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Life After Midd & lynda.com video-based learning

Cynthia Slater — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 22:09:39 +0000

Students… Interested in skills you can use in Life Beyond Midd? lynda.com has everything you need! Just click any of these course links, log on with your Middlebury username and password and you’re on your way. Work through an entire course or view just the movie segments you need — it’s up to you.

This small sampler of business skills topics is just the beginning — lynda currently offers over 1600 course titles from which to choose.

Need a hand getting started? Sign up for our lynda.com overview session at noon on March 15.

LIS Workshops for February-March: Drupal and Video-based Learning

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 21:34:30 +0000

Our current workshop schedule is now available. Visit go/lisworkshops to view offerings for February and March and sign up for topics of interest. You’ll find Drupal introductions that cover basic web site maintenance skills, as well as work sessions where you can get help with specific questions about how to improve your departmental web site. We are also offering several opportunities to learn how to access and use — Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills.

Lynda’s recently added courses include such varied topics as “JavaScript and AJAX,” “Writing Fundamentals: The Craft of Story,” and “Office 2013 New Features.” Watch a single video or work through an entire course, but be warned — it’s addictive.

More (Drupal) Workshops — You Asked; We Added!

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 20:50:35 +0000

Visit go/lisworkshops to view the updated LIS workshop schedule and sign up for sessions of interest. You’ll find another chance to learn the basics of how to manage a department web site using Drupal, as well as several “work session” opportunities where you can work on your site with someone on hand to answer your questions.

There is still time to sign up for the Oct. 16 Online Learning with lynda.com session. Lynda is a fabulous video-based online instruction resource available to all Middlebury faculty, staff and students. If this is news to you (or if you’re not sure what this means), you should attend one of these “get acquainted” sessions — and convince a friend to come along.

LIS October Workshop Schedule Includes Drupal & lynda.com

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 21:14:49 +0000

Pinch yourself. If you feel something it means you survived the start of the academic year! Since you’ve done so well it’s time to treat yourself and learn some new skills that will make your life easier. Check out go/lisworkshops to view our hot-off-the-press workshop schedule and get signed up for topics of interest.

We’re excited to offer several opportunities to get acquainted with — a fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new skills. You can work through an entire course (something nice to mention at performance evaluation time!) or watch a single movie for just-in-time learning. With over 1,400 courses, there is something for everyone. Recent additions include “Effective Public Speaking” and “Mac OS X Mountain Lion New Features.”

You’ll also find Drupal workshops on our schedule covering the basics of maintaining a departmental web site and work sessions where you can get help with your specific questions.

LIS Workshops – August

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:22:18 +0000

Don’t miss out! There is still time to fit in some learning before fall semester leaps out from behind the nearest patch of sunflowers… Visit go/lisworkshops to view our schedule and get signed up for topics of interest. You’ll find Drupal sessions to help you get your departmental web site up to snuff before the next batch of students arrives on campus. You’ll also find another opportunity to find out about and how you can start using it to improve your skills.

LIS Workshops — July/August

Cynthia Slater — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:06:24 +0000

Although summer is a busy time for many around campus, we are offering a few learning opportunities with the added enticement of air conditioning. Visit go/lisworkshops to view our schedule and get signed up for sessions of interest. You’ll find Drupal introductions and work sessions so you can spruce up your departmental web sites. You’ll also find a few more chances to find out about and how you can start using it (wherever you are!) to improve your skills.

LIS Workshops — May/June

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 25 May 2012 17:14:25 +0000

There are a few more learning opportunities on the horizon before our language schools students arrive on campus, so we hope you’ll visit go/lisworkshops to view our schedule and get signed up for sessions of interest. We’re squeezing in a Drupal introduction as well as a work session so you can spruce up your departmental web sites. You’ll also find a few more chances to find out about and how you can start using it (wherever the summer may find you!) to improve your skills. You may be surprised to learn that lynda is not just for technology — it includes such topics as “time management skills,” “achieving your goals” and “effective meetings.”

LIS Workshops — May

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:41:40 +0000

Sign-ups are now open for our May workshop offerings. Visit go/lisworkshops for all the details. You’ll find Drupal sessions to help you build and manage departmental web sites, as well as a few more opportunities to find out how you can start using to improve your technology skills.

LIS Workshops – March/April

Cynthia Slater — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 22:26:59 +0000

Check out our latest offerings featuring workshops on web site creation and maintenance using Drupal, and how to migrate Segue sites. Signing up is simple: just click a workshop title below then fill in the form.

Drupal Workshops

Date	Workshop	Time	Location
Thu, 3/8	Introduction to Drupal	3:00-4:30 pm	Davis 105
Fri, 3/23	Drupal Work Session	3:00-4:30 pm	Davis 105
Wed, 4/4	Introduction to Drupal	3:00-4:30 pm	Davis 105
Wed, 4/18	Drupal Work Session	1:00-2:30 pm	Davis 105

Segue Migration Assistance

Date	Workshop	Time	Location
Mon, 3/26	Segue Migration Work Session	10:30am-Noon	Davis 105
Mon, 3/26	Segue Migration Work Session	3:30-5:00 pm	Davis 105
Tue, 3/27	Segue Migration Work Session	10:30am-Noon	Davis 105
Tue, 3/27	Segue Migration Work Session	3:30-5:00 pm	Davis 105
Wed, 3/28	Segue Migration Work Session	10:30am-Noon	Davis 105
Wed, 3/28	Segue Migration Work Session	3:30-5:00 pm	Davis 105
Thu, 3/29	Segue Migration Work Session	10:30am-Noon	BiHall 161
Thu, 3/29	Segue Migration Work Session	3:30-5:00 pm	BiHall 161

Remember that you can take a look at our workshop schedule and course descriptions anytime by typing go/lisworkshops in your Web browser’s address field.

LIS Workshops – February

Cynthia Slater — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:49:24 +0000

Our February offerings are now available. Signing up is simple: just click a workshop title below then fill in the form. Be sure to note the location as some of our workshops will be held in McCardell Bicentennial Hall in response to customer feedback.

Date	Workshop	Time	Location
Wed, 2/8	Drupal Work Session	2:00-3:30 pm	Davis 105
Fri, 2/10	Online Learning with	9:00-10:00 am	Davis 105
Wed, 2/15	Introduction to Drupal	2:00-3:30 pm	BiHall 161
Tue, 2/21	Drupal Work Session	3:00-4:30 pm	BiHall 161
Wed, 2/29	Online Learning with	4:15-5:00 pm	BiHall 161

Remember that you can take a look at our workshop schedule and course descriptions anytime by typing go/lisworkshops in your Web browser’s address field.