Office 2007 - Microsoft Office 2007 is coming to campus soon and has a completely new look! Come and learn about the new Ribbon-based interface and see what are the new features in Access, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Access Introduction - Course includes: Understanding database concepts, learning database design steps, creating a data model, normalizing data, documenting the database, setting field properties, indexing a field and adding a primary key, editing properties and modifying tables, and formatting data.

Access Queries and Relationships I - Course includes: Using simple queries in design view, modifying a query, sorting a query using multiple fields, developing AND and OR operations in queries, creating a calculated field.

Access Queries and Relationships II - Course includes: Designing advanced queries and creating action queries

Access Reports - Course includes: Creating a report with Autoreport, modifying a report, and Creating calculated controls

Access Forms Design - Course includes: Creating basic forms using the form wizard, modifying a form, working with control properties, form properties, and multiple controls, changing a control's data source, creating a calculated control, and creating and modifying a subform

Access Advanced Features - Course includes: compacting and repairing a database, converting an Access database from an older Access version, working with macros and creating conditional expressions and importing, exporting and importing data to Excel and Word, using hyperlink fields, creating Web data access pages, password protecting a database.

Microsoft Excel 2003

Excel Introduction - Students will learn the basic skills necessary to begin using Excel 2003. They will work with formatting tools; identify the toolbar commands and navigation techniques. They will learn how to save workbook as a template and how to manage excel worksheet.

Excel Charts and Graphs - This workshop introduces participants to different types of charts and teaches how to create effective and accurate charts using Excel. Covers how to crate, format and modify basic charts.

Excel Pivot Table - Participants learn how to use PivotTable, one of the most powerful data analysis tools of Excel, to summarize large amounts of data.

Excel Analyzing Data - Student will learn how to perform a what-if analysis using Scenario Manager, Auditing Toolbar and fundamentals of creating Excel database.

Excel Macros - Record a simple macro in 5 simple steps. Learn haw to organize macro; create a macro toolbar customized with the shortcuts you use most often.

Excel Formulas and Functions - Students will learn how to calculate percentages, averages, interest, date and more. They will be introduced to the IF, VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP functions.

Excel Grade Management - Participants will learn skills necessary to use Excel to manage grades. Additionally they will learn some formatting techniques.

Microsoft Outlook

Outlook E-mail Essentials - Course include: Getting familiar with the Outlook 2003 screen, using the navigation pane, creating messages, working with attachments, flagging messages, arranging and finding messages, organizing.

Outlook Scheduling - Course includes: Using the calendar, including: scheduling, working with appointment views and options, recurring appointments, new features for viewing and sharing multiple calendars, setting permissions, working with meetings and groups schedules.

Outlook Collaborating with Others - Course includes: Using Outlook and other Microsoft products to collaborate.

Outlook Management - Learn how to manage your Outlook email: create folders to organize your email, archive older email, use rules wizard and remove junk email from your inbox.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2003

PowerPoint: Introduction - Course includes: Introduction to new features in PowerPoint 2003, using menus, toolbars, and dialog boxes, hiding, displaying, and moving toolbars, understanding basic presentation skills, creating presentations using AutoContent Wizard, viewing and printing a presentation

PowerPoint: Charts and Graphs - Course includes: Formatting objects and text boxes, inserting clip art, using tables and adding borders to a table, creating and modifying a chart, creating an organizational chart

PowerPoint: Enhancing a Presentation - Breathe some life into your presentations by using the tips and tricks as well as the advanced features of PowerPoint to incorporate audio, such as voice over narration, music files, and video files.

Microsoft Word 2003

Microsoft Word: The Essentials - This workshop covers saving Word documents using the Task Pane and formatting techniques (bulleted and numbered lists, borders and shading), sorting text, working with headers and footers, using styles and crating list, creating headers and footers.

Word: Collaborative Tools - Use Word as a collaborative, process-oriented writing tool. Learn how to use: Outlining, Version Control, Tracking Changes and Adding Comments.

Word: Desktop Publishing - This workshop covers how to use Word as desktop publishing application to create simple newsletters and brochures. Participants will learn how o use templates and styles, how to create tables and columns, use templates and different styles.

Word: Graphic Features - Introduces graphic manipulation features. Covers how to use drawing tools, modify graphics and clip art, create tables, create and modify text boxes, use WordArt. Introduce different types of images and covers how to find and download images from the web.

Word: Mail Merge - This workshop teaches tools available to send multiple letters, envelopes and create labels. Participant will create data source file, template and crate merge document.

Word: Publishing Research & Longer Documents - Topics include the construction of templates, master documents; footnotes and end notes, sections, styles, outlines, table of contents, bookmarks, cross-references, page numbering.

Microsoft Publisher 2003

Publisher - Microsoft Publisher is a desktop publishing program that helps you create high-impact publications for your business, organization, or home. You’ll soon be creating distinctive newsletters, brochures and flyers.

Computer Literacy/NJIT

Files & Folders in Windows XP - Course includes: Organizing files and folders, creating, deleting, and renaming files and folders, copying and moving files, restoring deleted files and emptying the recycle bin, searching for files

Introduction to Computers - Course Includes: Discussing types of common computer hardware, understanding how computer hardware software and operating systems work together

Protect your PC from Viruses - Introduces participants to the virus components, prevention and remedy to the problem.

NJIT Computing Environment - This workshop introduces participants to variety of computing accounts and services available for NJIT employees.

NJIT Highlander Pipeline - This workshop introduce participants to the campus portal.

Grading via Highlander Pipeline - Learn how to use Highlander Pipeline to enter students grades

NJIT New Employee Computer Orientation - Participants will be introduced to the NJIT computing environment, email system, computer protection and how to connect to NJIT from home.

Highlander Pipeline Groups - Participants will be introduced to the NJIT groups.

Windows XP - Learn how to use Windows XP. Workshop covers basic domain futures, creation of files and folders, customizing Windows and optimizing and maintaining the computer.

Highlander Pipeline Orientation - Highlander Pipeline provides a single entry point through which faculty and students can "login" one time and have access to most NJIT information services. This includes access to course lists, the ability to submit grades online, seamless integration with WebCT, a link to order media equipment as well as other features. Highlander Pipeline is at http://my.njit.edu

Laptop Computer Maintenance - in this hands-on session the staff from Media Services' Instructional Support Services will go over standard laptop maintenance issues such as virus, Windows and other critical updates, swapping devices, and overall care. If you have an NJIT-issued laptop, you may bring it to the session.

Using Notebooks and Projectors in the Classroom - Learn how to properly connect a notebook computer to an external projector and how to avoid some of the most common errors which may occur when setting up portable equipment for your presentation.

Basic PC Maintenance - Learn to to properly update Internet Explorer, Windows and Office products, your anti-virus program, defragment your hard drive and other tasks that are simple and keep your computer running faster and safer.

NJIT Computing Environment - This session is an introduction to Highlander Pipeline and NJIT Computing Accounts. Participants will explore the e-mail, discussion, links, and calendar tools of Campus Pipeline. This will include learning how to e-mail an entire class and use various computing accounts. Session intended for faculty using Pipeline with their students or for their own class management.

Using the ITMS On-line Request System - Need to order equipment for your class or meeting? Learn how to properly use web based on-line request system to request equipment delivery of reserve equiment for pick-up in ITMS. You can also modify existing requests.

Using a Tablet PC - The next evolution of the laptop seems to be tablet and slate PC's that allow users to write directly on the screen, save their work as text or writing/drawings, use speech recognition etc. A number of universities are piloting their use with faculty & students because of their use in presenting and for quick data entry. This session will highlight the types available, their applications for faculty and give you an opportunity to try one out.

Classroom Technology Open Forum - Never seen a podcast? Want to create a PDF?  Want to use VPN from home? Drop in to ITMS to discuss any issue related to classroom technology.

Resolution: VGA, XGA, SXGA - What do all these letters mean? Confused about the display resolution of your monitor or projector? Which will work best in what situation?  Drop by for a discussion of what works best in the classroom and why.

ITMS: an Overview for New Faculty - This session is designed for new faculty who would like an orientation on how ITMS can support their classroom instruction. Topics include available resources and how to schedule them.

Linux

Linux - Introduction to basic Linux applications.

Linux Open Office - Introduction to using the Linux Open Office application.

Web Design

Starting with Websites - A class for those with no experience creating web pages. You will learn how to set up a simple website, organize files, add text, images and colors using Microsoft Frontpage (available to faculty & staff) You will leave with a simple website on a floppy disk. Participants do not need any previous knowledge of HTML or frontPage but should be competent with creating & saving files.

Creating a Faculty Website - For faculty member with limited experience creating web pages. You will work with faculty website templates and learn how to design a typical faculty website, organize your files, add text, documents & images.  We will work with Microsoft Frontpage (available free to faculty) but the pages can be edited with Macromedia Dreamweaver and other programs too.  Participants should bring a Zip disk, flashdrive or blank CD to copy their files or be familiar with transferring files to their AFS server space. Participants do not need any previous experience with FrontPage but should be competent with creating & saving files in Microsoft products.

FrontPage: An Introduction - Learn how to use Microsoft Frontpage (available to faculty & staff) to create web sites. This class assumes that you have little or no experience in creating web pages.

Microsoft Front Page 2003 - This workshop will teach participants how to create web page by using Front Page. They will learn how to insert and format text and tables, insert graphics and clip art, insert links, understand Web navigation structure, update and publish a web site.

Cascading Style Sheets - Take your web pages to the next level and make site management easier by using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). CSS can be used to easily position text anywhere on the screen and to update the look and feel of your entire site instantly.

Web Design Basic - Learn how to create a basic web site by using NJIT resources, create links to other pages on the web, use images and formatting techniques.

FTP: Uploading Your Web Pages - Learn how to use File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software to upload and download files from remote servers. FTP programs are used to upload your web pages to the servers that host them. We will look at using the free program WS_FTP and the protocols for NJIT web sites. By Instructional Technology and Media Services.

Introduction to Macromedia Flash - In this class learn how to use Flash's tools for creating graphics, for animating those graphics, for creating interface elements and interactivity, and for creating the HTML necessary to display your graphics, animations, and interface elements as a Web page.

Beginning With Digital Video - This introductory session will demonstrate the basics of using a digital video camera and how to capture your video in a file format for use on websites and in applications. The session will use Sony DV cameras and freely available Microsoft Moviemaker software.

Beginning With Digital Video Editing - In this hands-on workshop we will work with editing short video segments into a final project. Using Microsoft Moviemaker, participants will import video files, create a timeline, edit the video & audio, add titles and transitions and save the final cut in appropriate file formats.  Recommended prerequisite: "Beginning With Digital Video" or experience in creating video files.

Accessibility - This session is an introduction to some of the issues that one must take into consideration when attempting to build a web site that is accessible to people with disabilities.

Digital Photography - This session will cover the basic operation of a digital camera including how to take and download pictures to your computer. A variety of camera types will be used and participants will see how photos may be printed, used on web pages or in presentations. This session will be useful for new users and those considering purchasing a digital camera.

Digital Darkroom - Learn how to alter your digital photographs - from simple resizing, cropping, & red eye removal, to retouching and special effects. We will look at a beginners program, Microsoft PhotoEditor, and more sophisticated software like Adobe PhotoShop. Participants are welcome to bring a few images on a disk to work with, but samples will be provided.

Using WebCT and Moodle

WebCT Gradebook - WebCT has very powerful assessment tools that can provide valuable feedback to both students and instructors. This session will focus on how to set the Gradebook up so that it provides students with feedback regarding their class progress.

WebCT: An Introduction - This session will introduce you to using WebCT to support a face-to-face or online course using this powerful platform of online course materials.

Using WebCT for Exams - Exams can be created offline or within WebCT so that students may take tests online. Tests can be automatically graded by WebCT and entered automatically in a WebCT gradebook. WebCT also allows instructors to set time limits, test availability and other testing conditions.

WebCT Quiz Tool - this tool within WebCT allows you to create quizzes and make them available within a specific period of time, allow a certain number of attempts. WebCT automatically grades all types of questions in a quiz (except for the essay-type question) and the results are stored in a student record area called MY GRADES.

WebCT: Using the Web DAV tool - Learn how to use this new tool to connect to your WebCT and easily "drag and drop" files into your course from your PC.

WebCT Assignment Tool - tool allows you to create as many assignments as needed in a course. Your assignments can be in a document that your students download, print and read (such as a PDF or Word document).

Introduction to Moodle - These sessions will introduce faculty to the open source course management system called Moodle. NJIT has been piloting the use of Moodle since spring 2006 as an alternative (not a replacement) to WebCT. This session will demonstrate the use of Moodle and show samples of current Moodle courses from the view of instructional design and course creation.

Moodle Users Meetup - A chance for current Moodle users to meet and share successes, failures and concerns in a lab setting.

Flash - This session will be an introduction to Macromedia's popular Flash program used to integrate video, text, audio, and graphics into presentations for the Net or as standalone movies and animations. Flash files can be played on all platforms using the freely available Flash player. Participants will get an overview of the product and work hands on with the interface to create a simple animation.

Handheld Devices - PDA's (Palm Pilots etc.), Pocket PC's etc. are becoming more popular not only as personal devices, but as teaching/learning tools. This session will demo several types of devices and look at classroom applications.

Impatica for PowerPoint - Impatica for PowerPoint makes it easy to add narrated presentations to your web site. A fully narrated and animated PowerPoint presentation can be converted into a compressed format that is optimized for streaming over the Internet. The Impatica file is typically 95% smaller than the PowerPoint HTML files. Impatica for PowerPoint supports most of the features of PowerPoint, including text, graphics, transitions, animation effects and, of course, narration. This product is very useful for preparing narrated lectures for distance learning courses within WebCT or on a course website.

Instructional Design - An introduction to the use of instructional design and ways it can be applied to enhance face to face and distance education course design.

NetOp School - Learn how to instruct, monitor and assist students on their PCs without moving from yours. Software is available in the NJIT Student Mall computer labs.

Desktop Conferencing - Through NJEDGE, NJIT has available for use, Marratech, a desktop videoconferencing system.  We’ll spend the session discussing how to setup your PC for videoconferencing and then examine how to utilize Marratech for one-to-one or one-to-many videoconferences.  A similar system has been used in the past, with great success final presentations to be delivered remotely or thesis defenses, where a member is not ‘on site’

Podcasting: An Introduction - Find out what podcasting is all about including how to download & listen to them, how they can be used in courses, why podcasting is more than "just audio files", what software and hardware you need (You don't need an iPod!) and an overview on how to create and upload your own podcasts.

Podcasting Using NJIT on iTunes U - In this workshop you will be introduced to podcasting at NJIT. Podcasting and NJIT on iTunes U gives the university a great opportunity to provide course materials and promotional materials in both a password-protected private iTunes environment, and offer a public face to the world. Podcasting is the automated subscription-based distribution of audio & video files to users. NJIT has been podcasting since 2005. Beginning with course lectures and campus seminars, we have now expanded our offerings to programs from departments such as Admissions, Financial Aid, CPE and the Library. Podcasting offers an excellent way for faculty to offer course material on a regular basis to students, and an effective way of marketing your department or school to prospective and current students and alumni.  See http://itunes.njit.edu for frequently asked questions and login information.

Creating Audio Podcasts - Two methodologies for recording of lectures will be examined: 1) Recording live in class, 2) Recording at a laptop/PC.  After this we will look at an excellent, free editing program, Audacity, and create the compressed podcast files.

Creating "Enhanced" Podcasts - This session will look at the MAC based program, Garage Band. Originally designed as an audio recorder and editor, recent updates have made this program the best one around for creating podcasts that are audio only or audio with stills. Simple features like automatic background music, etc, will make your recording sound like it came from a studio!

Creating Video Podcasts - Produced with Your Windows PC- We will conduct an in-depth review of Camtasia, a screen capture program that will record your voice and all on screen activity. We will then look at the Studio portion for simple editing and then create a ‘podcast ready’ file.

ProfCast - Attention MAC users!  A session devoted to creating enhanced podcasts with your PowerPoint presentations using the Mac only software, ProfCast.  We’ll also spend some time on how to setup the MAC for your narrated recordings.

Getting Started with Blogging - Blogs (weB+LOG) are online publications that have moved from personal journals to accepted journalistic tools and being used by companies and universities for staying connected to students, staff and the larger community. This session will look at best practices for university blogs and the software available to you as a faculty member, department or program to begin blogging.

PowerPoint Recordings for MAC & PC - Join us for a review of two programs, Profcast (MAC) & Camtasia (PC), as we explore the recording of PowerPoint with a voice over narration for podcasting.  We will also spend some time reviewing what makes an ideal PowerPoint slide for these applications.

Transferring Your Paper Content to Digital Formats - This session will cover the basics of scanning single pages, multiple pages, and pictures. In addition to learning to use the hardware, participants will also learn how to use scanning software to make basic edits and how to create PDF documents using Adobe Acrobat.

The Three Types of Learning - There is more than one type of learning. Benjamin Bloom developed a classification for the levels of intellectual behavior in learning which is now commonly referred to as Bloom's Taxonomy. This classification has become a standard in education for course design and the creation of  authentic testing and assessment.

Learning Styles - Each of us has a preferred learning style. If we teach, we also have a preferred teaching style which may - or more likely - or may not match the learning styles of our students. In this session, we will examine research in learning styles and its practical applications to the design and teaching of courses.

Using Turnitin.com to Prevent & Detect Plagiarism - NJIT has a contract with Turnitin.com to offer faculty a method to check student papers online for possible plagiarism. This workshop will allow you to register for an account and help you set up your class and submit papers for review.

Using your PC as a Tuner & Video Recorder - We’ll take a look at the Intervideo- WinDVR unit, which attaches to your PC via a USB cable, to make your PC a tuner and a digital video recorder.  From that you can edit the files and make a DVD.

Video for iPod- Produced with Windows PC - We will conduct an in depth review of Camtasia, a screen capture and editing  program that will allow you to record your voice and all on screen activities.  We will review editing and then create the podcast file.

Making PowerPoint Recordings for Podcasting - For the MAC, we will look at ProfCast for creating enhanced podcasts. And for the PC side, we will look at Camtasia, a screen capture program that will allow you to do the same & more.

Creating "Enhanced" Podcasts - This session will look at the MAC based program, Garage Band. Originally designed as an audio recorder and editor, recent updates have made this program the best one around for creating podcasts that are audio only or audio with stills. Simple features like automatic background music, etc, will make your recording sound like it came from a studio.

A Discussion of the P&T Process - Members of the Promotion & Tenure committee discuss how tenure track faculty should prepare documentation and develop their CV.

Engagement – Use of active and cooperative learning - A discussion of how to engage students, and develop a student-centered course.

Effective use of PowerPoint in the classroom - How to pedagogically incorporate PowerPoint in a classroom setting, and develop effective presentations.

Honor code, cheating and plagiarism - Understanding the honor code, methods of cheating and plagiarism, and how to detect and avoid this problem.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes - How to develop learning objectives and outcomes/alternative assessments for your course.

Good Teaching – What works, what doesn't work? - A panel discussion with Master Teachers and others discussing what makes a good teacher at NJIT.

Let’s Focus on Test Taking - This workshop will introduce students to test taking strategies.  Students will learn strategies for organizing thoughts and maintaining concentration during the test.  In addition, methods to ensure that tests are completed within the time allowed will be discussed.

Time Management - Making the Most of Not Enough - This workshop will help students explore various methods of efficient planning that will allow time for studying, extracurricular activities, and a healthy social life.

Develop Your Study Skills - This workshop will provide students with strategies to improve study habits.  This workshop will include tips on note taking, improving memory, and preparing for tests.  Students will learn to study smarter and not just harder.

Millenials – Understanding your Students - A discussion of the likes, culture and learning styles of the millennial generation – students born 1979 through 1994. They are more sophisticated consumers and demand a wider array of choices, selectivity, customization and personalization in their products and services. They expect a balanced life, greater education, and also a standard of living that exceeds their parents. They prefer to learn experientially, to learn from each other through peer-to-peer collaboration whenever advantageous, and to get lots of positive interactivity and feedback while they are learning. They are the Millennials, born 1979 through 1994, (a.k.a. NextGen, GenY, C Generation, Echo Boomers), the largest generation since the baby boomers. As part of this year’s Master Teacher’s Faculty Workshop Program, you are invited to attend this guest lecture, and learn what motivates and drives our students, and learn about their expectations. Guest Speaker - Richard T. Sweeney, University Librarian.

Effective use of PowerPoint in the classroom - How to pedagogically incorporate PowerPoint in a classroom setting, and develop effective presentations.

Get Prepared: Effective Study Strategies for Finals

Copyright & the Economy (Webinar) - The copyright legislative process in Washington traditionally focuses on increasing the protection provided to copyrights, based on the assumption that this will strengthen the economy. Recent research, however, indicates that exceptions to copyright protection also promote innovation and are a major catalyst of U.S. economic growth. Specific exceptions to copyright protection under U.S. and international law, generally classified under the broad heading of fair use, are vital to many industries and stimulate growth across the! economy. In fact, business enterprises that benefit from fair use generate substantial revenue, employ millions of workers, and, in 2006, represented one-sixth of total U.S. gross domestic product. This economic research suggests that future copyright legislation needs to account for these important limitations if the policy-making process is to stimulate growth.

Social Networking

Visa for MySpace and Facebook: do’s and don’t’s for higher ed institutions exploring the new social networking frontier - Fred Stutzman, a Facebook and social networking expert working on his Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Information and Library Science, will provide an introduction to the unwritten rules of these popular social networking websites. He will also discuss the best strategies for higher ed administrators and marketers to engage students in these new spaces for best results.

From the clip book to Facebook: why and how to use Facebook to engage your institution target audiences. - Mike Richwalsky, Assistant Director of Public Affairs at Allegheny College, will explain why marketing and PR professionals in higher ed should add Facebook to their communication toolkit. He will also show you how to implement an effective Facebook program in a few easy steps.

Should your institution makes MySpace its? why and how to use MySpace to engage students on the social networking website. - Mike Richwalsky, Assistant Director of Public Affairs at Allegheny College, will explain why and how your institution should use MySpace to engage students. With his guide, you'll master MySpace in no time.

Social networking in a box: why and how to set up your own private social networking website with the help of a vendor. - Catherine Serrin Niekro, Vice President, Marketing and Communications for the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, will explain why and how her institution created its own private social networking website for alums and students with the help of a vendor. She will also share tips and tricks to help you follow the vendor-supported path to private social networking websites.

DIY social networking website: how to plan and build from scratch your own successful social networking web application. - David Morton, Web Site Manager at Elon University, will explain how his institution built its social networking website for students, parents, alumni, and faculty and staff members in just 4 months. He will also share tips and tricks to help you follow the do-it-yourself path to social networking at your institution.

Institute Workshop Series

Academic Integrity - Discussion of academic integrity with an expert in this field (Prof. Don McCabe, Management & Global Business, Rutgers-Newark)

Millennial Generation - Playing with iPods and surfing the web are second nature to so-called Millennials. They have short attention spans and multitask constantly. They see themselves as consumers who "want to learn only what they have to learn" in "a style that is best for them" -- and that usually does not mean listening to a professor lecture. How do we teach to this generation?

Adjunct Workshop and Reception - Assessments and the relation to Student Learning – How do we know that are students are learning, and what are the alternative ways to assess student performance. A faculty panel will describe how they are using alternative means for student performance.

Day in a Life of a Professor / Careers in Academe - What are the expectations for new faculty members in a university setting and what are the expectations of the university for these new faculty members? A panel of junior and senior faculty will discuss issues relating to people starting our in academia.

Industry Collaboration - The Career Development Services Recruitment Partner Program Roundtable: Enhancing Industry and Faculty Collaboration: This year’s meeting will feature six simultaneous roundtable discussions, each focusing on a different topic for enhancing faculty and industry collaboration. The roundtables will be a mix of recruitment partner representatives and NJIT faculty.

Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research - Diana Rhoten, Director of the Knowledge Institutions and Innovation Program at the Social Science Research Council, will discuss her research on the social and technical conditions of interdisciplinary research and the practices and processes of integrative graduate education and training

Aesop's Fables for NJIT Researchers - Lessons in effective grantsmanship, grant management, and technology commercialization derived from NJIT case histories. All names have been changed to protect the innocent!