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Plan Your Professional Development for Fall 2013 Now

We have published our training schedule for fall 2013. Click here to see the grid layout, and here to see the detailed workshop descriptions and download a PDF version. As usual we will be training on Blackboard, WordPress, PowerPoint (using PowerPoint 2013), Online Teaching, Google Technology Tools, and emphasizing the great work done by Palomar faculty. Sign up for PD credit through the PD Office. Those who want focused Blackboard training can use our help system to make an appointment for one-on-one training with one of our Blackboard system administrators.

Want a website or a blog? Try WordPress

The easy way to create and maintain a web site or blog is through WordPress. WordPress is theme-based, so all the style and design is taken care of for you. WordPress also features drag and drop widgets, so your side and bottom bars can do useful things without you knowing how to code. WordPress also features plugins, which you can activate to add impressive capabilities to your web site or blog with the click of a mouse. Once your site or blog is set up, it is as simple as typing to add content. If you would like some training on WordPress, contact Chris Norcross at ext. 3225.
We recently updated our WordPress implementation to the latest version, 3.5 "Elvin." Click here for a review of the major changes.

Hardware Checkout Google Nexus 7

Need a digital audio recorder to record your lectures and place them in Blackboard? Need a webcam, camcorder or microphone? Want to try out an eReader or Tablet? We have all models of Kindles, Nexus 7 & 10, iPads, the Microsoft Surface, Chromebooks, and others. Need a laptop for a presentation you are going to make? Materials you checkout should be for your academic projects. Just click the Hardware link in the menu bar above, then select the type of hardware you are interested in for details.

Technology Spotlight: The PowerPoint 2013 Series

PowerPoint Logo Office 2013 is here, and we are busy building a set of tutorials on how to use PowerPoint 2013, from the ground up. Follow our blog (i.e., subscribe to the blog, if you do not have a regular feed reader, we recommend feedly) for each in the series of text and video lessons on how to use the new PowerPoint. Here are a few of the PowerPoint 2013 titles published so far...