Super Staff Tuesdays

2/11 Creative Design with Adobe Express

Time: 2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Instructor: Gloria Barron

Description:  

During this one-hour session, you’ll navigate the Adobe Express dashboard, explore its key features, and work with templates to create professional-looking designs. You’ll also learn how to customize your projects with text and images and discover practical tips for sharing and collaborating. By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills to design engaging content for teaching, marketing, or personal projects.

No prior design experience is necessary—just bring your creativity!

Outcomes: 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Create visually appealing designs using templates, text, images, and colors.
• Use AI to create unique images from textual descriptions.
• Save, export, and share designs for various purposes, including teaching, marketing, and personal projects.
• Demonstrate practical applications of Adobe Express aligned with institutional branding.

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2/11 Working with You is Challenging

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:15 PM

Instructor: Cynthia Mauris

Description:  

It is not unusual that in a work environment there are some individuals with whom you don’t want to work because you don’t get along with each other. The reasons can vary: they don’t respond, they don’t meet deadlines, they are unprepared, they micromanage, or they challenge every decision you make. Learn how to unhook your emotions from this person and set boundaries. Take control of your own response.

Outcomes: 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify the warning signs that you may be hooked.
• Use a four-prong unhooking technique
• Establish one or more boundaries to help you work more effectively

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2/11 The Four Cs of Good Writing

PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED MUST COMPLETE ALL SESSIONS TO RECEIVE CREDIT:

• Tuesday, Feb 11
• Thursday, Feb 13
• Tuesday, Feb 18
• Thursday, Feb 20

Time: 8:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Instructor: Phillip Bonner, Cynthia Mauris

Description:  

Unlock the potential of your students’ reading abilities with ELITE’s workshop Unlocking the Power of Text: Active Reading Strategies for Student Success. Learn how to effectively teach and model essential active reading strategies that enhance comprehension, critical thinking, and engagement. Explore techniques such as previewing and predicting, activating schema, and checking comprehension, while also exploring how to detect author bias and misinformation. Participate in hands-on activities designed to provide practical applications for your classroom. Join ELITE and empower your students to become more insightful and independent readers!

Outcomes: 

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and describe various active reading strategies and their importance in improving student comprehension and engagement.
• Employ practical methods to incorporate and model these strategies in their classrooms, helping students become more effective readers.
• Share their thoughts on incorporating these strategies in their classes.

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2/11 Three Steps to Elevate Your Presentation Skills

Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM

Instructor: Angela Lanier

Description:  

This interactive workshop will help participants build confidence to prepare an engaging presentation. We will explore honing your purpose, using relevant narratives to connect the audience with the topic, and selecting strategies that promote audience participation.

Outcomes: 

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Plan a presentation with a clear goal for a specific audience
• Explain the benefits of storytelling in a presentation
• Identify at least two interactive techniques to engage the audience

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2/11 Excel Open Lab: Conditional Formatting

Time: 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM

Instructor: Anna Donohoe

Description:  

This open lab session will introduce a set of specific features and tasks (listed below) in the first half of our time together. The second half is structured as open office hours for participants to practice using the skills introduced and/or ask questions about anything related to Microsoft Excel.

Outcomes: 

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Identify different use cases for conditional formatting
• Use conditional formatting rules to highlight specific text and numeric data
• Answer FAQs about conditional formatting applications

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2/11 Microsoft Excel Essentials

Time: 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

Instructor: Megan Calvert

Description:  

This hands-on, small-group workshop will provide a solid foundation in the basic use of Microsoft Excel. Whether you want an overview of the basics or are hoping to fill in gaps in your knowledge, you will leave better prepared for more effective use of this essential software. Even more experienced users can benefit from exploring newer features and learning valuable tips and tricks for better efficiency.

The workshop will be conducted via Zoom. To fully participate, it is best to join from a device with two screens or from two side-by-side devices so that you can follow the instructor’s demonstrations. See the Microsoft Essentials website https://www.montgomerycollege.edu/offices/elite/microsoft-office-essentials.html

for more details on technology requirements.

Outcomes: 

Outcomes will be adjusted based on a participant survey.

By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:

• Navigate and customize the latest Excel interfaces of both the web and desktop
• Perform basic workplace tasks, including creating, saving, editing, formatting, printing, and collaborating on workbooks and spreadsheets
• Manage data in spreadsheets using basic formulas, freezing, sorting, filtering and formatting data into tables

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2/11 Blackboard Learn Ultra – 10 Key Tips & Tricks

Time: 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Instructors: Anna Donohoe and Paul Miller

Description:  

Join the MC Learn Ultra Transition team for a tour of 10 key things everyone needs to know about Blackboard Learn Ultra. From accessibility and setting up overall grades to copying content and scheduling announcements, we will walk you through the highlights of this upgraded system. We will also have time for Q&A at the end of the session.

Outcomes:  

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least three features of Ultra to emulate in their courses
• Access and navigate Ultra resources at MC
• Answer FAQs about our transition

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