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	Marc Zaldivar
	marcz@vt.edu
	http://www.filebox.vt.edu/users/mzaldiva/

Current Courses (Fall 2007): • Blackboard for New Users • What's New in Blackboard 7? • Blackboard 7: Content Management • Blackboard 7: Communication Tools • Blackboard 7: Assignment and Test Creation • Blackboard 7: Student Performance Assessment (The Gradebook and Performance Dashboard) • Blackboard 7: Users' Group • ePortfolio: Virginia Tech's ePortfolio System within Scholar • Scholar for Administrators and Researchers • Scholar for Instructors Past Courses: • Microsoft Word: Advanced Features for Publication, Collaboration, and Instruction (Fall 2006) • Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0: Scanning and Adjusting Images for the Web (Fall 2006) • Adobe InDesign: An Introduction to Page Layout and Design (Fall 2006) • Web Design: Building an Effective Web Site (Fall 2006) • Dreamweaver 8 (Part One): Web Page Creation Made Easy (Fall 2006) • Dreamweaver 8 (Part Two): Site Management and Interface Development (Fall 2006) • Using Photoshop Elements: Scanning, Sizing, and Saving Images for the Web (Track B, Summer 2006) • Excel Basics for Creating Gradebooks and Teaching (Track B, Summer 2006) • Creating Content for Blackboard, Part I: Adobe Photoshop Elements (Track C, Summer 2006) • Adobe Elements for Scanning (Spring 2006) • Advanced Microsoft Word for Publishing and Collaboration (Spring 2006) • Adobe InDesign for Basic Publishing (Spring 2006) • Creating Effective Websites (Spring 2006) • Adobe Elements for Scanning (Fall 2005) • Advanced Microsoft Word for Publishing and Collaboration (Fall 2005) • Adobe InDesign for Basic Publishing (Fall 2005) • Creating Effective Websites (Fall 2005) Past Tracks: • Track B: An Introduction to Blackboard (Spring 2006) • Track B: Introduction to Blackboard (Summer 2006)


Doctoral Student


• Instructional Design and Technology • School of Education Online Course Systems • Educational Technologies (English Department, previously)


Marc has received a B.A. and M.A. in English from Virginia Tech, and is currently working on a Ph.D. in Instructional Design and Technology. His interests are in writing and composition, having worked for 10 years in the English Department and University Writing Center. In addition, he studies science fiction, critical theory, critical pedagogy, and any other philosophical bent that piques his interest. Currently, he works for the Faculty Development Institute at VT as a website and course developer.


• Taught for 10 years in the VT English Department • Involved in developing the Grammar Gym for the VT English Department • Involved in the Virginia Tech Speculative Fiction Project for the Center for Applied Technology in the Humanities

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