Training Videos

Building a website is an interaction between programs. Each one accomplishes certain tasks. The limits of your creativity rests within your vision and your ability to use computer applications. Click on the icon to access training videos for each program.

	Dreamweaver: Design, link, and post your website creations. WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) graphics view as well as capability to view code. Connect and upload to a web server. Dreamweaver now has new features including layers so you can make links on your home page image.
	PhotoShop: Change any photo's size and resolution. Draw new backgrounds. Add text. Do special lighting effects. Make photo galleries. For anything to do with still images, use PhotoShop.
	Word: Teachers often make curriculum using a word processor. Learn how to convert .docs to .html (hyper text markup language). Learn to wrap text around photos and how to install fonts.
	PowerPoint: Learn how to download templates, save them as images in PowerPoint, change them in PhotoShop, and insert them back into PowerPoint as backgrounds. You can save each slide as an image and then make a gallery in PhotoShop. Learn how to save slide shows and upload them.
	Hot Potatoes: Developed over 8 years, this allows you to make interactive curriculum and deliver scores and answers immediately to students. You can make crossword puzzles, cloze tests, multiple choice, and drop-down boxes.
	Captivate: A web-based instruction marvel! Make instructional videos for your classes. You can go online and show your movements. Add sound. Convert PowerPoint to Flash. Very sophisticated and easy to use.
	Endnote: A program that makes a personal database of references and notes for researchers. You can install Endnote to work within Microsoft Word using a toolbar to "Cite While You Write." You can import directly from university libraries.