Current Courses (Fall 2007):
• Securing Your Computer: Making Your Mac as Safe as Possible
• Securing Your Computer: Making Your PC as Safe as Possible

Past Courses:
• Computer Security (All Summer Tracks, Summer 2007)
• Campus Instructional Resources/Computer Security (Spring 2007)
• Blackboard for New Users: An Introduction to Creating Web-based Courses (Fall 2006)
• Blackboard 6 (Part One): Creating Web-based Courses (Fall 2006)
• Blackboard (Part Two): Question Pools and the Gradebook (Fall 2006)
• The Scholar Learning Management System:  An Overview (Fall 2006)
• Blackboard: Customizing Your Course, Content Display, and User Management (Track B, Summer 2006)
• Blackboard: Gradebook Import/Export Tool
• Blackboard: Test Manager and Gradebook Basics (Track B, Summer 2006)
• Introduction to Blackboard: Portal and Student View (Track B, Summer 2006)
• Posting Content to Blackboard (Track C, Summer 2006)
• Using the Gradebook, Question Pool, and Advanced Features (Summer 2006)
• ePortfolio (OSP 2.1) (Track D, Summer 2006)
• Scholar (Track D, Summer 2006)
• Captioning Video (Track E, Summer 2006)
• Blackboard for New Users: An Introduction to Creating Web-based Courses (Spring 2006)
• Blackboard: Assessment and Interaction (Spring 2006)
• ePortfolio: Virginia Tech's ePortfolio (VTeP) System (Spring 2006)
• The Scholar Learning Management System (Part 1): An Overview (Spring 2006)
• The Scholar Learning Management System (Part 2): Assessment Management and the Gradebook (Spring 2006)
• Adobe Premiere - Video Editing
• Captioning Video/ Accessible Media on the Web
• Creating Web Content Using Dreamweaver
• Creating Presentations with Microsoft Powerpoint

As an undergraduate Nick Pachis worked in the New Media Center for approximately 4 years assisting faculty and students with various multimedia projects and applications as well as serving as an FDI instructor and lab assistant. Upon graduation he started work with Online Course Systems where he continued his support role with Blackboard and various other academic systems. He continued his role as an FDI instructor with Blackboard, ePortfolio, and the new Scholar system.

Nick Pachis continues to present for FDI as a member of the IT Security team. He currently presents two security sessions, one for the PC and one for the Mac, as well as speaking in the general information session.

Nick Pachis currently holds the SANS/GIAC GCIH certification and is looking to further his education with a Masters of Science in Information Security Engineering.

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