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Archive for April, 2005

Web design books:

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design
More Eric Meyer on CSS
250 HTML and Web Design Secrets

Random Image Rotation Techniques:

Dan Benjamin’s random image via php: http://automaticlabs.com/products/rotator/
Random image rotation via JavaScript: http://www.dyn-web.com/javascript/rotate-img/rotate-rand.html

Dreamweaver Tutorial from Cornell.edu

http://www.cit.cornell.edu/atc/materials/FLEX/docs/dwintro_mx2004.pdf

Assessment project

The following are excerpts and downloadables from my assessment project (OSU web page usability: An assessment of the OSU primary homepages) for my Asssessment class. The project scope and title changed a few times, but I learned a great deal about online surveys, multicultural competence, and data analysis.
I am including my final thoughts […]

Enrollment Management tech

Final paper for my Disability Issues class:
Functional Area
Enrollment Management – Topic: Online portals and accessibility
What is Enrollment Management (EM)?
Enrollment Management departments actively identify, counsel, recruit, and
enroll qualified students; and offer services that promote student retention
and success. Enrollment Management emerged as a new field in […]

CSS Design links

http://www.accessify.com/tools-and-wizards/list-o-matic/list-o-matic.asp: Create CSS-based lists
http://www.glish.com/css/: CSS Layouts and resources
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/: More CSS List options
http://www.strangebanana.com/generator.aspx: A random CSS website design generator! Useful for CSSA Portfolio designs!!!
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/edge/: Tons of CSS information and links to template designs.
http://www.bluerobot.com/web/layouts/ : free CSS layouts
http://www.thenoodleincident.com/tutorials/box_lesson/boxes.html: More layouts…

Intro to Dreamweaver

Things to know before you start Dreamweaving —
• Onid web space: http://www.onid.orst.edu/docs/use/web.shtml
• FTP = File Transfer Protocol: Transferring files from your computer to a web server.
• Local vs. Remote
• File paths
• HTML is a programming language. HyperText Markup Language
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/Internet/WWW/HTMLPrimerP1.html
• CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheets. Used for design and layout.
• How do links work? Open new window?
• How do you […]

Technology articles for student affairs practitioners

Using an Online Immersion to Teach and Learn about Student Affairs and Technology
http://studentaffairs.com/ejournal/summer_2005/UsingOnlineImmersion.html
Extreme Makeover: Technology’s Effect on Student Affairs
http://www.studentaffairs.com/ejournal/Winter_2005/ExtremeMakeover.html
The Net Generation Goes to College
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i07/07a03401.htm

Tags: Accessibility Usability, Computer Hardware, Misc. Technology, student affairs technology, technology, Technology Workshops

Technology Workshops: A few thoughts

It’s going as well as can be expected when you are trying to teach your peers. The respect levels ebb and flow.
The attendance has been very steady. 10+ people each time. The hardest thing is trying to extract the technical info from my own cortext and then articulate it to users with varying […]

Advanced PhotoShop Learning Objectives

• Web graphics: 72 DPI, save for web, matte color options, gifs and jpegs
• Image mode
• Crop Tool
• Eraser Tool
• Brush Tool
• Effects
• Transparency Effects
• Merging Layers
• Filters
• Adjustment options
• Free Transform and Transform
• Navigator Palette
• Actions Palette
• Preferences
• File Final (Image) Info
• PDF Image extraction
If we have time, we’ll go over the following new features in detail:
• File Browser: Preview images and useful for organization
• Run Crop and Straighten: Automatic Crop […]