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Workshops & Training

Librarians at Swem and our instructional and technological partners from around campus hold workshops & brown bags in Swem Library on various topics throughout the academic year. Our goal is to collaboratively educate and inform each other about tools, resources, and techniques for teaching and learning.

 

Upcoming Events

Oct

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Makerspace & Media Studio Training

Attend a class or training for the Makerspaces or for the production rooms in the Reeder Media Center.

Makerspace Training

Reeder Media Center Events

Other Classes & Training at W&M

Find faculty, staff and student training opportunities at W&M Events.

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Online Training: LinkedIn Learning

LinkedIn Learning (formerly Lynda.com) is a constantly growing library of over 2000 video courses and over 107,000 tutorials in streaming video format, and new material is added every week. 

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Past Workshop Recordings

Working with Video in the Classroom

This workshop introduces the online video subscription services available through Swem Library, gives an overview of services available to incorporate video into the classroom as text or as a work product, and gives some quick tips for capturing streaming clips for classroom or presentation use.

Images in the Classroom...and Beyond!

This workshop introduces WMDID and ArtStor, two databases that allow faculty to curate and download images for classroom and presentation use. It also introduces the Picassa desktop client as a tool for managing large image collections maintained by faculty for research and other uses.

Using Reference Managers: Refworks, Zotero, and Mendeley

This workshop will provide an overview of three different citation managers that can be used to manage, share and incorporate citations into your teaching or research.

Your Favorite Apps for Productivity, Teaching, and Learning

This is an open mic brown bag in which people can share their favorite smartphone and tablet applications for productivity, teaching, and learning.