Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

Out with the Old (Misty City Gradebook), In with the New (ANGEL Gradebook)

Misty City Grade Book is no longer supported by the software vendor. The College has adopted ANGEL as our learning management system and it includes a Grade Book with functionality that matches Misty City. You don't need to use all the features in ANGEL, you can use just the Grade Book to:

• record student grades,
• post grades for students to view (each student logs in so they can only see their own grades) and
• calculate final grades.

Further, you'll no longer need to download a roster and import students into your Grade Book. They'll be automatically added and dropped based on activity in Banner. Every credit course at JCCC automatically has an ANGEL course shell created, so you need to do nothing more than use it (no form to fill out or request to make).

In this session, you'll see an overview of the ANGEL Grade Book and see how it can be setup to record grades for your students. 

Video Archive

KanREN & JCCC: Old Friends, New Partners

Web Conferencing: A New Classroom & Training Tool

This session will demonstrate how Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro can be used for online office hours, synchronous classroom lectures, webinars and other online meetings.

Secure Testing in ANGEL

In this session, you'll learn how to secure your tests in ANGEL. We will look at using the ANGEL Secure Browser in the Testing Center, internet address restrictions, proctor passwords and other settings that make it more difficult for students to cheat. The session will also cover JCCC Testing Center guidelines.

Introducing JCCC New Student DL Orientation System

The New JCCC Web Site- How do I get to Where I want to Go.

The session will review the progress on the new JCCC web site, present the new locations of technical Help Desk support both on the web site and in Sharepoint, and answer any questions you may have on design or navigation.

Intermediate Tips for Microsoft Word

In this session, we値l take a look at tools and techniques to help you work with Word more efficiently. We値l cover techniques such as creating and modifying styles to develop more consistent looks to your documents, and make them easier to format. In addition, we値l take a look at creating and managing sections to apply formatting in different ways. Building blocks also make quick work of repeated content, and we値l see the ease of creating those reusable blocks. If you use SharePoint, document properties are important for document management.
Collaborating on documents is made easier with Track Changes, and we値l see how to compare documents edited by multiple authors. And we値l examine how to use Excel as a data source for Word mail merges. This touches on a few of the tools and techniques available for intermediate Word users, and if time allows, we値l demonstrate other techniques.

Intermediate Tips for Microsoft Excel

In this session, we値l take a look at tools and techniques to help you work with Excel more efficiently. We値l cover techniques such as linking worksheets with 3-D formulas, sorting and filtering data using autofilters, commenting cells, using lookup functions, creating PivotTables for data analysis using the Banner reports SYRSTAN and SYROLLY. We値l also take a look at useful techniques to transpose columns and rows, discarding empty cells, and using Excel as a data source for Word mail merges. This touches on a few of the tools and techniques available for intermediate Excel users, and if time allows, we値l demonstrate other techniques.

Building Your Own Epsilen ePortfolio

www.Epsilen.com offers a free, lifetime ePortfolio for any faculty member, student or staff member with an .edu (education) email address. Your ePortfolio can house writing assignments (Word documents), PowerPoint Presentations, images, URLs and more. Attend and see how easy it is to setup your own Epsilen ePortfolio.

Ning vs. ANGEL Communities: JCCC Uses for Both?

Do you have a club, organization, network of friends, state-wide committee or other group that needs a gathering place on the web? Attend this session and find out what you can "house" in an ANGEL community...and if it doesn't fit in ANGEL, we'll show you the options available using Ning!

Beyond Patrolling for Plagiarism: Using Turnitin窶冱 Grademark Tools

Wish you could just click at a spot on your student's paper and write a comment that didn't need to be specially formatted to set it apart? Wish you had better grading rubrics? Come to this session to learn how Turnitin's Grademark Tools can meet these needs.

Getting Attention and Offering Help in ANGEL: Using Tokens and Help Files

Wish you could use your student's name in the middle of the page? You can! Wish you can type just two or three characters as shorthand for a paragraph? You can. Wish you could have a question mark beside your discussion or assignment dropbox that would open your help file or detailed instruction file? You can. Come to this session to learn how to use tokens, create personal tokens, add help files, and put that little question mark beside your ANGEL elements.

Exploring Windows 7

In this session, we'll take a look at Windows 7. We'll review the available versions, and consider the steps to take if you're planning to upgrade your current computer to Windows 7. We'll also examine the new features of the operating system, and changes and improvements to the user interface. The session will also explore how Windows 7 works with other software at JCCC including ANGEL, My JCCC, and Microsoft Office.

Wikis: A Tool for Collaboration

Find the Blogger in You!

What Bugs You About Email?

Etiquette is all about reducing friction between people. Netiquette brings those guidelines to the Internet. In this session, we'll discuss your irritations with email, distribution lists and other forms of digital communication...and offer some solutions with guidelines to answer the question "Can't we all just get along?"