Introducing New Faculty Staff Resource Center Training Opportunities...

The UCC Faculty Staff Resource Center is pleased to introduce our new series of training opportunities, which include e-learning courses, workshops by request, and individual appointment sessions. Whether you are a busy faculty or staff member who needs topic-specific technology training, or you simply prefer the convenience of taking a course anytime during lab hours, we now offer several exciting online training opportunities that are right for you.

The new computer-based courses are flexible and learner-driven. They allow you to select topics that interest you, and learn when it is convenient for you. These offerings are especially convenient for those with class and office hour schedules that have made it difficult to participate in our traditional scheduled workshops. No longer do you need to wait for workshops to be scheduled before you can take them or discover that there is a conflict with your class or office hour schedules.

The new FSRC E-learning courses include the following:

Microsoft E-Learning Library (MELL):

The Microsoft E-Learning Library (MELL) provides high-quality training and reference resources for using Microsoft software. At present, more than 30 courses are offered covering everything from an introduction to Microsoft Office to advanced Web page techniques. Each course offers: high-quality, Web browser-based training; reliable, in-depth content; engaging simulations and interactive exercises; powerful search tools that provide quick and easy access to the information you need when you need it; focused lessons on specific subjects to help you quickly learn exactly what you need to know.

Mindleaders© Courses via the State of Louisiana Comprehensive Public Training Program (CPTP):

A new online service offered by the Louisiana State Comprehensive Public Training Program offers all UNO employees free access to online courses that can help them succeed on the job and in their personal lives. Because the training is web-based, learners can take courses at their convenience.

CPTP Program details: http://www.doa.state.la.us/cptp/cptp.htm

The CPTP computer-based course library: http://www.doa.state.la.us/cptp/CBT_catalog_ML.pdf

The courses, which are self-paced and self-directed, allow students to advance through the material at their own speed and from the comfort of their own computers, using an Internet connection. Available courses include training for various computer applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and others. Additional enrichment courses are offered on time management, interviewing and presentation skills, business writing, the Internet, and more. There is no cost for these courses.

For initial registration, e-mail: fsrc@uno.edu. Once you have established your login information, you are welcome to access CPTP Mindleaders courses in the quiet environment of the Faculty Staff Resource Center, UCC 104-B.

Workshops by Request:

If you and your colleagues would like to learn a specific skill or have a workshop on a particular computer program, the FSRC will assist you. We can schedule individualized training sessions for many computer programs and skills.

To schedule a workshop, there will need to be at least five participants. We at the FSRC can host the workshop, or we can come to a multimedia classroom in your department or college to do the training. Contact the FSRC Coordinator for additional information.

The workshop/seminar topics available for your group are listed below:

• Adobe Acrobat
• Introduction to Web Graphics
• Macromedia Fireworks
• Macromedia Dreamweaver
• Microsoft Word special topics
• Microsoft Excel special topics
• Understanding and using your PC
• FTP and Zipping
• PowerPoint for Presentations and for the Web
• Blackboard modules:
  • Introduction to Blackboard
  • Communication Tools
  • Understanding Assessments
  • Working with Pools
  • Using the Online Gradebook

One-on-One Technology Tutoring Session:

By request, tailored to focus on one or more of the topics listed above, of particular interest to the user. Please contact the FSRC Coordinator for details. E-mail: fsrc@uno.edu.

Links to Macromedia Dreamweaver and Macromedia Fireworks self-paced tutorials:

Please contact the FSRC Coordinator for details. E-mail: fsrc@uno.edu.

FSRC

On a limited basis, faculty or staff may reserve the FSRC for departmental use. See the section on FSRC resources for more information regarding hardware and software available in this room.

Student Training Lab

Faculty can reserve Library 318 for computer-related classroom activities. For information on reserving the Electronic Classroom go to http://library.uno.edu/services/request.html#rooms