Are your students planning technology projects this semester? The Learning Commons can help your students learn the technology they need to know to complete assignments with visual or technological components.
In addition to attending the workshops below, your students may also request workshops individually tailored to their academic projects. Workshops can be planned for an entire class, or just a few students. Students may also request a "personal technology trainer" and work one-on-one with a Learning Commons technology consultant for one session—or a few.
To learn more about arranging technology training for your students, call 332.3364 or email Helen McCullough.
Spring 2007 Student Technology Workshops
- HTML Basics for the Web: Learn the secret behind Dreamweaver. See how to build or customize your web site with the coding language called HTML. Topics will include basic page formatting techniques, developing individual pages using table layouts, and refining navigation. The workshop is designed as the next step beyond simple Dreamweaver use or as a refresher course.
- Thursday, January 25th, 4:30-5:30 pm.
- Library Alcove
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- Using Dreamweaver: Go a step beyond creating basic web pages and learn how to build efficient, well-designed web sites with Dreamweaver MX 2004.
- Tuesday, February 6th, 4:30-5:30 pm.
- Library Alcove
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- Digital Imaging and Graphics: Do you have images that you want to email, print, use for a class presentation, or put on the web? This workshop will offer basic guidelines for acquiring, resizing, and retouching your images.
- Tuesday, March 6th, 4:30-5:30 pm.
- Library Alcove
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- Digital Graphics for Presentations: Whether you need to present your research for a class or you Senior Project, you want to develop an effective and engaging presentation of your work. This workshop will cover planning, designing, and creating visual materials that convey the results of your research and increase audience interest and understanding of your project.
- Thursday, April 5th, 4:30-5:30 pm.
- Library Alcove
For FS102 Faculty
Looking for information about the principles of visual communicatiion and design? These articles from Informit.com are a good starting point.
Photoshop
- Fix Common Color Problems: This video tutorial shows you how to use the new Adjust Color Curves feature in Elements 5 to easily—and visually—fix common color problems.
- Working with Photoshop Shapes: Learn how to make your own custom shapes to add life and dimension to your digital art projects.
- Basic Corrections in Photoshop: This lesson steps you through the process of acquiring, resizing, and retouching a photo intended for a print layout. The same workflow applies to Web images.
PowerPoint
Web Authoring
- What Are Web Pages Anyway? A Non-Designer's Guide: Learn how to create a couple of practice web pages, using the web authoring software of your choice.
- Desinging a Site From Scratch in Dreamweaver: Site planning and file structure can get a little cranial, but it’s really important to know this stuff to build efficient, well-designed web sites.
- Planning Your Website's Design and Content: A guide to help you decide what content you want to present, and after you’ve decided that, you’ll learn how to make a site map and build navigation so that your content will be presented as clearly as possible.
- Set Up a Basic Web Page in Dreamweaver MX2004: Learn how to create a simple Web page in Dreamweaver MX 2004 that uses tables, links, images, and text. Also covers how to adjust properties of a page, including the title and page background, as well as how to select and use colors in Dreamweaver.
- Thinking About Web Aesthetics: Examines the essentials to good web design, including color themes, typography, layout design and animation.
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IM Learning Commons Technology Consultants
Beginning Monday, January 29th, Learning Commons Technology consultants will be available via IM during Learning Commons Hours:
Sunday—Thursday: 3:00 to 5:00 pm & 7:00 to 11:00 pm
