Academic Technology Services is pleased to offer free workshops as part of an ongoing Technology Workshop series. These workshops are intended to enhance knowledge and skills of CSUCI employees and organizations in the use of academic and web-related technology.
Updated 2008-09-16
Prerequisites: None
Description: Participants will receive information on what has changed in the new Office suite as well as hands-on experience using Microsoft Office 2007
Prerequisites: None
Description: Participants will receive information on what has changed in the new Office suite as well as hands-on experience using Microsoft Office 2008 (Mac version)
Prerequisites:
None
Description: Participants will receive hands-on
experience using Photoshop, including an introduction to the Photoshop workspace;
Marquee tool, Polygonal Lasso tool, Crop Tool, Move Tool, Adding Text to Images;
Resizing Images; Resizing the Canvas; Saving Images for Use on the Web.
Prerequisites:
None
Description: Overview of shared features
within INDesign, Photoshop & Illustrator and how they all work together
for desktop publishing and design. Learn the best practices for preparing your
images, illustrations and text for print & electronic delivery.
Prerequisites:
Creative Suite I
Description: Applied techniques from CS I
workshop, including managing text styles, links and accessible tags within
INDesign; editing graphic files within Illustrator; editing image files within
Photoshop; managing all assets (graphic and text) within INDesign.
Prerequisites: None. A working knowledge
of HTML is helpful.
Description: Introduction concept of accessibility
as it applies to web content; overview of accessibility law including Section
508; assistive technologies; review of each Section 508 checkpoint. Workshop
will demonstrate repair of a non-accessible web site.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of "Web
Accessibility I" workshop
Description: Collage is a web-based content
management system that is used to create and maintain web sites on www.csuci.edu.
Course covers general use of Collage for creating and maintaining web pages
including system setup, logging on, editing existing pages, creating new pages,
adding images and links, uploading and linking to external files, preview,
approval, and publishing to web servers.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of "Intro
to Web Content Management with Collage " workshop
Description: This personalized workshop
is for users who are comfortable editing program or organization web pages
in Collage, and will provide opportunities to get help with specific issues,
including bugs, workaround and shortcuts. Workshop includes demonstration
of additional Collage functionality that can be useful in creating and maintaining
web pages.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Microsoft
Word.
Description: How to create an accessible
Microsoft Word document; how to create well-structured documents using images,
headings/styles, lists, tables; pros and cons of using Microsoft Word format,
PDFs, and HTML; how to check accessibility; how to repair inaccessible documents.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of "Creating
Accessible Word Documents" workshop.
Description: When to use PDF format; how
to create a PDF from an accessible Word document; checking & fixing reading
order; checking accessibility of PDF files; a workflow for ensuring continued
accessibility.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of "Accessible
PDFs I" workshop.
Description: Creating accessible, fillable
PDF forms; when to use PDF forms; comparison to Office and HTML forms.
Prerequisites: Working knowledge of Microsoft
PowerPoint.
Description: How to create an accessible
Microsoft PowerPoint presentation; how to make images & multimedia in PowerPoints
accessible; how to use third party tools such as LecShare and the LK4 Wizard
to convert presentations into web pages.
Prerequisites: Web Accessibility I
Description: Learn the basics of the “language of the
Internet”. Learn how to assemble a web page using a plain text editor;
creating a structured document using DIV tags; HTML elements & attributes;
creating links & images; introduction to web standards & best practices;
repairing HTML problems; validating your page.
Advance registration is required to attend any Technology Workshop. Space is limited, and is provided to registrants on a first-come, first-served basis. Workshop format is typically presentation plus hands-on workshop. Some workshops have prerequisites; please review the "Workshop Descriptions" section of this document.
The deadline for workshop registration is 12:00pm on the business day before the workshop you wish to attend.
To register: please complete the requested information on the Web Workshops Registration page. You will receive a confirmation email of your enrollment within 8 hours. Web Services reserves the right to cancel any workshop if minimum enrollments are not met within 3 business days of workshop.
Workshops are offered at various times; see the schedule for details. Workshop locations are always on-campus; room locations and numbers will be provided to registered participants via email.
Please contact webmaster@csuci.edu or call 805-437-8552 with any questions.
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