Date: Tuesday - November 17, 2009
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location: HBG - International Center 317
Instructor(s):

• Susan Rayborn

Seats Available: (9)

If you are a faculty member and would like assistance in Blackboard CE8, an LEC staff member will be available at this time to assist you.  Please note that this session is not intended as a formal workshop regarding Blackboard.  It is available as a help and troubleshooting session for issues or questions regarding existing or future courses developed in Blackboard. 

For additional resources and tutorials, please see the faculty resources page here:

http://www.usm.edu/lec/des/faculty/index.php

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Date: Wednesday - November 18, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: HBG - Cook Library 117
Instructor(s):

• Dr. Wendy Atkins-Sayre

Seats Available: (21)

This session will focus on best practices for design of oral assignments for capstone classes.  We will also discuss assignment options and troubleshooting.  This session is designed for instructors scheduled to teach capstone courses in spring 2010 who have not yet had the opportunity to participate in the full ten-week faculty seminar.

If a vegetarian meal is preferred, please email qep@usm.edu OR julie.howdeshell@usm.edu

Lunch will be served.

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Date: Wednesday - November 18, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: GC - Gulf Park Library 104
Instructor(s):

• Dr. Casey Maugh
• Dr. Melanie Barthelme

Seats Available: (9)

This session will focus on best practices for design of oral and written assignments for capstone classes.  We will also discuss assignment options and troubleshooting.  The session is designed for instructors scheduled to teach capstone courses in spring 2010 who have not yet had the opportunity to participate in the full ten-week faculty seminar.  A minimum of seven participants is needed.

If a vegetarian meal is preferred, please contact qep@usm.edu or Julie.Howdeshell@usm.edu

Lunch will be served.

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Date: Wednesday - November 18, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: HBG - International Center 317
Instructor(s):

• Megan Mulloy

Seats Available: (6)

If you are a Southern Miss staff or faculty member and require assistance
using Dreamweaver CS3 or Dreamweaver CS4 to edit a University website, a
LEC staff member will be available at this time to assist you.  Please note
that this session is NOT intended as a formal workshop regarding
Dreamweaver, and we cannot assist with complex design or redesign issues. It
is available as a help and troubleshooting session only for basic site setup
and editing tasks.

If you require website design or redesign assistance, please contact Public
Relations.  Information regarding their web services is located here:
http://www.usm.edu/pr/web/websites.html

Registration is required so we can assess the appropriate number of trainers to have available. 

 

 

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Date: Thursday - November 19, 2009
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: HBG - Cook Library 112
Instructor(s):

• Dr. Melanie Barthelme

Seats Available: (7)

This session will focus on best practices for design of written assignments for capstone classes.  We will also discuss assignment options and troubleshooting.  This session is designed for instructors scheduled to teach capstone courses in spring 2010 who have not yet had the opportunity to participate in the full ten-week faculty seminar.

If a vegetarian meal is preferred, please email qep@usm.edu OR julie.howdeshell@usm.edu

Lunch will be served.

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Date: Thursday - November 19, 2009
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Location: HBG - International Center 102
Instructor(s):

• Megan Mulloy

Seats Available: (2)

Blackboard CE8 - Basic Introduction
Prerequisites: Basic computer skills required.

This 1.5 hour, session will cover several of the basic, introductory tools and features to help instructors get started using Blackboard (the officially supported online course management system used at Southern Miss).  

During this workshop we will cover the following topics:

• Accessing a course
• Checking Browser compatibility
• Course navigation
• Adding Tools
• Creating basic content
• Adding a syllabus
• Adding files and folders to a course
• Organizing files and folders
• Action links
• Requesting a course supplement
  

It is recommended that participants view the tutorials located at the link below before attending this workshop:
http://www.usm.edu/lec/des/faculty/how_tos.php

It is also helpful to review the Blackboard FAQ here:
http://www.usm.edu/lec/des/faculty/bb_faq.php

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Date: Monday - November 23, 2009
Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Location: HBG - International Center 317
Instructor(s):

• Julie Green

Seats Available: (10)

The Open Lab is designed to answer specific questions and assisting with issues you are experiencing.  This is NOT a structured classroom training that will follow a hand-out.  So, please bring those SPECIFIC questions.

Registration is required so we can assess the appropriate number of trainers to have available. 

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Date: Friday - January 29, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: HBG - Cook Library 123
Instructor(s):

• TBA

Seats Available: (22)

This session will assist new faculty in understanding how to become successful in the areas of research, publishing, and data interpretation. Faculty will learn how to advance creative and scholarly activities to become successful at Southern Miss. 

 

If you prefer a vegetarian meal, please email linda.bass@usm.edu. 

 

Lunch will be served.

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Date: Friday - February 26, 2010
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: HBG - Cook Library 123
Instructor(s):

• TBA

Seats Available: (26)

Promotion is based on achievements to date and tenure is given based on perceived promise for the future. With this in mind, faculty will learn how to best prepare for a successful third year review as well as tenure and promotion. Teaching, research, service, and collegiality will all be discussed. Presenters will include University administration, deans, and faculty.

 

If you prefer a vegetarian meal, please email linda.bass@usm.edu. 

 

Lunch will be served.

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