A weekly e-newsletter from CNM's Organizational Learning Division with training and development ideas and opportunities for all employees

"Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave."

-Lord Brougham
 

November 13 Issue: Table of Contents

• Submit your feedback by Nov. 20 to help shape the Spring 2007 Organizational Learning Calendar of Events
• "Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Site Designer Course": Take this Online Learning course offered through Organizational Learning
• "Syllabus Tutorial": Examples and guidelines for updating your next-term syllabi and making them more student friendly
• At-your-desk learning: Using PowerPoint with Camtasia Studio to make screen-capture presentation or tutorial videos
• Preview Nov. 13-18 training events and learnshops
• Preview Nov. 20-25 training events and learnshops

4 Submit your feedback by Nov. 20 to help shape the Spring 2007 Organizational Learning Calendar of Events

Please complete the Spring 2007 Survey of CNM Staff and Faculty Training & Professional Development Needs by Monday, November 20, at 5pm.Your feedback will help the Organizational Learning staff plan and provide the kinds of professional development and training opportunities you want and need in the coming term.

This is the opportunity for all CNM employees--staff and faculty--to help shape the schedule of learnshops and other training events offered through Organizational Learning in the Spring 2007 term.

Find the needs survey at this web address:
http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Survey/NeedsSurveys/needs_survey_2007spring.htm

4 "Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) Site Designer Course": Take this Online Learning course offered through Organizational Learning  

The CIW Site Designer designation is required of candidates seeking the CIW Web Site Manager or Master CIW Designer certifications. (Learn more about these certifications.)

Find out about this and many other courses offered online through the Division of Organizational Learning:  http://cnm.onlineexpert.com/elearning/  Click on "Course Catalog" to view other courses or click "Contact Us" to sign up for this "CIW Site Designer Course."

4"Syllabus Tutorial":  Examples and guidelines for updating your next-term syllabi and making them more student friendly

Here's an online tutorial from the University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning to help you update your syllabi and course calendars for next term.  While it is written for faculty at that institution specifically, its guidelines and clear examples will be useful to all college faculty who want to make their course syllabi more informative and student-friendly.

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/syllabus/what.html 
Look for the list of topics on the left side of your computer screen.

4At-your-desk learning:  Using PowerPoint with Camtasia Studio to make screen-capture presentation or tutorial videos

Instructors and staff members who use PowerPoint to create lectures or presentations can now make them accessible to their audiences in a variety of ways, such as via CD-ROM, the web, or e-mail where they can be played back on a computer or a variety of media players.

Here are some reasons for combining PowerPoint with Camtasia Studio:

• Record a PowerPoint presentation as it plays.
• Record the effects, sounds, and music you have inside the PowerPoint presentation.
• OR embed a Camtasia video in your PowerPoint presentation
• Embed an animated GIF in your PowerPoint presentation
• Save a PowerPoint slide as a still image
• Use Camtasia Player to play back videos in your PowerPoint presentation

Find the tutorial--including a video created with Camtasia Studio--on the following web page:
http://www.techsmith.com/learn/camtasia/current/general/1011.asp

If you don't have Camtasia Studio on your computer, you can have it installed by calling the ITS Help Desk at 224-HELP.

 Preview Nov. 13-18 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of November 13-18. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Tuesday, Nov. 14

• WorkKeys: Business Writing (Main)
• WorkKeys: Teamwork (Main)

 Wednesday, Nov. 15

• WorkKeys: Teamwork (Main)
• WorkKeys: Business Writing (Main)

Thursday, Nov. 16

• WorkKeys: Listening (Main)
• Coping with Difficult People (Main)
• WorkKeys: Locating Information (Main)

Friday, Nov. 17

• Outlook, Part 2 (Main)
• WorkKeys: Listening (Main)

 Preview Nov. 20-25 training events and learnshops
The following events are scheduled for the week of November 20-25. View complete details and register for these events on this webpage: http://planet.cnm.edu/orglearn/Institute/2006Fall/calendar_registration.htm

 Tuesday, Nov. 21

• Who Moved My Cheese? (JMMC)

If you need help to register or find out more about Organizational Learning events, contact Jean Montaño at 224-4400 or by email: jmontano@cnm.edu.