Apple Professional Development
Apple will be here in August!!
Onsite Apple Professional Development
We are excited to provide you with an amazing and rare opportunity to have onsite Apple training! Through Title III funding, we will have an Apple Professional Development Specialist on campus August 17th-August 20th. The Apple Specialist will lead a variety of concise two-hour sessions to help you acquire and apply skills in the use of your iPad and/or a Mac for personal productivity and instruction. See the course listings below.
Space is limited and registration is required.
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August 17th in the Faculty Sandbox, LIB 221
iPad Essentials 101 :: 1pm-3pm
Learn how to personalize your iPad, organize apps into folders and Home screens, use multitasking gestures, uncover the power of the keyboard and built-in composition tools.
**Prerequisite: None
iPad Essentials 201 :: 3pm-5pm
Learn how to streamline content acquisition using Safari tools and Reading List, transfer files and content to and from the cloud and other devices. Discover and download apps, including iBooks and iTunesU.
**Prerequisite: iPad Essentials 101
August 18th in the Faculty Sandbox, LIB 221
Content Creation 101 :: 8:30am-10:30am
Learn how to use the front- and rear-facing cameras, edit, enhance, and add effects to images. Find photos quickly and efficiently using the built-in asset repositories.
**Prerequisite: iPad Essentials 101
Content Creation 201 :: 10:30am-12:30pm
Learn how to use the front- and rear-facing cameras to capture video images, storyboard, edit, and add audio and video effects, export and share movies and trailers.
App requirement: iMovie
**Prerequisite session: iPad Essentials 101
iPad in Research 101 :: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Learn how to monitor and gather research by subscribing to journals, identify appropriate research opportunities for capturing audio and video data. Effectively capture audio and video for research purposes, and explore data backup and remote access options with iCloud syncing.
App requirement: iMovie, GarageBand, and Papers by mekentosj.com
**Prerequisite session: Content Creation 101
August 19th in the MACMAS Lab, TC 114
Mac Essentials 101 :: 8:30am-10:30am
Learn how to personalize your Mac to make it the optimum device for you, organize files into folders so that documents are arranged logically and easy to find, use multitasking gestures, keyboard shortcuts, and desktop management apps to efficiently navigate, and uncover the power of the built-in composition tools.
**Prerequisite session: None
Mac Essentials 201 :: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Learn how to streamline content acquisition using Safari tools and Reading List, learn to take screenshots, create PDFs, and easily search for files. Transfer files and content to and from the cloud and other devices. Discover and download apps, including iBooks and iTunes U.
**Prerequisite session: Mac Essentials 101
Authoring 101 :: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Learn how to use and edit iBooks Author templates, have students use iBooks Author to gather and organize a content portfolio to demonstrate subject mastery, publish and distribute Multi-Touch books locally.
Device: Mac (iPad and sync cable optional but recommended)
App requirement: iBooks Author
**Prerequisite session: Mac Essentials 101
August 20th in the MACMAS Lab, TC 114
Authoring 201 :: 8:30am- 10:30am
Learn how to take full advantage of the Inspector tools, understand and effectively integrate iBooks Author widgets, incorporate photo, audio, and video media assets into iBooks Author.
Device: Mac (iPad and sync cable optional but recommended)
App requirement: iBooks Author
**Prerequisite session: Authoring 101
Keynote Presentation Skills :: 10:30a - 12:30pm
Learn how to uncover the secrets of Keynote as the most powerful authoring
tool available. Add video and voiceover to a presentation, use the simple but incredibly powerful built-in animation tools, and take advantage of all your media assets at your fingertips.
**Prerequisite session: Mac Essentials 101
Online Course Creation :: 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Learn how to tailor an existing classroom course into an optimal online experience. Create engaging content for online learning, curate and organize apps, online resources, documents, audio, and video assets.
Device: Mac
**Prerequisite sessions: Keynote Presentation Skills, Authoring 101, Content Creation 201