1. Email staff after deciding on date, time and seminar room
- WHAT: Staff training to understand the online features of The BIG Guide to Living and Working Overseas
- WHEN: date and time (reserve 1 to 2 hours for this session)
- WHERE: room with a large video screen and speakers, access to computer
- WHO IS THIS FOR?: This session is especially important for all student advisors in the career center and study abroad offices who are interacting with students who want to go abroad to study, travel, volunteer, intern or work.
- BIG GUIDE USER ACCOUNT: Staff are encourage to open an user account with The BIG Guide Online by going to www.workingoverseas.com/nyu [CAUTION: change “nyu” to your school’s domain name].
2. Print Reader Tracking Sheet
- This 4 page Reader Tracking Sheet lists all the features of The BIG Guide and should be distributed to staff during the training session. There is a huge amount of information and services available on the site and the Reader Tracking Sheet helps you pick and choose what is important to you. The final page (page 4) has a listing of the video tutorials which are listed in chronological order serving as an outline for the training session.
3. Choose a seminar leader
- This person should become familiar with the video tutorials (and online product) ahead of time so that they can guide the group. (REMINDER: To see these videos, you must first sign into the site, and then choose “Help” in the main menu bar.)
4. Planning
- This training session can be run in one hour (for a quick introduction), or for two hours (with staff discussion after each video).
- The training session should be in a seminar room with a large video screen including a PC with internet access and speakers.
- The seminar leader should have a good command of the PC mouse with a pointer (laser pen, or an online pen (available for example with GoToMeeting software) to help guide the group by pointing to various menu.
- It is highly recommended that the seminar leader run a test of the equipment prior to the session.
5. Delivering the training seminar
- The session begins with the distribution of the Reader Tracking Sheet.
- The seminar leader then shows each video individually followed by a group discussion. Note that if the seminar presenter is already familiar with the various seminar topics (online features), any one of the 15 videos can be skipped and replaced with a live online demonstration by the seminar leader.