Category: Technologies

  • Unsplash free high-res photos

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    Visit Unsplash.com to browse and download from their collection of over 550,000 free (do-whatever-you-want) high-resolution photos – brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers. Visit their Help for Using Unsplash for topics like: Downloading Photos Crediting Photographers Contacting a photographer Collections Topics Likes

  • Intro to Photoshop

    This workshop will provide a basic introduction to Photoshop. It will cover Layers, Selection Tools, basic image adjustments, and object removal.

  • Video Captioning 101

    “Caption is a text representation of the audio in the video. Captions are often used by those viewers who are hearing impaired, and will describe what is being said, emotions, and background sounds.”—Vangie Beal In addition, captions enable language learners to accelerate their understanding process. Especially when complicated words/slangs are used, captions provide reference for…

  • Create a Website using GitHub Pages

    Learn to create a website using the Jekyll website generator and host it on GitHub. Agenda Using git and Github What is git? What is GitHub? Create a GitHub account Create a repository Clone the repository Edit the README Add and Commit Changes Pushing Changes Using Jekyll What is Jekyll What is Markdown Creating a…

  • Making Graphs with Plotly

    In this workshop, we will learn how to make interactive graphs using Plotly, a free online graphing website used and trusted by fortune 500 companies. During the workshop we will plot data from the Titanic incident and we will learn about some of the features that Plotly has to offer. By the end of this…

  • Blender Workshop

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    Blender is an open source program that can be used in game design, modeling, animation, and image editing. This workshop focuses on the animation aspect of Blender. Attendees will bring a simple nature scene to life using different methods of animation in Blender. Agenda Create the Ground Inserting a Plane Assigning a Material Subdivision Sculpting Add…

  • Create Interactive Posters with Augmented Reality

    Overview When presenting a poster at conferences or conventions, the ability to understand your project can get lost in a wall of text and static data. Augmented Reality [AR] can enhance and highlight your project with movement and sound. AR is defined as the use of technology that overlays digitally generated information over what the user sees in the real world (Webster Online Dictionary). People visiting a poster can download an app…

  • Motion graphics: Adobe Illustrator to After Effects Basic

    End Result: Adobe Illustrator is a graphic vector editor developed by Adobe. Difference between Photoshop and Illustrator? Illustrator is vector-based. So, unlike Photoshop’s pixel-based format, Illustrator uses mathematical constructs to create vector graphics. A vector graphic will never lose its quality if it’s scaled up or down. So graphic designer uses Illustrator will also give you…

  • Tinkercad 3D Printing

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    In this workshop, we model an Archimedean Screw in Tinkercad and 3D print it using Educational Technology’s Lulzbot Mini printers. During the workshop you will create an Autodesk account, learn to use the Tinkercad interface and its workflow to design a model, and understand the print settings of traditional 3D printers. Signup for the workshop…

  • Adobe Illustrator Basics

    Agenda This workshop provides tools and resources to make basic flat designs by using Illustrator.  Attendees will create a full-featured graphic design with variation of colors and shapes. Agenda By the end of this session, attendees will Learn how to use the Ai interface Know what is flat design Know how to set up a…