DoIT October, 2006, Events and Activities

Event 1: Adapting Face-to-Face Courses for the Online Environment: Parts 1 and 2 (sponsored by Waubonsee Community College)
Dates: October 6 and October 13, 2006
Time: 9:00AM-3:30PM
Location: Waubonsee Community College, Henning 101
Cost: $20.00
Registration: contact the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology at 630.466.2858. This two-part course will walk you through the essential elements of designing instructional events for the online environment. Presented in a hands-on format, you will use face-to-face activities in combination with a course management system to discover the tips, tricks, and tools useful for moving your course to the Web. Lunch will be provided.


Event 2: Camtasia
Bits & Bytes
Date: October 10, 2006
Time: 1:40-2:00PM
Location: F 124
Cost: free
Registration: none Join Kevin Crow in this 20-minute session to see how Camtasia software can help you design interactive course material. View a demonstration of how you can record anything that appears on your computer monitor and save it as a Flash file.


Event 3: Assessing Online Course Discussion (sponsored by the Instructional Technology Council)
Date: October 10, 2006
Time: 1:00-2:00PM
Location: Your computer and telephone
Cost: $25.00
Registration: contact Sarah Stark DoIT Director, at 847.925.6805 before the event for registration and support for event cost) This presentation will help you to understand why it is important to assess online discussion, give you some ideas for structuring and managing that assessment, and start you thinking about how you can use assessment to make online discussions all you hoped they could be.


Event 4: Catch the Camtasia Wave! (Bits & Bytes)
Date: October 11, 2006
Time: 1:00-1:20PM
Location: F 124
Cost: free
Registration: none Join Kevin Crow in this 20-minute session to see how Camtasia software can help you design interactive course material. View a demonstration of how you can record anything that appears on your computer monitor and save it as a Flash file.


Event 5: Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Office (sponsored by Illinois Center of Information Technology Accessibility)
Date: October 12, 2006
Time: 1:00-2:00PM
Location: Your computer
Cost: free
Registration: visit http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu/webreg.php Dr. Jon Gunderson, University of Illinois, will present the Accessible Web Publishing Wizard for Microsoft Office and how it can assist in meeting these mandates as well as providing content for a wider range of users.


Event 6: Best Practices for Microsoft PowerPoint (sponsored by Illinois Center of Information Technology Accessibility)
Date: October 19, 2006
Time: 2:00-3:00PM
Location: Your computer
Cost: free
Registration: visit http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu/webreg.php Learn best practice techniques for Titles. Layouts, Tables, Images and more. Join Christy Blew, University of Illinois, to see how the Accessible Web Publishing Wizard creates an Accessible HTML output of your presentation.


Event 7: Create Interactive Study Materials with StudyMate! (TUG)
Date: October 19, 2006
Time: 3:00-3:45PM
Location: F 124
Cost: free
Registration: none Join Sarah Stark for this 45-minute session where you will see a demonstration of how to create crossword puzzles, glossaries, flashcards, pick-a-letter, matching and fill-in-the-blank study exercises with software you can use both in your office and at home at no cost to you. Bring your own course information and create your own activities for use in Blackboard or on your own course Web page.


Event 8: Best Practices for Microsoft Word (sponsored by Illinois Center of Information Technology Accessibility)
Date: October 25, 2006
Time: 2:00-3:00PM
Location: Your computer
Cost: free
Registration: visit http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu/webreg.php Learn best practices for styling features such as Headers, Images, Columns and more. See how the Accessible Web Publishing Wizard creates an Accessible HTML output of your document.


Event 9: Designing/Redesigning and Evaluating Online Courses (sponsored by Illinois Online Network)
Date: October 26, 2006
Time: 2:00-3:00PM
Location: Your computer
Cost: free
Registration: visit http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/webinars/monthly/upcomingevents.asp (Note: You must be logged in to MyION to register) or contact Kevin Johnson at kejohns@uillinois.edu for more information. Want to measure the quality of your online courses? At this workshop, the QOCI (Quality Online Course Initiative) rubric will be distributed and attendees will participate in a discussion on how to use this tool to design, redesign, and/or evaluate online courses.


Event 10: Best Practices for Microsoft Word (sponsored by Illinois Center of Information Technology Accessibility)
Date: October 26, 2006
Time: 2:30-3:30PM
Location: Your computer
Cost: free
Registration: visit http://www.accessiblewizards.uiuc.edu/webreg.php Learn best practices for styling features such as Headers, Images, Columns and more. See how the Accessible Web Publishing Wizard creates an Accessible HTML output of your document.