Training

ETUDES Certification

Online

Get certified in an online course facilitated by the ETUDES Training staff

Experience ETUDES as your students will

Create a practice site that let's you try it all for yourself

Become part of the community of ETUDES users in a virtual environment

Events Calendar and Enrollment

In Person @ Foothill—Summer 2008

Take the trainings in any order your schedule permits

Bring your course objectives for the class you will teach and use the training time to build real content for your course to use after you're certified

Gain access to a host of online resources and your own practice site for the duration of the training days

For those who take all four sessions in order, you can have your certificate at the end of the last session and request your site immediately.

101A covers ETUDES overview and the module tool
101B covers ETUDES overview and communication tools: Announcements, Discussion/private message, and Chat
101C covers ETUDES overview, Assignments, Test Center, and Gradebook
101D covers ETUDES overview, Important Extras

Contact Tahiya Marome for information or to sign up. Foothill Extension 7140

Date	Day	Training	Start	End	Room	Description
7/1	Tues	Etudes Plus: Tasks, Tests and Surveys VS Assignments	1:30	2:30	4202	Migrating from Assignments to Tasks, Tests & Surveys. Use the workshop time to migrate your assignments into the new tool and get your questions answered about how to use a pool to generate assignments. We’ll also review the grading options from within TTS.
7/10	Thurs	Etudes Certification 101A	1:00	4:00	4202	Start with an overview of the Etudes software, including system requirements and hardware and software recommendations. Find out what resources are available to certified instructors. We’ll begin with the Home page and move to the Module tool. You’ll start using your practice site to create content for your planned course.
7/17	Thurs	Etudes Certification 101B	1:00	4:00	4202	A short review of the system requirements will be followed by a quick review quiz on the content of Session 101A. Then we’ll take a tour through the communication tools in Etudes. Discussion and Private Messages, Chat, and Announcements are just some of the ways you’ll connect with your Etudes students. With the practice site, you’ll experience these as both student and instructor.
7/24	Thurs	Etudes Certification 101C	1:00	4:00	4202	A short review of system requirements will be followed by a quick quiz on 101B content. Then onto assessment tools in Etudes and a look at the Tasks, Tests & Surveys tool (TTS), as well as the Gradebook. With a thorough introduction to pools and the creation and publication of assessments in TTS you’ll be ready to apply the assignments that tell students how well they are learning, and automate much of the grading procedure.
7/31	Thurs	Etudes Certification 101D	1:00	4:00	4202	After a short review of system requirement, and the requisite quiz on 101C, we’ll dive into extended features of Etudes. Explore and try the Syllabus, Schedule, Resources, Site Info, and customization options that make Etudes the power tool you need for effective course delivery. We’ll also take time to look at what you’ve accomplished in the practice site and review the procedure for migrating content into your actual courses later on. Everyone completing all four sessions will receive their certificate at this session.
8/19	Tues	Etudes in 2 Days—101 A and B—depends on sign ups	10:00	4:00	4202	This course will cover the sessions as listed above (see separate sessions in prior offering descriptions) Session will only be held if 6 or more people sign up in advance.
8/20	Wednes	Etudes in 2 Days—101 C and D—depends on sign ups	10:00	4:00	4203	This course will cover the sessions as listed above (see separate sessions in prior offering descriptions) Session will only be held if 6 or more people sign up in advance.