Office O7

Here are some useful links to use in our “Powerpoint Amplified” workshop:
Click here for an Excel file to get started.

Getting Free, licensed Media:
Archive.org is an amazing resource for obtaining audio and video
The Creative Commons also a great way to get content licensed for distribution.

Recommended video formats:
PC: MPEG-1 (.mpg) and .WMV
Mac: MPEG-1 (.mpg) and .MOV

If you need to convert your content, there are several options:

Mediaconverter.org is a very useful website, although it does not always work.

Use AVS Video Converter if you feel like spending money on a good, user-friendly product.

Super, is an ABSOLUTELY EXCELLENT product, but not very user friendly.

Here is a YouTube video on how to use it (OK quality)

Here are the recommended setting for Super

1. Output Container: MPG

2. Video Codec: MPEG-1

3. Audio Codec: mp2

- Select FFmpeg

Video: Keep standard settings, and choose a “Bitrate” around 1000 (this is just a general guideline)

-Audio: Sampling Freq: 44100

- Finally, Click on “Encode (active files)”

- You may have a bit of trouble finding the output file the first time you do this.

Original post by Jake

Welcome to part 1 of the newly revised Mighty Mac, Settings and Shortcuts.

Today’s workshop handout

Dan Rodney’s list of Mac keyboard shortcuts

Mac 101: The Finder

Safari Books

VTC

The Mighty Mac: Workshop resources

Original post by Allison

Here are the links used in our “Blogging as a supplement to the traditional paper” FYS seminar:
Navigate UR “Multi-User (MU) Environment”: http://blog.richmond.edu/jkulstad
Make a Post
Make a Page
Make a Comment

Create blogs at Wordpress.com: http://wordpress.com/

Example: http://jkulstad.wordpress.com/
Themes
Pages
Posts (if needed)
Links
Pictures
Re-size in photoshop
Embed YouTube videos
Mention YouTube privacy settings

Professional Blogs:
Mary Finley-Brook: http://geoyapti.wordpress.com/
Kristen Lindgren: http://blog.richmond.edu/icastl
Courses:
Linda Hobgood (Business and Professional Development): http://urjb6hx.wordpress.com/speeches/
Kim Klinker Middle East Geography: http://blog.richmond.edu/geog279/
Script Analysis: http://blog.richmond.edu/script_analysis/
2008 Honors Thesis: http://blog.richmond.edu/honorsthesis08/

Integration into your Blackboard Page:

Samples of Blogging rubrics available online:
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec296/assignments/blog_rubric.html
http://www.masters.ab.ca/bdyck/Blog/

Original post by Jake

Well, for one, you have to be open and accustomed to consuming content on a portable device.  Sometimes this can be challenging because of the small screen and limited options for input.  Secondly (and most importantly), you have to have a mobile device - if you’re a member of the University of Richmond faculty, the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology can provide you with an iPod Classic or an iPod Touch to be used in your courses.   You can complete the proposal form to request iPod’s here.

Feel free to a look at the OEDb’s 100 ways to use iPod’s for learning.  I found #’s 6, 24, 51, 63, 72 to be quite intriguing.  Let us know which ones you like!

http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/100-ways-to-use-your-ipod-to-learn-and-study-better

Original post by Kenneth

jake kulstad
jkulstad@richmond.edu - x8258

Goals
Learn key features of Google Maps and Google Earth
Create Custom Maps and Tours
Explore online tools  to find data and tools
Share custom Maps and Tours with others
Understanding the basic features of KML

Google Maps
“My Maps” (log-in or create an account)
save/send/organize
GPS Visualizer tool http://www.gpsvisualizer.com/
-create KML overlay using coordinates from Google
USA Photomaps http://www.jdmcox.com/
free
more data / pictures/options
a little hard to use
KML factbook  http://www.kmlfactbook.org/
-Good for displaying country-level data
-Adjust “Full Chart Value” to “data max”
example data query
save KML
display in Maps or Earth
Lighthouse Geospatial Data Gateway  http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Landcover dataset

Google Earth
Controls
Layers
Speed considerations
“Zoom in to materialize”
-Geographic Web
-Roads
-Street Views
-Panoramio
-YouTube
-3D Buildings
-Terrain
Placemarks and lines
Tours
Taking a tour
Grand Canyon Example:  http://www.gearthblog.com/kmfiles/GrandCanyonTour.kmz
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
http://citytours.googlelabs.com/
http://www.googletouring.com/
http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/google-tour/google-tour.html
http://googlesightseeing.com/

Recording a tour

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Links:
http://sites.google.com/a/kimbridges.net/google-earth-workshop/
http://geoday.nl.googlepages.com/index
http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/library/google_earth/how.html
http://www.googlelittrips.org/
100 tools:  http://mashable.com/2009/01/08/google-maps-mashups-tools/
NOAA Maps:  http://demo.geogarage.com/noaa/
Wifi hotspots near UR:  http://hotspotr.com

Original post by Jake

Read the Harvard Business Review’s Death by Information Overload

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

• iGoogle
• Delicious
• LastPass
• Data Backup and Synchronization
• Email
  • Inbox Zero
    • Merlin Mann
    • Merlin Mann’s Google Talk on Inbox Zero
  • auto-redirecting messages to folders
• Organizational Schemes
  • Getting Things Done
  • Writing Stuff Down
  • 43 Folders
• ToodleDo

Original post by Allison

Read the Harvard Business Review’s Death by Information Overload

Less is More!

Avoid the Wikipedia Effect.

• iGoogle
• Delicious
• LastPass
• Organizational Schemes
  • Getting Things Done
  • 43 Folders
  • Writing Stuff Down
  • Molskine Demo
• Email
  • Inbox Zero
    • Merlin Mann
    • Merlin Mann’s Google Talk on Inbox Zero
  • auto-redirecting messages to folders
  • creating an e-mail DMZ
  • 5 rules to empty your inbox
  • emptying inbox flags and rules
  • treat your inbox as a to-do list
  • the “Trusted Trio” for emptying your inbox
• ToodleDo
• Data Backup and Synchronization
  • get a good, cheap, highly-rated external hard drive (Newegg provides useful data)
  • practice using your drive with some test data (a copy of unimportant files)
  • delete test data from your computer and find out how you are going to get it back, seriously
  • Once you are satisfied that you understand the nuances of the routine and scheduling, back everything up
  • finally, ask yourself what would happen if your computer and the backup were compromised simultaneously
• Useful Websites:
  • http://lifehacker.com/
  • sentence.es

Original post by Allison

Here are the links provided in the “Introduction to Excel 2007″ workshop:

VTC – www.VTC.com — Email me if you would like an account
Safari Books – Access via library Research Databases
Ribbon Customizer
Do you have the Compatibility Pack installed on your non-Office 2007 Computers?

Original post by jkulstad

This post is a supplement to Tuesday’s workshop on creating a web presence. Happy reading!

Blogs shown during the workshop:

• A&S Alumni Newsletter
• ATC - This blog!
• Friday Tech Tips
• Matt Trawick: News and Notes from Trawick Lab
• Jon Dattelbaum’s Biochem 326 Service Learning project
• Blackboard 8 Blog
• Miss Rumphius Effect
• Open Wide, Look Inside - Children’s literature & education
• Libbie Gruner’s website (as a blog)
• English 392 class blog
  

Where to get a blog:

• UR (e-mail ats at richmond dot edu)
• Wordpress.com
• Blogger

Original post by Allison

Mac blogs:

• The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
• Cult of Mac (Wired)
• Macworld
• The Apple Blog
• The O’Reilly Digital Media Center
• Mac Rumors
• Mac Mojo Office for Mac Team Blog
• OS X Leopard Hints
• Apple Tell
• Leopard @ Gizmodo
• AppleInsider
• Think Mac
• Mac OS X Tips
• MacMost Podcast

Workshop Resources

• Leopard Keyboard Shortcuts
• Top 15 Leopard Hints
• New to Mac? Start here
• Mac 101: Set your preferences
• Apple.com: Mac OS X Leoprd: Features
  
• Lifehacker: Leopard: Manage Multiple Desktops with Spaces
• Office Keyboard Shortcuts
• How to burn a CD
• Quicksilver YouTube Tutorial
• Apple Widget Warehouse
• Open Office (free alternative to MS Office)
• VersionTracker
• Magnify Tool

Original post by Allison