Workshops (under construction)

Making the most of your academic opportunities at FCC may mean developing some new planning, thinking or classroom management skills. Perhaps it will also include learning to use presentation software. Below you'll find some online workshops designed to help you acquire those few extra skills and insights that will make your efforts as a student more efficient and effective, and hopefully, more fun.

TITLE	DESCRIPTION	DOCUMENTS
*Creating an Academic Success Plan*	Looking for a way to get organized? Planning and time management are the keys to academic success. This lesson provides an overview of the process for creating an individualized Academic Success Plan: including a Weekly Profile Sheet and a Semester Assignment Calendar.	Week Planning Sheet (PDF) Semester Assignment Calendar (11x17)
*Critical Thinking Skills*	Learning to think and write thoughtfully and analytically takes time. These are essential skills that you will develop throughout your education at FCC. This lesson offers some thoughts to jump-start the process.
*Tips on Taking Notes and Tests*	This lesson presents some general strategies for effectively and efficiently taking classroom notes and participating in tests.
*Introduction to PowerPoint*	Microsoft PowerPoint is the presentation software included in Microsoft Office. It is installed on millions of computers throughout the world. Here at FCC, it is one of the software tools that you will want to use when preparing classroom presentations. This lesson leads you through the basics of creating and modifying PowerPoint presentations.	PDF File (for review)
*Introduction to Excel*	Excel is a spreadsheet program used by many for serious number crunching (budgeting, statistics, etc.). It is also a great program for creating charts and graphs which can be inserted into PowerPoint presentations or Word documents. This lesson guides you through the basics of entering data and performing basic calculations in Excel.	PDF File (for review)