Online Video Tutorials
Short (< 10 minutes) tutorials on various computer application skills. These videos use Windows Media Player. Suggestions for video topics are welcome, and should be sent to Jeffrey.Wood@Colostate.edu.
Table of Contents
Acrobat 7 | Big Blue Button | Connect 8 | CSS | Dreamweaver CS4-CS5 | Extension Webpage Template | Google Tools | Multimedia on the Web | Photoshop CS | Pixlr | Podcasts | PowerPoint 07 | Prezi
Acrobat 7
Creating a PDF From Multiple Documents (7:34)
Converting Websites to PDF (7:12)
Adding Attachments to PDFs (4:12)
Creating Bookmarks in PDFs (8:54)
Working with Zoom Levels in PDF Bookmarks (4:03).
Working with Pages (11:31)
Document Security Settings (9:37)
Digital IDs (7:09)
Digital Signatures (4:51)
Digital Certification (3:47)
Big Blue Button
Getting Started (6:01)
Audio and Video (3:40)
User and Listener Modules (4:56)
Presentation Module (6:49)
Chat Module (1:58)
Screen Sharing Module (4:06)
Connect 8
Working With Layouts (6:17)
Manipulating Layouts (4:39)
The Camera and Voice Pod (6:20)
The Attendee Pod (6:05)
The Chat Pod (2:30)
The Note Pod (1:40)
The Polling Pod (2:59)
The File Share Pod (2:15)
The Share Pod (7:13)
CSS
CSS: Linking a Webpage to a CSS File (2:22)
CSS: Basic Syntax (3:38)
CSS: Adding Your Own CSS Sheet to the Existing CSS (3:01)
CSS: Creating Your Own Header Class (5:37)
CSS: Creating Your Own Paragraph Class (4:10)
CSS: Building a Box (3:49)
CSS: Combining an Image and a Caption (4:36)
CSS: Using the Extension-Hosted CSS Files (2:44)
Dreamweaver CS4-CS5
Directory Structure (9:58)
Defining a Site in Dreamweaver CS4 (4:35)
Defining a Site in Dreamweaver CS5 (4:33)
The Dreamweaver Workspace, part 1 (Insert panel, Document panel) (8:29)
The Dreamweaver Workspace, part 2 (Property Inspector, File panel) (4:05)
Using Dreamweaver's FTP (File Transfer Protocol) (4:33)
Adding Content: Headers, Text and Images (9:32)
Creating Text Links to Webpages, Email Addresses and Documents (5:11)
Linking to Named Anchors (7:16)
Extension Webpage Template
How to Download the CSU Extension Webpage Template Files (3:49)
Server Sides Includes (SSIs): an Overview (4:12)
SSIs: the Top Nav Bar (5:28)
SSIs: the Left Nav Bar (7:33)
SSIs: the Footer (3:41)
Creating New Pages, part 1 (4:29)
Creating New Pages, part 2 (6:17)
Google Tools
Google Docs: Creating, Uploading, Sharing (9:01)
Google Docs: Hosting a Presentation (2:25)
Working With Google Docs Forms (9:58)
Adding Page Breaks and Skip Patterns to Google Docs Forms (2:42)
Google Analytics: Getting the Tracking Code (4:24)
Google Analytics: Metrics (9:47)
Creating a Custom Google Search Box (7:23)
Multimedia on the Web
Multimedia on the Web: YouTube (3:52)
Video Formats and Video Conversion (3:35)
Multimedia on the Web: Embedding Flash Video (3:21)
Multimedia on the Web: Embedding Windows Media Video (4:34)
Multimedia on the Web: Embedding Quicktime Video (3:07)
Photoshop CS
Basics
The Tool Palette, the Options Palette (2:53)
The History Palette, the Color Palette, the Layers Palette (9:42)
Creating New Images (6:19)
Cropping images, Zooming In and Out (7:20)
Rotating Images, Using Grids (5:58)
Tools
The Color Picker, the Brush Tool, the Smudge Tool (3:37)
The Clone Stamp Tool (7:49)
The Dodge Tool, the Burn Tool, the Sponge Tool (8:37)
The Blur Tool, the Sharpen Tool (4:56)
The Filter Menu (9:46)
The Eraser, the Background Eraser, the Magic Eraser (7:57)
Working With Transparency (6:02)
Selection Tools
Marquee Tools (5:25)
The Lasso Tool (5:51)
The Polygonal Lasso Tool, the Magnetic Lasso Tool (4:38)
The Magic Wand Tool (2:38)
Text
Working With Text (7:44)
The Character Palette; Anti-aliasing (8:16)
Text Effects (3:04)
Layers
Layer Basics (3:56)
Combining Layer Images; Layer Via Copy (5:41)
Creating a Web Header (10:49)
Layer Styles; Transforming Layers (9:16)
Pixlr
Pixlr: Cropping, Resizing, Compressing (4:17)
Pixlr: Marquee Tool, Brightness and Contrast, Text Tool (4:16)
Pixlr: the Filter Menu (4:24)
Podcasts
Audio Formats; Converting Audio Files to .mp3 Format (3:39)
Creating a Podcast, Part 1 (6:30)
Creating a Podcast, Part 2 (7:38)
Hosting Your Own Podcast; Linking and Embedding Audio Files (4:21)
Using a Podcast Hosting Service (5:17)
PowerPoint 07
How to Reuse Existing Slides in PowerPoint (2:27)
Creating Photo Backgrounds and Photo Albums in PowerPoint (4:47)
Changing Existing Slides to Smart Art (4:41)
Creating Smart Art Graphics From Scratch (3:07)
Working With Templates in PowerPoint (6:28)
Simple Animation in PowerPoint (4:43)
Mask Animation (3:31)
Motion Paths and Transparency in Animation (5:05)
Prezi
Creating a Prezi Presentation (14:05)
