Thursday, October 21, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 10/25/2010 to 10/31/2010

Monday: 10/25/2010

Screen Capture: Panopto
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 - 10:30 am
Panopto is a flexible and easy-to-use presentation capture platform that lets users capture, stream, archive and share screen capture recordings. Panopto automatically generates video that can be later shared via email or posted to an online class.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 am and 11:30 to 1 pm
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged.


Tuesday: 10/26/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10 am
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Computer: File Management: Help! Where Did That File Go?
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: FSC
Time: 12:30 to 1 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
File management is not hard! Learn tips and tricks to finding those “lost files,” effective organization strategies for keeping track, how to explore folders and files in all locations of the computer, and how to work with multiple folders and files at a time. Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Ursula Sohns
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Ursula Sohns
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Faculty Advisor Ursula Sohns will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Wednesday: 10/27/2010

Angel Instructional Design Open Lab | Featuring Ross Castro from LSC-Online
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Ross Castro (From LSC-Online)
Time: 9 am to 3:30 pm
Location: LB-203
LSCS Instructional Designer Ross Castro will be available to work with faculty on how to design and improve your Angel courses.
No registration required and walk-ins are welcome.

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 am and 11:30 to 1 pm
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged.

Microsoft Office: OneNote
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: FSC
Time: 11:30 am to 1 pm
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Getting a handle on information in your job, and at home, can be overwhelming. There are so many sources of information in the information age. You may have Internet research, meeting notes, to-do lists, files, sticky notes, contact information, even the humble shopping list. OneNote is designed to help you keep track of all of this. It's great for doing research, taking notes, organizing lists, and so much more, and keeping it all in one place.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Contract Compliance Training: Policies and Procedures
Target audience: Staff
Presenter: Sylvia Salinas
Time: 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Location: ACA-126
Training on policies and procedures for contract compliance.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Thursday: 10/28/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10 am
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Ursula Sohns
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Ursula Sohns
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Faculty Advisor Ursula Sohns will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Friday: 10/29/2010

Enhance Your Course: With Streaming Video from the Films on Demand Database
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Time: 9 - 10 am
Location: LB-203
Films on Demand is a new library database that allows LSCS students, faculty and staff on and off campus access to streaming video content from producers such as PBS, BBC, and Films for the Humanities and Sciences. Learn how to select film clips and add links to enhance your course content.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Mike Darlan
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Mike Darlan
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 am to 1 pm
Faculty Advisor Mike Darlan will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s).
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Become a fan of the LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center on FaceBook to get access to video tutorials and all sorts of useful information.
Visit us also at:
LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center Intranet Site

Monday, October 18, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 10/18/2010 to 10/24/2010

Monday: 10/18/2010

ANGEL Tools: Course Design and Organization
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Susan Farrell (from LSC-Online)
Time: 2 - 4 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
This workshop will provide targeted, topic specific training and resources to that found in the ANGEL boot camp overview course in a shorter amount of time. This course is designed for faculty already certified in ANGEL through the online teaching certificate course: Faculty Orientation to Online Teaching. Please complete that course at VTAC (log on to Angel)
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Tuesday: 10/19/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10 am
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Enhance Your Course: With Streaming Video from the Films on Demand Database
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 pm
Location: LB-203
Films on Demand is a new library database that allows LSCS students, faculty and staff on and off campus access to streaming video content from producers such as PBS, BBC, and Films for the Humanities and Sciences. Learn how to select film clips and add links to enhance your course content.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Ursula Sohns
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Ursula Sohns
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Faculty Advisor Ursula Sohns will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged


Wednesday: 10/20/2010

Angel Instructional Design Open Lab | Featuring Ross Castro from LSC-Online
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Ross Castro (From LSC-Online)
Time: 9 am to 3:30 pm
Location: LB-203
LSCS Instructional Designer Ross Castro will be available to work with faculty on how to design and improve your Angel courses.
No registration required and walk-ins are welcome.

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 am and 11:30 to 1 pm
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged.


Thursday: 10/21/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10 am
Faculty Advisor Erich Polack will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Ursula Sohns
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Ursula Sohns
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 1:30 to 3:30 pm
Faculty Advisor Ursula Sohns will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA): Updates and Procedures
Target audience: Student Services Staff
Presenter: Marie Thibodeaux (LSCS)
Time: 2 to 4 pm
Location: ACA-126
This workshop will help employees become familiar with new PLA procedures.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Friday: 10/22/2010

Respondus and Studymate: Create Exams and Activities
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Time: 9 to 11 am
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
This workshop is hands on and faculty will work with Respondus to create assessments and StudyMate to create various types of flash based learning activities. Newly created assessments and activities will be published into an eCollege Vista section or template.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Mike Darlan
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Mike Darlan
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 am to 1 pm
Faculty Advisor Mike Darlan will be available at the FSC to work one on one with Faculty on anything having to do with Angel.
Registration: Not required, walk-ins are encouraged

Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s).
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Become a fan of the LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center on FaceBook to get access to video tutorials and all sorts of useful information.
Visit us also at:
LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center Intranet Site

Friday, October 1, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 10/04/2010 to 10/10/2010

Tuesday: 10/05/2010

Computer: File Management: Help! Where Did That File Go?
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: FSC
Time: Noon to 1 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
File management is not hard! Learn tips and tricks to finding those “lost files,” effective organization strategies for keeping track, how to explore folders and files in all locations of the computer, and how to work with multiple folders and files at a time. Don't be afraid, you won't break anything!
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

The Academy Leadership Development Program: Introduction and Information
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Cecelia Neel (System Office)
Time: 3 to 4 pm
Location: LB-115
Participants will learn more about The Academy, Lone Star's leadership development program for faculty and staff. The program objectives, requirements, and details of the selection process will be highlighted. Participants will hear of the experiences of current and former Academy Fellows.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Wednesday: 10/06/2010

RedDot: Author Training
Target audience: RedDot Authors
Presenter: Emily Tutter
Time: 11 am to 12:30
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Trains authors on building, updating and managing department web content.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Thursday: 10/07/2010

Webinar: Understanding Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: How to Improve Academic Success of Student Veterans
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Webinar (hosted by Layton Gill)
Time: 2 to 3:30 pm
Location: ACA-126
This Webinar will extensively review the symptoms of post-trauma adjustment difficulties, environmental triggers, assistance and treatment options, useful college services, programs and supports, gaps in services, gender specific issues, and recommendations that will improve academic success of military student veterans. There will be various suggested policy and cultural changes provided that are needed for your campus to be considered as "trauma informed".
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Friday: 10/08/2010

Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s).
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Weekly Angel Mentoring Hours:
Faculty Angel Mentors are available at the FSC (LB-203) to work one on one with Faculty on how to implement and get courses ready for Angel.

Monday and Wednesday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10:30 am
Erich Polack: 11:30 am - 1 pm

Tuesday and Thursday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10 am
Ursula Sohns: 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Friday:
Michael Darlan: 9 am to 1 pm

Become a fan of the LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center on FaceBook to get access to video tutorials and all sorts of useful information.
Visit us also at:
LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center Intranet Site

Friday, September 24, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 09/27/2010 to 10/03/2010

Tuesday: 09/28/2010

Enhance Your Course: With Streaming Video from the Films on Demand Database
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: David Puller (Reference Librarian)
Time: 12:15 - 1:15 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Films on Demand is a new library database that allows LSCS students, faculty and staff on and off campus access to streaming video content from producers such as PBS, BBC, and Films for the Humanities and Sciences. Learn how to select film clips and add links to enhance your course content.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Purchasing: LSCS ProCard and Travel & Expense Card Policy and Procedure Training
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Roxanne Russ
Time: 1:30 pm to 3 pm
Location: FSC Lab
This workshop will provide an employee with knowledge and skill to use his/her individual ProCard or Travel and Expense card within Lone Star College System policy and procedure. Attendance at this session requires prior supervisor approval for a ProCard or Travel and Expense card.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Thursday: 09/30/2010

Screen Capture: Panopto
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 12:15 - 1:30 pm
Panopto is a flexible and easy-to-use presentation capture platform that lets users capture, stream, archive and share screen capture recordings. Panopto automatically generates video that can be later shared via email or posted to an online class.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Webinar: Working with Generational Issues in our Students
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Dr. Terry Stewart Mouchayleh
Director of Professional Development & Evaluation at Austin Community College and Project Director of the Network
Time: 2 to 3 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Designed for both faculty and staff who interact regularly with Millennial Generation students. This webinar asks whether students are really any different today than they were 25 years ago. For most educational and employment experts, the answer to that question is a resounding yes. This session will explain why this noticeable shift in generational attitudes has occurred and how best to deal with new attitudes in the college classroom.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Friday: 10/01/2010

Classroom Management Software: Vision
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Time: 9 to 11 am
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Join us to learn how to use Vision to engage the entire class in a computer lab environment by enabling the faculty member to block and control access to the internet on the student computers, demonstrate key concepts from the teacher station, distribute and collect files, and supervise student computer use in the classroom or testing centers.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s).
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Weekly Angel Mentoring Hours:
Faculty Angel Mentors are available at the FSC (LB-203) to work one on one with Faculty on how to implement and get courses ready for Angel.

Monday and Wednesday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10:30 am
Erich Polack: 11:30 am - 1 pm

Tuesday and Thursday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10 am
Ursula Sohns: 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Friday:
Michael Darlan: 9 am to 1 pm

Become a fan of the LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center on FaceBook to get access to video tutorials and all sorts of useful information.
Visit us also at:
LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center Intranet Site

Monday, September 20, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 09/20/2010 to 09/26/2010

Tuesday: 09/21/2010

Online Teaching: Lone Star Online Open LabTarget audience: Faculty
Presenter: Obrien Hughes (from LSC-Online)
Time: 1 pm to 4 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
During this session, participants will be able to ask questions regarding Online Teaching Certification requirements, teaching online or general questions regarding technology use in the online classroom.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


ANGEL Tools: Assessments and Assignments
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Susan Farrell (From LSC-Online)

Time: 6 - 8 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
This workshop will provide targeted, topic specific training and resources to that found in the ANGEL boot camp overview course in a shorter amount of time. This course is designed for faculty already certified in ANGEL through the online teaching certificate course: Faculty Orientation to Online Teaching. Please complete that course at http://myonline.lonestar.edu prior to attending this session.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Wednesday: 09/22/2010

Enhance Your Course: With Streaming Video from the Films on Demand Database
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: David Puller (Reference Librarian)
Time: 2:30 - 3:30 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Films on Demand is a new library database that allows LSCS students, faculty and staff on and off campus access to streaming video content from producers such as PBS, BBC, and Films for the Humanities and Sciences. Learn how to select film clips and add links to enhance your course content.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Thursday: 09/23/2010

Learning Disabilities: ADA Compliance for Faculty
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Sandi Patton and Hilton Lasalle
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Location: LB-103
A brief description of Disability Services as an essential faculty resource in ensuring that the College remains in compliance with ADA accommodations. Difficult classroom accommodation scenarios will be presented and discussed. Faculty members will be presented with information and tips on how to effectively implement various classroom accommodations and avoid legal ramifications, while maintaining academic standards.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Friday: 09/24/2010

Screen Capture: Panopto
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 12:30 - 2:30 pm
Panopto is a flexible and easy-to-use presentation capture platform that lets users capture, stream, archive and share screen capture recordings. Panopto automatically generates video that can be later shared via email or posted to an online class.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Open Lab: Faculty Instructional Technology
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: FSC
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 11 am - 1 pm
This open lab session will acquaint faculty with a variety of technology tools provided by LSCS. This is an opportunity for faculty to work one-on-one with an instructional technologist or instructional designer to work thru specific technical questions. This time can also be used to discuss and explore new technologies and innovations in online learning such as tools for communicating with students, developing online materials, and how they might be implemented in your course(s).
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations



Weekly Angel Mentoring Hours:
Faculty Angel Mentors are available at the FSC (LB-203) to work one on one with Faculty on how to implement and get courses ready for Angel.

Monday and Wednesday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10:30 am
Erich Polack: 11:30 am - 1 pm

Tuesday and Thursday:
Erich Polack: 9 - 10 am
Ursula Sohns: 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Friday:
Michael Darlan: 9 am to 1 pm

Become a fan of the LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center on FaceBook to get access to video tutorials and all sorts of useful information.
Visit us also at:
LSC-North Harris Faculty and Staff Center Intranet Site