Events: Dreamweaver & WordPress Workshops

In the course of the next three weeks, the Transcriptions Studio will offer several workshops on (1) the basic use of Macromedia Dreamweaver and (2) the basic use of WordPress blogs. Please see the times/dates and descriptions below for more information.

“Introduction to Dreamweaver” Workshops

These workshops will cover the basics skills of Macromedia Dreamweaver – a popular web-authoring tool available for use around the university. No experience is assumed for these events, which will review the application’s general menus and layout; webpage properties and appearance; the practical manipulation of text and images; the creation of hyperlinks, hotspots, and tables; etc. Please note that some workshops are geared toward the needs of undergraduate LCI students. Approx. one hour of instruction, one hour of lab time.

Monday, November 13th (1:30-3:30PM): undergraduate emphasis
Tuesday, November 14th (4:00-6:00PM): no emphasis
Monday, November 20th (1:30-3:30PM): no emphasis
Tuesday, November 21th (4:00-6:00PM): undergraduate emphasis

 

“Introduction to WordPress” Workshops

WordPress is an open source content management system that has become very popular in the last few years with graduate students and faculty in the department, as well as on a larger social scale. These workshops will help participants create, in two hours or less, a (free) wordpress blog online. Skills to be covered include the set up of a wordpress account, the manipulation of blog appearance, the creation and editing of posts and pages, the insertion of images/documents/files, and much more. Please note that this workshop is geared towards the needs of graduate students. Approx. one hour of instruction, one hour of lab time.

Wednesday, November 15th (3:00-5:00PM): graduate emphasis
Monday, November 20th (4:00-5:30PM): graduate emphasis