ICaP Technical Mentoring -

Introduction to HTML

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 08:59:42 -0500

Includes basics of HTML: tags, attributes, elements, and page structures in preparation for CSS design.

Electronic Teaching Portfolios

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 12:26:23 -0500

This session covers the features of a digital teaching portfolio and explores the additional concerns and needs of putting portfolio materials online. Many samples and resources included.

Intellectual property and Copyright Law

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:57:00 -0400

This PowerPoint covers basic copyright concerns for teachers and for students with an emphasis on what teachers need to be concerned about regarding using materials in courses and what materials students can use to fulfill assignments. Also covers Creative Commons

Plagiarism and Electronic Concerns

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:43:15 -0400

This sessions covers definitions of plagiarism, causes, and preventative measures. Emphasis is also given to issues that emerge with digital composition.

Course Email Lists

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:07:02 -0400

Now that it's the second week and you shouldn't be getting any new students, it's the perfect time to request a course email list. The link to do so is provided below. When creating the list, select "Announce-Only" if you don't want students responding (leading to those embarrassing "reply all" messages that are only intended for you).

http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/emaillists/

Electronic Research and Documentation

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:29:38 -0400

This workshop covers general information about researching on the web, determining credibility of web sources, and search engines vs academic databases. There are also a number of activities and discussion points.

Introduction to Visual Rhetoric

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 08:59:04 -0400

Today we will cover an introduction to the field of visual rhetoric. We will discuss theory, practice, fonts, color, photography, and basic composition principles.

Making the Most of Your Lab Day

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:09:14 -0400

Today's information session and discussion centers around ideas and tactics for best using your lab day. The Ic@P structure gives each instructor one day in a computer lab and this is an amazing oppurtunity; therefore, we feel that instructors should take as much advantage of this situation as possible. The session includes lab management techniques, general ideas based on teaching philosophy, and some specific sample activities.

Pre-made Excel Grade Templates

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:31:50 -0400

Excel is a popular program for keeping track of your students' grades throughout the semester. At the end of the semester you will be required to turn in an electronic copy of your gradebook to the English Department, so it's a good idea to start a well organized one early on. Although Excel is a program worth knowing, it is not necessary to spend hours setting up a gradebook at this point (trust us, we know you're busy!). Attached are four pre-made templates for keeping an electronic gradebook. They are incredibly well made and have built-in instructions on how to edit them for your specific course. We take no credit for making them. They were built by Christopher Stormer at The College of Saint Catherine but have generously been provided for open use.

There are four different choices based on how you plan to keep the grades in your course.

1. Letter Grade: Use this template if you want to enter letters instead of percentages and points, where each item is worth a certain percentage of the total grade.

2. Percentages: Use this template if each item is worth a percentage of the total grade

3. Averages: Use this template if each item is worth an equal amount of the total grade (this is unlikely)

4. Points: Use this template if each item is worth a certain amount of points toward the final grade

First Semester Technology Expectations for Instructors

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:20:50 -0400

Here are the first semester expectations for you concerning teaching with technology at Purdue. You can find additional goals for subsequent semesters at: http://www.digitalparlor.org/icap/techgoals

1. Maintain a course website that includes course policy statements and syllabi. Documents should be in pdf and/or html format to insure standardization of format. Documents should also include course calendars, assignment sheets, and evaluation criteria.

2. Subscribe to Write-L listserv. -- Write-L is a listserv created for ICaP instructors and is used for the announcement of events and distribution of materials that are important to those teaching Composition at Purdue University.

Orientation Week

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 11:19:33 -0400

Orientation Week is all about introducing you to the technical aspects of being a Purdue instructor. We will be covering a lot of information and it might all seem a bit overwhelming at first. Luckily, we will have this website to use as a storehouse for all the info, and both of us are available to answer questions or concerns at any time.

Attached to this post are the presentation slides we will be using for Orientation. I am also including a few of the most important and useful links below.

Good luck and welcome to Purdue! We look forward to working with you throughout the semester.

Tech Mentoring: Introduction and Background

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:30:31 -0400

Tech Mentoring is a portion of the Introductory Composition Program at Purdue University. The tech mentors run a number of information sessions throughout the semester to prepare first-time Purdue instructors to navigate technological concerns on campus. We also run numerous workshops designed to help instructors take full advantage of their weekly computer-lab days. The technical mentor program also seeks to be a continuing resource for all IC@P instructors even after they finish the required portion of their first year training. To that end, we periodically run department wide workshops throughout the semester and aim to provide a storehouse of resources and discussion via this website.

Mentees currently enrolled in English 505 may find additional information below the jump.