myCourses training is available this spring. A listing of the current offerings is available at:

http://www.ctl.msstate.edu/programsandservices/teachwork/

Have you ever wanted to come to a CTL workshop but had a conflict? Did you know that all workshop handouts are available online? Browse through CTL documentation at:

http://www.ctl.msstate.edu/publications/handouts

Additionally, we are happy to arrange custom scheduled workshops for departments that have a minimum of five participants interested in a session. To arrange a custom workshop, please contact the Center at help@ctl.msstate.edu.

If you are planning to use myCourses during the Summer or Fall 2009 semesters, it is your responsibility to mark the course(s) in myBanner. Courses can be marked now which will result in your section being created in myCourses. Marking courses prior to the start of the semester is encouraged and will result in the course appearing quicker in the system.

A factsheet with instructions is located at:

http://www.ctl.msstate.edu/technologies/mycourses/

Additionally the updated training schedule is posted at:

http://www.ctl.msstate.edu/programsandservices/teachwork/

Just a reminder---we have the Advising for New Faculty workshop today at 2:00 p.m. in the IMC Presentation Room (located on the first floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library). If you're a new faculty member (or just a new advisor!), feel free to join us!

The Center for Teaching and Learning is pleased to offer a Brown Bag session on October 21, 2009. The topic for our October session is "Master Advisors: Specific Suggestions for Making Your Advising as Good as Your Teaching." The seminar will use a panel format: our guest speakers are: Ms Karyn Brown (Instructor of Communications), Ms. Chris Emplaincourt (Instructor of Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Steve Grado (Professor of Forestry).

All Brown Bag sessions are held in McCain Hall, Room 150 (King Seminar Room). The sessins are scheduled from noon to 1:00, with networking beginning at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be provided, while it lasts.

Registration is encouraged but not required. To register and to find out about all our workshops, seminars, and brown bag sessions, please visit the Center for Teaching and Learning's web page at http://ctl.msstate.edu.