Teaching with Technology Faculty Lunch Table

Every other week during the semester, Hampden Sydney Faculty meet in the North Dining Hall to discuss issues related to the use of technology in their teaching.

A sheet of useful tips is given out at each lunch.  Below are PDF copies of each of these tip sheets.

Spring 2008

• Our Friend the Pencil!
• Campus Pack and Blackboard's upcoming Grade Center.
• Google Earth and Sky!
• Accessing Blackboard through CourseFeed in Facebook.
• Spring Cleaning!
• Enjoy the Summer!

Fall 2007

• Getting to Know You... in Blackboard!
• Basic Powerpoint!
• Dropbox versus Assignment versus SafeAssign!
• Google Scholar

Spring 2007

• The FICC in the New Hampden-Sydney College Library
• The New Academic Computing Office in the New Hampden-Sydney College Library
• Google Scholar in Blackboard
• The FCK editor in Blackboard
• Adding the Thesaurus and Dictionary to your Blackboard Course

Fall 2006

• Technology guide to HDTV and the Holidays
• Creating an Audio Comment in Microsoft Word 2003
• Using Blackboard's Performance Dashboard.
• Using Blackboard's Learning Unit.
• Copying Content in Blackboard.
• Using Blackboard's Syllabus Builder.

Spring 2006

• Technology Abroad!
• Using the Discussion Board in Blackboard.
• How to customize your "My HSC" Blackboard homepage.
• Excel spreadsheet grade books.
• Assignments!
• Importing PowerPoint presentations into your Blackboard course.
• Importing music into a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.

Fall 2005

• Posting final grades in Blackboard.
• Sending email through Blackboard.
• Tips for PowerPoint 2003.
• Linking documents to your Blackboard course.
• Personalizing your Blackboard course.

Spring 2005

• Have your cookies and eat them too.
• Linking library online resources through Blackboard.

Fall 2004

• Many uses of Google.
• Halloween projects on the Internet.
• Using the track changes and compare documents features in Word.
• Using the comment feature in Word.
• Creating and formatting charts in Excel.

Spring 2004

• Media resources available on the Internet.
• Tips for presenting with PowerPoint.
• Basic tips on using PowerPoint.
• Inserting charts and picture in PowerPoint.
• Naming courses in Blackboard and changing the buttons.