Category: Digital Media

  • Animate in Canva

    Featured image of a smiling sun and glowing moon for the Animate in Canva workshop.

    Learn how to create a short, advanced animated video in Canva! *Please bring your laptop and create a Canva account before the session. Agenda: 1. Introduction  2. Animate in Canva: All assets can be found searching elements (Use the free items.)  3. Create Time for Students 

  • Graphic Design in Canva Sp24

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    Learn the process of designing a poster on Canva with respect to graphic design principles. After this workshop taught by Digital Media Assistant, Lina Boughton, students will leave with a better understanding of graphic design and Canva functionality. Bringing a device with Canva access, preferably a laptop, is encouraged. Setting up a Canva account prior…

  • Spring 2024 Student Workshops

    The Educational Technology STAs (Student Technology Assistants) are excited to announce their schedule of workshops for the SP24 semester! Not able to make a workshop? Visit the Digital Media Bar!

  • Microsoft Designer AI: Fast and Easy Graphic Design

    Microsoft’s Designer* is a tool for making quick and easy graphic designs, similar to Canva. Designer stands out by combining a breadth of tools from DALL-E image generation, Photoshop-like tools, graphic design AI, and freehand design tools. *Note that Designer only works with Microsoft Consumer accounts at this time, meaning that your CoW email will…

  • Graphic Design in Canva

    This workshop will cover the principles of graphic design and employ them in Canva, along with additional design tips from the instructor, Lina Boughton. Students will leave with a better understanding of graphic design. A laptop is required. Setting up a Canva account prior to the workshop and bringing your own personal designs/ideas is encouraged.…

  • Figma for Beginners

    If you haven’t already done so, you’ll want to navigate to and either register or login to your Figma Account Explore the screen  Start with some basic tools Importing and editing images   Basic Intro to Components and Variants  Introduce them to figma environment 

  • Canva for Creatives

    Get ready to create stunning e-book covers and professional business cards with Canva’s free assets!

  • Copyright-free Media

    Please see our article Comply with Copyright and Fair Use guidelines in Course Material for more information. Media Sources that offer Audio, Image, Video Audio Sources Image Sources “Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives” http://www.thedaln.org/#/home.

  • Guidelines for Creating Video and Audio

    Educational Technology has put together a post to help students for this virtual IS Symposium with creating video and audio files to showcase their work. Students should consult with their advisors and departments on specifics about the presentation style and format. Educational Technology is here to help with Office 365 applications (including Teams), poster creation,…

  • Audacity workshop

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    Audacity is an easy-to-use, open-source audio editing software program that is available as a free download for desktop computers that run Mac, Windows, and Linux operating systems. Audacity has a variety of features that can meet the needs of a range of audio recording projects, from a very basic short live recording to more elaborate,…