Digital Learning Center
Welcome! The Digital Learning Center (DLC) offers online user support with a variety of common student use applications and provides online presentations in a variety of topics. User assistance and presentations are delivered using Zoom and other learning management tools.
SPRING 2021 Hours of Remote Operation
Monday – Saturday: 9 a.m. – 7 p.m.
For more information: Digital Learning Center Brochure (PDF, 
)
STUDENTS: For usage questions, please email DLCENTER@montgomerycollege.edu.
FACULTY: Please contact Learning Center Manager, Ed Cunningham | Ed.Cunningham@montgomerycollege.edu.
- Faculty who would like the DLC to provide assistance to their students with common use software tools are encouraged to reach out to us.
- Faculty who would like to request an online presentation for your class.
Remote Instructional Support and Resources for Students
- Accessing and creating a free account on Adobe Spark
- Selecting and formatting templates and features
- Designing a slideshow/video project
- Using and editing text tools, graphics, sound, and video
- Downloading/saving/sharing your presentation
♦ Blackboard
- Navigating and accessing Blackboard courses page
- Accessing and using the course menu such as syllabus, course content, announcements, discussions, and course mail
- Accessing and viewing Blackboard course tools and MC resources
- Accessing and joining Blackboard Collaborate Ultra using features such as content sharing, profile setting modifications, and breakout groups
♦ Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
- Accessing and creating a WordPress account
- Selecting and applying designed themes for your ePortfolio
- Accessing and applying the Montgomery College WordPress prototype
- Saving files using various formats
- Adding files, images, and videos
- Managing and modifying profile settings such as dashboard, security, privacy, and notifications
- Creating a free account on Piktochart, Canva, Vennage
- Selecting and formatting templates and screen layouts
- Designing and customizing graphic element libraries such as shapes, photos, drawings, icons, maps, charts, borders
- Using and editing text tools and moving/deleting/resizing elements
- Downloading and saving into PowerPoint
- Setting up and creating initial layout infographic/infoposter
- Accessing and creating a LinkedIn profile
- Adding and editing your profile such as introduction, experience, profile photo, and summary
- Adding and editing your education, licenses, certifications, and skills
♦ Microsoft Access
- Creating/working with tables, forms, queries, and reports
- Setting up data tables, table data fields, and table key fields
- Setting up/editing table relationships
- Creating/editing reports and establishing report data sources and report layouts
- Adding/editing report elements and printing reports
- Importing/exporting data
- Creating/editing simple macros
♦ Microsoft Excel
- Creating/working with worksheets
- Adding/deleting/copying/
moving worksheets - Formatting/editing worksheet elements and styles
- Setting up page and worksheet layouts
- Creating/editing charts
- Using basic formulas and functions
- Working with data tables and sorting/querying/filtering data
- Importing/exporting data
- Creating/editing simple macros
♦ Microsoft Outlook
- Accessing Outlook mail in MS Office 2019 and 365 on the computer
- Configuring and experiencing with Outlook mail on mobile devices
- Managing calendars and scheduling meetings in MS Office 2019 (Zoom and Teams)
- Setting up automate notification and email services
♦ Microsoft PowerPoint
- Creating/copying/sorting/
deleting slides - Designing slides from templates
- Inserting/editing text, tables, images, illustrations, links, symbols, and media
- Applying design themes, transitions, animations, and slide show
- Working with slide views and windows
- Selecting/applying slide layouts
- Using PowerPoint to create infographics and infoposters
♦ Microsoft Teams
- Accessing/creating a team and its channels
- Viewing/communicating with team members
- Scheduling meetings and calls with one/many team members
- Sharing desktop, windows, and files content
- Accessing/posting files, links, and content for team members in shared cloud storage using Teams
♦ Microsoft Word
- Creating/editing page and paragraph styles and themes
- Setting up/editing page and paragraph layouts
- Inserting/editing pages, tables, illustrations, media, links, header and footer, text, and symbols
- Setting up/editing tables of contents, footnotes, citations and bibliography
- Setting up/editing document reviews (proofing, language, and tracking changes)
- Working with document views and windows
- Downloading and setting up VDI web client used for connecting personal computer to College VDI network
- Saving files to personal cloud storage and USB devices
- Printing files to personal printers
- Accessing Windows applications and features, devices, system, and personalization
- Accessing and viewing folders and contents layout such icons, details, or list
- Accessing and modifying devices such as blue tooth and other devices, printers, mouse, or keyboard
- Changing mouse cursor and accessibility settings
- Changing Windows display settings such as background, color, themes, fonts, or language
- Accessing and joining Zoom meetings using laptop or mobile devices
- Viewing and communicating with other Zoom participants
- Modifying Zoom controls such as lock meeting, waiting room, sharing your screen, breakout rooms, polls
- Sending and receiving files and links using Zoom
- Modifying basic Zoom settings such as backgrounds, names, camera, and sound controls
NEED HELP? Book An Appointment Now!
The Digital Learning Center provides instructional support with a variety of common use applications that help students develop and expand their digital literacy skills in a variety of topics, such as use of Windows 10, MS Office 365, Blackboard, ePortfolio, LinkedIn, presentation tools, and Zoom.
- Book an individual appointment with Digital Learning Center staff by using Microsoft
Bookings, a web-based appointment calendar.
- To book an appointment, select the appointment topic, date, available staff, and time.
- After booking an appointment, a confirmation email from the Digital Learning Center
will be automatically sent to your email.
- The staff will send you an email with a meeting link prior to joining the booked appointment.
Featured Upcoming Online Workshops
Spring 2021 | MARCH - APRIL
Things on the computer don’t always go the way you want them to. How to get back on track!
- March 16 at 10 a.m.
- April 8 at 10 a.m.
♦ Basics
Learn how to create your own ePortfolio and customize the ePortfolio website using the Montgomery College WordPress template.
- March 2 and 24 at 3 p.m.
- April 5 at 3 p.m.
♦ Advanced
Learn how to present your ePortfolio content by designing and controlling security, privacy, and notifications for your ePortfolio site. Must have already created an ePortfolio site successfully.
- March 10 and 29 at 3 p.m.
- April 14 at 3 p.m.
Take complete and effective control of your files and understand file storage locations, file types, backups, and (online) cloud storage such as OneDrive and Google Docs.
- April 6 at 10 a.m.
Learn how to unleash the power of keyboard shortcuts to speed up your work flow.
- March 10 at 10 a.m.
♦ Basics
This class is an overview of the seven common chart types and how to create them using Excel.
- March 1 at 2 p.m.
- April 6 at 11 a.m.
♦ Intermediate
This class is a review of the chart creation process in Excel; with focus on the various chart design and chart editing tools.
- March 2 at 11:30 a.m.
- March 25 at 4 p.m.
- April 8 at 12 p.m.
- April 22 at 4 p.m.
♦ Basics
This class is for new users of PowerPoint. An orientation to the PowerPoint screen, creating slides and tools to insert text, graphics, web links, sound and video.
- March 30 at 1 p.m.
♦ Intermediate
This class is an in-depth look at PowerPoint tools used to insert animations, slide transitions, create automated slide show, voice recording, using slide layout editor and creating customized slide shows.
- March 9 at 4:30 p.m.
- March 18 at 5 p.m.
- April 20 at 2 p.m.
Learn how to use free Adobe Spark to create presentation videos and use of Adobe Spark tools.
- March 10 at 2 p.m.
- April 15 at 3 p.m.
- April 27 at 12:30 p.m.
This class is an overview of free software you can use to create an infographic, including a demonstration of editing tools.
- March 11 at 3 p.m.
- March 26 at 1:30 p.m.
- April 13 at 11 a.m.
NEW Online Workshop Registration Here!
All workshops are conducted online via Zoom and other learning management tools.
All workshop access will require a meeting link sent to you after you register for the workshop.
- Workshop registration employs Microsoft Bookings, a web-based appointments calendar.
- To register, select the workshop topic, date, and time.
- After registering for a workshop, a confirmation email from the Digital Learning Center
will be automatically sent to your email with a meeting link to join the class.
- Registration must occur an hour in advance in order to obtain a meeting link prior to joining the class.
Available Online Resources for Students
- What is An ePortfolio?new window
- Montgomery College ePortfolio Websitenew window
- Download the Montgomery College WordPress Templatenew window
- ePortfolio Examplesnew window
- The ePortfolios Learning Processnew window
- 20 Steps to A Better LinkedIn Profilenew window
- 10 LinkedIn Profile Examplesnew window
- Log into MyMC
- At MyMC homepage, click on My Classes
- Scroll down to Online Video Training Library
- Under Online Video Training Library heading, click on Sign in using your MyMC credentials to log in your Montgomery College LinkedIn Learning account
- Log into MyMC
- At MyMC homepage, click on My Classes
- Scroll down to Study Skills and Tutoring
- Under Study Skills and Tutoring heading, click on Smarthinking Online Tutoring
- Follow instructions on the screen to access the tutoring service
- Montgomery College offers a variety of online support through our discipline-specific Learning Centers to help students meet the rigors of academic coursework
- Visit the Virtual Tutoring website at Montgomery College
