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Virginia Tech: Faculty Development Institute Spring 2002

Blackboard "Blitz" Week New Media Center, 1120 Torgersen

The goals of CourseInfo "BlitzWeek" are to provide faculty with an opportunity for "just-in-time training" for web-based teaching and to provide lab support for the production of a range of digital instructional materials.

Introductory workshops are offered on Monday and Wednesday for faculty who are not currently using Blackboard (CourseInfo).

Intermediate workshops are offered on Tuesday and Thursday for faculty who are currently using Blackboard (CourseInfo).

For detailed descriptions of each workshop session, click on the workshop title. You will need to register for each workshop session separately.

Please note that the Wednesday and Thursday workshops are repeat sessions of Monday and Tuesday.
You only need to attend one session of each workshop.


Workshop Time
Monday, January 7
Introductory Sessions
Tuesday, January 8
Intermediate Sessions
Wednesday, January 9 Introductory Sessions
Thursday, January 10 Intermediate Sessions
9:00am-12pm

 

Blackboard Introduction
Jeshua Pacifici

 

[10:00am-12pm]
Blackboard Intermediate
Jeshua Pacifici
Blackboard Introduction
Jeshua Pacifici
[10:00am-12pm]
Blackboard Intermediate
Jeshua Pacifici
Noon
Lunch
1:30 - 2:50pm

Creating Course materials for Blackboard using
MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel or Adobe PDF files


Eddie Watson

Creating Course materials for Blackboard using
Dreamweaver


Eddie Watson
Creating Course materials for Blackboard using
MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel or Adobe PDF files

Eddie Watson

Creating Course materials for Blackboard using
Dreamweaver


Eddie Watson

2:00 - 4:30pm

Open Lab Support: Creating Digital Content for Web-based Instruction (Walk-in registration)

New Media Staff

Open Lab Support: Creating Digital Content for Web-based Instruction (Walk-in registration)

New Media Staff

Open Lab Support: Creating Digital Content for Web-based Instruction (Walk-in registration)

New Media Staff

Open Lab Support:
Creating Digital Content for Web-based Instruction (Walk-in registration)

New Media Staff


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For additional information, please contact:
Ed McPherson, 540-231-8029
Training and Development Coordinator

Faculty Development Institute, Virginia Tech
Copyright 2001. All rights reserved.
John F. Moore
Director, Faculty Development Institute
Director, Educational Technologies
John.Moore@vt.edu, 540-231-8991