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Creating, Linking and Uploading PDFs to the Web

How to create, link and uploadi PDFs to your website.  Along the way we discuss creating bookmarks in a PDF, working with pagination, saving PDFs at minimum file sizes, linking to specific spots in a PDF, and having the PDF open up in a new browser window when the link is clicked.  We also discuss best practices for posting documents on the web.

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p6pe7c1ybob/

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Session Archives

Acrobat | Connect | CSU Webpage Template | Creating Video Podcasts | Dreamweaver | Google Tools | Graphics | Image Editing Using Photoshop and GIMP | Multimedia | Office 07 | Online Tools | Photoshop | Pixlr | Prezi | Social Media | Working With Websites | Writing HTML and CSS from the Ground Up

 

Acrobat

Creating, Linking and Uploading PDFs to the Web

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p6pe7c1ybob/

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Connect

What's New In Connect 8

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p45971231/
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Creating Engaging Webinars With Connect

 http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p86933463/
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Using Connect for On-line Meetings

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p99327150

 

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CSU Webpage Template

Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 1

Basic concepts, downloading the files, tour of template components, tour of Dreamweaver CS4 workspace.  http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p81521423/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 2

Defining the site, Directory Structure, Metatags (titles, descriptions, keywords), Optimizing keywords using Google Adwords. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p37592229/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 3

Adding content to the webpage template: adding text, headers and images; creating webpage, document and email links; working with lists and bullet points; and working with tables. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p69167250/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 4

Working with the Server Side Includes (SSIs) for the top navigation bar, left navigaton bar, and footer.  We also discuss creating a customized Google Search box specific to your site.  http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p59867718/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 5

Creating an Engaging home page.  Strategies for creating "sticky" web pages, working with tables and linked lists, embedding slideshows, YouTube, Flash and Quicktime videos, and audio podcasts.  http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p19999862/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 6

Second level pages.  Differences between a first level and a second level page; creating new second level pages; posting content from PDF documents, Word documents, Excel documents, PowerPoint presentations; and importing tabular data directly into a page. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p95625090/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 7

Named Anchors. This session will explore working with named anchors to create links to different parts of the same page.  Thus you can allow end-users to easily navigate a long webpage of content. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p93942053/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 8

Putting it all together.  Setting up a website, start to finish.  We download and unzip the template files and folders, define the site in Dreamweaver, add metatags, add content to the home page and all second level pages, set up the Server Side Includes, and publish the site. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p27225779/
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Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 9

Writing your own CSS.  Topics include how to add your own CSS sheet to the exisiting CSS, how to build your own header style, your own paragraph style, a box to add visual emphasis, and a photo with a caption underneath. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p37933515/Download the Powerpoint 

Working with the CSU Extension Webpage template, part 10

Google Analytics. Topics include how to register for the code, how to add the code to your website, and how to use Find and Replace to add it to every page on your site. Also included is a tour of the analytics dashboard, including how to find out the number of people that visit your site, which pages they visit, how long they stay, which browser/OS/screen resolution they use, where they are from, how they got there, which search engines and search terms they used, and more. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p63907044/
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Creating Video Podcasts

Creating Video Podcasts 1: Basics

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p6gj6g2ysqz/
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Creating Video Podcasts 2: Editing Sound

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p44iu5jx2xw/

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Creating Video Podcasts 3: Editing Video

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p8yx7u8ac2p/
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Creating Video Podcasts 4: Rendering and Distributing Your Video

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p7hr2sool45/

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Dreamweaver

Linking to Different Spots on Webpages and PDFs (Named Anchors and Named Destinations)

.http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p63709208/
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What’s New In Dreamweaver CS5.

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p69653745/
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Using Dreamweaver to Build an Engaging home Page

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p45599452/
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Using Dreamweaver to build a Server Side Include (SSI)

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p36188118/

Working With CSS Using Dreamweaver 1

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p32511985/

Working With CSS Using Dreamweaver 2

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p40257958/

Working With CSS Using Dreamweaver 3

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p22706669/

  

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Google Tools

Google Docs and Google Forms 
https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p6taknjc2o7/

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Google Blogger, Google Reader

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p29874764/

Google Docs and Google Sites

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p61029670/

Google Analytics

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p28806841/

Custom Google Search box, Optimizing Keywords

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p80675970/
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Graphics

CSU and Extension Graphic Standards and Best Practices (Joanne Littlefield and Jeff Wood)

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p28773166/
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Creating Effective Posters (Joanne Littlefield and Jeff Wood)

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p19396641/
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Image Editing Using Photoshop and GIMP

Downloading GIMP, image databases, crop, dodge, burn and resize

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p24917137/

 

Layers, filters, transparency, transform tools, drop shadows and outer glow

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p63619536/

 

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Multimedia

Multimedia on the Web

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p8ppfms790i/

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Creating your Own Podcast

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p89577702/
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Working with Audacity Sound Recording and Editing Software

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p15152197/
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Video Production and Editing

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p34422726/
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Office 07

Using Word 07

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p85817955/

Using PowerPoint 07

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p73289745/

Using Publisher 07

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p43314811/
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Using Excel 07 (part one)

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p81697178/   

Using Excel 07 (part two)

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p62092815/
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Online Tools

How to Password Protect Webpages

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p3pzn1yn928/

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Embedding Calendars

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p8ykggvaptj/

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Using the Big Blue Button

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p52348639/
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Using Skype 5.2

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p27335352/
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Creative Commons and Online Image Databases

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p41884550/
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Widgets!

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Collaborative Editing Tools

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p54707174/
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On-Line Flash Photo Gallery

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p23614924/
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On-line Video and Presentation Options

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p95361628/
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Using Ask An Expert

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p45464487/
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Photoshop

Building Buttons in Photoshop; Inserting Them via Dreamweaver

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p96761347/

Image Databases; Building a Header from Scratch in Photoshop

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p94022005/

Photoshop Techniques

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p47101507/

 

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Pixlr

Pixlr Basics

http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p59948439/
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Prezi

Prezi Presentation Software

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p4zd1fbln1a/

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Social Media

Safe Practices for Internet Usage

.http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p58817321/
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CSU Social Media Policies

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p77604787/
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Working With Websites

Working With Websites 1: Basics

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p3aqx2w1792/
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Working With Websites 2: Formatting text

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p9dt6d68svd/
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Working With Websites 3: SSIs

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p46neip1eng/
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Working With Websites 4: Named Anchors

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p7nf93cdxp8/

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Working With Websites 5: Customized Google Search Box

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p1mubkjraaa/

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Working With Websites 6: Using Tables

https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p5djh61as4r/

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Writing HTML and CSS from the Ground Up

Session 1

( HTML, XHTML and CSS basics; writing the HTML for a web page, applying CSS to the <body> tag, building a box with CSS): http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p93701827/

Session 2

(Building a layout with CSS, building a CSS "wrapper" for content, centering content in Internet Explorer): http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p37986187/

Session 3

(Adding images via HTML, adding images via CSS, working with margin, border and padding values, building a link list to use as a navigation panel, linking to external CSS): http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p13334654/

Session 4

(Cross-browser compatibility, linking to external CSS, floating images, floating and clearing columns):
part 1 - http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p93125031/
part 2 - http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p27547473/

Session 5

(Working with different link behaviors, manipulating paragraphs and text with <span> tags and classes, using the <blockquote> tag, building a colored box for visual emphasis. http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p69317849/:

 

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If you are interested in hosting your own Connect training, please contact Ruth Willson at Ruth.Willson@Colostate.Edu.   If you are interested in participating in future Connect calls as a participant, please contact Jeff Wood at Jeffrey.Wood@Colostate.Edu.