Training

admin — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 22:42:57 -0700

Workshops, Training, Online Instruction and other resources offered by alt^I

alt^I provides the resources and an environment for faculty who wish to learn how to effectively use technology in their instructional endeavors. Services provided include printable tutorials, video tutorials, animations, hands-on workshops, and one-on-one assistance.

Workshops and Training (link opens in a new window)
A variety of hands-on workshops on topics ranging from use of technologies and software, to the pedagogy of teaching and learning using technology.
View descriptions for workshops offered by the alt^I group. All workshops are free to ASU instructors, teaching assistants, and staff.
FAQ website (link opens in a new window)
Frequently Asked Questions on many of the technologies brought to ASU by alt^I and our partners.
Learning Technologies Lab
The LTLab is a faculty and staff resource lab. We work with faculty to design, develop and create innovative instructional content.

pff

ruviwije — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:59:06 -0700

Creating Online Portfolios

Day 1 -

Intro to the Web

HTML
Web Servers
Files

Store and edit locally
Upload to server
Websites and 24/7 global access

Personal web sites at ASU
Web Hosting companies

Password protection

Editing websites

HTML
Dreamweaver
Word
Frontpage
Freeware

Web 2.0

Social Networking sites (myspace, facebook, tribe)
Wikis and Blogs
Del.icio.us, Digg, etc.
Flickr, Picasa
Subscriptions/RSS

Sample files for day one:

Sample MS Word document

Sample Adobe PDF file

Sample HTML file created in MS Word

Sample image:

Day 2

We will offer PFF fellows two options - Continue with Wikis, or learn Dreamweaver

Continue working on your wiki page and have your portfolio up to date by the end of class. Content covered will include:

Refining your Wiki layout and formatting
Images and alignment
Links to external resources
Tables
Variables
User management - Co-authoring wiki sites

Learn Dreamwever - for the folks who want to immerse themselves in web design and learn the professional tools. This will be an introduction to the tool and participants need to be aware that it will take many hours of work to master Dreamwever and completely customize your website.

Site setup and management
Dreamweaver toolset
Basic page layout and formatting
Internal and External links
Images and alignment
CSS - internal vs. external
Resources for more info

Useful links:

Wikis

ASU's Wiki server: http://wiki.asu.edu

Wiki information

About Wikis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Sample page: http://pffdemo.wiki.asu.edu

Wiki editing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Editing_pages

Blogs

ASU's Blog server: http://blog.asu.edu

Blog information

About Blogs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blogs

Blog editing

http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Lessons

Web pages

Set up Webspace: http://www.asu.edu/asurite

Web development info: http://www.asu.edu/jukebox

Sample website: http://www.public.asu.edu/~aust5481

An excellent HTML tutorial for coders: http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tut/

Web 2.0 Tools - (tools we mentioned in the workshop - that are free)

http://www.flickr.com - Photo site from Yahoo

http://picasa.google.com - Photo site from Google - includes a free tool to manage and edit images

http://docs.google.com - Online word processor and spreadsheet that allow for collaborative authoring

http://del.icio.us - Online bookmarks manager

Freeware Tools:

Free Productivity tools - including PDF creation, Spam protection, Wordprocessors, Spreadsheets, etc.

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