All workshops are offered to the entire campus community - faculty, staff, and students - and are free of charge. The location of the workshop is listed with the date and time of each session offered. Please be on time! Due to the hands-on nature of the workshops, persons who
arrive over ten minutes late may not be admitted.
ITS reserves the right to cancel a workshop or offer alternative methods of education if there is insufficient enrollment for any session offered. When possible, 24 hour notice will be given should the workshop be cancelled.
NOTE:
Homer Navigation Training
is a prerequisite to receiving a production account in HomerAdmin. Please contact the ITS Office at x41000 to set up an individual training session.
Audacity
Audacity is industry-standard sound editing software. Come learn how to edit your sound files for your multimedia productions.
Blackboard Basics
This training offers instructors an introduction to using Blackboard, Ithaca College's central course management system. Using a practice course for hands-on learning, you will acquire the fundamental skills needed to build and manage your course in Blackboard, such as:
activating your course and publishing your syllabus
navigating within the Build, Teach, and Student views
adding, using, and removing course management tools,
creating, uploading, and organizing course content
using communication tools (announcements, discussion boards)
This workshop covers Excel charts, graphs and pivot tables. By knowing these three main features, you will be able to display data effectively for a meaningful illustration and easy analysis. This workshop presents the principles you need to follow to create charts, graphs and tables that show quantitative information clearly and precisely.
Excel for Windows: Formulas
This workshop covers advanced formulas in Excel. You will learn how to summarize data from a table by using IF functions, and retrieve data for analysis by using LOOKUP, VLOOKUP and HLOOKUP. After this workshop, you will be able to analyze and retrieve data from multiple worksheets, and nest lookup and reference functions to perform more complex calculations. Other functions covered: INDEX, MATCH, ISBLANK.
Excel for Windows: Introduction
This workshop covers basic functionality in Microsoft Excel for Windows, such as how to work with cells, workbooks, basic formulas, formatting, page layout, and templates.
This session will cover procedures and guidelines established for departments and individuals accepting payments to the College. Individuals with responsibility for accepting cash/checks or depositing cash/checks through Cashiering Services are REQUIRED to attend an annual training session.
Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
Podcasting=on-demand, mobile, episodic audio and video content. Ithaca College on iTunes U is a free way to distribute podcasts open to all faculty and official IC organizations. This session will provide an overview of podcasting and iTunes U, which will include examples of different types of podcasts, creative uses for podcasts in higher education, and tools used to create podcasts. Participants will see a demonstration of how easy it is to get an iTunes U site and upload media to it. Participants will have opportunities to explore iTunes U hands-on.
Oracle Calendar: Introduction
This workshop covers viewing agendas other's agendas; creating meetings with individuals, groups, or resources; and managing tasks. Find out how to use access rights to decide what can be seen in your calendar. Learn how to manage calendar groups to make scheduling easier and faster. Before attending this workshop, please make sure that you have received an email confirming creation your Oracle Calendar account. This e-mail will contain your username and password which will be required at the workshop.
This session is presented by Financial Services staff and covers a specific topic geared toward a new user or as an in-depth review for current users. Topics selected for the sessions are scheduled as listed below. Access to the specific responsibility in Parnassus is required.
December 9, 2009 - ICFast and Argus Reports
December 10, 2009 - Budget Transfers & Moving Funds
This session is offered by Financial Services staff and will cover a more in-depth review of a designated topic relating to the financial responsibilities in Parnassus. Topics selected for the session offers attendees an opportunity to review detailed information including any shortcuts. Attendees may bring in related sample materials with questions or ask questions relating to the specific topic. This is a great opportunity for a group of end-users within a department to sign up and attend together. Access to the responsibility in Parnassus is required for this review session.
September 16, 2009 - Account Inquiry/Parnassus Reports (Argus Reports & ICFast are covered in the Advanced Session)
October 19, 2009 - Account Inquiry/Parnassus Reports (Argus Reports & ICFast are covered in the Advanced Session)
This training session is offered by Financial Services staff and will cover accessing and logging into Parnassus, navigating forms, screens, and various Parnassus responsibilities as well as the account structure and subcodes. New users needing to access Finance Applications, EZ Pay, Approving Credit Card Transactions and iProcurement responsibilities are required to attend before being given access to these responsibilities. Session 1 is excellent for users with Account Inquiry Only responsibility.
New users must complete the Parnassus Account Access form. at least 2 days prior to the workshop. This form can be faxed to 607-274-1809. If you have any questions about this workshop or this form, please contact Jo Anne Rosato at 4-3044 or jrosato@ithaca.edu
Parnassus Financials Session 2: Account Inquiry/Reports
This training session is offered by Financial Services staff and will cover inquiring on funds available, departmental activity reports and funds available detail reports. Attendance for new users at Session 1 Navigation training is a pre-requisite for this course. New users requesting access to Finance Applications, EZ Pay, Approving Credit Card Transactions and iProcurement responsibilties are required to attend this session before access is granted. This session is recommended for users needing Account Inquiry Only responsibility. Please contact Jo Anne Rosato, 4-3044, jrosato@ithaca.edu with questions.
Parnassus Financials Session 3: EZ Pay/Credit Cards
This training session is offered by Financial Services staff and covers the EZ Pay process and Approving Credit Card Transactions in Parnassus. Parnassus Financials Session 1 and 2 are pre-requisites for this course. New users needing access to Finance Applications and EZ Pay responsibilities are required to attend this session before being given access to these responsibilities. Please contact Jo Anne Rosato, 4-3044, jrosato@ithaca.edu with questions.
Parnassus Financials Session 4: iProcurement
This session is offered by Financial Services staff and covers completing a Requisition for a Purchase Order process in Parnassus and includes purchasing computer hardware, printers etc. Parnassus Financials Sessions 1 and 2 are pre-requisites for this course. New users requesting access to iProcurement Responsibility are required to attend this session before access is granted. Contact Jo Anne Rosato, 4-3044, jrosato@ithaca.eduPhotoshop: Introduction
Photoshop is a powerful image-editing application from Adobe. This workshop will cover the basics of the program, including discussion on the work areas, various tools available, layers, and the transform functions.
What's New with Microsoft Office 2008 (Macintosh)
The new version of Microsoft Office for MacOSX is here! Office 2008 includes several enhancements, such as the Elements Gallery, Toolbox, and SmartArt Graphics. Join us in an upcoming hands-on workshop to find out how to get Office 2008 installed on your computer and make the most of the new tools it offers.
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Last Updated Friday, 05/18/2007
