Check out Academic Computing’s workshops! Download a PDF of the Fall 2008 workshops.
ACD will be offering a condensed lineup of workshops and info sessions for the Fall 2008 semester. Whether it is art- and design- related software, classroom and lab technology, or new technology, these workshops and info sessions are open to current SLC students, faculty, and staff. Unless otherwise noted in the workshop description, there are no prerequisites.
Workshops are limited in space so please RSVP to workshop@slc.edu with the date/time/workshop and your email address.
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* Please note that the Faculty Support Calendar offerings have been added to the ACD Workshops Calendar and will no longer be a separate calendar. Add the ACD Workshops Calendar if you have not done so already. Thank you!
Many handouts from Academic Computing workshops are now online. Check them out to review what you learned or see what you missed.
Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
Digital files are just data. By cracking them open and taking a look at the raw data, we can manipulate it directly to creatively mess with images, video, etc.
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Topics: digital media lab, faculty, heimbold, learn, student, workshop
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Interested in this workshop but missed it the first time around? Email us!
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This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Interested in this workshop but missed it the first time around? Email us!
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Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
Prepared by: Sean X. Luo – Help Desk Specialist, ext. 2460
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
A more detailed handout including screenshots can be downloaded here
A blank spreadsheet with fake data that you can manipulate already created can be downloaded here
Most spreadsheets begin as a series of data that either you were given or created yourself.
- Types of data include attendance records, personal finances, science experiments, etc.
- You use Excel to manipulate this data, gain results, and create presentations of said data and results in meaningful ways.
- Types of results include averages, sorting and classification, etc.
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Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
Prepared by: Sean X. Luo – Help Desk Specialist, ext. 2460
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
SLC Email Account Settings:
- You enter/modify these settings by going to Tools –> E-mail Accounts, then either “Add a new e-mail account” or “View or change existing e-mail accounts.”
- Your Username is your email address WITHOUT the “@slc” in the end
- Your Password is what you use to login to your WebMail
- Incoming (POP3) and Outgoing (SMTP) Server: mail.slc.edu
- Do NOT Log on using Secure Password Authentication (SPA)
- Outgoing (SMTP) Server DOES NOT require Authentication
- Incoming (POP3) Server Port: 110
- Outgoing (SMTP) Server Port: 25
- NEITHER requires SSL
- Make sure “Leave a copy of message on the server” is checked, and DO NOT remove from Server
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Topics: email, faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
Greenifying SLC Info Session
Technology and the environment. What can you do to help greenify SLC, your home, and your community?
- Introduction
- Greening Movement in Tech
- Moving to laser printers in 08-09
“Climate change is an important environmental issue. The broad consensus of established scientific experts is that warming can be attributed to human activities. Significant steps are needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.” Intel
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In this workshop we familiarize ourselves with some features and uses of a few web sites.
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Missed the MySLC/Learning Management System presentation at the February 5, 2008 faculty meeting, didn’t pick up the handout, or new to MySLC? Download it here (PDF).
Topics: faculty, learn, lms, myslc, workshop
Prepared by: Brenda Grell; Instructional Technologist, ext. 2595
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Week One: Retouching Tools - going in order of least control to most control for retouching your image.
In the Spot Healing Brush tool menu: Adjust diameter and hardness
In the Healing Brush tool menu:
Adjust diameter and hardness
Mode: NormalSource: Sampled
Select Aligned to allow your source point to follow you as you move around the image. Without Aligned checked, you can use the same source point and move around the image with quick individual clicks of the mouse.
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Topics: digital media lab, faculty, heimbold, learn, staff, students, workshop
