Training
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Types of Training
Enhancing student learning is one of the goals of NOVA. TAC supports this goal by assisting faculty and staff in using technology tools to advance teaching and learning. We offer faculty and staff an array of face-to-face workshops, online training courses, hybrid training courses, online tutorials, activities, and special events designed to help you to learn how to use technology tools to enhance the teaching and learning processes.
We hope you will find the information listed below to be valuable to you and encourage you to attend one of our sessions or events. Remember you can always contact us to discuss how we can assist you with your teaching and learning with technology needs.
The training page is set up by type of training delivery. Under each type you find a list by titles of training opportunities. To determine which are available for a particular semester and to register for the training, click here.
Face to Face Training
TAC offers in-person, hands-on training on the various campuses every semester. NOVA employees can attend a session on any campus. Every semester TAC selects from the list of titles below, sessions that campuses indicate they want available.
To determine which are available for a particular semester and to register for the training, click here.
- Blackboard Part I : Moving Your Course Online
- Blackboard Part II: Exploring Online Communication
- Blackboard, Part III: Building Assessments and Using the Gradebook
- Fireworks Part I and II: Creating Interactive Web Graphics
- Dreamweaver Part I and II: Creating Web Pages
- Integrating Dreamweaver and Fireworks
- MS Publisher: Creating Print Materials
- Web Design, Part I, II and III
- PhotoShop Part I and II: Editing Images and Graphics for the Web
- Tech Freebies for Teaching and Learning
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Online Training Courses
TAC offers several online training courses every semester that can be completed from any computer anywhere and anytime within the course timeframe to meet the needs of those faculty and staff who cannot attend face-to-face sessions at the times when they are scheduled and who want to be able to attend training through a more flexible format.
To determine which are available for a particular semester and to register for the training, click here.
- Best Practices in Hybrid Course Development
- Using Impatica for PowerPoint in Blackboard and on the Web
- Developing a Collection of Online Classroom-ready Learning Materials Using MERLOT
- Providing Audio Feedback to Student Assignments in Blackboard and through Email
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Hybrid Training Courses
TAC offers hybrid training courses that combine face-to-face and online interaction. These training courses are held over a set period of time where some of the time, you meet online in eMEETING and then online in Blackboard or you meet face-to-face and then online in Blackboard.
To determine which are available for a particular semester and to register for the training, click here.
- Designing Hybrid Courses for Student Success
- Engaging Students in Successful Online Communication
- Creating Inactive Web Lessons Using SoftChalk
- Adapting to Learning Styles in Hybrid Courses
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eMeeting Training Courses
TAC offers eMEETING training online but these sessions are on specific times and dates. eMEETING is an application that allows faculty and staff to hold online meetings where no one has to drive to a location. A PC computer is required with Internet access, an Internet browser, and either a headset or speakers and microphone. This training is offered several times almost every week of a semester.
The training is designed specifically for faculty and staff members to learn how to lead eMeetings.
To determine the dates and times for a particular semester and to register for the training, click here.
- Introduction to Leading eMEETINGS
Online Tutorials
TAC offers a series of online tutorials, many of which have audio-video segments to them, for those of you who want to work at your own pace on your own time. Click here to find the list of titles and links to all of the online tutorials.
- Building an Online Syllabus
- Basics Elements of Web Design
- Blackboard 6 Basics
- Building a WebQuest
- Creating a Simple Webpage with Composer
- Office 2007
- Developing Presentations
- Dreamweaver Basics
- eNOVA/eMEETING Basics
- Fireworks Basics
- GIS: Geographic Information Systems
- IT Security Awareness
- PhotoShop Basics
- Online Surveys: Web Surveyor
- Outlook 2003 Web Access
- SoftChalk Basics
- Voice-over IP Phone Use
- The Bare Bones Guide to HTML
- Webmonkey's HTML Basics