Instructor: Melissa Epstein
E-mail: melissae@ucla.edu
Office Hourse: By appointment

Course objectives

1. To integrate technology into undergraduate teaching. This not only means learning how to use the multiple types of new technology available, but also when it is appropriate to use it.
2. To encourage professional development through the design and development of new course materials and ideas.

This course will be taught as a series of 1-2 hour seminars scheduled at the convenience of those interested in attending the seminars.  Please contact me at melissae@ucla.edu if you are interested in any of the seminars.

Topics

Using the Internet in the Classroom
1. Introduction to Web Page Design

• Creating Web Pages with Netscape Composer (.pdf  -- 128 KB)
• Common HTML Tags (.pdf -- 10 KB)
• Uploading and Downloading Files with FTP (.pdf -- 102 KB)
• Scanning and Imaging Tips (.pdf -- 15 KB)
Scanning Tips: http://www.scantips.com/

• Richmond, A.  Web Design – More than meets the eye.  http://wdvl.com/Authoring/Design/MoreThan/Web.html
• Web Developers Virtual Library  http://wdvl.com
• Webmonkey: The Web Developers Resource  http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey
• Melissa's Technology hints handout (.pdf -- 7 KB)
• Linguistics Department Web Design Advice Page
• Search Engine Watch -- explains and provides reviews for various search engines.

• Electronic Mail
• E-mail Etiquette (.pdf -- 34 KB)
• E-mail Management (.pdf -- 38 KB)

• Discussion Boards
• Humanities' E-campus http://www.ecampus.humnet.ucla.edu
• http://www.delphiforums.com/
• http://www.groupboard.com
• Listservs
• Listserv Overview:  http://www.oid.ucla.edu/tatp/tutorials/listserv/listserv-frame.htm
• Listserv Configuration:  http://www.oid.ucla.edu/tatp/tutorials/listserv/configure-frame.htm

• UCLA Library's Help Guide to Digital Resources http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/guides.htm 
• UCLA Library's Guide to Thinking Critically about WWW Resources http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm 

Introduction to Microsoft Excel and Word
1. Using Microsoft Word to Communicate with Students

• Introduction to Microsoft Word’s “Insert Comments” (.pdf -- 195 KB)
• Melissa's Introduction to Microsoft Word (.pdf -- 100 KB)
• Melissa's Introduction to SnagIt (.pdf -- 107 KB)

• Excel Guide (.pdf -- 169 KB)
• Excel Templates (.xls -- 41.5 KB)
• My UCLA Gradebook
• Grading Tips and Advice from OID
• http://www.oid.ucla.edu/tatp/pedagogy/evaluation-frame.htm
• http://www.oid.ucla.edu/tatp/pedagogy/evaluation-2-frame.htm

• Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint (.pdf -- 365 KB)
• Pros and Cons of Presentation Software: http://www.oid.ucla.edu/FNMC/whprestn.htm 

• Bloom's taxonomy: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/bloom.html
• Associated Instructional Strategies: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/strategy.html
• Improving Classroom Interaction: http://www.oid.ucla.edu/tatp/pedagogy/interaction-frame.htm
• Melissa's Pedagogy handout (.pdf -- 9 KB)
• Using Traditional Technologies in the Classroom (.rtf 96 KB)

2. Teaching Portfolios

• UCLA Office of Instructional Development. Creating a Teaching Portfolio: A Guide for Students (.pdf -- 29 KB)
• Melissa's Teaching Portfolios handout (.pdf -- 6 KB)

• My UCLA http://my.ucla.edu
• The Office of Instructional Development (OID)  http://www.oid.ucla.edu
• The Center for Digital Humanities (CDH)  http://www.cdh.ucla.edu
• Academic Technology Services (ATS)  http://www.ats.ucla.edu
• The UCLA Library http://www.library.ucla.edu 
• College Library Instruction Computing Commons (CLICC)  http://www.clicc.ucla.edu
• The Registrar’s Office  http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/
• Research Appointments at the UCLA College Library http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/appointments.htm 
• Research Appointments at the UCLA YRL http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/yrl/referenc/consult.htm 
• Audio Visual Services http://www.oid.ucla.edu/Avs/index.html 
• UCLA Faculty New Medial Center http://www.oid.ucla.edu/FNMC/Index.HTM 
• UCLA OID Mini Grants for Course Development http://www.oid.ucla.edu/Grants/minig.html 

Last updated: 10 March 2002