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Tips and Training from the Office of Technology Services

Below is a list of our upcoming free training workshops. Scroll down to get this week?s software tip!

Wednesday, August 11
Blackboard Fundamentals, 10 ? 11:30 a.m., Cook 3

Thursday, August 12
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Presentation Techniques, 8 ? 10 a.m., Cook 404B
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Alternates to Papers and PowerPoints, 10:30 a.m. ? noon, Cook 404B
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Creating an Effective Syllabus, 1 ? 2:30 p.m., Cook 404A
SharePoint Sites for Collaborating, 2:30 ? 4 p.m., Cook 3

Friday, August 13
Outlook 2007 – Intermediate Skills, 9 ? 11 a.m., Cook 3
Blackboard Grade Center: Creating Columns, Weighting, Totaling, Dropping, Extra Credit, and More!, 11 a.m. ? 12:30 p.m., Cook 3

Monday, August 16
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Designing Instruction Using a Systems Approach, 1 ? 2:30 p.m., Cook 404B
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Say It Quickly: Using Pecha Kucha to Sharpen Research and Present,
3 ? 4:30 p.m., Cook 404B

Tuesday, August 17
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Emerging Technologies: Incorporating Web 2.0 Technologies, 1:30 ? 3 p.m., Cook 404B

Wednesday, August 18
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Use of Academic Coaching to Augment Classroom Instruction, 8:30 ? 10 a.m.,
Cook 404B
Faculty Professional Development Workshop: Building the Student-Teacher Relationship, 10:30 a.m. ? noon, Cook 404B

Tuesday, August 24
Administrative Assistant’s Technology: Word 2007: Creating a Table of Contents, 1:30 ? 3 p.m., Admin 424

SOFTWARE TIP OF THE WEEK

Outlook 2007: Organizing Messages Using Color

1. Click the Inbox.
2. Click on a message from the sender you want to color.
3. Click on Tools/Organize. The Ways to Organize Inbox panel will appear at the top of your screen.
4. Click on Using Colors on the left.
5. Make sure from is chosen beside Color messages.
6. Click on the down arrow beside the color choices and choose a color.
7. Click on Apply Color.
8. To remove the color, click on the down arrow beside the color choices and choose Black.

To sign up for free technology workshops or view additional materials related to software training, visit OTS Training online at {http://www.towson.edu/otstraining}. You can also contact us directly regarding any software training related issues at {training@towson.edu} or 410-704-4070. You can also follow us on Twitter at {http://twitter.com/OTSTraining}.