New! Announcing: An Instructional Technology Webinar Schedule
Do you want to make that PowerPoint more engaging? Interested in using some video in your courses? We will be using Elluminate Live!, our online conferencing solution that allows collaboration in real time, to host a series of brown bag webinars. (Note: A webinar is a web-delivered seminar.) You can access the webinars from any computer connected to the Internet at the dates and times indicated. No special experience nor equipment required to participate!
Please see the schedule of planned sessions by clicking here Note that these online sessions are intended for any level of computer proficiency.
For more information about Elluminate, please go the the main web site: http://www.elluminate.com/products/live/index.jsp
All of the webinars will be archived and posted to the new Instructional Technology Center website at http://ctl.csudh.edu To join any of the sessions, simply click on the appropriate link(s) a few minutes before the start time, enter your name, accept the JAVA download and terms of use, and you'll gain access. Once you have joined the meeting, simply turn up your speaker volume. Please see the general instructions at the bottom of this page.*
If you need special hands-on encounters with some of our technology, please schedule a meeting by calling Kathy Andrews at Ext 3480. Please indicate the best day and time. Of course, you can always schedule an online virtual appointment so that you can learn more from your home or office. You simply need an Internet connection (phone is optional). Contact or e-mail Doug Borcoman at ext 2391 for details and to suggest other subjects of interest that we can cover in the future.
Accessible Technology Initiative -New Equipment!
The ATI initiative, as mandated by the CSU Chancellor, requires that all learning materials be made accessible. Instructional Media staff have been preparing ATI rooms for easy faculty access on the first floor of the Library. These rooms are currently being equipped with computers, Internet access, scanners, and relevant software to facilitate the creation of accessible Word, PDF, and multimedia files. We will be happy to provide an orientation to all staff and faculty interested in using the ATI rooms or in learning about programs used to generate accessible documents, such as Adobe Professional and Adobe Dreamweaver CS3.
Augmenting Your Online/Blackboard Course
If you would like some assistance with uploading materials, course design, generating lectures, using streaming multimedia, or using You Tube or podcasting, please contact us about such training needs and we will set up an appointment. Call Kathy Andrews at (310) 243-3480.
Innovative Ideas
Please take a look at some of the ideas about how to use various technologies at the Faculty Showcase link. You can learn how to do these things, too.
Archived Materials
Past sessions and archived meetings, as well as other information pertaining to online course development and delivery, may be found on the Instructional Technology Center website.
*General ElluminateLive! Instructions
You may join an Elluminate meeting 30 minutes prior to the posted start time.
To join the meeting, click on the appropriate link.
To view the hardware and software pre-requisites for Elluminate Live! please visit http://www.elluminate.com/support
Please make sure your computer has speakers with volume turned up to be able to hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting.
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