Instructional Training Topics

Adobe Connect (Breeze) Overview	Adobe Connect - Getting Started	Adobe Connect v7: What's New
Blogs - Creating a Blog	Create Multimedia Presentations with Adobe Presenter	Dreamweaver for counties
FileMaker Pro v4.0	Manipulate your Photos with Picture Manager	Microsoft Excel 2007
Microsoft PowerPoint 07	Microsoft Publisher Basics	Microsoft SharePoint 2007
Microsoft Word 2007	Movie Maker - Create Digital Video Clips	Online Survey Tool - using Survey Monkey
Outlook 07 Information Management	Outlook 07 Meeting Management	Podcasts - Creating a Podcast
Understanding your Office Network	Using SharePoint 2007	Wikis - Creating a Wiki
Working with Offline Files When You're off the Network	YDAR - Complete the 2008 4-H YDAR Report

Adobe Connect (Breeze) Overview

Adobe Connect is a web conferencing tool for meetings and presentations. With Adobe Connect, you can meet and communicate with your colleagues across the state or out of the state. You can deliver presentations, updates, and training without any travel. All this can be done from your computer in your office or anywhere that has high-speed Internet. But, you do need to understand how to use Adobe Connect for these different purposes. The objectives for this training are: (1) Explain the Adobe Connect meeting space; (2) Discuss different uses; (3) What equipment you need; (4) Best Practices: (5) More learning opportunities

Adobe Connect - Getting Started

Adobe Connect is a web conferencing tool you can use for meetings, trainings, and presentations. With Adobe Connect, you can meet and communicate with your colleagues across the state or out of the state. You can deliver presentations, updates, and training without any travel. All this can be done from your computer in your office or anywhere that has high-speed Internet. But, you do need to understand how to use Adobe Connect for these different purposes. This training will focus on 1) how to get a meeting created; 2) what do the windows (or pods) do, 3) discuss different uses; 4) explain what equipment you need; 5) and what other training opportunities do you have. This training will be delivered via Adobe Connect using your browswer so no travel is required. You will receive information to access the Adobe Connect meeting space prior to the training. If you have questions, please email one of the Educational Technologists: Jacki Weikert (mailto:jxs138@psu.edu), Sherry Crum (mailto:slg161@psu.edu); Ron Matason (mailto:ram5@psu.edu), or Peg Shuffy (mailto:pshuffy@psu.edu).

Adobe Connect v7: What's New

The web-conferencing server, Adobe Connect, will be updated to version 7 on July 30, 2008. There are some changes that will affect your meetings, trainings, and presentations. Join us for a demo session to see the changes and the new features. This training will be delivered via Adobe Connect using your browswer so no travel is required. You will receive information to access the Adobe Connect meeting space prior to the training. If you have questions, please email one of the Educational Technologists: Jacki Weikert (mailto:jxs138@psu.edu), Sherry Crum (mailto:slg161@psu.edu); Ron Matason (mailto:ram5@psu.edu), or Peg Shuffy (mailto:pshuffy@psu.edu).

Blogs - Creating a Blog

Heard about blogs? Wondering what they are? Wondering if you need one? Here's the scoop… - A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. - Blogs are updated using software that allows non-techy people to update and maintain the blog. - The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." - Individual articles on a blog are called "posts". - Posting on a blog is done regularly. - Blog posts can contain text, images, and links to other web pages, video and audio files, or other types of files. - Often blogs focus on a particular "area of interest", such as Gardening or Money Management. - Some blogs discuss personal experiences. So, do you think you might like to become a "blogger"? Check out the links below to see what some of your extension co-workers are doing with their blogs - http://sharepoint.ag.psu.edu/it/ET/Tech/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx. Use your AG userid and your ag password to access the page. This session will offer hands-on training for creating a blog of your own.

Create Multimedia Presentations with Adobe Presenter

Would you like to take your existing PowerPoint presentations and turn them into captivating multimedia experiences and e-learning opportunities for your users? Adobe Presenter provides a simple interface for using a microphone to add audio narration to your presentation. In addition, you can easily synchronize your PowerPoint animations with your audio narration. This hands-on training will guide you through adding audio to an existing PowerPoint presentation and publishing the file so that you can upload it to a Web site. Objectives for the training: 1) learn how to add audio to an existing presentation; 2) edit the audio; 3) publish your presentation. Prerequisites: Understand how to create a PowerPoint Presentation; Have a presentation with notes added What you need for class: 1. Computer connect to the Internet 2. Completed PowerPoint Presentation with notes added to use as a script 3. Adobe Presenter software* 4. Headset with microphone * Ordering information for Adobe Presenter software: Order Adobe Presenter from the Penn State Computer Store (http://computerstore.psu.edu) The license is $75 and the media (CD) is $5.

Dreamweaver for counties

This class is especially designed for county staff and will use Dreamweaver v8 or CS3. This in-service is designed to give users a demo and some hands-on experience using the basic features of Dreamweaver to create web pages. We will also create a page from the template and upload it to the web server. Topics to be covered include: overview of the Dreamweaver screens and navigation. Configure your site "Get" or download your site Why we use templates Create a simple page from a template Spell check Preview your page Upload the page to the server Create & use Tables Insert and work with images Create links Update first and 2nd level pages Search and replace command Checking/fixing links Checking in/out META and ALT tags

FileMaker Pro v4.0

This inservice will introduce users to FileMaker Pro v4.0. You will use a sample Mailing List to enter and manipulate data in an already developed FileMaker Pro datafile to gain an understanding of the capabilities of the program. You will also create "your first datafile" that will include several fields and some simple layouts. We will learn the basic terms used in FileMaker, how to enter, find, and edit records and print various reports. We will alsocreate a file and create a few layouts.

Manipulate your Photos with Picture Manager

Do you take a lot of pictures? Do you want to insert them in newsletters and presentations but they are too large? Do you need to remove Red Eye, crop and resize your photos? This hands-on-training will use software called MS Picture Manager that will help you with all of these issues.

Microsoft Excel 2007

This hands-on training introduces users to Microsoft Excel 2007. You will enter data and learn how to make changes to gain an understanding of the capabilities of the program. There are many features of Excel that will assist you in creating great looking spreadsheets and charts: non-formula data entry, simple formulas, formatting, creating charts, and creating new worksheet.

Microsoft PowerPoint 07

This hands-on training is designed to help users learn to create more professional presentations with PowerPoint. From an outline view to help organize your thoughts, to an on-screen slide show with special effects such as animated bullet points, to speaker's notes, and audience handouts, your presentation will come alive. Find new ways to create a great presentation using slides or direct displays of your important data and pictures. Explore creative new methods of making your words come alive with SmartArt, new shape styles, transitions and animations.

Microsoft Publisher Basics

Publisher is a desktop publishing software program that allows you to easily combine text and graphics to produce typeset-quality documents for output on a computer printer. You can develop professional looking newsletters, brochures and flyers very easily.

Microsoft SharePoint 2007

Does your team need a space to collaborate on your programs, share Web links, documents, and have team discussions? SharePoint 2007 has all of those capabilities and more. This session will explore how you can use SharePoint as a team member to share and update documents, add agenda items, access team discussion, and much more!

Microsoft Word 2007

This hands-on training is designed to help users learn to create more professional documents with Word. Topics covered include: - Identify Office button and Ribbon commands - Locate commonly used tools - Understand working with new file formats - Learn how to use styles and templates to make your words come alive - Learn how to insert images and use SmartArt

Movie Maker - Create Digital Video Clips

Need to jazz up your PowerPoint presentations with movement and sound? This hands-on training via NetMeeting will show you how to create video clips using WIndows MovieMaker software.We will insert stills & video clips in MovieMaker and build a movie from start to finish with text, transitions, and animation and sound.

Online Survey Tool - using Survey Monkey

Participants will learn to use an online survey tool called SurveyMonkey to conduct needs assessments and program evaluations and turn those results into meaningful pie or bar charts. As part of this workshop, participants will also learn how to write survey questions that will provide valid data. This workshop will help participants write survey questions that will provide valid data and we will learn to create a survey in SurveyMonkey. We will take the results from the survey created use Excel to create pie and bar charts. .

Outlook 07 Information Management

We all have so much information to organize. This class will show you some tips & techniques to deal with all that information. Skills you may learn are: Create Rules to filter emails, Use the Instant Search feature, Understand Flags and Reminders, Use PSU Directory Services and the Global Address List to address your email, and drag emails to your calendar & tasks.

Outlook 07 Meeting Management

Learn some valuable meeting management skills using Outlook 2007 with Exchange. Learn how to create a meeting request, how to see a group schedule, how to give permissions for other team members to see your calendar, categories (why & how to use them), resources (inviting mtg rooms), updating a meeting request, and inviting from global lists vs. contacts.

Podcasts - Creating a Podcast

This will be the hands-on time to learn how to use Audacity recording software to create a podcast and how to upload your finished product to iTunesU and other locations. Bring your computer with Audacity, a headset with a microphone and your script and let's get ready to Podcast! Prerequisites: Learn what a podcast is? How to find a podcast and listen to it? What equipment do I need? Learn the 7 reasons to create or NOT create a podcast! These prerequisites will be offered via Adobe Connect recordings available at our Self-Paced Training page - http://it.cas.psu.edu/SelfPaced.htm Click on "What is a Podcast? How do I listen to one?" and "7 Reasons to Podcast"

Understanding your Office Network

HELP. Our Internet is down and ICT Support asked me to go to our "network closet". What do all those different pieces of equipment and wires do? We don't have a "network closet," do we? What's a router? This workshop will help you understand your network and what to do when you lose network connectivity (no Internet or email). We will discuss the various network equipment and how each piece fits together to provide Internet connectivity to your office. We'll present general information applicable to all offices, then review participant network pictures.

Using SharePoint 2007

Does your team need a space to collaborate on your programs, share Web links, documents, and have team discussions? SharePoint 2007 has all of those capabilities and more. This session will explore how you can use SharePoint as a team member to share and update documents, add agenda items, access team discussion, and much more!

Wikis - Creating a Wiki

Heard about blogs? Wondering what they are? Wondering if you need one? Here's the scoop… Check out the links below to see what some of your extension co-workers are doing with their wikis - http://sharepoint.ag.psu.edu/it/ET/Tech/Wiki%20Pages/Home.aspx. Use your AG userid and your ag password to access the page. This session will offer hands-on training for creating a wiki of your own.

Working with Offline Files When You're off the Network

Does your My Documents folder have two blue arrows circling each other? If answer is YES, you have "re-directed" My Documents. The files and folders in your My Documents folder are actually being stored on a server. They are not being stored "locally" on your C: drive. This class will help explain the process of working with re-directed My Documents ... and its benefits! You'll be shown how to work with offline files even when you are not connected to the network. What are the best practices for both desktop and laptop users. Desktop's because even an office network may go down occasionally. Laptop's because these computers will leave the office. What if you're at a meeting and your My Documents is empty? Here are some of the points that will be discussed: - Offline files overview and benefits - Manage file synchronization - Viewing and deleting offline files - Connecting to another high speed network (home, other office) - What happens when you reconnect to your office network - Application issues ... which ones don't "like" to be offline - When to store a file locally - Hodgepodge: VPN, Wireless, Remote Desktop

YDAR - Complete the 2008 4-H YDAR Report

This in-service is designed to lead you through the steps necessary to complete an accurate 4-H Youth Development Annual Report (YDAR). Using sample data you will learn how to check your YDEP (Youth Development Enrollment Program) files like People, Units, and Project Totals for errors. We will then import data into the YDAR calculating files, generate its files, and complete a YDAR Final Report. Additionally the class will, with the sample data, generate a CRA Report and archive data for the year. This training will be delivered via Adobe Connect using your browser so no travel is required. You will receive information to access the Adobe Connect meeting space prior to the training. Note: The 2008 YDAR process is the same as 2007. If you completed the YDAR in 2007 and are comfortable with the process, you don't need to take the class. However, "old hands" would be very welcome. You can help answer questions from the "new folks" better than Vince in the 4-H area. Audience: 4-H Educators and Support Staff responsible for completing the YDAR. If you have questions, please email Vince Verbeke (vcv1@psu.edu)

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