On-line Connect Trainings
Adobe Acrobat Connect (formerly known as Breeze) is a live, on-line meeting room where many CSU Extension trainings are held. Below are links to the collected recordings of the Connect sessions hosted by the CSU Extension Technology Unit. This list will be updated whenever a new training has been held and recorded. Most are between a hour and an hour and a half long.
Recent sessions:
Using Excel 07 (part one):
This first Excel session covers differences between Excel 03 and Excel 07; manipulating rows, columns, worksheets, workbooks; basic formulas and auto-filling formulas; quick sorts and custom sorts; text to column, removing duplicates, and data consolidation; working with formulas across worksheets and workbooks; and working with multiple values in a single column.
http://connect.extension.iastate.edu/p81697178/
Links to Sessions Archives
On-line Collaborative Tools:
This continuing series explores the emerging tools on what is commonly called "Web 2.0." Sessions explore blogs, podcasts, RSS Feeds, various Google tools, and on-line collaborative editing tools.
Office 07:
This continuing series presents the various components of the Microsoft Office 07 Suite: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
New Extension Webpage Template:
Five lessons taking you through setting up a website using the new Extension webpage template, from adding content and creating secondary pages to creating a directory structure and publishing the site to a web server. No special software, such as Dreamweaver or Front Page, is needed, as all lessons use hand-coded HTML and CSS. The lessons are between 45 and 90 minutes long.
Image Editing Using Photoshop and GIMP:
Photoshop and GIMP - the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a free, open source image editor - are both powerful image editing tools. How to download GIMP, legal issues concerning images, image databases, and image file formats (.gif, .jpg, .png) are discussed. They show how to open, crop, repair , resize, and save an image for the web in both Photoshop and GIMP. We also work with layers, filters, transparency, transform tools, drop shadows and outer glow.
Writing HTML and CSS from the Ground Up:
These sessions explore writing code for HTML, XHTML, and CSS. We buiild a web page from scratch by writing the code in Notepad, avoiding software such as Dreamweaver and Front Page. Topics covered include building boxes, "wrappers," and layouts with CSS, 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, cross-browser compatibility, linking to external CSS, floating images, floating and clearing columns, working with different link behaviors, manipulating paragraphs and text with <span> tags and classes, using the <blockquote> tag, and building a colored box for visual emphasis.
Specific Web Development Issues:
Various one-time tutorials about Dreamweaver, CSS, Photoshop, and web design.
Connect Training Resources:
Tutorials on using the Connect system for trainings and conferences.
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.
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