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CITations #96May 23, 2003
No. 96
CITations is a report featuring information technology-related news of interest to UNC-Chapel Hill faculty members, graduate instructors and the staff who support them. CITations, published twice a month, is an electronic service of the ITS Center for Instructional Technology.
Carolina Course Evaluations Summer Session I 2003 Deadlines
May/June Blackboard Classes
June Computer Training Classes
Browse Campus Libraries' Shelves of New Books from Your Desktop
ITRC Tip: Shortcut to Lock Your Computer
CITations Tips Archive
Conference Announcements
2003 CITations Publication Schedule
How to Subscribe or Unsubscribe to CITations
CAROLINA COURSE EVALUATIONS SUMMER SESSION I 2003 DEADLINES
Each semester, the Center for Instructional Technology facilitates course evaluations through the Carolina Course Evaluations (CCE) program. To participate in this program, each department must identify one Subject Coordinator to start the process.
Important Summer Session I 2003 dates:
May 27 -- Registration for Subject Coordinator and selection of courses begins.
June 10 -- Last day to select courses.
June 13 -- Evaluation forms available for pick-up by Subject Coordinator.
July 11 -- Scanning of evaluation forms for Summer Session I 2003 completed. Forms can be picked up, and results will be available.
For more information about the CCE program, go to http://www.unc.edu/cit/cce/.
If you have any further questions, contact Billie Lindley at 962-5283 or bcl@email.unc.edu.
To enroll in any of these sessions, go to http://help.unc.edu/tracs/ and click on the title of the course you're interested in. Then click on the [enroll] link for the session you want.
Blackboard 6: What Is New
This course focuses on becoming familiar with Blackboard 6.0's new features and is recommended for any instructor currently using Blackboard 5.5.1. Topics covered will include: easier ways to manage your course content, new customizing options, a new assignment tool to replace the digital dropbox, and improvements in the assessment and gradebook area. The format will be presentation followed by extensive time for hands-on practice with instructor guidance.
Introduction to Blackboard 5.5
For instructors, teaching assistants, and IT support staff with no prior Blackboard experience, this course should be taken before "Blackboard 6: What Is New." It focuses on the basics of 1) posting content to Blackboard sites, 2) using Blackboard's communication tools, 3) customizing sites, and 4) controlling access to them. Blackboard's strengths and limitations as a courseware platform will also be discussed. Attendees are encouraged to bring their course materials with them on disk.
JUNE COMPUTER TRAINING CLASSES
Visit http://help.unc.edu/tracs/ to view the current schedule of ATN computer training classes and to register online. You can also call 962-1160 to register.
New classes:
Managing Files on the UNC Server
Prerequisite: Windows Getting Started and Windows File Management.
This class is an introduction to your UNC server space, including how to
configure it for web publication. Learn necessary file management and
file transfer skills using AFS and WS-FTP.
Dreamweaver MX: Cascading Style Sheets and Design Principles
Prerequisite: Dreamweaver MX 2: Defining Sites and Advanced Design.
Revised classes:
Web Authoring with Netscape
Prerequisite: Managing Files on the UNC Server, Internet Essentials and
word processing experience. Create Web pages with Netscape Composer.
Web Authoring with HTML
Prerequisite: Managing Files on the UNC Server and web authoring experience with any program such as Composer, Dreamweaver, or FrontPage.
This class will de-mystify HTML code for those who are currently using
a web editing tool, such as Netscape Composer, so that you can make
important modifications to your web pages that web editing tools won't
allow.
Web Authoring with HTML: Advanced Topics
Prerequisite: Web Authoring with HTML.
This class covers some of the latest technologies available to the web designer, such as cascading style sheets, Javascript, and newer HTML tags.
Dreamweaver MX: Defining Sites and Advanced Design
Prerequisite: Dreamweaver: Creating a Web Site.
Explore the advanced page layout features of Dreamweaver. Learn to create layout cells, component tables, and frames pages using Dreamweaver's easy point-and-click interface.
Dreamweaver MX: Creating Interactive Web Sites
Prerequisite: Dreamweaver: Defining Sites and Advanced Design.
A few things this class goes over include how to create an image map, how to
associate JavaScript behaviors with images, and how to design jump menus.
BROWSE CAMPUS LIBRARIES' SHELVES OF NEW BOOKS FROM YOUR DESKTOP
Shelves of pristine, newly-acquired books are an attraction for library visitors who like to keep up with the latest publications in their fields. You can also virtually browse our campus libraries' new books shelves online from your home or office. The UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries' "New Books" web page lets you search for new book acquisitions by topic, by library or collection, or by call number. "New Books" is located at http://www.lib.unc.edu/newbooks/.
ITRC TIP: SHORTCUT TO LOCK YOUR COMPUTER
Problem: You're working at your computer, but need to step away for a moment. Your computer is accessible to passersby, but you don't want to shut down your machine: it's inconvenient to restart it and wend your way back to where you've left off working.
If you're using Windows 2000 or XP, you can "lock" your computer by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and then clicking "Lock Computer." You can also create a Desktop shortcut that will lock your computer when you double-click its icon:
1. Right-click in an open area on your Desktop. From the shortcut menu that appears, select "New," and then click "Shortcut."
2. Copy and paste the following system path into the location field:
%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe user32.dll LockWorkStation
3. Click "Next" to continue.
4. Give the shortcut a name.
You now have a Desktop shortcut with that name. If you'd prefer a different icon, you can select another:
1. Right-click on the icon. From the shortcut menu that appears, click "Properties."
2. Under the "Shortcut" tab, click "Change Icon."
3. If a selection of other icons does not appear, copy and paste the following system path into the field labeled "Look for icons in this file":
%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
4. Double-click the icon of your choice.
5. Click "OK" to finish replacing the default icon.
After you've locked your computer, a "Computer Locked" alert appears, prompting you to press Ctrl+Alt+Del to unlock it. To finish the process, enter your network password and click "OK."
For more computing assistance, contact the Information Technology
Response Center, Undergraduate Library.
Walk-in Hrs: 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Submit a help request on the Web:
https://www.unc.edu/ar-bin/websub/index.pl
Tel: 962-HELP -- 24 hours/7 days a week
Email:
help@unc.edu
ITRC website: http://www.unc.edu/atn/itrc/
The ITRC, CBT, and Lyris tips published in CITations are archived on the Web, so you can locate tips without having to search through all the back issues. The tips archive is at http://www.unc.edu/cit/citations/tips.html.
Stay informed about technology conferences with the CIT's "Education Technology and Computer-Related Conferences" at http://www.unc.edu/cit/guides/irg-37.html and "Calendar of World-Wide Educational Technology-Related Conferences, Seminars, and Other Events." The calendar is at http://confcal.unc.edu:8086/.
2003 CITATIONS PUBLICATION SCHEDULE
January 10 & 24
February 7 & 21
March 14 & 28
April 11 & 25
May 9 & 23
June 6 & 20
July 11 & 25
August 8 & 22
September 12 & 26
October 10 & 24
November 7 & 21
December 5 & 19
CITations welcomes announcements from all UNC-Chapel Hill campus organizations involved in instructional and research technology. To have an announcement considered for publication in CITations, send email to Carolyn Kotlas, kotlas@email.unc.edu or call 962-9287. The deadline for submissions is noon the day before the publication date.
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