Combine Multiple Handouts into One Download
OK, I admit it, I am a huge fan of Adobe Acrobat. Here are a few details of recent visitors to LR 110 and how Acrobat fits into their campus work. Please check your version of Acrobat Reader and download the newest version (8 as of this post).
Laurie Sheppard (Nursing & Extended Campus Coordinator) has a unique challenge - the Sutter Extended Nursing classes begin January 2nd when our Blackboard server will go offline for maintenance. We will be experimenting with providing content to nursing students on a USB Thumb Drive as PDFs. Many nursing students bring laptops to take notes during lectures. They will be able to add comments directly the the PDF file.
Expecting a change from Bb to a new LMS. - Our proposed model of course content in PDF on a Thumb Drive will allow student to access course materials, web links and markup pages without going online for the basics. Faculty will develop content in familiar software like Word, Powerpoint and Excel then convert to Acrobat. There will be fewer files to upload by faculty. Students will go online for current announcements, content updates, discussions, surveys and submitting assignments. (There is a "green" component to this approach.)
Andrew Jones (PE) is teaching his first hybrid course. He has been surfing the web and creating PDF files from web sites - easy for him on his Macintosh computer. He came by to learn how to combine the files into one document using Acrobat Pro v8 in the lab. Adding the files was easy, and each independent file became a bookmark in the combined PDF file.
Mick Dunne (Dental Hygiene) create Powerpoint presentations with scanned images and digital photographs for posting in his online course. The PPT file is huge. Converting the file to Acrobat.
David Fabionar (Communication & Secretary of Academic Senate) has a standing appointment to scan past Senate Minutes and Agendas to create a searchable online repository of past committee work. The Epson scanner in LR 110 will scan paper documents (25 pages at a time) and create a PDF file then add optical character recognition so the file is completely searchable.
Laurie Sheppard (Nursing & Extended Campus Coordinator) has a unique challenge - the Sutter Extended Nursing classes begin January 2nd when our Blackboard server will go offline for maintenance. We will be experimenting with providing content to nursing students on a USB Thumb Drive as PDFs. Many nursing students bring laptops to take notes during lectures. They will be able to add comments directly the the PDF file.
Expecting a change from Bb to a new LMS. - Our proposed model of course content in PDF on a Thumb Drive will allow student to access course materials, web links and markup pages without going online for the basics. Faculty will develop content in familiar software like Word, Powerpoint and Excel then convert to Acrobat. There will be fewer files to upload by faculty. Students will go online for current announcements, content updates, discussions, surveys and submitting assignments. (There is a "green" component to this approach.)
Andrew Jones (PE) is teaching his first hybrid course. He has been surfing the web and creating PDF files from web sites - easy for him on his Macintosh computer. He came by to learn how to combine the files into one document using Acrobat Pro v8 in the lab. Adding the files was easy, and each independent file became a bookmark in the combined PDF file.
Mick Dunne (Dental Hygiene) create Powerpoint presentations with scanned images and digital photographs for posting in his online course. The PPT file is huge. Converting the file to Acrobat.
David Fabionar (Communication & Secretary of Academic Senate) has a standing appointment to scan past Senate Minutes and Agendas to create a searchable online repository of past committee work. The Epson scanner in LR 110 will scan paper documents (25 pages at a time) and create a PDF file then add optical character recognition so the file is completely searchable.
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