TechTrainings
TechTrainings are scheduled each semester to help MCTC staff and faculty
become familiar with the various tools and applications in use here.
If you want a session on a topic not listed, please email the
Help Desk and suggest it.
TechTrainings session descriptions
D2L Sessions
- News & Content: Exploring the possibilities of the News and Content tools for organizing information and delivering it to students
- Quizzes & Dropbox: Using the Quizzes and Dropbox tools for collecting and assessing student assignments
- Discussions & Chat: Exploring the uses of the Discussions and Chat tools to host constructive student-student and student-teacher interaction
- Grades: Using the Grades tool to keep track of student progress and calculate grades in both a weighted grade scheme and a points grade scheme
- Question Session: Gathering in the DRL (T3800) with other teachers and instructional designers to share and discuss your specific D2L questions, answers, and work-arounds
Other Sessions
- Captivate: Creating simulations and interactions with audio/video
- GroupWise: Using MCTC's employee email application (locally and remotely)
- File Management: Navigating the desktop/network file systems; organizing content into folders
- lodeStar: Creating interactions and games for use in courses
- Personal Webpages: Create your presence on the web
- PowerPoint: Creating engaging presentations
- Digital Simulations & Games: Using Captivate and lodeStar
"Learning is a treasure that accompanies its owner everywhere" - Chinese proverb
