UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog

In addition to training listings for the next 2 months, and links to sources of that training, this update contains information on:

• The NewlyRevised Training Resources Guide

• A FREEBY for March

• Free Videoconferencing in-service – Advanced techniques

Read on!

March 2005 ITDE Training News

Updated Training Resources Guide!

The UNHCE Computer Training Resources Guide has been revised. There are new sections, including information on discounts and more sources of free or reduced-price training for UNHCE employees.

To view this newly-updated guide, please go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/indextrg.htm

March Freebie

Element K offers free weekly tips in a variety of subjects, including: Corel WordPerfect, Windows, Photoshop, PageMaker, and the entire Office suite (Access, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.)

For a complete listing of their offerings, or to subscribe to one of these weekly newsletters, go to:

http://www.elementkjournals.com/tips.asp

A NEW training offering on Videoconferencing is available to UNHCE staff

Dave Foote will be offering an in-service entitled Videoconferencing 201: Enhancing Your Videoconference with Tools and Teaching Techniques. It is open to UNHCE staff.

This training will be offered on March 17, with an April 20 repeat of the session.

To sign up for one of these sessions, please access our in-service signup calendar.

The following training opportunities are available in the next two months.

I. UNH CIS

Sign up early for CIS classes. Not only are the most popular classes oversubscribed early; CIS has begun to cancel classes which are under enrolled two weeks prior to the class date.

Vendor-based Training - CIS has arranged with outside vendors to offer classes on a variety of topics for a nominal fee. The cost is typically $99 for a full day or two half-day sessions, or $198 for 2 days or 4 half-day sessions. That is less than half the cost of the training offered to the public.

Classes in the following topics will be offered in the next two months.

• The class in Access on March 17 th has been canceled. They will be offering Access training – level one in June.
• Adobe Acrobat
• Dreamweaver - Level one, with Level two to follow in May
• Excel – Two levels
• PhotoShop – Levels One and Two.
  
  Note: In May they will be adding a class entitled PhotoShop CS: Photoprinting & Color.

All Microsoft Office applications are taught using Office 2003. Dreamweaver is version MX 2004.

For further information, an outline of each course, or to register, please consult their web site at: http://www.cistrainingcenter.unh.edu/

II. UNH Division of ContinuingEducation (DCE) is offering in-service training opportunities in the following topics in the next two months.

• Adobe PageMaker
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Dreamweaver
• PowerPoint

Note that all UNH status employees are eligible for a tuition waiver on credit classes, and to a reduction (50% discount) on non-credit classes offered through the university system, which includes DCE. See the Human Resources website at: http://www.usnhhr.unh.edu/benefits/tuition-waiver.html for more information.

For further information on DCE classes, consult their web site at: http://www.learn.unh.edu/pcw/index.php

III. TheState of New Hampshire offers classes “at cost” to all UNH employees. This is at considerable savings from what one would pay with an outside vendor.

The state is offering classes in the following topics during the next 2 months.

• Access* - various levels & special topics
• Adobe Acrobat
• Dreamweaver – Two levels
• Excel* - various levels & special topics
• PageMaker - Two levels
• PowerPoint*
• Intro to Windows
• Word

* Note: In addition to general training in these areas, special topics are also offered using these applications.

Please consult their website for further information on the above listings.

To consult their website, go to: http://www.nh.gov/hr/docs/ Then scroll down to the section on training and select the term for which you’d like information. (Note – The URL for the specific calendar changes each semester. If you bookmarked their site, you may want to replace it with the new URL listed above. Then follow the directions for scrolling to the appropriate term’s document.)

Note – The state also offers a multitude of courses in other areas such as Effective management, strategic planning, supervisory techniques (certificate program), communication and writing skills, conflict resolution, grant writing, learning styles, and Myers-Briggs, to name a few.

IV. College for Lifelong Learning will be offering the following classes during the next two months.

Seacoast Region – In-services in the following topics are being offered in the Seacoast region in the next two months.

• Access (multiple levels)
• Excel (multiple levels)

In addition, they offer formal credit courses in computer topics which begin in January.

North Country Region

No current listings.

They offer formal credit courses in computer topics, such as Software tools. This semester began in January, but check out their listings for future semesters.

Merrimack Valley Region

No current listings.

They offer formal credit courses in computer topics, such as Software tools. This semester began in January, but check out their listings for future semesters.

The Connecticut Valley Region offersformal credit courses which began in January. Topics include Software Tools and Introduction to Computers. Check out their listings for future semesters.

For further information and to register, consult their website at: http://www.cll. edu / .

CBT and Training Resources Guide

Training Resource Listings

• Training Resources Guide. The UNHCE Training Resources Guide just underwent a major revision. Several new listings are already available. New sections include online tutorials and discounts available to UNH employees.

This guide contains information on training resources available in applications utilized by employees of UNHCE, including Microsoft Office, Adobe products (Acrobat, PageMaker, PhotoShop), as well as operating systems, and applications used by smaller audiences, such as PictureTel, DreamWeaver, Blue Ribbon YOUTH enrollment, or WordPerfect. To access this guide, go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/indextrg.htm

• Computer Based Training (CBT) - Included in this guide is a listing of Extension or University-owned Computer-based Training CD-ROMs (CBT), which can be used for FREE. UNHCE has a library of CBT (Training CD-ROMs) available from the ITDE office. The CDs are free to UNHCE staff, and can be borrowed for up to 2 weeks. CIS also has free CBT available to be used on campus.
  
  This CBT can be used interactively, and allows you to receive information on just the topics where you desire training. For instance, you can select a topic such as “Creating/modifying headers and footers” in Word. It will show you how to do that step-by-step. You can repeat any sections as needed, and skip to other sections.
  
  For further information on our CBT and a listing of the offerings, go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/trcdtoc.pdf

• New online tutorial section offered by ITDE

New tutorials are available on our ITDE website. You can view step-by-step demos showing techniques for accomplishing a variety of computer-related processes.

Topics include using various applications as well as general and Windows topics. Each demo is accompanied by documentation, so you can print out directions to do them on your own.

To access this new area, go to: http://cecf1.unh.edu/tutorials/index.cfm

To access the complete, Training Resources Guide, go to: http://ceinfo.unh.edu/Intranet/ITDE/trg/indextrg.htm