[LON-CAPA-announce] LON-CAPA Spring Training Workshop

[Helen Keefe]

Hello!

You are cordially invited to attend the LON-CAPA Spring Training Workshop.

The Spring Workshop has been planned for June 5 through June 8, 2003 on
the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan.

Please make your own flight arrangements with your preferred carrier to
Lansing, Michigan airport.

Hotel information will be forthcoming.

Conference fees: $380 includes workshops and presentations, and lunch
for all 3 days.  Dinner will be provided on Friday evening.

Our NSF ITR grant allows for a limited number of stipends to aid with
registration and travel costs.  To be eligible for assistance, you must
be an active CAPA or LON-CAPA user, and plan to run courses on either
system in the Fall at your institution.

To aid in planning, please fill out the preliminary registration and
email to helen@lon-capa.org

Preliminary Registration

Name:

Title:

Institution:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

_____  I will come to the LON-CAPA Spring Workshop

Th __   Fri ___   Sat ___   Sun ___
Please note that Th and Sun are optional.

I need assistance with registration fees  ____		amount: $______

I need assistance with travel expenses  ____ 		amount: $______


_____  I'm not sure if I will come to the LON-CAPA Spring Workshop

_____  I will not come to the LON-CAPA Spring Workshop






Workshop Schedule


June 5, 2003 Thursday (pre-workshop, optional)

9:00 am	Introduction to LON-CAPA  

10:00		Break 

10:15		Beginners’ Workshop

12:30 pm	Lunch

1:30		Course Coordinator Workshop

3:30		Break

Concurrent Sessions
Intended for new users		Intended for System		Intended for
						Administrators			current users

3:45		Beginning Author			Installation and 		Guided
								Administration			Work-time 
								of LON-CAPA

5:45		End of Day 1 Activities



June 6, 2003 Friday

9:00am		LON-CAPA as a tool for collaborations among faculty

Concurrent Sessions
		Intended for CAPA users			Intended for new users

10:00   	Feature review/CAPA comparison		Feature review
		Problem conversion				Q & A
		Q & A

11:00 		Break

11:15	“Show and Tell” Faculty Presentations using CAPA and/or LON-CAPA
		15-minute sessions

1:00 pm 	Lunch

1:45 		Guided Work-time and Demonstrations

4:00		Discussion Groups and Collaborations

5:00 		End of Day 2 Activities

6:30 		Casual Dinner 


June 7, 2003 Saturday

Intended for all users

9:00 am 	Course Structure Overview

10:30		Break

10:45		Exams Overview

12:30 pm	Lunch

1:30 		Spreadsheet and Statistics Overview

3:15		Break

3:30		Advanced Authoring

5:30		End of Day 3 Activities


June 8, 2003 Sunday (post-workshop, optional)

Work sessions available by prior arrangement