The Office of Information Technologies hosts training workshops throughout the academic year on a variety of topics. Below are our most current offerings.
We have innovative and exciting new training opportunities coming for you this Spring semester. Keep checking for more information as the semester progresses!
These sessions will be hands on, so please feel free to bring your own notebook computer or a USB flash drive to store your course archives.
Availability:
Location: Beck Instructional Lab
Instructor: Nancy Cross & Nick Smerker
Register Now: Workshop Registration
Upgrading to Office 2007 & Office 2008
Availability: Upon Request - Register to Sign Up
Location: Beck Instructional Lab
Instructor: Sharon Sledge
Register Now: Workshop Registration
Adobe Photoshop, Camera RAW & Bridge for Beginners
Note: We have a campus-wide license for Adobe Photoshop CS3, which allows you to have and use the program on your computer as long as you are a student, faculty, or staff member! Want to take advantage of this? Contact the HelpDesk (410-778-7777) to schedule an installation.
Prerequisite: Introduction to Photoshop or equivalent knowledge.
Objectives:
- learn to understand and utilize a Camera RAW workflow
- learn to combine Bridge, Camera RAW, and Photoshop in a single workflow
Availability: Upon Request - Register to Sign Up
Location: Beck Instructional Lab
Instructor: Brian Palmer
Register Now: Workshop Registration
Objectives:
- learn how to plan for a video production
- learn videography guidelines and skills
Availability: Upon Request - Register to Sign Up
Location: Beck Instructional Lab
Instructor: Brian Palmer
Register Now: Workshop Registration
Attendance of the second session is optional but strongly encouraged as it provides very useful hands on experience with Adobe InDesign.
Availability: Upon Request - Register to Sign Up
Location: Beck Instructional Lab
Instructor: Nick Smerker
Register Now: Workshop Registration
OIT is pleased to offer Washington College no-charge access to online training from Lynda.com. With over 450 courses presented in more than 30,000 easy to follow video clips, Lynda.com is a powerful tool for technology learning.
Availability:
24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Location: In Your Home, Dorm or Office
Learn More: Visit oit.washcoll.edu/lynda
Open FLEX Lab Hours - Beck & MPC
And, new for 2009, the MPC will be open for Open Lab Hours with the pros! For specific times, check below!
Availability:
Beck
- M from 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
MPC
- T from 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- W from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: Beck Instructional Lab & Multimedia Production Center
Instructor: Nancy Cross, Brian Palmer & Nick Smerker
With Live Chat, you can get instant help with your computer, work on a project with an expert or allow consultants to walk you through your own computer, step by step.
Availability:
24 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week
Location: In Your Home, Dorm or Office
Learn More: Visit oit.washcoll.edu/livechat
OIT will be offers access to online training through Lynda.com at no cost to you! Get exceptional tutorials on hundreds of the most popular technology tools and techniques taught by the professionals that use them. To learn more about Online Training from Lynda.com, visit the Lynda.com microsite.
Adobe Design Center - Audition
Find support, tips, troublehsooting and tutorials for Adobe's consumer level audio application.
Apple iLife Tutorials - GarageBand
Watch Apple's video training for their consumer level audio application. (GarageBand is already on your Mac.)
Apple iLife Tutorials - iTunes
Video tutorials for the world's most popular digital jukebox software.
Current TV's ultra slick training modules help you create audio for broadcast-worthy videos.
Adobe guides you through any topic related to Acrobat, the standard for creating PDF documents.
Adobe Design Center - Illustrator
The Illustrator community shares its collective insight on using Adobe's vector graphic software, Illustrator.
Adobe Design Center - InDesign
Professional page layout explained by the experts. Ask a question or browse hundreds of articles and tutorials.
Apple iLife Tutorials - iPhoto
Apple's intuitive photo organization and manipulation tool is explained in easy to follow video modules.
Studio Lighting.net Lighting Tutorials
Let the pros teach you everything you need to know about lighting for photos and video.
Adobe Design Center - After Effects
Training and techniques are shared by the entire community of After Effects users.
Adobe Design Center - Encore DVD
Adobe's powerful DVD creation tool is explained by its power users in discussion boards and training documents.
Adobe Design Center - Premiere Pro
Learn more about this pioneering video editing application - now cross platform again for the first time in years.
Learn more about the art of animation. While specifically for analog animators, the principles taught here of shot framing are very useful for digital storytellers. Great storyboard templates, too.
Task-oriented video modules for Apple's easy to use DVD authoring software. The perfect tool for sharing your iMovie projects.
Apple iLife Tutorials - iMovie HD
iMovie lets anyone unleash their inner filmmaker. Let Apple guide you through capturing, editing and sharing a project with these helpful videos.
With tutorials on everything from lighting and framing to editing and publishing, Current TV has you covered.
Israel Hyman, professional imaging artist, guides you through the world of digital video production with his simple tutorials.
Studio Lighting.net Lighting Tutorials
Let the pros teach you everything you need to know about lighting for photos and video.
Adobe Design Center - Device Central
Mobile phones are the next home of computing. Adobe will teach you about this innovative mobile content creation tool.
Adobe Design Center - Dreamweaver
A wealth of information and support for Adobe's powerful web production package, Dreamweaver.
Top Flash users provide their insight on using Flash for animation and so much more.
Learn more about the art of animation. While specifically for analog animators, the principles taught here of shot framing are very useful for digital storytellers. Great storyboard templates, too.
An archive of full downloadable video tutorials that will help you add interactivity to any web endeavor.
Microsoft E-Learning Applications & Systems
A training resource provided through the MEEC or Microsoft licensing in Maryland. This updated site provides training on topics ranging from the Windows operating system to Microsoft Office and more.
This instruction sheet will get you started. Contact Gene Sheehan if you have difficulties with activation.
Microsoft Enterprise Learning Library (MELL)
An older resource, the MELL training may or may not be supported by your computer. However, the training for Office 2003 is still very useful for many users.
Advanced Courses on Microsoft Office 2003
Microsoft Office 2003 Reference Collection
Microsoft Office Standard Edition 2003 Collection
Power Uses for Microsoft Office Excel
Online video training for Maple mathematics software provided by MapleSoft.
Training opportunities offered for SPSS statistics software including seminars and web-based training.
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