TLC Graduate Student Workshop Registration

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Registration is a three-step process. First, select the workshop date(s) you wish to attend. Second, complete the registration form on the next page. Last, confirm your selections and your contact information.

Programs Open to All Graduate Students The following workshops are open to all graduate students that are currently enrolled at UNLV. For details about any workshop below, click the details icon ( ) by each title.   Avoiding Plagiarism This is a joint workshop between UNLV Libraries and the TLC This hands-on session will focus on mechanisms for teachers to deter intentional and unintentional plagiarism on the part of their students, and on ways to identify and confirm information sources. For the student perspective, it will explain the nuances of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing and provide examples of plagiarized papers.    Closed  Wednesday 10/14/2009 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Course Management System Overview An introduction to the features of course management systems such as WebCT, Blackboard, Angel, Moodle and Sloodle.    Closed  Wednesday 10/28/2009 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Find It! This is a joint workshop between UNLV Libraries and the TLC In this session, you will learn how to use the UNLV Library website to find books and journal articles (many in full text and accessible from home) on almost any topic.    Closed  Thursday 10/01/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Free Software This workshop will introduce you to the many free software products and downloads available that you can use instead of purchasing expensive software licenses.    Full  Wednesday 09/30/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Google Tools Did you know that if you have a Gmail account, you also have access to picture and video sharing, an online calendar, document sharing and your own blog and wiki? Did you also know that soon all students at UNLV will have a Gmail account? Find out about the many new Google tools that will be useful to you in your studies and teaching.    Closed  Tuesday 12/01/2009 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Grading Methods Open to GAs in the Department of Criminal Justice only This workshop will discuss common problems encountered by Graduate Assistants when grading students’ assignments/papers, grading criteria typically used in social sciences, and how to provide helpful feedback to students and professors.    Closed  Thursday 09/10/2009 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Dean’s Conf. Rm, 5163 Greenspun Hall   Graduate Web Page Publishing Learn the essentials of publishing a simple contact page to the UNLV student server. Identify basic elements of an informational e-portfolio, understand the essentials of HTML page development, and connect to your Web hosting account.    Closed  Friday 10/09/2009 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CBC, Room C145   Graduate Web Page Publishing II Learn how to incorporate advanced Web 2.0 features into your web site including RSS feeds, Podcasts, and YouTube videos.This workshop requires first taking Graduate Web Page Publishing.    Full  Friday 10/23/2009 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. CBC, Room C145   Introduction to Flash Flash has become the ultimate tool for developing interactive educational multimedia on the Web. In this introductory hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to Flash’s drawing tools, timeline, layers, symbols, and tweening techniques as they create a simple animation from start to finish.    Full  Friday 11/13/2009 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Learning Technologies Show and Tell Session Graduate students that have attended our previous workshops will demonstrate how they have applied the technology skills acquired through our workshops.    Closed  Wednesday 11/18/2009 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Pedagogically Sound PowerPoint An introduction to the productive use of PowerPoint so that students' learning will be enhanced. This workshop assumes basic knowledge of the technical functions of PowerPoint.    Closed  Monday 10/12/2009 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. LLB, Amargosa Room   Podcasting This workshop will demonstrate the process of designing, creating and integrating podcasts into an online course.    Closed  Tuesday 10/20/2009 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   PowerPoint Basics Learn the basics of creating Powerpoint 2007 presentation including choosing the slide layout, applying a design template, formatting text, inserting pictures, adding graphs and tables, selecting slide transitions and custom animation and creating links.    Closed  Thursday 09/10/2009 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. LLB, Pioche Room   PowerPoint II - Multimedia Features Learn to insert animation, audio, and video into your PowerPoint presentation. This workshop requires first taking PowerPoint Basics.    Closed  Tuesday 09/29/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   RefWorks This is a joint workshop between UNLV Libraries and the TLC How about an online personal database of your research citations that can help you gather, manage, store and share as well as create bibliographies and in-text citations? In this introductory workshop learn to set up an account and the basics to getting started in RefWorks.    Full  Wednesday 10/07/2009 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Research on the Internet This is a joint workshop between UNLV Libraries and the TLC Supercharge your online research with this workshop. Explore directory sites selected by the pros, and soon you'll be searching like one too.    Closed  Tuesday 11/03/2009 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   RSS Feeds This is a joint workshop between UNLV Libraries and the TLC This workshop will reveal the purpose of the little RSS icons appearing all over the Net. You will be introduced to Web-based tools that streamline your surfing by collecting new information from the sources that interest you and presenting it all in one spot.    Closed  Monday 11/09/2009 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Second Life Educational Trends This workshop examines some major educational trends in the immersive, 3D world of Second Life including holistic simulated environments, virtual campuses, and Sloodle.    Closed  Thursday 11/05/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   Smart Internet Searching In this special, fun, and fast-paced session open to all graduate students, you will learn to evaluate Web sites for credibility, assess Web sites for usefulness, and work on a specific Web site to formulate your own conclusions.    Closed  Monday 10/26/2009 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   SMARTboard Explore the many uses of the SMARTboard interactive whiteboard. Gain hands-on experience using functions such as navigating the screen with your hand, writing and erasing on the screen, and recording notations to your computer    Closed  Wednesday 10/21/2009 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   SPSS II This non-credit workshop will provide an introduction to the application of SPSS statistical analysis software to research questions that involve statistical approaches such as ­t-test and analysis of variance. This workshop is a basic introduction to SPSS applications to research and is not a substitute for a credit course. Prerequisite to SPSS II workshop is SPSS I (by the TLC) or statistical skills for the use of SPSS frequencies, descriptives, and various charts (e.g., histogram, scatterplot), and knowledge of various levels of measurement and normal distribution.    Closed  Thursday 11/12/2009 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. BEH 102   SPSS Overview This non-credit workshop will provide a brief overview of the basic functions of SPSS statistical analysis software including some simple descriptive statistics such as frequencies, descriptives, crosstabs, and simple regressions. This is only a basic introduction to SPSS and is not a substitute for a credit course.    Closed  Thursday 10/29/2009 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. BEH 102   Teaching with YouTube This workshop will demonstrate and critique some of the ways to use YouTube as a content delivery system, participatory tool, and collaborative device.    Tuesday 11/24/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   The Invisible Web Search engines only access one third of the information on the Web. Learn to locate and retrieve information buried in the Web.    Closed  Thursday 10/15/2009 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   WebCampus Overview This workshop will give you hands-on experience with the basic functions of WebCampus. You will learn how to create a course home page, upload a syllabus, upload content files, organize files into WebCampus folders, view a learning module, navigate the grade book, create discussions, and use WebCampus mail.    Closed  Tuesday 09/08/2009 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. LLB, Pioche Room   WebCampus Overview CRJ Open to GAs in the Department of Criminal Justice only This workshop will give you hands-on experience with the basic functions of WebCampus. You will learn how to create a course home page, upload a syllabus, upload content files, organize files into WebCampus folders, view a learning module, navigate the grade book, create discussions, and use WebCampus mail.    Closed  Thursday 09/03/2009 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. GUA 5163