There are several options available to you for technology training:
You may review many technology topics and “learn by doing” by working with the online tutorials. The tutorials may be accessed from the main T3 page by clicking on “GSC120 & Tech Lit Tutorials”. Once on that page, simply click on the topic of your choice such as Internet, word processing, presentations, etc. These are the same tutorials as used in Technology Literacy (GSC120). Note: this course was formerly designated Application Software (CSC120)..
The T3 Center Help Desk is in the T3 Center in the LRC. At least one of the Technology Mentors will staff this desk to answer your questions. The hours for the Fall & Spring Semesters will be announced at the beginning of the Fall 2002 semester:
This Help Desk may be reached by phone by calling x8333.
The T3 Center will remain open during LRC hours; however, they may not be a Mentor on duty during all hours.
The T3 Mini-Lab is located in the former periodicals room of the LRC, behind partitions.
Beginning with the Spring 2003 semester, the Mini Lab will be open whenever a Mentor is on duty.
What help can you get by visiting the T3 Center Help Desk or the T3 Mini-Lab? The questions may be “on anything”. You may ask hardware questions, software questions, anything related to technology! (“How do I get my computer connected to the network?” “I cannot access my email, what do I do?” “How do I construct a chart in Excel”. “How do I do animations in PowerPoint?” “How do I do hanging indents for a bibliography in Word?”). If the question “stumps” the Tech Mentor currently on duty, then he/she will take your name, find the answer, and then call or email you with the answer, hopefully by the next day.
Click here to meet the Technology Mentors.
Trying to find the right times when all students can attend a technology workshop is very difficult. Consequently, as an alternative, I offer “Workshops on Demand”. The process is simple. Students contact me and ask for a workshop, together we find a mutually agreeable time. All I ask is that the minimum number of students in such a workshop be two. Students may request a workshop on anything related to the use of technology in academics. When the arrangements are made, the topical outline to be covered in the workshop will be agreed upon. Students may request a Getting Started (described below), a Tips & Tricks workshop (described below), you may wish to Create a Workshop (described below). For example those that know Word may wish a workshop on how to create tables, how to use footnotes and endnotes, how to create annotations, etc. Others may be able to create a spreadsheet in Excel but have never created charts or have never used Excel for statistical analysis.
Getting Started workshops cover the basics of the program (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email, etc.) and assume that those attending have little prior knowledge with the program. Consequently, they should be used by students as a first step in learning a program or by students needing a refresher course in the use of the program.
Tips & Tricks workshops assume that those attending have a basic knowledge of the program and cover material beyond the basics. Tips & Tricks workshops will generally be run on a Q&A basis where those attending the workshop ask a question such as “How to a do a hyperlink in PowerPoint” or “How do I create a column chart in Excel” and the trainer will explain and demonstrate.
Create a Workshop is a workshop for which you ask for something specific. For example suppose that you know Microsoft Word fairly well but do not know how to create tables, how to use footnotes and endnotes, and how to create annotations. I can , “create a workshop” for you to cover just those topics. Here is another example. Suppose that you are able to create a spreadsheet in Excel but have never created charts or have never used Excel for statistical analysis. Again, I can “create a workshop” for you to cover just those topics.
No matter what your needs are, I will try to be as flexible as I can!
Oftentimes, faculty may prefer to have a technology concept explained in their class instead of suggesting that their students use one of the other means listed on this page to learn technology. For example, if you are requiring your class to do a PowerPoint presentation, you may wish to have a PowerPoint workshop held during your regular class time. To arrange for an In-Class Workshop, you must contact ITS. We will make arrangements to reserve one of the computer labs for use during your class time. Due to the limits of a class period, an In-Class Workshop will not cover all of the material covered during a regular workshop.
If you have any questions regarding any aspect of technology, need help using technology for a class, please feel free to ask us for help.
Any ITS member Location: Main Floor, Cooke Memorial Phone: x4357 email: <helpdesk@georgetowncollege.edu>
You may call us, email us, or just stop by.
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last updated August 12, 2003