The new Fall lineup of Academic Computing’s FREE workshops are here!
Whether it is art- and design- related software, classroom and lab technology, or new technology, these workshops 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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Missed a workshop? Many handouts from Academic Computing workshops are now online. Check them out below 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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Topics: faculty, learn, staff, 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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Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
The HTML tags quick reference sheet can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Interested in this workshop but missed it the first time around? Email us! (Current SLC students only, please).
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Topics: learn, student, workshop
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
The CSS quick reference sheet can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Interested in this workshop but missed it the first time around? Email us! (Current SLC students only, please).
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Topics: 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! (Current SLC students only, please).
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Topics: learn, student, workshop
Has the world of Podcasts run ahead of you? What are they? How can you find them? Why do you want them?
What is a Podcast?
Wikipedia defines a Podcast as: A Podcast is a series of electronic media files, such as audio or video, that are distributed periodically over the Internet by means of a Web feed. Podcasts are distinguished from other methods of distributing media because users can choose to subscribe to them, using software capable of reading feed syndication formats such as RSS or Atom, and thus can automatically receive new media files as they made available. A Podcast’s content can often also be accessed by direct download or streaming.
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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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Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
In this workshop we familiarize ourselves with some features and uses of a few web sites.
Topics: faculty, learn, staff, student, workshop
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, student, workshop
Prepared by: Brenda Grell; Instructional Technologist, ext. 2595
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
***Always save your files as a Photoshop (.psd or .psb (large-format psd)) file. This will allow you to save/edit layers and will not compress your image.***
Process 1: Color Separation
This will allow you to separate out specific portions of your image to a different layer in your file to screenprint as separate colors. More…
Topics: digital media lab, learn, student, workshop
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Workspace Overview
Hold the mouse over any button to see a description. The three main areas of iMovie ‘08 are, in the upper left, the Event Library, which tracks when you import video; in the upper right, the preview pane displays the video you’re working with; and on the bottom, the Project Library, which tracks different “cuts” you’re working on. More…
Topics: digital media lab, faculty, learn, student, workshop
Prepared by: Brenda Grell; Instructional Technologist, ext. 2595
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
Some tips before you begin:
Font Clarity – Sans-serif font at least 24 size are easier to view from a distance. Eg. Arial, Futura, Bell Gothic.
Visual Simplicity – Go easy with the text and get to the point. Too many visuals take attention away from the content of your presentation. More…
Topics: faculty, learn, student, workshop
Created by Brenda Grell, Instructional Technologist
All software mentioned in this handout is available in the Heimbold Digital Media Lab.
Updated 3/2009
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format. If you are using PP 2004, click here for the Intro to PP 2004 handout.
Some tips before you begin:
Font Clarity – Sans-serif font at least 24 size are easier to view from a distance. Eg. Arial, Futura, Bell Gothic.Visual Simplicity – Go easy with the text and get to the point. Too many visuals take attention away from the content of your presentation. More…
Topics: faculty, learn, student, workshop
Handout Created by Brenda Grell, Instructional Technologist.
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format. For more info on Photoshop, check out the Real World Guide to Photoshop.
The software mentioned in this handout is available in the Heimbold Digital Media Lab.
Updated 6/2009
How this handout is broken down: definition of terms and step-by-step processes for each concept. Open up an image in Photoshop and practice each technique.
Selections, Masks, and Channels
These are three interchangeable ways of creating a grayscale copy of your image with digital masking tape to cover up the portions you do not want visible and then reusing the grayscale copy for further editing.
- Make Selection
– use the marquee, lasso, or magic wand to create a selection.
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Topics: digital media lab, faculty, heimbold, learn, student, workshop
Prepared by: Brenda Grell; Instructional Technologist, ext. 2595
This handout can also be downloaded in PDF format.
The software mentioned in this handout is available in the Heimbold Digital Media Lab.
Updated 10/2009
How this handout is broken down: terms and step-by-step processes for each concept. Practice each technique with your own images.
Week One: Retouching, Resizing, & Saving Images
First launch Photoshop CS4 and open up an image one of these two ways:
1) Go to File > Open
or
2) In the Control Panel of the workspace, click on the Br button (launches Bridge) and then navigate to the image you want to open in Photoshop.
Control Panel → 
Check out all of the other tools such as the Hand, Zoom, and Rotate View tools in the Control Panel. Also, there is the Arrange documents and Screen Modes buttons you can use to customize your layout.
Retouching Tools: Going in order of least to most control for retouching your image:
- Spot Healing Brush
- Healing Brush
- Clone Stamp
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Topics: digital media lab, faculty, heimbold, learn, staff, student, workshop
