UNHCE Information Technology & Distance Education Blog: May 2008 Archives

There's some new education-specific content and learning resources for users of Acrobat Connect Pro, Adobe Presenter, and Adobe Captivate including best practices, step-by-step guides, quizzing, creating and managing content, and much more:

• Higher Education
• K-12

These resources are a first wave of content, additional resources on Acrobat, specific K-12 and HED examples of content, and integration with Blackboard will follow.

The UNHCE Distance Learning matrix has been updated. This tool can help you choose a mode of delivery for your programs. Many distance learning technologies are included.

Kelby training is hosting a one day InDesign conference in Boston on June 30th. If it is as good as their Photoshop tour it is well worth the $99 cost. If you become a member of NAPP (National Association of Photoshop Professionals) you receive a $20 discount, access to a terrific website with dozens of tutorials and a wonderful magazine 8 times per year. Join myself and other Extension staff at the conference. You won't be disappointed. See details from the website below:

Unlock your hidden talents and raise your InDesign skills to new heights. In one day of hard-hitting InDesign training, Terry White will show you how to put sizzle in your layouts with advanced typography and graphics techniques. You'll manage workflow better and more efficiently from pre-planning to pre-press, and become the InDesign power user you've always wanted to be!

Class Schedule
Setting Up InDesign - Getting it Right

10:00 to 11:00 A.M.
Many people taking this class will be coming from all different backgrounds and levels of understanding. Some will be very used to the desktop publishing workflows of the past while others will be fairly new to InDesign. In this first class we'll get everyone on the same page, get our preferences set, and hone the application to perform at its best.

Unleash Your Creativity - Working with Images

11:15 A.M. to 12:15 P.M.
As I always say, "when it comes to page layout, it's all about laying out text and images." In this class we'll go from the beginning to the end learn all the ways to not only layout images on the page, but to take advantage of InDesign's transparency and effects, cropping, round tripping between Photoshop and Illustrator as well as working with native Photoshop and Illustrator files. We'll also learn creative ways of creating image frames as well as time saving techniques to get your images laid out as quickly and accurately as possible.

LUNCH BREAK
12:15 to 1:15 P.M.

Mastering Text

1:15 to 2:30 P.M.
Handling text is where InDesign really excels over all other page layout apps. In this class we'll really explore the power of InDesign's text handling capabilities. We'll learn about InDesign's text frame linking, kerning, tracking, justification settings as well as editing, use of the Story Editor and updating placed content.

Essential Techniques of the Pros

2:45 to 3:45 P.M.
Now that we've gotten our feet wet with InDesign, it's time to dive even deeper in this class. We'll explore more of InDesign's power with Object Styles, long document features, master page secrets, anchored objects and much more. Also learn about setting your documents up properly to cause your output house less headaches as well as pre-flighting your documents to find and fix common mistakes.

Advanced Tips & Tricks

4:00 to 5:00 P.M.
In this last class of the day we'll learn some time saving tips and tricks that will really make InDesign® fly. We'll take a look at some of the less discoverable aspects of InDesign that you'll want to know so that you can dramatically boost your productivity when you get back to business.

An on-line training module has been developed to help familiarize mentors with the goals of the UNHCE mentoring program. You can view this guide in your browser window at: Mentor's Goals on-line module

Note that you will need to have Flash installed on your computer to view this module.

For more information on the mentoring program, go to the UNHCE New Employee Orientation page and scroll down to the section on the mentoring program.