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Academic Media Production Services

A Pedagogy for the Web: How to Use the Net for Teaching
Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS
Fri Jan 23, 03-04:00pm, 9-151

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This session will examine different models of teaching, and how to use a variety of Web-based tools to support instruction. Participants are invited to share their experiences with the rest of the group.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS, 9-250, (617) 253-6690, katiel@mit.edu

ArTtV - MIT Cable Television art competition
Randy Winchester
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up

PowerPoint is the medium, and MIT Cable Television the gallery. Create your art works, email them to MIT Cable and view them on MIT Channel 9 during IAP. Essentially, anything that you can put into a 720x540 PowerPoint slide - drawings, paintings, graphics, photography, short video clips, animation, poetry, or anything else that you can think of, can be submitted to the gallery. Multiple submissions are welcome. Judging will take place at a web site where members of the MIT community can go to vote for their favorite works. Prizes include recognition on MIT Cable Television and on our web site, as well as the "MIT Cable Big Bag of TV Schwag!" Entry submission prior to the beginning of IAP is encouraged.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitcable/www/ArTtV/
Contact: Randy Winchester, randy@mit.edu

Defining Project Requirements in an Uncertain World
Mark W Brown, Stacy Scheingold
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 9-057 LiNC

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Building a customized software application is a difficult process, because no one knows quite what the end product will become -- neither the client nor the development team. The focus of our presentation will be on our process for visually understanding what an application should look like, and building consensus between the client and the development team around it, in the most efficient way possible. In this talk, we'll give a quick overview of a specific web application that AMPS built for a client, and draw lessons from the project's successes.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Mark W Brown, 9-268, (617) 452-3490, mwbrown@MIT.EDU

Flash for Beginners
Stacy Scheingold
Thu Jan 22, Tue Jan 27, 10am-12:00pm, 26-139

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 12 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

Macromedia Flash is a program for creating animations and interactive applications. This class focuses on using Flash to create animations, such as animated logos, advertisements or cartoons. In this hands-on session, you'll learn how to create images in Flash, two techniques of animation with Flash, and exporting your movie to the Web.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap/
Contact: Stacy Scheingold, 9-250, sscheing@mit.edu

Intro to Stellar for First-timers
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 22, 02-03:00pm, N42-Demo Center

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

An introductory class intended to give students and instructors information that will allow them to begin using Stellar quickly. No previous experience with Stellar is required.
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, N42-240C, x3-0184, dryfoo@mit.edu

Introduction to CSS
Joanna Proulx
Tue Jan 27, 03-04:00pm, 9-253

Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: familiarity with Dreamweaver or other HTML editor

This session will introduce Cascading Style Sheets. You'll learn how to streamline your HTML, layout your pages and make site management easier by using external style sheets.

This session assumes you know your way around Dreamweaver or a comparable WYSIWYG HTML editor, and that you are familiar with the basics of web site creation and the fundamentals of HTML tags.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Joanna Proulx, 9-250, jbink@mit.edu

MIT: Through the Lens
Lawrence Gallagher, Director, MIT Video Productions
Mon Jan 5, 12, Mon Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, Bush Room, Bring your lunch!

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

A fascinating array of research discoveries, lectures, events and unusual interactions occur on the MIT campus almost daily. Many of these are captured on film by MIT Video Productions. Join us for a series of Monday brown-bag lunches, and enjoy recent footage highlighting the many facets of our remarkable community. Learn how MIT departments, labs and centers utilize video -- via satellite, internet, DVD and more -- to communicate their messages.
Contact: Joanne Flood, 9-415, (617) 253-5475, jflood@mit.edu

Moving Teaching and Training to the Web
Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS
Wed Jan 28, 03-04:00pm, Bush Room

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Learn how you can enhance your face-to-face or distance learning classes through interesting uses (both large and small) of technology. Examples from current MIT academic and training classes will be highlighted.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Katie Livingston Vale, Senior Instructional Designer, AMPS, 9-250, x3-6690, katiel@mit.edu

Online Auctions - Participating and Buying
Robert Sikkema
Wed Jan 7, 14, 12-01:30pm, 9-253, Bring your lunch!

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Joining an online auction site, and taking advantage of its bargains, requires revealing key information about yourself; and it requires adherence to a set of behaviors. Learn what you reveal and how to protect yourself when joining, and how to use online tools to find and win the best bargains.
Contact: Robert Sikkema, 9-268, x3-0901, rsikkema@mit.edu

Online Auctions - Selling and Feedback Management
Robert Sikkema
Wed Jan 7, 14, 12-01:30pm, 9-253, Bring your lunch!

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)

Accommodating the ethical disciplines and organizational challenges of becoming an online auction seller requires planning and self-discipline. Learn the elements of creating a good sales experience, and building a feedback rating that enhances your future sales.
Contact: Robert Sikkema, rsikkema@mit.edu

QTools - A Web survey tool for MIT
Mark W Brown, Brian Bermack
Thu Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, 9-057 LiNC

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

See a demonstration of the uses and features of Qtools, a customizable web survey tool designed and built by MIT's Academic Media Production Services.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap/
Contact: Mark W Brown, 9-268, (617) 452-3490, mwbrown@mit.edu

Stellar Futures
Stellar Management Team
Wed Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, 9-151

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

What direction will Stellar, MIT's Course Management System take in the next 2 to 3 years? This session will be an overview of planned enhancements, as well as the strategic direction Stellar will be taking and why.
Contact: Stellar Management Team, 9-250, x3-2836

Stellar Tips and Tricks
Gayle Willman
Tue Jan 6, 02-03:00pm, N42-Demo Center

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Basic familiarity with Stellar Course Management System

If you have used Stellar in the past, this IAP session will introduce some interesting tips, tricks and best practices. Some experience with Stellar will be helpful.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/
Contact: Gayle Willman, 9-230, x3-9366, willman@mit.edu

Typography: Petroglyphs to Unicode
Joanna Proulx
Wed Jan 14, 02-04:00pm, 9-253

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

An overview of the history of letters and their incarnation -- fonts, with focus on Internet typography.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/amps/iap
Contact: Joanna Proulx, 9-250, jbink@mit.edu

Webcasts and Streaming Media at MIT
David Mycue, Director, Digital Info Technologies & Services
Tue Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, TBA Cancelled
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, TBA

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session

How do webcasts (like Commencement) work at MIT? How can streaming media be made available on the MIT network? Learn about the "digital media" processes and resources available on campus.
Contact: David Mycue, Director, Digital Info Technologies & Services, 9-222, wolvie@ALUM.MIT.EDU

What's New in Stellar?
Ben Brophy
Thu Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This session will review the changes in Stellar 1.6 as well as 1.5. This class will be a good opportunity for instructors to ask questions about changes in features and functionality since the last time they used Stellar.
Contact: Ben Brophy, 9-250, (617) 452-2085, benbr@mit.edu


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