Upcoming Training Sessions for UT Arlington Faculty & Staff...

“Getting Started with Distance Education”

“Blogging: Introduction”

“Podcasting Using Maverick Blogs”

“Online Meeting & Communications Tools”

“Audio Editing Techniques”

“Managing Blogs & Podcasts Using MavSpace”

“Blogging: Advanced”

“Camtasia”

“Faculty Digital Institute”

Session: “Getting Started with Distance Education”

In this 2-hour session, you will be introduced to emerging tools and ideas available for Distributed Education to faculty/staff members of UT Arlington. These tools are to help faculty/staff utilize online teaching and learning methods within their curriculum. This session includes:

• Distance Education/Distributed Education,
• Evolution of Distance Technologies,
• Distance Education Resources,
• Learning Management Systems,
• Weblogs or “Blogs”
• Portable Media-Education (Video/Audio),
• Synchronous Meeting Tools (WebEx, Skype, Chat),
• Communications (Online Office Hours).

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Tuesday, September 9, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in location TBA
• Monday, September 29, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in location TBA
• Tuesday, October 14, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in location TBA
• Monday, October 27, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in location TBA

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Session: “Blogging: Introduction”

Weblogs are being used in education as an online tool to help faculty disseminate information to their students.  Blogs combine text, images and multimedia related to certain topics which are published and displayed on a Web page in a reverse chronological order.  Your blog can be either public or private. Topics in this class will include:

• Overview of Weblogs
• Requesting a Blog
• Introduction to Wordpress
• Overview of the Dashboard (Login)
• Creating and Editing Posts
• Posting Images, Sound and Video (MavSpace)
• Managing Comments
• Managing Users
• Presentation and Widgets
• Blogroll
• Syndication

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Thursday, September 11, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in location TBA
• Wednesday, October 1, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in location TBA
• Thursday, October 16, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in location TBA

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Session: “Podcasting Using Maverick Blogs”

Podcasting is the process of broadcasting multimedia files via the internet and using syndication feeds to distribute to subscribers for playback using personal computers and mobile devices. This new emerging tool can be used in several facets of online courses as well as on campus courses. Topics include; Podcasting Basics, Syndication, Programs for playback, as well as recording/editing software.

• Weblogs
  • Review
• Podcasting
  • Defined
  • History
  • Uses
• Syndication
  • What is Syndication
  • File Formats
  • XML
• Aggregators
  • Subscribing
  • Software
  • On-Line
• Introduction to Audio Editing
  • Audacity Installation
  • LAME Encoder
  • Capture
  • File formats
• Adding Audio to your Weblogs
  • Uploading

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Thursday, September 18, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA
• Monday, October 13, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Thursday, October 23, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Wednesday, November 5, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA

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Session: “Online Meeting & Communications Tools”

This course description is to be announced.

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Wednesday, September 17, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Thursday, October 9, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA

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Session: “Audio Editing Techniques”

This course is designed to prepare an instructor to make basic edits to a digital sound file of coursework presentation. It is also oriented to reducing variables during the recording session (thus reducing the need for editing), and addresses basic post-editing issues.

• Introduction
• Capture Session
  • Proper Use of Microphone
  • Background noise
  • File specs for capture session
• Content Preparation
  • Scripting
  • Rehearsal
• Acoustic Properties of Sound
  • Noise
  • Voice quality
  • Fricatives
  • Stops
  • Resonants
  • Pitch
  • Intonation units & pauses
  • Verbal Partitions
  • Volume Drop-off
  • Parenthetical Voice
• Editing
  • Backup source file
  • Hum/noise removal
  • Pacing: deleting & inserting gaps
  • Maintaining continuity
  • Micro/macro
  • Amplification
  • Splicing
  • Removing pops
• Preparing edited file for delivery
  • Encoding
• Hands-on practice session

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• This session is not currently scheduled.

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Session: “Managing Blogs & Podcasts Using MavSpace”

Office of Information Technology and the Center for Distance Education has joined to bring you tools that can help manage your blogs and podcasts. This 2-hour course is designed for users who wish to gain an understanding of how MavSpace can be used with your Blogs and Podcasts.

MavSpace is a web-based service that allows users to store and share files via the Internet. The utility provides users with a personal, easy to use interface to upload, store, and share files with other people both inside and outside UT Arlington. The primary focus will be on uploading files and the hows and whys of file sharing. In the hands on portion of the course, we will practice uploading a file and then sharing that file.

• Introduction to MavSpace
• Access
  • Page Elements
  • Directory Contents
• Uploading Files
• Sharing Files
  • Permissions
  • Sharing with different groups or individuals
• Overview of blogging and podcasts
• Uses of MavSpace with blogs and podcasts
• Linking to MavSpace within your blogs
• Tying it all together

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Tuesday, September 16, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA
• Monday, October 6, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Tuesday, October 28, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Monday, November 10, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA

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Session: “Blogging: Advanced”

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Tuesday, September 23, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBD
• Wednesday, October 8, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBD
• Tuesday, October 21, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBD
• Monday, November 3, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBD

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Session: “Camtasia”

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Monday, September 15, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Tuesday, October 7, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA

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Session: “Faculty Digital Institute”

This session is scheduled for the following dates, times and locations:

• Thurday, October 9, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Location TBA
• Tuesday, November 11, from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon in Location TBA

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