TRAINING INFO
CEG (Computing Environment Group) offers software training for faculty and staff, with a focus on popular software used in offices throughout campus, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat 9, and Adobe Creative Suite (CS4). You can also learn how to use iTunes U and Twitter.
Information, training, and support for technologies used to support teaching (for example, D2L or Clickers), is available from the Learning Technology Center (LTC).
CEG offers software training in three formats that accommodate different preferences, learning styles, and schedules: 1) traditional live workshops; 2) video workshops on demand distributed on iTunes U, and 3) software consulting and customized training available to departments and work-groups on campus.
LIVE, HANDS-ON WORKSHOPS (for Faculty & Staff)
If you like hands-on experience, immediate feedback, and have lots of questions, traditional live workshops might be the perfect solution for you. These small-group workshops (with up to 5 participants), usually take 1-1.5 hour, and are conducted at our training lab by experienced instructors. The atmosphere tends to be relaxed and informal, making these an ideal environment for getting to know, and trying out new software, asking questions and receiving immediate answers. Unless specifically noted, live workshops focus on introductory-level skills, and cover the current versions of popular software used on campus, including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel and PowerPoint and Outlook), Adobe Acrobat, iTunes, and Twitter.
AVAILABILITY: Live workshops are free, and open to all University faculty and staff. Because seating is limited, advance registration for live workshops is required. For available tiles, dates, and times, and to register, go to signup.uww.edu and login with your Net-ID.
SOFTWARE TRAINING ON-DEMAND
If your busy schedule doesn't allow you to attend a live workshop, or if you prefer to learn in shorter time-blocks, at your own pace, Software Training On-Demand, a collection of short, step-by-step videos, might be a perfect solution for you. All Software Training On-Demand workshops and tutorials are broken-up into short, easily manageable movies, usually no-longer than 10-15 minutes each. This way, you can watch complete workshops, or select just those topics that interest you most, without having to go over the material you already know.
AVAILABILITY: All our Software Training On-Demand titles are acessible through iTunes U (clicking this link will launch iTunes on your computer and take you directly to UW-W Technology page), in a format that, in addition to Windows and OS X computers, will also play on iPhones and video-enabled iPods.
Access to all Software Training On-Demand videos is open to both on-campus community, and off-campus visitors, without the need to log-in, or register. iTunes software, that you will need to watch the videos, is installed on all General Access Lab computers, and on on most individual office workstations. If you are unsure if your UW-W office computer has iTunes installed, or to check if you have the most recent version, please contact the iCIT Helpdesk for assistance. Off campus visitors can download the free iTunes software directly from Apple's web site.
CUSTOM SOFTWARE CONSULTING & TRAINING
Computing Environment Group also offers software consulting and training for departments and faculty/staff work-groups on campus. Our consulting services will help you find the best software and hardware solution to meet your specific needs. For custom-tailored software training we can offer training sessions that fit your department's schedule and that address specific features of software you need, without wasting time on things you, and your co-workers already know. If you would like to schedule a software consulting meeting or need help in planning software training schedule for your department, please let us know.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any comments, suggestions, or questions about iCIT software training, contact George Jura, Technology Advancement and Training Coordinator at x5954, or training@uww.edu.
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