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<p>Need help making that video for your end of term project? Or maybe looking for ideas on how to best compile your mountain of notes to study with? This section will demonstrate how you can utilize technology, media, and more to further your educational goals.</p>

Tutorials I have found helpful

Tutorials I have found helpful

on Feb 18, 2014 in Archived Support, Courses, Digital Story Telling, EGL276, Guides |

Here, I will compile a list of tutorials that have helped me learn the various software. You can click the images to be brought to the tutorials I am describing in the posts below them.     Recently, Union has subscribed to the Lynda.com service and a ton of content has become available to students. The Lynda.com tutorials may be long, but you don’t...

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Nexus Wiki Cheat Sheet

Nexus Wiki Cheat Sheet

on Jan 29, 2014 in Archived Support, Courses, Guides, Nexus, SOC305 |

Creating the first page Once the wiki is set up, a user will click the link and reach the following screen this part has been done for you as a part of setting up the wiki on Nexus: Adding more pages Type the name of your page inside double brackets. (1 in screenshot below) You can preview it by clicking the “preview” button towards the bottom of the...

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Media: GIMP, create a header for WordPress

Media: GIMP, create a header for WordPress

on Nov 14, 2013 in GIMP, Guides |

In order to make a header for select WordPress themes you first need to find out the dimensions of the header. It may vary by theme but for the most part the header size is 995×300 pixels. So first open up GIMP and create a new image size of 995×300 pixels: Now you should have a transparent image of the size 995×300 on your GIMP workspace.  If you do...

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Social: Twitter: Tips and Talk about using Twitter in Education

Social: Twitter: Tips and Talk about using Twitter in Education

on Oct 17, 2013 in Guides, Social Media |

Twitter has been a popular social site for years and will likely be that way for years to come due to its easy of entry and endless possibilities it offers. Twitter has been becoming a valuable tool in education in the coming years and is exploding more now than ever. The site offers ways people can connect in the educational spectrum like never before and can be...

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Tutorial: How to create a blog using WordPress.com and set up Categories

Tutorial: How to create a blog using WordPress.com and set up Categories

on Oct 17, 2013 in Guides, Wordpress |

A blog, as I have discussed around the site, serves as a multi-purpose platform to share common ideas. You can also share your own material, links and downloads that you want others to have access to. Additionally, blogs can serve as a ways of facilitating communication between a team. Your team can utilize the blog to collaborate and discuss different aspects of...

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