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The Center for Instructional Technology offers over 350 workshops and classes throughout the academic year, all of which are FREE to Columbia College faculty and staff.  There are no prerequisites, and even someone with very basic computer skills will benefit from attending.

We offer stand-alone workshops as well as multi-week courses. Everyone who completes a multi-week course will receive a certificate and part-time faculty may qualify for a $100 or $150 stipend depending on the subject and length of the course.

Our subjects include:

•    Technology in the Classroom
•    Learning Management Systems
•    Web 2.0 and other Emerging Online Technologies
•    Web Design and Programming
•    Video Production and Editing
•    Motion Graphics and Editing
•    Music and Audio Editing
•    Image Capturing and Manipulation
•    Podcasting
•    Office Tools
•    ...and more!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR WORKSHOPS OR RESERVE A LAB TIME
You'll need to log in to IRIS with your Columbia username and password.

New to CIT Workshops? Here's some information to get you started (PDF).

Leave your email and pick subjects that interest you. We'll email you as soon as we offer a related workshop. We'll be adding many new workshops throughout the semester and many of them fill up very quickly. You will be one of the first to know when registration for new courses opens.  Workshops are only for Columbia College faculty and staff.

 

BY DATE

BY SUBJECT
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Technology in the Classroom

COURSES:
Build Your Course in Moodle (6-Week Course)
Create Stunning Presentations with Keynote (4-Week Course)
Podcasting (7-Week Course)
Technology in the Classroom (5-Week Course)
Web Collaboration (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Animate Your Own Avatar with Xtranormal
Clickers in Your Classroom
Collaborate Online Using WIKIs
Delicious Bookmarking
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound
Introduction to Google Docs
Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
Introduction to RSS and Google Reader
Introduction to Twitter
Screen Capture Techniques
Teaching with Web 2.0
Using Facebook in the Classroom
Using the iPad in the Classroom
Using MIMIO - A Portable SmartBoard
What Else is Google Good For?
What You Should Know about YouTube


Learning Management Systems (OASIS, Moodle)

COURSES:
Build Your Course in Moodle (6-Week Course)
Build a Moodle Lesson Activity (2-Day Class)
Camp Moodle (5-Day Camp)
Camp OASIS (5-Day Camp)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Moodle Gradebook
Moodle Overview
Moving Your Class from OASIS to Moodle
OASIS Coursework and Gradebook
OASIS LMS Overview


Web 2.0 and Emerging Online Technologies

COURSES:
Podcasting (7-Week Course)
Web Collaboration (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Animate Your Own Avatar with Xtranormal
Collaborate Online Using WIKIs
Delicious Bookmarking
Introduction to Google Docs
Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
Introduction to RSS and Google Reader
Introduction to Twitter
Teaching with Web 2.0
Using Facebook in the Classroom
What Else is Google Good For?
What You Should Know about YouTube


Web Design and Programming

COURSES:
Developing Apps for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch (5-Week Course or 5-Day Camp)
Dreamweaver (5-Week Course or 5-Day Camp)
Illustrator (5-Week Course)
Photoshop (5-Week Course)
Web Design (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Animate Your Own Avatar with Xtranormal
Collaborate Online Using WIKIs
Designing Web Interface for Mobile Devices
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound
Intro to AppleScript
Introduction to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
Introduction to RSS and Google Reader
Manage and Edit Your Digital Pictures with iPhoto
What Else is Google Good For?
What You Should Know about YouTube


Video Production and Editing

COURSES:
Final Cut Pro 7 (4-Week Course or 4-Day Camp)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound
Introduction to Color
Introduction to Motion
Introduction to Soundtrack Pro
Screen Capture Techniques
Video Editing For Absolute Beginners


Motion Graphics and Editing

COURSES:
After Effects (5-Week Course)
Final Cut Pro 7 (4-Week Course or 4-Day Camp)
Motion (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Animate Your Own Avatar with Xtranormal
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound
Introduction to Color
Introduction to Motion


Music and Audio Editing

COURSES:
Logic Pro (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Create Music and Edit Audio with Garage Band
Introduction to Soundtrack Pro
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound


Image Capturing and Manipulation

COURSES:
Illustrator (5-Week Course)
Photoshop (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound
Manage and Edit Your Digital Pictures with iPhoto



Podcasting


COURSES:
Podcasting (7-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
Digitizing Analogue Media: Stills, Video, Sound


Office Tools

COURSES:
Create Stunning Presentations with Keynote (4-Week Course)
Do More with Your Mac (5-Week Course)
iWork (3-Week Course)
Mac Basics (4-Week Course)
Mac Power User (5-Week Course)

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Collaborate Online Using WIKIs
Create and Manage Your Database with FileMaker Pro
Intro to AppleScript
Intro to Automator
Intro to Google Docs
Intro to RSS and Google Reader
Intro to Snow Leopard
What Else is Google Good For?


...and More!

STANDALONE WORKSHOPS:
Preventing Identity Theft