YETC Mini-Workshops

The Adele and Dale Young Education Technology Center (the YETC) will be holding 1-2 hour face-to-face mini-workshops or mentoring sessions throughout the school year. These will be advertised through campus email and on campus digital displays. Please RSVP to Nathan.Smith@usu.edu for the face-to-face workshops. Seating is limited. Mentoring session are walk-in help on particular topics.

For those who cannot attend the face-to-face mini-workshops or mentoring sessions, we are sharing equivalent online tutorials here for each of them. Often, rather than "recreating the wheel", we'll link out to online, free resources and YouTube tutorials. We hope you find these helpful and useful - as well as leading you to new resource discoveries on the internet. The online workshops are listed below in alphabetical order.

Adobe Spark - Transform your ideas into visual stories with Spark Post (template based social media graphics ), Spark Page (web stories), and Spark Video (animated videos).

Audacity - Learn to work with this free, multitrack audio editor for podcasts, PowerPoint, and more!

Blended Learning - Flipped Classroom

Canva - Easily create beautiful posters, brochures, flyers, cards, and more on this freemium website

Create a Standalone Video Presentation Using PowerPoint - Most people don't know you can create professional looking videos using PowerPoint

Edutopia - George Lucas Foundation's Effort to Move Education Into the 21st Century

Excel - Basic Training from GCFLearnFree.org
  • ​Excel - Using Excel for grading​

Formative Assessment Tools - Use tools such as Kahoot! & Formative to assess students​

Free & Inexpensive eBooks and AudioBooks - Learn to access millions of wonderful book related resources online!

Google Calendar - Learn Google's free scheduling and management application

Google Drive - Store all your files in the cloud​

Google Docs - Google's word processing application​

Google Hangouts - communicate face to face from anywhere in the world​

Google Keep - Learn Google's note taking and list making application​​

Google Maps - Learn Google's awesome map tool

Google Photos - Free unlimited space in the cloud for all your photos and videos

Google Sites - Create your own website or web page with the easy to use, free tool from Google​.
H5P - H5P empowers everyone to create rich and interactive web experiences more efficiently - all you need is a web browser and a web site with an H5P plugin.

iMovie for Macintosh - Create, edit, and publish videos using iMovie

LastPass - Online account and password security​

LucidPress - Easily create lesson plans and more using Lucidpress' desktop publishing web tool!

Padlet - Create a digital post-it board to gather information in the classroom ​

Polling Applications - Create simple polls that allow you to gather direct student feedback

PowerPoint - Basic Training from GCFLearnFree.org

QR Codes​ - Creating and using quick response codes in education

Scanning and capturing documents into files from your devices

Screencasting - Record and narrate what you're doing on your computer screen

Skype - Video chat with almost anyone from almost anywhere

Snapseed - Photo editing from your mobile device​

Weebly - Create your own website with this drag-n-drop easy webtool, and publish your site (Freemium)​​

Word - Basic Training from GCFLearnFree.org

YouTube - Download videos, extract the clips you need for your lessons with these free tools!