Blackboard: Tests and Assignments
Wednesday, February 14th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A
Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses.
Blackboard: Interactive Tools
Thursday, February 15th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Blackboard Collaborate
Find out new ways to engage students through Blackboard’s Interactive Tools.
Creating Accessible PDF Documents
Thursday, February 15th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A
Learn how to take an existing document and make it accessible to people with disabilities.
Excel: Advanced
Tuesday, February 20th, 2018 – 9:30am-12:30pm – Cook 404A
Maximize the effectiveness of Excel using common power tools.
Blackboard: Grade Center
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 – 10:30am-11:30am – Cook 404A
Discover the various functions of the Blackboard grade center.
WebEx Information Session
Wednesday, February 21st, 2018 – 1:00pm-2:00pm – WebEx Online Meeting
Discover how to remotely communicate with others using audio, video, chat and screen sharing.
Office 365: OneDrive
Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 – 10:00am-12:00pm – Cook 404A
Collaborate, store and create documents and files using Microsoft OneDrive.
Blackboard: Tests and Assignments
Monday, February 26th, 2018 – 10:30am-11:30am – Cook 404A
Leverage the power of Blackboard to create and grade tests and assignments for your courses.
Panopto: Lecture Recording Software
Tuesday, February 27th, 2018 – 9:30am-11:00am Cook 404A
Utilize instructional recording software to enhance your course.
Technology Toolkit
Wednesday, February 28th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:30am – Cook 404A
Become oriented with the technologies considered critical to know by each employee of Towson University.
To sign up for free technology workshops, visit our workshop schedule. You can also contact us directly regarding any software training related issues at training@towson.edu or 410-704-4070.
OTS Training Tip of the Week
Recovering a Microsoft Office File
It happens to all of us: power failure, computer crashing or forgetting to save. So, do we lose all of our work and start all over again? Thankfully, no. Try these steps out the next time disaster strikes.
- Open your desired Microsoft Office program (Excel, Word or PowerPoint).
- Click the File tab.
- In the Open section, scroll down.
- At the bottom of the screen, click the Recover Unsaved Documents button.
- Select the most recent file and click Open.
- You have recovered your file.
- Save your work.
Enjoy our tip of the week? Send us suggestions at training@towson.edu!
