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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 — 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!

Sub Sandwich? No, Try a Subpage or Sidebar Instead! (Updated Drupal/Work Session Schedule)

Sub Sandwich Do you need to learn how to edit your department’s website? Would you like to know how to add sub pages, pictures and sidebars? Our intro class will give you what you need to get started. We’ll cover the basics of Drupal so you’ll be able to add links, pictures, and a host of other cool things to your site right away.

For you more advanced users who may be tackling needs beyond the basics (such as converting your forms), join us for a work session or two. We’ll help you get the job done and you’ll leave with the “know how.”

Visit go/techworkshops/ to view the updated tech workshop schedule and sign up for the classes that fit your needs.

Drupal, Moodle, WordPress, Mediawiki & More: Upcoming workshops

The LIS summer workshop schedule is now available. Visit go/lisworkshops to view offerings for May through August and sign up for topics of interest.

We’re happy to be able to offer new, expanded website work sessions where you can get help with any of your websites — whether in Drupal, Moodle, Mediawiki or WordPress — we’ll have staff on hand who can help with all of these! We’ve scheduled regular opportunities throughout the summer so you can plan ahead. You’ll find a few Drupal introductions as well, covering basic website skills for those just starting out.

Do you prefer to learn on your own? Summer can be a great time for professional development. Check out lynda — a fabulous online learning resource that uses short videos to help you acquire new business and technology skills. Lynda is also available off-campus and does not require VPN, so no fair trying on that excuse; simply use http://go.middlebury.edu/lynda to go directly to Middlebury’s login portal and give it a whirl.

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 — 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!

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 — 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 — 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.