Zoom has some great AI companion tools offering meeting summaries, smart recordings and whiteboard content generation. These tools are not activated for all, but are available for all. Please follow these instructions if you wish to turn on these tools. They fall under Zoom’s license and do not sell users’ information as many platforms do. Enjoy the AI!
Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.
Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED.To register via NEOED Learn, please follow this easy 5 step process: NeoEd Learn – Registering for Courses Instructions – for Quick Bytes.
All courses are offered on Thursday at 3pm via Zoom. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.
Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.
Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED. The classes are listed at the beginning (*) of the Course Catalog (to search ALL Quick Bytes courses, go to Tags > Quick Bytes). To Enroll, click on View Classes under the course you are interested in to see the session times, then click on the session time you would like (you must CLICK the session to activate the Enroll button) and then click Enroll.
February 28, 3–4 p.m.
Are you curious about AI, but don’t know where to start? Come find out about various AI tools (I’ll demo Google’s Bard), writing prompts for AI tools, integrating AI with Google searches, and AI tools available in our everyday software (like Zoom, Canva, etc.).
February 29, 3–4 p.m.
Covering new and not very often used features in Google Docs such as multiple signatures, templates (canned responses), voice typing, comparing documents, smart chips, dropdowns, editing/suggesting/commenting, table formatting, setting up a time to meet, and more!
Date TBA
Canva has new and exciting potential! This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template. This course will be scheduled if there is interest. Please email athornton@nmc.edu to let me know if you are interested!
Can technology make you a better student? Join Alison Thornton from Technology Support Services to receive training on the Google products that available to you at NMC as well as Canva.
Monday, January 15, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Learn about all the awesome technology resources you have available to you at NMC. Plus learn Zoom at the same time, including polls, breakout rooms, reactions, and more!
Wednesday, January 17, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Come join a demonstration of how to save your files (word processing, presentations, and more) to various locations at NMC, so that you make sure they are backed up and easily accessible to Moodle.
Monday, January 22, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Google Docs is a word processing software that is easy to use and allows convenient access. It is a great resource for your academic and vocational coursework.
Wednesday, January 24, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Using Google Email and Calendar is a daily requirement at NMC. Come to this overview to make sure you know how to use the daily tools you will be required to use!
Monday, January 29, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Google Slides is free and easy-to-use presentation software. Come watch an overview of how to use this software.
Wednesday, January 31, Noon–1 p.m. or 5:30–6:30 p.m.
Canva is a free (go to canva.com to sign up for a free version) and easy to use for graphic design, documents, presentations and more! Come watch an overview of how to use fonts, colors, elements, photos, audio and video in this software. Great for graphically robust documents and presentations!
Google announced that Jamboard, their online whiteboarding system, will be discontinued in 2024. They recommend using FigJam or Zoom Whiteboard as a replacement. These online whiteboard tools are super helpful for online classes. If you have any questions about the new options, please reach out to Ali Thornton at athornton@nmc.edu.
Can technology make you a better student? Join Alison Thornton from Technology Support Services as she covers all of the FREE time-saving and life-hacking technology that NMC offers to its students! Download a new set of skills by learning about the technology and features available to you through NMC, how to level up your tech skills, and where you can get support for all things tech-related.
The following classes are offered the first few weeks of school, for FREE. Sign up today!
Register at the link below to receive your zoom link to the course you are signing up for; your registration will ensure you receive the zoom link prior to the course. You will receive a zoom link in your student email at least 3 hours prior to the course. Please sign up for a course no later than 3 hours prior to the beginning of the course.
If you have any questions, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020 or start a chat session at nmc.edu/help.
Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions. To support collaboration and connection, please ensure your camera is on during our session.
Quick Bytes courses can now be found in NEOED. To access the learner catalog:
To Enroll, click on View Classes under the course you are interested in to see the session times, then click on the session time you would like (you must CLICK the session to activate the Enroll button) and then click Enroll.
Canva Advanced
Wednesday, September 20, Noon–1 p.m. or Monday, October 23, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template.
Canva New Features
Wednesday, September 27, Noon–1 p.m. or Monday, October 30, Noon–1 p.m.
Covering new features such as presentations and docs, draw, resizing designs, magic features, text to images features, instant styles and layouts, using your designs on Instagram and the campus monitors and more!
Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.
Extended Educational Services is hosting a free class on fraud awareness at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 19 in room 106/107 of the Timothy J. Nelson Innovation Center. Deputy Preston from the Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office will discuss how scammers think so you can better protect yourself and your loved ones.
Advance registration is required.
Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions.
Tuesday, June 9, Noon–1 p.m.
Learn how to set up and use Google Drive as a Network Drive. Save or Download from Microsoft, Adobe, Canva, and other applications directly to your P: Drive without having to go through the Google Drive application!
Register
Monday, June 12, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva is a graphic layout program for flyers, newsletters, infographics, mind maps, and more. With thousands of templates, Canva is a great resource for design.
Register
Monday, June 19, Noon–1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This is an advanced class on using Canva techniques such as photos, frames, color palettes, and filters, as well as, creating a reusable custom template.
Register
Monday, June 26, Noon–1 p.m.
Covering new features such as presentations and docs, draw, resizing designs, magic features, text to images features, instant styles and layouts, using your designs on Instagram and the campus monitors, and more!
Register
Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.
Here’s how to create a long but memorable password: use four random words that you can remember. Don’t forget to throw in some numbers and special characters to increase complexity.
Remember — the longer, the better!
Since the Covid-19 pandemic swept the country, you may have noticed the line between home and the office is much more transparent. Personal laptops that were once used to watch cat videos and organize photos from a vacation (that now seems all-too-long-ago) are also being used to run sensitive reports and hold important meetings.
Ensuring that sensitive data doesn’t find a way to “leak” out of our closely-monitored network is a high priority for NMC. While there are many measures in place to ensure the confidentiality of data, such as using a VPN and enforcing special email quarantine policies, you are still our best defense against an information security incident or data privacy law violation whether you are working from home or on campus!
So, even though you can pet your dog, make a sandwich, wear your pajamas, AND process a FOAPAL, when you access data from NMC systems on your home network, treat the process the same way you would as if you were on campus! This means:
🚨 👉Special care must be taken with Banner data on your home machine. While working remotely, you may temporarily download it to your machine but once you are finished working on it for the day, save it to a network or Google Drive and ERASE all of the data from your machine. The data that you work with in Banner is classified and protected by FERPA regulations and therefore cannot be saved to a personal computer.
So remember, whether on campus or remote, save your data and files to the appropriate locations. For remote access users, this means utilizing Workspace to access our Network Drives such as S:, Q:, J:, N:, and using Google Drive/Google Drive for Desktop for other NMC-related file management.
For more information on using Workspace see the Workspace Tip Sheet
For more information on using Google Drive see the Google Drive Tip Sheet
For more information on Google Drive for Desktop see the Google Drive for Desktop Tip Sheet
Join Alison Thornton at an upcoming Quick Bytes class to learn about technology available to employees at NMC. Each class is one hour, full of information and includes time for questions.
Tuesday, March 21, 12-1 p.m.
This multi-purpose tool in Google Applications allows you to create great presentations, blogs, interactive notebooks and more!
Register
Thursday, April 6, 12-1 p.m.
Bring culture into your classroom with Google Arts & Culture. It’s a great tool for writing prompts, art history, historical figures, DEI understanding and culture. View images from the world’s museum in interesting and enlightening features.
Register
Tuesday, April 11, 12-1 p.m.
Learn how to use multiple calendars, duplicate events, configure settings and apply labels and filters. This course will help make your communication and scheduling easier!
Register
Thursday, April 20, 12-1 p.m.
Canva is a graphic layout program for flyers, newsletters, infographics, mind maps, and more. With thousands of templates, Canva is a great resource for design.
Register
Thursday, Apr 27, 12-1 p.m.
Canva has new and exciting potential! This advanced class will cover topics such as as frames, color palettes and filters. The new Canva presentations feature will also be covered.
Register
Is there a specific topic that you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Quick Bytes class that you don’t see listed above? Email athornton@nmc.edu.
Can technology make you a better student? Join Alison Thornton from Technology Support Services as she covers all of the FREE time-saving and life-hacking technology that NMC offers to its students! Download a new set of skills by learning about the technology and features available to you through NMC, how to level up your tech skills, and where you can get support for all things tech-related.
Register at the link below to receive your zoom link to the course you are signing up for; your registration will ensure you receive the zoom link prior to the course. You will receive a zoom link in your student email at least 3 hours prior to the course. Please sign up for a course no later than 3 hours prior to the beginning of the course.
If you have any questions, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020 or start a chat session at nmc.edu/help.
Join Alison Thornton for a quick, one-hour overview of a variety of applications. Upcoming classes include Google Slides, Google Forms, Google Groups, Slack, and Miro. Gain easy professional development hours while learning new technology!
All courses are offered via Zoom. The Zoom link will appear as a calendar appointment after you enroll.
Join Alison Thornton for Quick Bytes classes to teach you about technology at NMC. These classes (Online Whiteboards, Google Arts & Culture and File Management) are one hour in duration and are designed to jumpstart you with technology.
Online Whiteboards Thursday, September 15, 12–1 p.m.
Learn the basics of Jamboard, Zoom and Miro Whiteboards for use in class, in office meetings, or anytime you are online.
Register
Google Arts & Culture Thursday, September 22, 12–1 p.m.
Bring culture into your classroom with Google Arts & Culture. It’s a great tool for writing prompts, art history, historical figures, DEI understanding and culture. View images from the world’s museum in interesting and enlightening features. Come check it out!
Register
Navigating File Management Thursday, September 29, 12–1 p.m.
Learn techniques in Google Drive and Workspace to save your files securely, efficiently and with ease.
Register
If you have further question, please contact Alison Thornton at athornton@nmc.edu.
Can technology make you a better student? Join Alison Thornton from Technology Support Services as she covers all of the FREE time-saving and life-hacking technology that NMC offers to its students! Download a new set of skills by learning about the technology and features available to you through NMC, how to level up your tech skills, and where you can get support for all things tech-related.
Each session is offered at two different times — 12:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Once you sign up, you will receive a Zoom link three hours prior to the start of the course.
If you have any questions, please contact the Technology Help Desk at (231) 995-3020 or start a chat session at nmc.edu/help.
There’s a lot to getting started at NMC. Check out this Getting Started guide to make academic life easier!
Can technology make you a better student? Join Alison Thornton from Technology Support Services as she covers all of the FREE time-saving and life-hacking technology that NMC offers to its students! Download a new set of skills by learning about the technology and features available to you through NMC, how to level up your tech skills, and where you can get support for all things tech-related.
Join Alison Thornton for these one-hour Quick Bytes training sessions to up your skills on new and basic technology!
All courses are offered via Zoom. The Zoom link will appear as a calendar appointment after you enroll.