Tag Archives: Education & Training

Learning Opportunities: Drupal, Website Maintenance & More!

Visit http://go/techworkshops to view upcoming technology workshop offerings and sign up for topics of interest.  You’ll find Drupal introductions that cover basic web site maintenance skills and work sessions where you can get help with specific questions about how to improve your departmental web site.

Do you prefer to learn on your own?  Don’t forget about  lynda.com  — a fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills.   Recently added or revised courses include Mac OS X Yosemite Tips and Tricks, Outlook for iOS and Android First Look (only 13 minutes!), and iPhone and iPad Security Fundamentals.   Watch a single video or work through an entire course — it’s the perfect activity when Mother Nature brings on the bitter chill!

LIS Workshops for March – April: Google Analytics, Drupal and Video-based Learning

Our current workshop schedule is now available.  Visit go/lisworkshops to view upcoming offerings and sign up for topics of interest.  Choose from Drupal introductions that cover basic web site maintenance skills, work sessions where you can get help with specific questions about how to improve your departmental web site, as well as Google Analytics to learn how to unlock the mysteries of your website’s traffic patterns.

We are also offering several opportunities to learn how to access and use  lynda.com  — Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills.  Anyone who is unfamiliar with this “no-cost-to-you” training benefit is missing out!

Lynda’s recently added courses include such varied topics as “Up and Running with Excel What-if Analysis,” “Delivering Employee Feedback,” and “The Art of Photoshop Compositing.”  Watch a single video or work through an entire course, but be warned — it’s addictive.

Ready to Learn about Technology? Your lynda.com tutor never sleeps!

lynda_logo_72x72  Did you know that Middlebury College offers self-paced learning 24/7?  Our fabulous online learning resource, lynda.com, uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills and is available to faculty, staff, and current students.

To find out more, sign up for “Using Online Learning at Middlebury” on Tuesday, October 15 at 4:15 pm.

For more details about learning opportunities visit go/lislearn.

How Can I Learn About Technology? Workshops and More!

With a host of new faces on campus and the start of the fall semester now underway, Library & Information Services (LIS) wants to spread the word that we provide a variety of learning opportunities for faculty, staff and students to acquire or improve their library and information technology skills.  Our open workshop offerings are just one of these ways; LIS staff offer workshops here on campus that are open to the College community.  To view the current schedule and sign up for topics of interest, visit go/lisworkshops.  Check back as we are still adding offerings!

We also offer self-paced learning through lynda.com  — a fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills.  This is available to faculty, staff, and current students.

For more details about learning opportunities visit go/lislearn.

 

 

 

Drupal Work Session Opportunity — Monday, July 15

In response to requests for a Drupal Work Session we are offering one on Monday, July 15 at 2 pm.  Click here to sign up.  Come join us and work on your web pages, uninterrupted, with someone right there to answer all of your questions and help you with any problems.

Be sure to visit go/lisworkshops periodically as we do add “special request” sessions in cases where others are welcome to attend.

Looking for some other type of training?  We are happy to work with you to arrange “by request” sessions for your group, classroom space and staff resources permitting.  Send a description of your workshop needs to:  helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

 

Where is the LIS Summer Workshop Schedule?

We currently have just one open workshop on the horizon — Introduction to Drupal on Thursday, July 11 at 1pm.  If you are a new content provider who needs to learn the basics of creating and maintaining a departmental web site (or are someone who would simply like a refresher), you’re in luck.  Click here to sign up.

Be sure to visit go/lisworkshops periodically as we do include “special request” sessions in cases where others are welcome to attend.

We do not typically advertise many open workshops during the summer months as attendance is often limited due to vacations and classroom spaces are at a premium while the Language Schools are in session.  We are, however, happy to work with you to arrange “by request” training for your group, classroom space and staff resources permitting.  Send a description of your workshop needs to:  helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

Don’t forget about  lynda.com  — Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource.  Summer is the perfect time to learn something new, such as iPhone Photography, from Shooting to Storytelling or Managing and Analyzing Data in Excel.

Last Chance — LIS Open Workshops Wind Down for the Summer

It’s not too late to join us for a workshop (in English!) before Language Schools begin.  Visit go/lisworkshops to view the last of our advertised open sessions.  You’ll find a Drupal introduction that covers basic web site maintenance skills, as well as another opportunity to learn how to access and use  lynda.com  — Middlebury’s fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills, including photography finesse.

Lynda’s recently added courses include such varied topics as “Managing Teams,” “Designing a Book,” and “Up and Running with Windows 8.” Watch a single video or work through an entire course, but be warned — it’s addictive.

Please note that we do continue to offer “by request” group training during the summer months, staff and classroom space permitting; kindly send your request with details to helpdesk@middlebury.edu.

LIS Workshops for March-April

Our current workshop offerings are listed below.  Don’t forget that you can always view course descriptions and latest additions by visiting go/lisworkshops.

Want to get signed up?  Click here.

Date Workshop Time Location
Wed, 3/27 Online Learning w/lynda.com 11:00 am – Noon Davis Lib 105
Fri, 4/5 Introduction to Drupal 2:30 – 4:00 pm Davis Lib 105
Thu, 4/11 Drupal Work Session 2:30 – 4:00 pm Davis Lib 105
Thu, 4/11 Online Learning w/lynda.com 4:15 – 5:00 pm Davis Lib 105
Tue, 4/30 Drupal Work Session 3:00 – 4: 30 pm Davis Lib 105