UW-ACE Training Sessions

December UW-ACE courses:

    Overview of UW-ACE
	Mon, December 5 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm MC1050

    Getting Started Using UW-ACE
	Thu, December 8 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm MC1050

    Using Instructional Resources in UW-ACE
	Mon, December 12 9:30 am - 11:30 am MC1050

    Using the Action Editor in UW-ACE
	Tue, December 13 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm MC1050

    On-Line Quiz Creation in UW-ACE
	Wed, December 14 9:30 am - 11:30 am MC1050

January 2006 UW-ACE courses (MC 1050):

    Getting Started with UW-ACE
	Tuesday, January 10th 1:30 - 3:30 pm 
        Wednesday, January 18th 9:30 - 11:30 am

	This is a hands-on session where we will explore some of the more
	commonly used UW-ACE functionality, including: creating/uploading a
	course syllabus; creating and marking a drop box; creating and using a
	discussion forum, using milestones to update calendar items, and
	tailoring your course and work environment.

    Introduction to UW-ACE Instructional Resources
	Wednesday, January 11th 9:30 - 11:30 am 
        Wednesday, January 18th 1:30 - 3:30 pm

	The hands-on session is designed to provide an introduction to "UW-ACE
	Instructional Resources", a repository of online teaching and learning
	resources available to all instructors using UW-ACE in their courses.
	It will include an overview of the types of resources in the
	repository, as well as a practical "how to" session, demonstrating how
	instructors can import items from the repository into their courses.

    Using the Action Editor: Level I
	Thursday, January 12th 1:30 - 3:30 pm 
        Tuesday, January 24th 1:30 - 3:30 pm

	The ANGEL Action Editor is an advanced tool that allows you to define
	actions to be taken when certain events and conditions occur. For
	example, an action could be defined to allow a student to gain access
	to previously locked material (action) after the submission of a quiz
	(event), only if their quiz grade is above 80% (condition).   This
	session will explore a number of common examples which will be worked
	through via hands-on activities.

    Creating Quizzes in UW-ACE
	Wednesday, January 25th 9:30 - 11:30 pm

	A detailed look at quiz creation, multiple choice, true-false, short
	answer, essay etc.  This session will also cover uploading of question
	banks and existing quizzes, as well as how to provide feedback to
	students taking the quiz/exam.  Adding quiz results to the Course
	Gradebook will also be examined.

 
  This list is also available from the "Help" page of UW-ACE
  at uw-ace.uwaterloo.ca.  Enter the "Help" page, and the "Instructor"
  folder and look at "UW-ACE Training".
  
  Some session training material is located
  in the UW-ACE course named "UW-ACE Technical Update Course".
  Navigate to the folder Lessons/Course Lessons/UW-ACE Session Notes.
  UW-ACE is located at www.uwace.uwaterloo.ca.
  
  If you are unable to make a session, please get
  in touch with the LT3 liaison, Paul Kates, pkates@uwaterloo.ca
  for a demonstration.   

  Courses typically repeat every month throughout the Winter 2006 term.

IST courses that may be of interest:

    Word and PowerPoint Equations
	Wed, December 7 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm MC1050
	Instructor: Lisa Tomalty-Crans

	Entering equations into Word and PowerPoint has always caused
	people a lot of grief. It seems to be one area that is not well
	documented. This course will give you hands-on experience
	entering equations using Word's and PowerPoint's built-in
	equation editor.

    Lecturing with PowerPoint
	Wed, December 7 9:30 am - 11:30 am MC1050
	Instructor: Colin Campbell

	Lecturing with PowerPoint is becoming increasingly popular. It
	allows you to show both text-based and dynamic information such
	as simulations or animations to help support student learning.
	You can also place your PowerPoint presentations on the web so
	that your students can review them at a later date. This
	hands-on course will cover basic design and delivery principles
	of lecturing with PowerPoint, including technical details on
	how to use the tool.

    Concept Mapping with CMap
	Thu, December 8 9:30 am - 11:30 am MC1050
	Instructor: Colin Campbell

	Do you have a lot of great ideas, but sometimes find it
	difficult to express them within the confines of prose? You
	should try concept mapping! Chances are you already create
	concept maps with pen and paper.

	Come to this course to learn CMap, a program for creating
	concept maps, and which is free for academic use. You will find
	yourself using CMap to collect your thoughts and to organize
	and/or present ideas in talks, lectures, papers, etc.

	Concept maps made with CMap can published to the Web for
	sharing with others, and can include hyperlinks to notes,
	graphics and other Web pages.

        Also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map.


  For IST course descriptions and registration please visit
  
	https://ist.uwaterloo.ca/course_registration/registration.php