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i>clicker!

ISS is pleased to announce the adoption of a new student response system, i>clicker, which will replace the Qwizdom system as of Fall 2010. i>clicker is a flexible, user-friendly and reliable system that works on both Macs and PCs and will allow instructors to incorporate websites, media and virtually any other type of application. Check [...]

I’m a Mac…Workshop

Recently converted to Mac or thinking about doing so? Been using a Mac for a long time but aren’t sure you’re using the operating system to its fullest? This discussion-driven, question-and-answer session may be just the thing for you. We’ll cover some Mac-specific basics, show you shortcuts and neat tricks and answer any questions you [...]

Writing workshops FOR ADULTS from 826 Michigan

826michigan proudly presents our fall series of How to Write Like I Do workshops for adults: Saturday, October 31, 1-4pm—Stephen Elliott, (!!!!), author of seven books including the just released true-crime memoir The Adderall Diaries, presents: Writing from Experience. Attendees will discuss how to use their own lives as jumping points and framing devices for [...]

Teaching Through the Flu Prep Workshops!

These workshops will introduce faculty and support staff to the various technological solutions recommended in the LSA Teaching Through the Flu web guide (http://bit.ly/LSAFlu). Participants will learn about various ways to handle posting lectures or media, communicating and collaborating online, collecting and distributing files, delivering live lectures over the internet and conducting tests and quizzes [...]

Ripping DVD to edit in Final Cut Pro for Mac

(Editor’s note: Of course, we support DRM and Intellectual Property Rights, so we only encourage you to rip DVDs to which you own the rights or have permission to rip and edit.) This is a very misunderstood process and most people find it annoyingly cumbersome. Here is what I have found out to be the [...]

Self-guided beginner’s workshops available: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash

Several different workshops available at:  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hamms/workshops/index.html Download “Workshop PDF” files for step-by-step instructions and bolded workshop .zip files for content. The Flash Vector Poem workshop is quite complicated, and the instructions not as detailed.  It may be difficult for novice Flash users. Currently in production:  a demo Flash application which simulates an online relational database [...]

Funding Workshops for Faculty

Wednesday, June 24, 10:30 – 12 And Monday, June 29, 1 – 2:30 This hands-on workshop will present an overview of online and human resources at UM that can assist you in getting research grants. Online sources list and describe thousands of current funding opportunities. We will discuss and demonstrate the various web-based funding databases [...]