The College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Workshops - 2008 Spring
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"All Arts and Sciences faculty and staff are welcome on a daily walk-in basis for assistance with software. You may also call me to set up an appointment or to inquire if help is available for particular software. If you have other training topics that you would like to see offered, please email me.
Also available is a 'Faculty Training in ANGEL' resource area that you can access through our ANGEL system. This resource contains helpful hints that include getting your course setup, using the ANGEL system, and the ANGEL workshop handouts. This resource is updated throughout the semester with new information and hints. If you would like to be enrolled, please email me. "
Donna Sue Pintar, Instructional Support Specialist
216 Grubbs Hall, 620-235-4765, pintar@pittstate.edu
For additional information on the workshops offered, please call Donna Sue Pintar at 235-4765.
| Introduction to ANGEL |
February 5, Tuesday |
February 6, Wednesday |
Learn to navigate the ANGEL system, set user preferences, post a syllabus, post announcements, and use the ANGEL Mail system.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. David Gordon
2. Cherlyn Ingram
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| Gradebook in ANGEL |
February 8, Friday |
February 18, Monday |
This workshop is broken into the two types of gradebooks, Points and Percent based. Both session will cover setting up the gradebook and creating an assignment that is tied into the gradebook.
February 8 - Points based Gradebook
February 18 - Percent based Gradebook
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Cherlyn Ingram
2. Larrie Moody
3. Aida Zamilova
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1. David Gordon
2. Cherlyn Ingram
3. Steve Harmon
4. Jeff Hashman
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| SMART Board Presentation |
February 15, Friday |
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Learn about integrating
technology into the classroom by using the SMART Board interactive
whiteboard. The capabilities and classroom use of the SMART Board will be presented by Pat Upton from Kansas City Audio Visual.
Also demonstrated will be the Sympodium and the AirLiner wireless slate. The Sympodium is an interactive pen monitor that replaces, or can work with, the SMART Board. The AirLiner slate enables you and your students to interact wirelessly with the SMART Board or Sympodium from anywhere in the classroom.
Class size limited to thirty
Location: 107 Yates Hall, 2:00-4:00
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1. Tim Flood
2. Cris Elliott
3. Hazel Coltharp
4. Dixie Smith
5. Summer Warren
6. David Newcomb
7. Terry Martin
8. Dee Lankford
9. Cynthia Woodburn
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| Adding content and working with the Drop Box in ANGEL |
February 12, Tuesday |
February 13, Wednesday |
Learn to add course content to your ANGEL course and how to receive and grade assignments electronically through the drop box.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Cherlyn Ingram
2. Karen Nelson
3. Jeff Hashman
4. Meredith Moody
5. Cheryl Giefer
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| Managing your roster, attendance, and mail in ANGEL |
February 19, Tuesday |
February 20, Wednesday |
Managing your roster allows you to hide a student's information from other students (if they request it), disabling student access to your course when they drop, and use teams to assist you in entering/viewing grades and using the mail system. We will also cover the Attendance Manager and the ANGEL Mail System.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Hazel Coltharp
2. Cherlyn Ingram
3. Karen Nelson
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| Discussion Forums in ANGEL |
February 26, Tuesday |
February 27, Wednesday |
Explore the different types of discussion forums in ANGEL: how to set up a discussion forum and how to limit access to forum actions.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Cherlyn Ingram
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1. Jeff Hashman
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| Testing in ANGEL |
March 4 , Tuesday |
March 5, Wednesday |
Create a new test in ANGEL. Learn how to restrict availability and access, using the quiz timer.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Lynette Olson
2. Cherlyn Ingram
3. David Newcomb
4. Jeff Hashman
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| Customizing your GUS Menu, Message Village, and MrBULKE |
March 7, Friday |
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Learn how to put the GUS menus that you use most in the center of your screen, change the order of your menus in the left hand column, add links to your 'GUS Favorites' and change the overall look of your screen.
Also, learn how to select what PSU announcements (AKA MrBulke) you receive and how you receive them.
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Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00 |
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| Using the Learning Object Repository in ANGEL |
March 11 , Tuesday |
March 12 , Wednesday |
Using the Learning Object Repository (LOR) allows you to load course information once and use it in multiple courses and across semesters. Learn how to copy current course information into your LOR and link to it through your courses. Will be repeated on April 22nd and 23rd.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Cherlyn Ingram
2. Hazel Coltharp
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1. Lynette Olson
2. Dixie Smith
3. David Newcomb
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| Using and Customizing Gorilla Mail and Controlling Spam |
March 14, Friday |
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Do you use Gorilla Mail to read your email or just when you are at a convention? Do you have difficulty quickly process your emails?
Customize your Gorilla Mail!! Learn how to utilize the additions of folders, color-code your email to help you to effectively process your email, and store those words that are really not misspelled into your personal dictionary. Also covered will be how to mark your email as Spam and quarantine it.
Class size limited to twenty-four
Location: English Computer Lab, 101 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00 |
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| ANGEL Fluff I |
April 1, Tuesday |
April 2, Wednesday |
This workshop will cover three items: Creating a welcome page for your course, changing the folder icon to another graphic, and hiding the quiz timer during a timed quiz.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Hazel Coltharp
2. Larrie Moody
3. David Newcomb
4. Meredith Moody
5. Dixie Smith
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| Gradebook in ANGEL |
April 8, Tuesday |
April 9, Wednesday |
This workshop will cover the two types of gradebooks, Points and Percent based. Both session will cover setting up the gradebook and creating an assignment that is tied into the gradebook.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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| Faculty Topic Requests in ANGEL - PENDING |
April 15, Tuesday |
April 16, Wednesday |
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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| Using the Learning Object Repository in ANGEL |
April 22, Tuesday |
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Using the Learning Object Repository (LOR) allows you to load course information once and use it in multiple courses and across semesters. Learn how to copy current course information into your LOR and link to it through your courses. Same content as March 11th and 12th.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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| Copying content to 08WF courses and merging courses |
April 29, Tuesday |
April 30, Wednesday |
May 2, Friday |
Learn how to copy course content from a current or previous course or from your LOR into your 08WF ANGEL course. Also, if you teach more than one section of a course, you can learn how to merge these courses into one course.
Class size limited to seven
Location: Multimedia Center Faculty Lab, 202 Grubbs Hall, 3:00-4:00
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1. Tamara Tsybizova
2. Dixie Smith
3. Jan Schiefelbein
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1. Duane Whitbeck
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