Current CLASS Workshops
Scary Spiders
Come for a fun and creepy workshop on scary-looking spiders. Why is it important to learn about spiders? Learning abouts spiders can help with Overcoming Fear and Phobias: Learning about spiders can help demystify them and reduce irrational fears. Biodiversity Awareness: Spiders are incredibly diverse, with over 40,000 known species. Understanding their biology and behavior contributes to our broader understanding of biodversity. Ecological Importance: Spiders play a crucial role in ecosystems by controlling insect populations. They help maintain balance in natural environments and can even reduce the spread of diseases carried by insects. Educational Value: Studying spiders provides an opportunity to learn about biology, anatomy, behavior, and ecology. This knowledge contributes to a well-rounded understanding of the natural world. Appreciation of Nature's Complexity: Spiders have fascinating adaptations, silk production methods, and hunting techniques. Learning about them can deepen the appreciation for the intricacies of evolution and natural selection. Agricultural Benefits: Spiders can help control pests in agricultural settings, potentially reducing the need for chemical pesticides. Conservation Efforts: Understanding the needs and habits of different spider species can be crucial for their conservation. Some species may be threatened due to habitat loss or other human activities. Preventing Harmful Encounters: Knowledge about venomous spiders helps people recognize and respond appropriately to potential risks. This is especially important for individuals living in regions where dangerous spider species are prevalent. Promoting Coexistence: Learning about spiders can foster a sense of coexistence with the natural world. It encourages a mindset of respect and understanding rather than fear and avoidance. Scientific Curiosity: Many people are naturally curious about the world around them. Learning about spiders can satisfy this curiosity and provide a sense of intellectual fulfillment. Remember, while learning about spiders is valuable, it's important to approach them with respect and caution, especially when dealing with potentially venomous species. Always exercise care and follow safety guidelines recommended by experts.
Location: South Campus
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In today's world, the ways you can take classes have expanded significantly. You now have the option to learn face-to-face, in a hybrid format, or entirely online. Each method offers unique experiences, especially when it comes to online learning. This workshop is designed to equip you with essential tips and strategies to excel in your online classes and continue your journey to success. Join us and discover how to make the most of your online learning experience!
Location: South Campus
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Advanced PowerPoint Workshop: Enhanced Presentation
Advance PowerPoint Workshop will help you pick up from your basic presentation and enhance it for your audience. Knowing your basics when it comes to PowerPoint is great, but enhancing the structure of your presentation and using the tools that this program has can help you create a more dynamic presentation. You will learn to add charts, video, audio, and tables to slides to depict your information to your audience better. The workshop include adding transitions to slides for an added dramatic effect and animations to objects in the slides for a playful or attention-grabbing effect. One feature that you will learn from the workshop and that can be very useful is screen recoding and screen shots. The workshop will also go over on how to add symbols that are not accessible through keyboard. Lastly, you will acquire skills on how to use tools that PowerPoint has while presenting (laser pointer, pen, highlighter, and other navigational tools) and time rehearsal.
Location: South Campus
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Capturing Audio Using Voice Memos (iPhone)
Voice Memos is a mobile application (available on iOS and iPadOS devices) that allows users to record verbal information such as personal reminders/notes and classroom lectures. This workshop will show students how to create a recording session and other features such as trimming and sharing a recording audio clip.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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ClearTouch Interactive Panel Overview
Get ready for an exciting journey as we invite you to join us and unleash your true potential with the Clear Touch Panel! This is an amazing opportunity to expand your skills and knowledge like never before. You will master the basics and learn about the most sophisticated integrated software. Join us now!!
Location: South Campus
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Collaboration Tables
Discover more about our collaboration tables in the CLASS Computer Lab! This workshop will cover the basic rules of using the collaboration table and how to set up your laptop to display your work on the monitor. Students can use these collaboration tables for their own personal usage or for group projects!
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Genius Scan: Mobile Scanning on the Go
Genius Scan is a mobile application that users can download to scan written documents such as a receipt, signed hardcopies, and much more! We will be guiding users step by step on how to scan their first document with their device’s camera. Genius Scan allows users to rename and change their document’s format type. Users can export their documents with a limited selection of services.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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How to Manage a Group Project
Join us in exploring effective strategies for managing challenges when doing a group project. Discover unique techniques that will not only enrich your problem-solving abilities, but also contribute to your overall skills.
Location: South Campus
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How to start a Podcast: Using Riverside.fm
Riverside.fm is a podcast platform that allows users to record video interviews and podcasts remotely. This browser-based software can record good-quality podcasts. The quality is not dependent on the internet connection. Riverside.fm is also available on mobile for both iOS and Android devices to record your podcast. We will be exploring some features Riverside provides, for example, the podcast soundboard. Join us as we discuss the beginning steps of starting your first podcast!
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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iMovie: Exploring Movie Features
iMovie is a mobile application that users can use to create and edit videos. We’ll be exploring one of the three features iMovie offers. Users can learn how to add effects, voiceover, music, and much more!
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Introduction to Window 11
Windows 11 is the latest Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system. It comes with a wide range of new features, performance improvements, and design changes. It is more secure than the previous version of Windows. Also, it has the ability download and run Android applications on Windows machines. Come join the South campus CLASS department to learn even more on the specifications of Windows 11!
Location: South Campus
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Learning How to Format Your Essay
This workshop will teach you how to format your essay, such as adding headers and footers, inputting page numbers, learning how to align your text the way you want, changing the different font types, and setting custom margins. Come stop by the South campus to learn the basics on how to construct your paper!
Location: South Campus
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Microsoft ClipChamp
ClipChamp is a video editing platform that can be accessed directly through your web browser or the ClipChamp application. In this workshop, we will be exploring a variety of features such as transitions, effects, the media library, and even an AI-powered video generator!
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Microsoft Excel: How to Create Tables
Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application that allows users to create financial worksheets, graphs, and much more! We will be discussing how to create tables and graphs with text and numbers.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Microsoft PowerPoint: How to Create a Presentation
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation application that users can use to create slideshows from scratch or a themed template. We will be discussing some features that users can add to their presentations. Some features include inserting an image to adding a video onto on slide.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Microsoft Word: Tips and Tricks
Microsoft Word is a word processing application that users can use to type research papers, create a resume, and much more! We will be discussing a few tips and tricks that users can apply while using Microsoft Word. Learn how to save your word document as a PDF format and learning some pointers on keyboard shortcuts.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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OneNote
Microsoft OneNote is a digital note-taking application that offers users the ability to create text, handwritten, or multimedia notes and organize them into notebooks, sections, and pages. In this workshop, we will guide you through the process of creating sections and pages, exploring the application’s various features, and demonstrating how to use color-coding to keep your notes organized.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Mural
The Mural is one of the many online whiteboards that is pleasing for group projects or meetings. We will explore its numerous features, such as sticky notes and the ability to add images to your whiteboard. This Mural application offers various templates that can assist you with your project.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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MyStudyLife: School Planner
MyStudyLife is a digital planner designed to help students manage their academic life more efficiently. Students can organize class schedules, track assignments, set reminders for deadlines, and monitor exams.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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New Semester Checklist
Be ready for the Fall semester! It's the new semester! Do you plan on how to navigate the first few weeks of class? Come and join us to go over a helpful checklist that will help you ease the stress.
Location: South Campus
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PowerPoint Workshop: Basic Presentation
PowerPoint helps you deliver a dynamic, professional looking message to an audience. It allows you to produce slides to use in an academic, business, or other environment. The PowerPoint slides should reinforce the speaker’s message and help the audience retain the information presented. You will be working with the creations of slides that can fit your specific needs starting with document themes for your slides that will provide consistency in design and color throughout the entire presentation by setting the color scheme, font set, and layout of the presentation. The workshop will also show you how to add images from online and the PC, illustrations such as smart art and 3D models, WordArt and text.
Location: South Campus
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Study Skills: Tips & Techniques
This workshop is the perfect starting point to learn effective study techniques. It provides study methods that can be applied in your classes. You’ll also gain valuable testing tips to help you boost your academic success.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Toolbox I: Preparing to Start a New Semester
In this Toolbox I workshop, we will start you with the essentials you might need for the beginning of the semester. We will go over two essay styles, MLA and APA, so you’re ready when that time comes to worry less about how to do the format and more about what to write. Two essential tools we will also go over are time management and test-taking. To progress with success, managing time can make the semester go smoother and be rewarding. Test-taking might sound simple, but learning how to relax and prepare for it might surprise you with the advantages you will gain. In the workshop, we will go over setting goals to effectively increase motivation and aid you in creating the changes you want. It can be used to improve a healthier relationship with your path or improve productivity for your courses. Setting goals can also be necessary for mental wellness from the stress of life. The Toolbox I workshop will also cover internet safety, the honor system, and making friends with a planner or calendar. So come over and start the journey.
Location: South Campus
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Using Gmail: Hidden Features and More
G-mail is among the most popular e-mail services around the world. Whether you use it for work, school or as a personal e-mail you probably use it. How well do you know G-mail and are you using it to its full potential? This popular e-mail service is full of hidden gems, features that most people don’t even know about. This workshop will reveal some of those hidden surprise that you might not know about. Like did you know that you can undo a sent email if you’re fast enough? What about when you send an email and forget to add the attachment. I’m guilty of that. Well in this workshop you will learn about attachment reminder, so no more worrying about that embarrassing forgotten attachment.
Location: South Campus
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Utilizing Google Slides Features
Google Slides is a free web application offered by Google Services that allows users to create and format presentations. This workshop will guide students on how to begin a presentation online and explore the features available to them such as linking objects, typing with voice, and sharing your presentation with colleagues to collaborate.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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What is Canva?
Canva is an online graphic design platform that users can use to create visual content. Visual content includes posters, presentations, logos, and much more! We will be discussing the features Canva provides for everyone such as uploading pictures and downloading your designs.
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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What is Otter?
The Otter Workshop will showcase the application’s features and diverse capabilities. This artificial intelligence platform is specifically tailored for transcription assistance. Join us to discover how this program can enhance your student experience!
Location: Ft. McIntosh Campus
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Zoom Etiquette Workshop
