Ithaca College

The Center for Educational Technology, CET, is now open in Job Hall.   

These lab sessions are short demonstrations and hands-on opportunities to learn to use tools on your Mac, focusing on the creation of digital media for your courses. Users are encouraged to bring their Mac laptops, however, we do have a few Macs in the CET. Sessions will be recorded as podcasts. These will be led by Mac Consultant Fred Chandra of Residential Life. 

Please RSVP by clicking the lab session title.

March 31: 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.  Organizing Your Digital Assets on a Mac 

Apple has made organizing your digital assets: photos, videos, music, and movie files easy to do. Learn how to fully leverage the sharing and organizational technologies in iTunes, iLife and iWork for your future projects. The first hour will be a demonstration of these tools and best practices. Bring your laptop for this session!

April  6: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Web Conferencing with iChat on a Mac

iChat comes on every new Mac and it's not just for text chatting any more. iChat is a collaborative environment and web conferencing machine. Come to a session to see a demonstration on how to start a web chat, share your computer's desktop, and give presentations from the comfort of your own office and home. This session will have a quick demo with a chance for some hands-on experimentation.

April  14: 1:00- 2:30 p.m. Creating Narrated Lectures using Keynote (and PowerPoint)

Do you already have your lectures prepared in PowerPoint or Keynote? Learn how augment your current materials, and convert them to a recorded video podcast in the same time it would take you to delivery your lecture. Bring a short 3-5 slide slideshow to convert during the session and lab time. 

April 21: 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.Create Podcasts with GarageBand

GarageBand, which comes free on every new Mac,  allows you to record, edit, and mix audio with images. You'll be able to create simple, enhanced audio podcast that uses images to enforce your message.  After a 1 hour demonstration, there will be open lab time where you can experiment, work on a project and ask questions. We invite all faculty members who are considering to leverage these technologies in the class room to join us for these lecture, then demo based sessions. At the end of the session, you'll have the opportunity to get one on one support for your projects.  

If these times do not work for you please email Marilyn and additional sessions may be scheduled.

Questions? Contact Marilyn Dispensa, Instructional Technology Coordinator,  at mdispensa@ithaca.edu.   

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Marilyn Dispensa at mdispensa@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.