The Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Praxis

Volume 5   Issue 2  Spring 2002
 
Center

FAQ

Workshops

Online Tutorials

Praxis is a publication of the Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning, Grossmont College, El Cajon, CA

Editor: Pat Morrison
Designer: Nozomi Yokoo

619-644-7747

catl@gcccd.net

http://www.grossmont.net/catl


Technology at Your Fingertips

  • Do you use the search engine, Google, constantly?  If so, it might be nice to always have it available on your toolbar.  Just recently, Google has offered a way to do that.  Go to: www.google.com, click on "Google Toolbar", and follow the easy directions.  It only takes a second - and then the Google search box is always waiting for you, right below your browser buttons.
  • As a faculty/staff member, you can access your Grossmont Outlook mail at home - or anywhere.  Here's the process: Go to http:  mail.gcccd.net/exchange.  In the box, enter your server I.D. and name you use for your mail, such as: ics-g\Pat Morrison.  When the username/password box appears, enter your name again, and the password you use to access your computer at Grossmont.  That should get you into your e-mail.  Questions?  Contact Hsiu-Chih Jennings in Room H, LRC, or call her at 619-644-7742.
 


   

There's STILL Time!

There's still one session remaining of an online course development training program this semester.  Taught by Jeff Lehman and Vern Norman, the course helps faculty members acquire the skills they need to successfully develop an online course using FrontPage and WebCT.

This session runs from Sat. April 20 through May 25, in SETL, from 9 am to 12 noon, except for a Friday May 3 session.

For questions and registration, contact Kats Gustafson at 619-644-7390

 


Hints, Tips, Tricks, etc.

  • You have an online reference desk, complete with dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, biographies, and country studies, to name a few resources, readily available by computer, no matter where you are.  The librarians at Grossmont College Library created this online reference desk, which can come in handy when you're composing something, and need to know how to spell a word, or find a synonym, quotation, or fact.  Check it out at: http://grossmont.gcccd.cc.ca.us/Library/reftools.asp
  • Images can really spice up documents, whether in Ms Word or MS PowerPoint.  Here's how to grab an image from the web (NOTE: Be sure of copyright restrictions before using it!): 1. When you are hovering over the image, click the right mouse button.  2. Click "save image (or picture) as".  3. You will be prompted with a default filename (which you may change).  Under the filename, a default file type will usually appear with the appropriate file extension.  4. Select the destination in which you desire to save the image, and click SAVE.
Pat Morrison