August 2008 |
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All About Blackboard
This session is intended to give you Blackboard user knowledge and skills. The key Blackboard elements that will be covered in this session include: Content System, Course menu, Assignments, Communications, Discussions.
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Wednesday
Aug 13, 2008
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: B103
ITL
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MEDLINE (Ovid)
Learn to use Ovid Gateway, available on your desktop, to search the Medline database. |
Tuesday
Aug 19, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
Elaine Sullo
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September 2008 |
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PubMED
Learn to use the National Library of Medicine's web-based MEDLINE. Includes free links to related articles and to complete articles from selected fee-based journals. |
Wednesday
Sep 3, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
Paul Levett
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Evidence-Based Medicine
Learn what is meant by the term "evidence-based medicine", become familiar with the levels of evidence, identify EBM resources available from the Himmelfarb Library and practice evidence-based search strategies. |
Wednesday
Sep 10, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
Cynthia Kahn
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RefWorks
RefWorks is a web-based bibliography and database manager that allows users to create a own personal database by importing references from online databases and facilitates bibliography creation. This program is useful when writing papers, collecting research bibliographic references and formatting the paper and the bibliography. |
Thursday
Sep 18, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
Laura Abate
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Access Level I
Learn basic Access file structure and commands, and Access wizards. Knowledge of Windows is required! |
Monday
Sep 22, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: B103
Catherine Harris
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Blackboard Testing and Gradebook
This session is intended for faculty who would like to learn how to use Blackboard Testing and Gradebook.
- Blackboard Gradebook Overview
- Grade display options
- Adding graded items
- Assignment and quiz grading
- Download and upload from Excel
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Tuesday
Sep 23, 2008
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: B103
ITL
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Access Level II
Learn advanced functions, commands and Access wizards. Knowledge of Windows is required! |
Wednesday
Sep 24, 2008
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: B103
Mody Olympia
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Keeping Current: Time-saving Strategies for GWUMC Faculty
Learn how to use email and/or RSS feeds to keep up with the latest information in your field. We'll concentrate on selecting the best content, and the most effective delivery method. |
Thursday
Sep 25, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
Laura Abate and Betsy Appleton
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Who's Citing Your Work?
Learn which databases provide information on who's citing your work (or work in which you have an interest). Also learn advanced search tips and practice everything that you are taught.
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Thursday
Sep 25, 2008
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: B103
Paul Levett and Cynthia Kahn
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October 2008 |
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SafeAssign in Blackboard
This workshop is aimed at providing an orientation of the SafeAssign tool in Blackboard. |
Monday
Oct 6, 2008
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Room: B103
ITL
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Introduction to Powerpoint
Learn how to create presentation slides and overheads for your next class or talk. Also learn how to print out your slides and speaker notes to accompany your next presentation. Students will prepare title, bullet, and clipart slides and graphs. |
Friday
Oct 10, 2008
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room: B103
Catherine Harris
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Classroom Assessment Techniques
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Monday
Oct 20, 2008
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: B103
ITL
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