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New Web Publishing Features of Microsoft Office 2000 (Track 2)
Monday, 9:50 a.m. - Noon
TTC

New Microsoft Office 2000 features allow teachers to easily design Web sites for online courses or enhance regular classroom courses. Participants in this workshop will build a simple Web site and investigate the new web building features of Office 2000. The class will learn to publish Web sites online. New features such as interactive Web documents, broadcasting live PowerPoint presentations, exporting PowerPoint presentations to Web form, and real-time document collaboration and analysis using the Web will be investigated.
Brenda L. Kerr
Middle Tennessee State University

Animations for the Web and Multimedia Applications (Track 4)
Monday, 9:50 a.m. - Noon
LRC - A

Frequently, the graphical aspects of Web authoring and multimedia presentation are a secondary consideration. General users typically have only a cursory knowledge of graphical formats and little opportunity to create, edit, and package visual elements for Web-based and presentation activities. Using a premier animation and rendering package, interested participants will be able to produce packaged textual animations in GIF and AVI formats and static images in JPEG and GIF formats to be used in a variety of applications, including presentation software and Internet Web pages. Web integration, bandwidth, and quality considerations will also be discussed.
Daniel K. Ward II, Steven Bardonner, and Kyle D. Wiley
Ivy Tech State College

Building a Supportive Online Instructional Environment for Reluctant, Apprehensive, and/or Under- Prepared Learners (Track 5)
Monday, 9:50 a.m. - Noon
LRC - B

Student-centered design eliminates confusion, frustration, and reluctance. This workshop will focus on site design and features that can render a site as supportive and problem free as possible. Topics include re-envisioning course architecture to achieve elegance through site design, use of linking and repetition to achieve clarity and coherence with site efficiency, serving student needs, tricks for anticipating and serving the needs of your students, building community through fostering enthusiasm and participation, encouragement of reliance on the course site, and empowering student control through choices and incentives.
Kathryn Jansak
Shawnee State University

Algebra, Trigonometry, and Mathematica (Track 4)
Monday, 2:35 - 3:35 p.m.
LRC - A

Algebra, Trigonometry, & Mathematica (AT&M) is interactive courseware for algebra and trigonometry or precalculus. AT&M is appropriate for self-paced individualized instruction, either locally or in a distance-education format, as well as for group instruction in a computer laboratory environment. A distinguishing feature of AT&M is its incorporation into the help browser feature of Mathematica. With AT&M, the student is encouraged to (and is able to) ask the question "What if…?," and find out immediately.
Barry Brunson and Claus Ernst
Western Kentucky University

On the Mark: An Electronic Editing & Grading System (Track 4)
Monday, 2:35 - 4:45 p.m.
LRC - B

Increasingly, written work is passed to instructors or among reviewers without ever existing in hard copy. Corrections in electronic formats are logistically challenging. Until now, online editors lacked a system comparable to standard proofreader's marks for paper drafts. However, a standard system for use in marking electronic drafts has been developed. Upon completion of this workshop, participants will understand and be able to appropriately apply this simple standard system for editing and commenting on electronic documents.
Sally Kuhlenschmidt and Charmaine Mosby
Western Kentucky University

Organizing Course Materials for Online Delivery using Blackboard's CourseInfo (Track 2)
Monday, 2:35 - 4:45 p.m.
TTC

"How do I begin developing my course for online delivery with CourseInfo? Attend this hands-on workshop and find out. Participants will be guided through the process of rethinking existing materials for presentation in the CourseInfo interface. Participants will also examine file organization (online and offline), display options for materials, incorporating non-HTML documents, tips for managing materials and resources, and lessons learned from veteran users. Using a different course management system (CMS)? No problem! The strategies covered in this workshop translate to any online course delivery method
Rhonda J. Spearman
University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Online Personality and Learning Style Tests (Track 4)
Monday, 3:45 - 4:45 p.m.
LRC - A

By understanding personalities and learning styles, teachers are provided with advantages in conducting classroom activities. Through this hands-on workshop, participants will be introduced to a number of Internet sites that allow students and teachers to take online personality and other profile tests. Participants will receive immediate feedback after they explore up to four sites with different tests. The workshop will also discuss how such tests can be incorporated into the classroom to understand your personality and preferred learning style, along with those of your students.
Susan K. Harmon and David. A. Foote
Middle Tennessee State University

Facilitating Online Communications Using Blackboard's CourseInfo (Track 2)
Tuesday, 9:50 a.m. - Noon
TTC

Whether preparing for your first online teaching experience, looking to enhance an existing online course, or exploring the use of telecommunication tools in face to face instruction, this online "mini-course" will provide opportunities for you to explore computer mediated communication strategies. It will also examine how to build an online learning community. You will experience synchronous "online" learning using email, discussion forum, virtual chat and whiteboard tools available in Blackboard's CourseInfo course management system (CMS). It is highly recommended that workshop registrants either participate in "Organizing Course Materials for Online Delivery using BlackBoard's CourseInfo (presented by Rhonda Spearman) before participating in this "mini-course" or have prior experience navigating CourseInfo or another course management system.
Julie K. Little
University of Tennessee, Knoxville