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Microsoft eLearning
This is a list of the Office 2010 and Windows 7 courses available through Coursesites:
OneNote, Publisher, and Viso 2010 Training
Skills Training in Microsoft Access 2010 - 3 levels
Skills Training in Microsoft Excel 2010 - 3 levels
Skills Training in Microsoft Outlook 2010 - 3 levels
Skills Training in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - 3 levels
Skills Training in Microsoft Word 2010 - 3 levels
Windows 7 Essentials - 2 levels
For more information about these courses, and to register for a course click here

SkyDrive
Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy
Mon., 2/27/2012 , 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - SCC 135
Has this happened to you?
- Lost my flash drive with all my class files
- Needed multiple flash drives for all my documents, worksheets, and presentations
- Wished I could open my files no matter where I am
- Needed to do a quick edit on my Word document, Excel document, or PowerPoint presentation but didn't have Microsoft Office
- Wanted to share documents, presentations, pictures with others
- Needed to collaborate on document with a group
Then you need SkyDrive
- 25GB of online storage - your USB flash drive in the cloud. Access your files from anywhere.
- Store and share all your files securely.
- Great for photos and videos.
- Easily store, send, and share files, photos, and videos with a friend or a whole social network.
- Permissions are easy to set, so you decide who can access every file or folder.
- Works seamlessly with Microsoft Office 2010.
- Upload and share Microsoft Office documents with your friends, even if they don't have Microsoft Office.

NBC Learn
Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy
Thurs., 2/9/2012 , 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - SCC 135
Mon., 2/20/2012 , 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - SRC 3687
Throw open the doors of the NBC News Archive...
NBC News is making thousands of videos, historic newsreels, primary source documents, photographs and more available to instructors, researchers and students.
Thousands of Historic Film and Video Clips - From the earliest days of film and television news to the latest current events.
Primary Source Documents - Hundreds of historic documents, newspaper articles, letters, and more.
Personal Playlists - Create your own collections of resources and share them with friends and colleagues.
Download Videos - Use them in class, embed them in projects, play them back without an internet connection.
Dozens of Collections - 26 Subject areas from Economics to Environmental Sciences

MyAttendanceTracker.com
Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy
TBA
Track, View and Report Attendance Online! Have you ever wanted a simple and convenient way to track attendance for your classroom? Well, now there's a way. MyAttendanceTracker.com is an online attendance tracker and it will help simplify the tedious task of keeping attendance.
Some of the site's key features:
* It's free!
* Track attendance online from home or school
* Easy to use interface to enter attendance data
* Import Tools allows you to load your entire class list from Blackboard in minutes
* Export data to Excel or download reports as .PDFs
Setting up classes is very easy and you can be up and running in no time at all. The interface for managing students is entirely web-based so you can enter data at home, at work, or anywhere you can access the internet.

SoftChalk ScoreCenter for Blackboard v9.1
Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy
Beginner
Mon., 2/13/2012 , 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Thurs., 2/23/2012 , 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
SoftChalk ScoreCenter makes it easy to track student score data and is fully integrated into the Blackboard learning management system. Score data from SoftChalk content goes directly into the Blackboard Grade Center.
Here's a highlight of the features available with the ScoreCenter:
* Reliability - you can depend on accurate reporting of score data
* Flexible Score Options
- - - > Choose single, multiple or unlimited student attempts
- - - > Choose to record grade as first, last, highest attempt or as an average of all attempts
* Student receives continuous feedback from ScoreCenter as they complete scored activities in the content.
* New "resume" feature allows students to pick up where they left off in a lesson that was not completed
* Detailed score data available to instructor
* Support for essay-style questions
**Completion of the series - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced -
is worth 3 workshop hours of credit**

For dates and times that this session is being offered, click here

Getting Started with Microsoft eLearning
Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy
Mon., 2/27/2012 , 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - SCC 135
These sessions are designed to assist you in registered for and beginning a Microsoft eLearning course. These sessions do not require any prior registration in order to attend.

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Registration Teaching and Learning Center Student Resource Center (SRC) Room 3604 (630) 942-3805 tlc@cod.edu	Technology Courses Microsoft eLearning This is a list of the Office 2010 and Windows 7 courses available through Coursesites: OneNote, Publisher, and Viso 2010 Training Skills Training in Microsoft Access 2010 - 3 levels Skills Training in Microsoft Excel 2010 - 3 levels Skills Training in Microsoft Outlook 2010 - 3 levels Skills Training in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 - 3 levels Skills Training in Microsoft Word 2010 - 3 levels Windows 7 Essentials - 2 levels For more information about these courses, and to register for a course click here SkyDrive Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy Mon., 2/27/2012 , 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - SCC 135 Has this happened to you? - Lost my flash drive with all my class files - Needed multiple flash drives for all my documents, worksheets, and presentations - Wished I could open my files no matter where I am - Needed to do a quick edit on my Word document, Excel document, or PowerPoint presentation but didn't have Microsoft Office - Wanted to share documents, presentations, pictures with others - Needed to collaborate on document with a group Then you need SkyDrive - 25GB of online storage - your USB flash drive in the cloud. Access your files from anywhere. - Store and share all your files securely. - Great for photos and videos. - Easily store, send, and share files, photos, and videos with a friend or a whole social network. - Permissions are easy to set, so you decide who can access every file or folder. - Works seamlessly with Microsoft Office 2010. - Upload and share Microsoft Office documents with your friends, even if they don't have Microsoft Office. NBC Learn Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy Thurs., 2/9/2012 , 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. - SCC 135 Mon., 2/20/2012 , 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. - SRC 3687 Throw open the doors of the NBC News Archive... NBC News is making thousands of videos, historic newsreels, primary source documents, photographs and more available to instructors, researchers and students. Thousands of Historic Film and Video Clips - From the earliest days of film and television news to the latest current events. Primary Source Documents - Hundreds of historic documents, newspaper articles, letters, and more. Personal Playlists - Create your own collections of resources and share them with friends and colleagues. Download Videos - Use them in class, embed them in projects, play them back without an internet connection. Dozens of Collections - 26 Subject areas from Economics to Environmental Sciences MyAttendanceTracker.com Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy TBA Track, View and Report Attendance Online! Have you ever wanted a simple and convenient way to track attendance for your classroom? Well, now there's a way. MyAttendanceTracker.com is an online attendance tracker and it will help simplify the tedious task of keeping attendance. Some of the site's key features: * It's free! * Track attendance online from home or school * Easy to use interface to enter attendance data * Import Tools allows you to load your entire class list from Blackboard in minutes * Export data to Excel or download reports as .PDFs Setting up classes is very easy and you can be up and running in no time at all. The interface for managing students is entirely web-based so you can enter data at home, at work, or anywhere you can access the internet. SoftChalk ScoreCenter for Blackboard v9.1 Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy Beginner Mon., 2/13/2012 , 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thurs., 2/23/2012 , 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. SoftChalk ScoreCenter makes it easy to track student score data and is fully integrated into the Blackboard learning management system. Score data from SoftChalk content goes directly into the Blackboard Grade Center. Here's a highlight of the features available with the ScoreCenter: * Reliability - you can depend on accurate reporting of score data * Flexible Score Options - - - > Choose single, multiple or unlimited student attempts - - - > Choose to record grade as first, last, highest attempt or as an average of all attempts * Student receives continuous feedback from ScoreCenter as they complete scored activities in the content. * New "resume" feature allows students to pick up where they left off in a lesson that was not completed * Detailed score data available to instructor * Support for essay-style questions Completion of the series - Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced - is worth 3 workshop hours of credit For dates and times that this session is being offered, click here Getting Started with Microsoft eLearning Facilitator: Peggy McCarthy Mon., 2/27/2012 , 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - SCC 135 These sessions are designed to assist you in registered for and beginning a Microsoft eLearning course. These sessions do not require any prior registration in order to attend. Top of Page