Guides and Tutorials

Acrobat
Adobe Presenter
Blackboard (Faculty & Staff)
Blackboard (Students)
Blogs and Wikis
Captivate (RoboDemo)
Centra
Clickers- Classroom Performance System (CPS)
Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver and Fireworks
Digital Cameras
Elluminate
FrontPage
GooglePages
HTML
MDID
Online Video Library (Films for Humanities and Sciences)
Photoshop
Podcasting
Respondus (Faculty & Staff)
Respondus (Students)
Second Life
Scanning
StudyMate
Tegrity
Video Production Request Form
WebSurveyor
Wikis and Blogs
YouTube and Picasa

Using Technology in Instruction

Acrobat

• Converting Documents to PDF

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Adobe Presenter

• Presenter Workshop Guide

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Blackboard

• Blackboard resources for Faculty, Staff and Students are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Captivate (RoboDemo)

• Captivate Workshop Handout (Word) (PDF)
• Sample Captivate Files with Audio Narration
  • Investigating the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Investigating the Blackboard Gradebook Introduction
  • Inserting an Image into PowerPoint
    
• RoboDemo 5 Workshop Handout (Word) (PDF)
• Sample RoboDemo Files
  • Sample 1 (Adding a Background Image)
  • Samples with Audio Narration
    • Sample 1 (Creating an Assignment in Blackboard)
    • Sample 2 (Accessing an Assignment)
    • Sample 3 (Grading an Assignment)

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Centra 7.2

Instructors

• Centra Client System Requirements (Word)
• Installation and Login Instructions (Word File)
• Setting Your Centra Password (Video File)
• Using the Audio Wizard (Video File)
• Leader Quick Guide (PDF from Centra.com)
• Agenda Builder Quick Guide (PDF from Centra.com)
• Agenda Upload Quick Guide (PDF from Centra.com)
• Download Setup Files (only if automatic download does not work)
  • Centra Setup File (Click Here)

Students

• Installation and Login Instructions to Participate in a Session (Word File)
• Installation and Login Instructions to Playback a Recorded Session (Word File)
• Setting Your Centra Password (Video File)
• Using the Audio Wizard (Video File)
• Participant Quick Guide (PDF from Centra.com)
• Download Setup Files (only if automatic download does not work)
  • Centra Setup File (Click Here)

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Clickers- Classroom Performance System (CPS)

Instructor Resources

• Steps to Implement Clickers into Your Course (Word File)
• CPS Introduction and Features (Word File)
• Create a CPS Database (Word File)
• Create a CPS Database Tutorial (Flash Presentation)
• Additional CPS Settings (Word File)
• CPS Team Activities (Word File)
• CPS Report Features (Word File)
  
  
• CPS Download for PC (version 5)
• CPS for PowerPoint PC
• CPS Download for Mac (version 1.35)

Student Resources

• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on CPS Online (Word File)
• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on Blackboard (Word File)
• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on CPS Online Tutorial (Flash Presentation)

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Dreamweaver

• Introduction Part 1
• Introduction Part 2
• Intermediate (Word Document)

Dreamweaver and Fireworks

• Part 1
• Part 2

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Digital Cameras

Kodak LS443
The following tutorials are in a streaming media format. You will need
Windows Media Player to view the streaming file. If you are using Internet
Explorer, you must also have the "Microsoft Virtual Machine for Java"
installed and enabled. The program will prompt you and help you if your
system does not meet these requirements.

• Part 1: Introduction to Digital Photography
• Part 2: How to Capture Still Pictures
  • Setting Up the Camera
  • The Camera Menu
  • Taking the Picture
• Part 3: Transferring the Image Files
• User Manual (Web Version)

Sony Mavica CD200

• Online Tutorial through Blackboard (Call x87061 or email cit@jmu.edu for registration)
• Manual (3MB PDF File)

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Elluminate

• Getting Started for Faculty
• Getting Started for Students
• Create an Elluminate Session in Blackboard
• Elluminate Moderator Quick Reference Guide
• Elluminate Student Quick Reference Guide
• Additional Elluminate Support and Reference Guides- Moderator
• Additional Elluminate Support and Reference Guides- Student

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FrontPage

• Online Tutorials with Flash Animation
• FrontPage I (Introduction) Handout
• FrontPage II (Intermediate) Handout

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Google Pages

• Google Pages

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HTML

• HTML I (Introduction)

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Madison Digital Image Database (MDID)

• Workshop Handout

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Online Video Library (Films for Humanities and Sciences)

• Browse the FFH Video Library
  (requires you to login with your JMU e-ID and email password)
• Search a title through LEO
• For more information

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Photoshop

• Photoshop CS Complete (Word) (PDF)
• Photoshop CS for Photos (Word) (PDF)
• Photoshop CS for Web (Word) (PDF)

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Podcasting

• Create and Enhanced Podcast (Word)
• Podcasting Website

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Respondus

• Respondus resources for Faculty, Staff and Students are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Second Life

• How to Directly Access the JMU Mad Fellows Site

Scanning Images and Documents

• Scanning Basic Online Tutorial (Call x87061 or email cit@jmu.edu for registration)

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StudyMate

• StudyMate resources for Faculty and Staff are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Tegrity

• Recording Reference Guide (PDF)

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WebSurveyor

*Note: The WebSurveyor handouts are for references only. You must complete a two part workshop to obtain a WebSurveyor account. Click here to sign up for the WebSurveyor workshop.

Webtop Version- New Updated Handouts!

• Webtop WebSurveyor Handout Part I (Word) (PDF)
• Webtop WebSurveyor Handout Part II (Word) (PDF)
• Export Data to SPSS (Word)

YouTube and Picasa Resources

• YouTube and Picasa Resources

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Using Technology in Instruction

• Designing for Online Activities (PowerPoint)
• Effective PowerPoint Presentations (PowerPoint)
• Audio and Video in PowerPoint (Word) (PDF)
• Free Online PowerPoint Templates (Word) (PDF)
• Guideline for Creating Effective Online Discussions (PDF)
• Teaching by Computer Conferencing (PDF)

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