Thursday, November 18, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 11/22/2010 to 11/28/2010

Monday: 11/08/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 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: 11/23/2010

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


iStar Open Lab: HR/PR and CS
Search Learning Network Registration code: LSC-1513
Presenter: Jennifer Welsh
Target audience: All Employees
Time: 3 to 5 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
This open lab will provide and environment in which LSC employees may have their Human Resources (HR), Payroll (PR), and Campus Solutions (CS) questions answered.
This open lab format will allow you to come and go as your schedule permits.
Register for this session at LSC Learning Network at: http://my.lonestar.edu/ (search activity code: LSC-1513)


Wednesday: 11/24/2010

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.


iStar Open Lab: HR/PR and CS
Search Learning Network Registration code: LSC-1513
Presenter: Jennifer Welsh
Target audience: All Employees
Time: 10 am to Noon
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
This open lab will provide and environment in which LSC employees may have their Human Resources (HR), Payroll (PR), and Campus Solutions (CS) questions answered.
This open lab format will allow you to come and go as your schedule permits.
Register for this session at LSC Learning Network at: http://my.lonestar.edu/ (search activity code: LSC-1513)


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

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 11/15/2010 to 11/21/2010

Friday: 11/19/2010

iStar: Faculty Center
Registration Activity Code: LSC-1556-7
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Jennifer Welsh
Time: 10 am to Noon
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
Using the Faculty Center iStar component, faculty have the ability to view class rosters, enter grades, create assignments, and view their own class schedules, as well as email single students or groups of students
Register for this session at LSC Learning Network at: http://my.lonestar.edu/ (activity code: LSC-1556-7)

Friday, November 5, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 11/08/2010 to 11/14/2010

Monday: 11/08/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 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: 11/09/2010

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


Wednesday: 11/10/2010

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.

Purchasing: LSCS ProCard and Travel & Expense Card Policy and Procedure Training
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Roxanne Russ
Time: 1 to 2:30 pm
Location: FSC Lab (LB-203)
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: 11/11/2010

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: 11/12/2010

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

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, November 1, 2010

LSC-North Harris Professional Development: 11/01/2010 to 11/07/2010

Monday: 11/01/2010

Angel Faculty Advisor Open Lab | Featuring: Erich Polack
Target audience: Faculty
Faculty Advisor: Erich Polack
Location: LB-203 (FSC Lab)
Time: 9 to 10:30 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: 11/02/2010

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 Tools: Using Respondus to create Tests for ANGEL
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Susan Farrell (LSC-Online)
Time: 10 am - Noon
Location: LB-203
This workshop will introduce participants to Respondus - a program that simplifies creating tests for publishing to your course management system. With Respondus you can write your own questions, import questions from text files, or import a test from a publisher’s test bank.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations

Online Teaching: Lone Star Online Open Lab
Target audience: Faculty
Presenter: Susan Farrell (LSC-Online)
Time: 1 - 4 pm
Location: 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 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: 11/03/2010

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.

Civil Rights: Orientation
Target audience: Faculty and Staff
Presenter: Glenn Powell
Time: 2 to 4:30 pm
Location: ACA-126
Civil Rights Orientation is a highly interactive workshop which will provide participants with information regarding the district's policies and procedures related to employment discrimination, including sexual harassment and other types of discrimination. This workshop also includes information on the Equal Pay Act, Age Discrimination, and the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Register for this session and/or view alternate dates and locations


Thursday: 11/04/2010

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

How Service Learning is Helping to Close the Gaps:
Enter to Learn, Learn to Serve.
Guest speaker: Patricia Spencer Potyka, M.A.
Executive Director, Texas Campus Compact
Target audience: Faculty
Time: 12:30 to 1:30 pm
Location: Private Dining Hall (Lunch will be served)
Description: The Role of higher education in building a stronger state, healthier communities, and a more engaged citizenry has been gaining increased attention in recent years. This increase can be witnessed in both pedagogy and in practice. The number of educators employing tools of service, service learning and civic engagement in their courses and in their classrooms has grown dramatically. Thanks to faculty, presidents, students, and community based organizations, we are building communities and educating citizens, helping to create a better educated workforce for the state of Texas.
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


Friday: 11/05/2010

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

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

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