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Tuesday, October 14, 2014
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Extended Drop-in Hours for Grading in myCourses
- Location: > See description for location
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: CITS Instructional Development has extended our drop-in hours specifically to assist faculty with the myCourses Grade Center. If you would like help automating your grade calculations or just setting up your myCourses Grade Center, please visit CITS Instructional Development in Library 242 during our designated extended drop-in hours.
- Link: http://mycoursesfaculty.umassd.wikispaces.net/Grade+Center
- Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development, Training
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12:30 PM
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OFD Book Club
- Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220
- Contact: Office of Faculty Development
- Description: Tuesday, October 14, – 12:30-1:30pm in OFD Lounge
Facilitated by Cathy Smilan
On the recommendation of the faculty, OFD is piloting a book club session this semester. OFD's book club selection for Fall 2014 is Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom by Johnson, Johnson & Smith. Beyond assigning groups of students to work together on projects, this college-level based text addresses the role assignment, fostering interdependence, scope and sequence planning and time management for using cooperation in the classroom. The text is a follow-up to the September 8 workshop on Cooperative Learning faciliated by Lorraine Cross, a Johnson and Johnson trained educator. Participants will receive a complimentary copy of the text and join in monthly discussions about this teaching strategy. Ms. Cross will be available via Skype at the book club sessions to answer questions related to the methodology. We look forward to active participation through discussion of the reading and examples from your classrooms.
Book: Active Learning: Cooperation in the College Classroom (2006, 8th Edition). David and Roger Johnson and Karl Smith. (a limited number of copies will be available to participants).
Lunch will be served in all sessions; if you wish to attend any session, please register through the Events calendar on UMD website.
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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10:00 AM
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Introduction to Photoshop, Part 3
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
- Description: The last workshop in the three part series covers the use of Photoshop’s layer features. Users assemble a collage from separate documents, and use layers to organize and define the final image. An adjustment layer is used to perform color correction. Also covered are text layers, and layer styles. Finally, cropping and image size changes are covered, as well as saving documents as different file formats. Previous Photoshop experience, or Part 1 of the Introduction class is required.
This workshop takes place in the Library, room 226.
Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799,
or email RLegault@umassd.edu.
Seating is limited, so please register today!
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
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Wednesday, October 15, 2014
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9:00 AM
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1:00 PM
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Extended Drop-in Hours for Grading in myCourses
- Location: > See description for location
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: CITS Instructional Development has extended our drop-in hours specifically to assist faculty with the myCourses Grade Center. If you would like help automating your grade calculations or just setting up your myCourses Grade Center, please visit CITS Instructional Development in Library 242 during our designated extended drop-in hours.
- Link: http://mycoursesfaculty.umassd.wikispaces.net/Grade+Center
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Sustainability in the Classroom
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
- Description: If you are interested in reducing your personal energy, paper and toner consumption, this workshop is for you. It provides practical suggestions and software tools for reducing your energy and paper use in and out of the classroom. It explores which equipment uses the most energy, and how to get the most out of the resources you really need to use.
This workshop takes place in the Library, room 226.
Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799,
or email RLegault@umassd.edu.
Seating is limited, so please register today!
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
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12:00 PM
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Faculty Writing Workshop
- Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220
- Contact: Office of Faculty Development
- Description: Wednesday, October 15, 12-1:30pm in OFD Lounge
The Office of Faculty Development’s Writing Group for Faculty provides UMass Dartmouth faculty with a structured yet flexible forum for discussing and stimulating their ongoing writing projects. The group will meet every three weeks on Wednesday in the OFD Lounge. Lunch will be provided. Regular participation throughout the academic year is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome.
This workshop series will be facilitated by Maureen Eckert, Associate Professor, Philosophy. Please contact Maureen Eckert at meckert@umassd.edu with any questions.
Lunch will be served in all sessions; if you wish to attend any session, please register through the Events calendar on UMD website.
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, topic: Faculty Development, audience: Faculty
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12:00 PM
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Emergency Preparedness
- Location: Foster Administration Building
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Contact: > See Description for contact information
- Description: Emergency Preparedness
An overview of emergency preparedness, disaster resiliency and continuity of operations that are being implemented. Also, how you should prepare for basic emergencies at work, at home, and when you travel. Lastly, some basic fire safety tips and evacuation planning for our campus.
Facilitators: Officer Steve Mello and Captain Tim Sheehan
Location: Foster Administration- BOT Foster Room #333
Questions? Contact Sheila Whitaker, X8045
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
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Thursday, October 16, 2014
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12:00 PM
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4:00 PM
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Extended Drop-in Hours for Grading in myCourses
- Location: > See description for location
- Contact: CITS Instructional Development
- Description: CITS Instructional Development has extended our drop-in hours specifically to assist faculty with the myCourses Grade Center. If you would like help automating your grade calculations or just setting up your myCourses Grade Center, please visit CITS Instructional Development in Library 242 during our designated extended drop-in hours.
- Link: http://mycoursesfaculty.umassd.wikispaces.net/Grade+Center
- Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development, Training
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2:00 PM
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Introduction to Excel
- Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226
, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
- Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
- Description: This workshop provides a practical introduction to Microsoft Excel. Hands-on practice with Excel allows participants to learn the skills needed to set up a spreadsheet, make keyboard entries, and perform calculations. Participants learn to produce worksheets such as budgets and payrolls. Formatting, using formulas and simple functions are introduced. No previous Excel experience is needed.
This workshop takes place in the Library, room 226.
Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799,
or email RLegault@umassd.edu.
Seating is limited, so please register today!
- Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
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