Netskills-News Update, Issue 50
NETSKILLS UPDATE * NETSKILLS UPDATE * NETSKILLS UPDATE
Issue: 50
Date: 5th December 2001
>>>From the Netskills Team<<<

In this issue:
1. Downloadable TONIC!
2. Six New Training Modules released
3. Training Module of the Month
4. Forthcoming Regional Workshops
5. Further Training Module Updates

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1. Downloadable TONIC!
The popular TONIC tutorial can now be downloaded and installed on a
standalone PC for personal use with a web browser, or installed on a server
for use within your institution (subject to access restrictions).

An additional feature of both the online and downloadable version is a new
index. This makes it easier to find the section of TONIC which relates to
the topic that you are interested in. The index can be accessed at any time
by selecting the Index icon within the bottom frame of the TONIC tutorial.

The offline version of TONIC can be downloaded from
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/TONIC


2. Six New Training Modules released
Netskills are pleased to announce the release of the following new training
modules:

Blackboard: Assessment Tools
Blackboard: Student Management, Grading and Other Issues
Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching in Further Education
Creating Web Pages using Dreamweaver 4
Page Design and Site Management in Dreamweaver 4
Creating a Corporate Look using Dreamweaver 4

Visit our website at http://materials.netskills.ac.uk to register, buy and
download these materials.
Note: Gold Scheme holders have access to this new material at no extra cost.


3. Training Module of the Month
**Blackboard: Student Management, Grading and Other Issues**

This training module is part of a series of four Blackboard modules designed
to be used either individually or together as a group. This module gives an
overview of the student management features of Blackboard version 5,
including quiz grading, statistics and tracking of student
progress/achievement. It also covers other general issues associated with
the use of Blackboard for learning and teaching.

The module covers:

Student management, including enrolment and the use of groups
Quiz grading and statistics
Tracking of course content and students
Pedagogic and other issues, including accessibility

Users of the module have an opportunity to:

Enroll a student onto a course
Create a Group and modify its properties
Explore a course from a student perspective, including taking a Quiz
Grade a Quiz and view Quiz statistics
Explore course statistics, including page and student tracking facilities
Details of this module can be found at:
http://materials.netskills.ac.uk/info/module73.html


4. Forthcoming Regional Workshops
Netskills are currently taking bookings for the following regional
workshops:

December 6th - Getting to Grips with FrontPage 2000, Netskills, Newcastle
upon Tyne
December 7th - Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching in FE,
Netskills, Newcastle upon Tyne
December 12th - Exploring XML, Oxford University Computing Service
January 10th - Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching in FE,
Manchester Computing
January 16th - Content Management on the Web, London School of Economics
January 17th - Exploring XML, London School of Economics
January 17th - Web Site Development with Active Server Pages (ASP), Oxford
University Computing Service
January 18th - Server-Side Site Management Techniques, Oxford University
Computing Service
January 30th - Images and Multimedia for the Web, Netskills, Newcastle upon
Tyne
January 31st - Fundamentals of Flash, Netskills, Newcastle upon Tyne
February 5th - Exploring XML, Manchester Computing
February 6th - Getting to Grips with Dreamweaver 4, Manchester Computing

Full details including descriptions, costs and online booking for all of
these workshops can be found on the web at:
http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/forthcoming.html


5. Further Training Modules Updates
The following Training Modules have been updated and were released 4th
December 2001:

WebCT Assessment Tools
WebCT Course Support Tools
WebCT: Student Management, Grading and Other Issues
Creating & Converting Web Pages
Introducing CGI

The Training Modules listed below are currently being updated and will be
released this month:

Web Pages from Scratch
Managing a Web Site with FrontPage
Forms and Active Elements in FrontPage
Communicating on the Internet

Details of these modules can be found at:
http://materials.netskills.ac.uk/catalogue.html



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From the Netskills Team

Netskills News Updates are issued on a regular basis to keep you up to date
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Contact Details:
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Netskills
University Computing Service
University of Newcastle
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Tel:0191 222 5000
Fax:0191 222 5001
URL:http://www.netskills.ac.uk/

Netskills Quality Internet Training is partly funded by the Joint
Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils.
Netskills is based in the Computing Service at Newcastle University.

Juliet Schroeder
Netskills Training & Marketing Co-ordinator
0191 222 5008