Overview Information -- TBL Manufacturing Essentials Course

Hello and welcome to our Manufacturing Essentials TBL course. We wanted to provide you with some important information prior to the start of class.

  

Overview

This course is funded in part by a grant provided by the US Department of Labor. Our grant, called the Engineering Technology and Advanced Manufacturing (ETAM) grant, has funded the large portion of student tuition to make this course affordable to you.

During this course you will have the chance to pass four exams leading to a nationally-recognized certification, the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council’s (MSSC’s) CPT. That certification is portable, and recognized by employers throughout the United States that you are learned in the basics of advanced manufacturing. Further, at 10 different colleges throughout Florida, you can use the certification to articulate up to 15 credit hours towards your AS degree in Engineering Technology.

Class Times

Our class meets from 5:30 to 9:30p every Monday and Thursday, excluding holidays.

However, on Monday, Sept. 19, students are to report to their assigned training rooms at 5:00 p.m., to give all students time to sign into the webinar, in addition to completing registration forms and paying for the class. Please be prepared to pay $150 the first night of class, via either check or credit card. To avoid loss of grant dollars, if you are not able to pay the first night of class, we will not be able to provide you with text books, although you may attend the lecture.

The instructional team will have a finalized syllabus available for you soon.

Class  Pre-Learning ACTION REQUIRED

Prior to Monday’s class, please complete four eLearning modules that we developed to ensure all learners are comfortable with our Learning Management System (LMS) and Microsoft’s Live Meeting software.

·         Installing Mind-Sight: Please click here to view a brief tutorial on how to install the LMS, Mind-Sight.

·         Using Mind-Sight: Please click here to view a brief tutorial on how to use the LMS, Mind-Sight.

·         Using Live Meeting, Part I: Please click here to view a brief tutorial on how to use MS Live Meeting, our distance learning application.

·         Using Live Meeting, Part II: Please click here to view the second half of our tutorial on using MS Live Meeting.

Once you have completed the pre-learning assignments, please install Mind-Sight on your home computer, using the User Name and Password I am sending in out later today to each of you individually.

If you have questions about the software, please e-mail Glenn Goonis, the SCF project manager.

Class Attendance

It is mandatory for all learners to attend the first night at one of our three class locations, State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota’s Lakewood Ranch campus (CIT 208), Polk State College’s Airside Campus, or Tallahassee Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing Training Center.  

For subsequent courses: If you are unable to attend in person due to travel, or would like to attend at home, please contact Glenn Goonis (goonisg@scf.edu) to discuss the option of attending from home,  your employer’s facility, or other location.

Forms – ACTION REQUIRED

Please complete the attached Banner Center registration form and bring it with you the first night of class. Note that the individual colleges may also have registration forms for you to complete as well; those forms will be either sent separately, or provided to you the first night of class.

Regards,

The ETAM Team

-Polk State College

-State College of Florida, Manatee Sarasota

-Tallahassee Community College

IT Requirements, Mind-Sight and Live Meeting

Below are the minimum hardware and software requirements for accessing the Mind-Sight LMS, as well as the Live Meeting software. 


Mind-Sight Client Workstations: 

Minimum

• Microsoft Windows XP
• Internet Explorer 6
• .NET 3.0 framework
• Flash 8 (multimedia may require Flash 9)
• Sound card
• 10Mb ethernet
• 1024 pixel width display resolution

Recommended

• Internet Explorer 7
• .NET 3.0 framework
• Flash 8 (multimedia may require Flash 9)
• Sound card
• 100Mb ethernet
• 1280 pixel width display resolution

Live Meeting:

SYSTEM COMPONENT	MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
Display resolution	Required: Super VGA 1024x768 or higher  NOTE    Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition portrait mode is supported.
Operating system	Windows 7, 32-bit and 64-bit (running in 32-bit mode)1 Windows Vista operating system, 32-bit and 64-bit (running in 32-bit mode)1 Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 3 Windows Server 2008, 32-bit and 64-bit (running in 32-bit mode)1. Service Pack 2 (recommended) Windows Server 2003 with Service Pack 3 (recommended)
Computer/processor	Data and voice: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or faster processor, Intel Pentium-compatible For webcam video: 1.2 GHz or faster For Microsoft RoundTable™: 1.8 GHz or higher
Memory	512 megabytes (MB) of RAM Recommended: 1 GB
Disk space needed for installation	125 MB
Video memory	Video card with 64 MB of RAM (video RAM or VRAM) and Microsoft DirectX® 9 application programming interface generation
For VoIP	Sound card, speaker, and computer microphone
For sending video	Webcam or Microsoft RoundTable device
Bandwidth requirements	Data: 56 kbps (minimum), 128 kbps or higher recommended Voice: 50 kbps (minimum), 80 kbps (recommended) Webcam: 50 kbps (minimum), 350 kbps (recommended) Microsoft RoundTable: 144 kbps (minimum), 700 kbps (recommended)  NOTE    The required and recommended bandwidth speeds are cumulative. For example, if you want to use voice, webcam, and Microsoft RoundTable, the minimum bandwidth would be 50+50+144=244 kbps.
Other software	Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2002 or later presentation graphics program or Microsoft Office Standard Edition or Professional Edition (which includes PowerPoint software) to upload presentations Adobe® Flash® Player version 9 or higher to view Flash content in the meeting On Windows 7 and Windows Vista, Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.45 to view Flash content in the meeting Windows Media® technologies player, version 9 or later (version is checked when the meeting client starts)

Using Microsoft Live Meeting Part II

This is the second half of our brief tutorial on using MS Live Meeting. Please view both parts prior to our first class.

Thanks,
The ETAM Team

Using Microsoft Live Meeting Part I

Please view the following tutorial on using MS Live Meeting prior to the first night of class. Live Meeting is the software that we will be using to broadcast the course to locations throughout Manatee, Sarasota, Polk, and Leon counties. When you have completed this tutorial, please view Part II. 

Look in your e-mail for the link to connect you to the class. Note that you will be using the same link for each night's session, unless instructed otherwise.

Thanks!

The ETAM Team

Using Mind-Sight

Please view the video, Using Mind-Sight, prior to our first class. The tutorial reviews the basic functionality of our LMS. If you have any questions, please contact the ETAM office at SCF at goonisg@scf.edu.

Installing Mind-Sight

Hello and welcome to our TBL Manufacturing Essentials course.


Prior to our first night in the classroom, please install Mind-Sight, our Learning Management System (LMS).  The LMS is where your instructor will direct you to various eLearning modules that bring the elements of the class to life.


You can view the step-by-step eLearning module on installing the LMS here.

NOTE: Once you are done installing Mind-Sight and attempt to log in, you may receive an error message. If so, please follow the steps at http://scf-etam.blogspot.com/2011/09/updating-mind-sight-server-address.html


Note that the ETAM staff will E-mail you your user name and password to download and access the software. If you do not have a user name and password, please contact the ETAM project office at the State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota at goonisg@scf.edu.

MS Live Meeting Log-In for Fall 2011 MSSC Course

To sign into our class, please click the following link:

Click here to join the meeting.

Please remember that our class starts at 5:30, so all learners need to be signed in before this time to ensure your instructor can start on time, and finish on time.

Also: If you are not working in a classroom, please have your USB headset plugged in and ready to go.

Thanks,
The ETAM Team