Excel | Access | Powerpoint | Word
Blackboard | Digital Photography
| Excel Basics: Spreadsheet concepts, common uses, entering and formatting data, calculations and formulas, saving and printing |
Monday, 3/24
2 pm - 4 pm |
| Excel Tools: Copying options, working with multiple sheets, data validation, databases, printing options |
Monday, 3/31
2 pm - 4 pm |
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Charts, Graphs and Statistical Analyses using Excel: Analyzing data and presenting data in charts and graphs |
Thursday, 4/10 |
| Introduction to Databases and Access | |
| Table Relationships and Forms | |
| Queries | |
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Reports |
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| POWERPOINT | |
| Introduction to PowerPoint: When and how PowerPoint is used, creating slides, editing slides, inserting text, pictures and links | |
| Intermediate PowerPoint: Slide transitions and animations, changing stlyes and templates, drawing | |
| WORD | REGISTER NOW |
| Introduction to Word: Menus, buttons, and other parts of the Word window, adding and manipulating text, moving through a document, opening, saving and printing files |
Friday, 3/7
11 am - 1 pm |
| Using Word Effectively: Setting up page margins and layouts, spelling and thesaurus, text navigation and selection, paragraph formatting, bullets and numbering |
Friday, 3/14
11 am - 1 pm |
| Word Tools: Tables, envelopes and labels, footers and headers, borders and shading |
Friday, 3/21
11 am - 1 pm |
| Word Research and Publishing Tools: Tracking changes, inserting comments, table of contents, bookmarks and hyperlinks |
Friday, 3/28
11 am - 1 pm |
| Word Advanced Document Formatting: Working with graphics, mail merge, creating and applying styles, using columns |
Friday, 4/4
11 am - 1 pm |
| Electronic Forms: creating and using electronic forms |
Friday, 4/11
11 am - 1 pm |
| BLACKBOARD | |
| Blackboard Basics: A brief tour of Blackboard, announcement and course content, uploading files, introduction to html | |
| Blackboard Content and Organization: Organizing course information, different file types (Excel, PowerPoint, html, etc.), using and building an interactive syllabus. This is a hands-on workshop; bring the files or documents you want to incorporate in your Blackboard course | |
| Blackboard Communication Tools: Setting up discussion boards, encouraging "successful" discussions, chats, virtual classroom, email | |
| Blackboard Class Management: Using groups, digital dropbox, gradebook, surveys and tests, calendar and tasks | |
| DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY | |
| Digital Photography | |
| Editing Digital Photos | |
| INTERNET | |
| BMCC Website: In this hands-on session, you will learn about the different parts of the website, meet one of its creators, and offer suggestions for changes and additions | |
| Introduction to the Internet: Learn about how the Internet works, how to connect to it, what browsers and plug-ins are, how to customize your browser, how to find and save information, and ways to protect your computer and safeguard your privacy | |
| Searching the Internet | |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
| BMCC's IP Telephones: IP Telephony and how it works, data networks and telephony, phone system features (dial-by-name, conference calling, forwarding, voice mail, transferring and more), directories (on-line and paper), and FAQ's | |
| Media Center Resources: Learn how to use portable computers with LCD projection, DVD players and other equipment available for your use here at BMCC, including Socrates, the academic webserver | |
| Streaming and Multimedia Video: See how you can put a video on the web or on a CD-ROM for your use in instruction | |
| Library Electronic Resources: Learn about the large number of electronic journals and books available via the Library website, e-books and e-reserves and how to access these resources from your office or home | |
| Introduction to Computers | |
If you have
any questions, please contact Ruru Rusmin at (212) 220-8126,
Room S501a, or email workshop@bmcc.cuny.edu.