that are available in some of WVU’s technology enhanced (CTec) classrooms. Get an opportunity to learn more about using clickers in the classroom including some tips for success. Practice creating and merging class rosters, creating question slides using the PowerPoint PRS add-in, collecting data from a completed PRS class session, and summarizing results at the end of a session. Attendance at a CTec open house might be useful but is not required. Link to PRS workshop handouts.

Self Directed Learning at WVU

Learn about self-paced online learning resources available to you at WVU. This workshop is intended for those who might not be able to attend many workshops during their working hours, for those who wish to learn more about a workshop topic than what is included in the OIT workshop series, and for those who wish to learn about topics that are not covered in OIT workshops. Learn about lynda.com, an online computer training provider that focuses on graphic design and web page development topics; learn about other online tutorials. Get an opportunity to see what the environment for a WVU eCampus course is like. Obtain information about Extended Learning courses. Discuss tips on how to be a successful self directed learner. An open lab time is scheduled to provide an opportunity for quiet hands-on exploration of those resources of interest; headphones will be provided.

Web Page Tools Intensive

Spend a day learning topics from a variety of our series of web page development workshops. Workshop will start promptly at 8:45am and will continue after lunch until 4:15pm for an intense day packed full of information. Feel free to bring any existing documents and digital images to use for practice during workshop hands-on work. Link to "Web Page Tools Intensive" workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic word processing skills.

Word 2007: Styles

Styles in Microsoft Word make it easier for you to create a consistent professional document and easier to update the appearance of the entire document in the future. This short workshop will show you how to create, modify, and use styles; how to automatically create a table of contents based on heading styles; how to use the Document Map of headings for navigation in large documents. Link to Word workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic word processing skills

Word 2007: Revising Large Documents

Rare is the document that is completed in one draft. An essential part of the writing process is revision, and Word has features to support revision, whether by an individual or a group. Topics include advanced search and replace techniques, tracking changes, comments, and using styles to simplify revision. Link to Word workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic MS Word skills

Word Skills for ETD Preparation

How to modify and use heading styles; how to create table and figure captions; how to automatically create a table of contents and lists of figures and tables; page numbering and section breaks; how to adhere to the ETD guidelines. Although the workshop is designed for graduate students preparing theses and dissertations, others needing to learn these skills for creating or editing large documents would also benefit. Link to Word workshop handouts. Prerequisite: basic word processing skills.

WVU eCampus - see eCampus

Faculty Development Workshops

These workshops are restricted to WVU faculty, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants. Other workshops of possible interest to faculty include eCampus, PowerPoint, PRS, and web page design sessions.

Faculty Devlopment: Information Technology Orientation for All and Newer Faculty

This session will provide an overview of instructional technology and other IT resources available on the WVU campus for faculty. Topics include MIX, WVU eCampus, and GroupWise. MIX is our student email system and web portal that instructional faculty can use to communicate with their students and to quickly get to STAR/Banner for class lists and grade reporting. WVU eCampus is our standard course management system, currently based on Blackboard's Vista Enterprise software; all credit-bearing course sections will automatically have space available in this system. Novell GroupWise is the WVU official email and calendar software for faculty and staff.

Faculty Development: Overview of Instructional Technology at WVU

An overview of what instructional technology options are available on campus to help a faculty member enhance or deliver courses. Learn more about the variety of instructional tools available in this hands-on workshop. Topics will come from the following workshops: eSEI, Turnitin, Wimba Voice Tools, Wimba Classroom, Respondus LockDown Browser, Creating Online Learning Activities with Studymate. The session will be customized to registrants' needs - a detailed agenda will be emailed as part of the session reminder.

Faculty Development: Assessment and Student Learning

Whatever the mode, Assessment plays a major role in student learning. In this workshop we will discuss different ways student learning can be assessed online, technological aspects of online assessment, and where to start when designing online assessment. Different forms of assessment can drive student learning in different ways. Bring a copy of an old exam or a sample of your typical exam questions to evaluate using Bloom’s Taxonomy. In this workshop, we will:

• distinguish between formative and summative assessment;
• discuss ways that formative assessment can enhance student learning;
• explore the relationship between formative assessment and active learning; and
• use Bloom's Taxonomy to evaluate our summative assessments to better align them with our learning goals.

Faculty Development: Building Blocks of Instructional Design

This workshop will review concepts in applied instructional design, focusing on learner-centered design and the enrichment of courses with online/multimedia elements.  Tools to aid faculty in organizing instructional materials and online resources will be shared.

Faculty Development: Emerging Instructional Technologies on the Web: Wikis, Blogs, Podcasting, ...

This workshop will introduce faculty to emerging online applications (sometimes referred to as Web 2.0 technologies) that can be used in instruction, including communication and collaboration tools. Come and learn about online document sharing and creation, online collaboration, and what’s new on the web. Link to Web 2.0 Technologies information.

Faculty Development: Faculty Toolkit for Online Teaching

This session includes valuable university resources, time management, best practices in online course creation, tips for engaging learners and motivating them for instruction, effective use of multi-media and a plethora of topics relevant to the online instructor.

Faculty Development: Graphics for Online Courses

In this workshop, we will be discussing the various simple steps to getting graphics from online sources, and also how we use simple resources such as the syllabus to create unique graphics for the banner and icons for your course.

Faculty Development: Moderating Chats & Online Discussions

Are you considering using online chats or discussions in your online course or to enhance a traditionally delivered course? This session includes educational applications, preparation ideas, and tips for moderating online chats and facilitating discussions.

Faculty Development: Podcasting Part One: Basics

What is a podcast? What technologies underlie a podcast?  What content can be included in podcasts?  How can podcasting be used for educational goals?  What are some simple ways to get started?  Come learn the answers to these questions. Link to Podcasting Basics workshop handouts.

Faculty Development: Podcasting Part Two: Advanced

What is iTunesU?  How can my podcasts be included as part of WVU’s iTunes presence?  Where can I find resources to enhance my podcasts?  How can I use software such as Audacity to improve sound quality?  How can I create a simple video podcast using PowerPoint and Camstudio? Come learn about these and other topic in podcasting. Prerequisite: must attend Podcasting Basics, part one. 

Faculty Development: PowerPoint, Effective Use of

This session will demonstrate the effective use of PowerPoint and will provide techniques for creating successful PowerPoint presentations designed to aid teaching and enhance learning. The session will focus on effective integration of PowerPoint into the classroom to increase student participation, gain attention of students, and enable student interaction. It will also include a discussion of presentation design and delivery skills.

Faculty Development: Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI)
Online Request System at WVU

Student Evaluations of Instruction (SEIs) are an important part of the academic process each semester. They are one of the means of measuring a faculty member's effectiveness and provide students with a tool to offer constructive feedback to encourage improvements. Beginning Summer 2008, all SEIs (both the paper-based and the electronic versions) will be requested through a single online system. This workshop is designed to familiarize faculty with the new integrated request system. The workshop will walk through the steps to complete a survey request for both paper-based and online surveys as well as how to check status of responses, request reports, and download your survey information after the end of a course.

Faculty Development: Respondus and Studymate

Learn how to use these software products to create quizzes, games, and learning activities that can be imported into WVU eCampus or delivered online as Flash movies from any web server. Respondus can also be used to create paper surveys and tests.

Faculty Development: Respondus LockDown Browser for eCampus Online Quizzes

Learn more about Respondus LockDown Browser software, which is now licensed for use on the WVU campuses. This alternative browser can easily be downloaded and installed by students and computer lab staff  to increase the security of online testing in WVU eCampus. Faculty who deliver quizzes and tests via WVU eCampus can choose to require their students to use the Respondus LockDownBrowser while taking their online exams. Once the student begins an online exam within this browser, they cannot leave the exam without submitting it nor can they view other web sites, print questions, make screen captures, or use eCampus tools or other resources on their computers. Instructors can choose to make a web-based calculator, a simple Excel worksheet, or a single web page per question available during the exam. In the workshop, faculty attendees will learn how to add the Respondus LockDown Browser a requirement for new and existing assessments, how they and their students can obtain a copy of it, and how to add tools for the students to use during the online exam.

Faculty Development: Turnitin

How to use this new Plagiarism Assessment Tool currently available as a site license to faculty members. Topics include how to create a Turnitin assignment in WVU eCampus, how to upload documents for comparison to Turnitin databases, and how to review and save originality reports.

Faculty Development: Wimba Classroom

Wimba Classroom is a flexible and powerful communication and collaboration online learning tool which can be used from within a WVU eCampus course section or on its own. This workshopwill explore key features for getting started with Wimba Classroom such as: displaying PowerPoint slides, voice and text chatting, using the eBoard as a whiteboard, sharing a computer desktop for demonstrations or collaboration, polling participants, tool settings, and archiving a session for later viewing. Faculty attendees will discover how Wimba Classroom will help students and presenters quickly become comfortable with best practices for an interactive online learning experience. This workshop is appropriate for those faculty members new to Wimba Classroom and for those who wish to fine tune their online communication and collaboration skills. Attending faculty members will have an opportunity to participate in a Wimba Classroom session.

Faculty Development: Wimba Voice Tools

This session will introduce faculty to all of the tools associated with Wimba Voice Tools including Voice Board and Podcaster. Come and learn about how to set up these tools in WVU eCampus, the pedagogical aspect of using Wimba Voice Tools, and instructional strategies that can be applied to each tool.