Category: Past

  • Exploring Text with Photoshop

    Agenda The Text Tool Vertical vs Horizontal Type Warping Text Creating a Clipping Mask Useful for changing the fill of a text Wrapping Text to a Path Create a path using the shape tool Link to Photoshop Workshop Resources

  • 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…

  • History Digital IS Workshop

    This workshop is to help guide you through the use of oral history and video techniques while crafting your documentary/oral history project. Resources Copyright and other Information Creative Commons Oral History Handout from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Oral History Guide from UC Santa Cruz Library Books about Oral History Doing Oral…

  • Make course materials more accessible

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    In March of 2017 the Section 508 standards of the Rehabilitation Act were refreshed. In particular the information and communication technology accessibility requirements were updated to require that they meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0. The deadline for compliance with the new standards was January of 2018. In this workshop we will talk about…

  • 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…

  • 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…