Technology Training Resources
Faculty and Staff

Having a useful and attractive department, research lab, or personal website is important for colleagues, students, and prospective applicants.  The Educational Technology team provides Web Publishing training and assistance to academic department faculty and staff.  Contact the Help Desk at help@barnard.edu or x47172 for more information or an appointment.

The Educational Technology team provides CourseWorks training and assistance. CourseWorks orientations are scheduled throughout the semester.  For upcoming CourseWorks and other educational technologies go to www.barnard.columbia.edu/edtech/events.html.  If you cannot attend a scheduled session, contact Educational Technology for a Desk-Side Session on any CourseWorks topic from a basic orientation to advanced topics, send email to courseworks@barnard.edu for more information or an appointment. The Educational Technology team can demonstrate, discuss, and/or research other tools as well that could be useful in teaching your course.

Desktop Applications

Element K = Anytime Training. Barnard College subscribes to Element K, an award-winning IT service that provides online tutorials on computer applications. Interactive tutorials are available for Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Windows XP, HTML, CSS, Acrobat, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, and more. For access, just send your request to the Help Desk at help@barnard.edu or x47172.  Note: If you have an Element K account already, click here to login.

Books24x7. Online full-text of hundreds of books covering desktop applications, the Web, programming languages, and many other IT topics; part of Columbia E-Book Collections. Use it to learn or review procedures and best practices for word processing, spreadsheets, html, etc. Go to www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/eresources/databases/3262539.html.

Desk-Side Sessions. If you are stuck on a particular task in Word or Excel, an email or phone consult or a Desk-Side Session may be what you need. Contact the Help Desk at help@barnard.edu or x47172.

Special Sessions . Special presentations and hands-on training sessions can be arranged on a department-wide basis. Please contact the Help Desk for information on arranging sessions for your department.

Other Technology Training Resources @ Columbia

Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning (CCNMTL) offers workshops on CourseWorks and other educational technologies.

Website: ccnmtl.columbia.edu/events/workshops

Teachers College offers scheduled workshops on productivity (e.g., Word, Excel, SPSS) and development technologies (e.g., JavaScript.)

Website: devtc4.tc.columbia.edu/workshop/user/overview.php (sign in with your UNI.)

Columbia University Human Resources offers online tutorials on computer applications and topics.  Topic coverage is comprehensive, although some tutorials are not as in-depth as Element K tutorials.

Website: https://wind.columbia.edu/login?destination=https://skillsatcolumbia.skillport.com/skillportfe/login/columbia_sso.cfm (sign in with your UNI.)