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Netskills-News Update, Issue 43 NETSKILLS UPDATE * NETSKILLS UPDATE * NETSKILLS UPDATE Issue: 43 Date: 5 February 2001 >>>From the Netskills Team<<< In this issue: 1. Learning and Teaching Workshop 2. Dreamweaver (3.0) Workshop 3. Training Module of the Month 4. Up Coming Full Montys 5. New Workshops and Training Materials on the Way ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- 1. Learning and Teaching Workshop With ongoing changes to the way education is managed and delivered there is a growing interest in online courses, the web as a support tool for teaching, online assessment and Managed/Virtual Learning Environments. The Netskills' workshop, 'Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching' is proving as popular as ever. There are, however, still a few places left on the Learning and Teaching Workshop at Birkbeck College, London 28th February 2001. This is a practical workshop for users of the World Wide Web who would like to understand more about how the Internet can be used for teaching and learning. The workshop aims to introduce and explore some of the tools and techniques used in Internet-based teaching and participants will have the opportunity to create some simple web-based materials. Further details and online booking can be found at: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/forthcoming.html 2. Dreamweaver (3.0) Workshop Up and Running Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 offers a range of powerful tools for web site creation and management. No previous web authoring experience is required for the workshop. The workshop comprises presentations, demonstrations and hands-on sessions. Topics covered will include creating a simple web page using text, tables, images, hyperlinks and incorporating metadata. More advanced features for formatting a whole site will then be investigated including style sheets, templates and storing common information as library items. Navigation bars and the use of frames will be examined and some of the site management features such as link checking and publishing. The day will end with an examination of accessibility and design issues. Pages will be accessed for compatibility with target browsers and a Word HTML page will be imported and similarly assessed. There are still a few places left on the workshop scheduled for 23rd March at Newcastle University. An online booking form can be found at; http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/forthcoming.html 3. Training Module of the Month **Web page Images Explored** Images are an integral part of most web pages. Using images, however, can be problematic to the uninitiated. This training module is aimed at users of the web who have had some experience of creating basic web pages and would like to enhance them by incorporating images. The module addresses the following topics: Adding images to web pages Using border and size attributes with images Searching for images resources on the web Creating animated and transparent GIFs Image formats for the web Manipulating images and creating thumbnail images For more information about Netskills training modules visit our training materials page at: http://materials.netskills.ac.uk/ 4. Up Coming Full Montys Following the success of previous Full Montys (4 days of workshops with discounts for attending more than one topic!) we have planned 2 further events. University of Newcastle 13th-16th March - Authoring on the World Wide Web, Images and Multimedia for the Web, Creating Interactive Web Pages, Databases on the Web Manchester Computing 3rd-6th April - Content Management on the Web, Web Site Development with Active Server Pages, Server-Side Site Management Techniques, Databases on the Web Further details and online booking forms can be found at; http://www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops/forthcoming.html 5. New Workshops and Training Materials on the Way Netskills are currently developing new topics for their workshop programme and materials licencing scheme. As well as Dreamweaver described above, other new topics include the Managed/Virtual Learning Environment "Blackboard", as a complementary workshop to "WebCT", now popular and well established in Netskills' portfolio. Existing workshops are also undergoing changes, with both the Authoring on the Web and Using the Internet for Learning and Teaching currently being reviewed and updated. Please contact Netskills if you have suggestions for new topics you would like to see in our programme. Further details will be announced in the Netskills News Update as they became available ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- From the Netskills Team Netskills News Updates are issued on a regular basis to keep you up to date with what is happening at Netskills. Netskills Updates are available at the URL: http://www.netskills.ac.uk/news/update-archive/index.html Contact Details: Email:[log in to unmask] Post: 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 and Further Education Funding Councils. Netskills is based in the Computing Service at Newcastle University. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- ______________________________________________ Rod Cullen Netskills - http://www.netskills.ac.uk Tel: 0191 222 5002