Resources
The following are handouts and helpful websites from all of our TechBytes sessions.
Free
Digital Tools and Services for You
Digital Cameras
- Gerry's Digital Photography handout (pdf, 158kb)
- Cameras available for checkout from iTAC in the Hale Library
- Digital Camera Supercenter
- Digital Camera Review
- TechWeb Guide to Digital Imaging
- PC World Guide to Digital Macro-Photography
- Kodak's Digital Learning Center
- Digital Photography Online Courses
- Irfan View Graphics Software
- Serif PhotoPlus 5.5 Free Graphic Software
Using K-State Online to Develop an Intranet
Exploring
Flash
- Julie's Flash Handout (pdf, 196 KB)
- First Lesson
- Shape Tweening (fla, 112 KB)
- Motion Guide (fla, 1.4 MB)
- Second Lesson
- Creating a Basic Multiple Choice Quiz (fla, 95 KB)
- Flash Kit - complete reference site
- Macromedia Flash - official Web site
- Macromedia Flash Support
- Mark Fiore - Flash Political Cartoons
- Ultrashock - open source movies, tutorials, inspiration
- Flash Magazine - many new examples and articles
- The Flash Academy - lots of tutorials and examples
- The Best Flash Animations - a collection of people's work
Copyright and the New Technology
- Copyright Basics -Kansas State University, Intellectual Property Center
- Copyright Issues - Kansas State Research and Extension, WebBuilder
- Copyrights with Research - Kansas State Research Foundation
- Copyright and Fair Use - Stanford University
Effective Web Design
- Jennifer's Handout on Web Design (pdf, 572kb)
- CoolHomePages.com - "The only known cure for Designer's Block"
- WebPagesThat Suck - "Where you learn good Web design by looking at bad Web design"
- Web Page Design by Designers - lots of information in using Cascading Style Sheets
Web Authoring with Dreamweaver MX
- Cathy and Sarah's handout
- New Web Designer Tools
- Designer and Developer Center
- Dreamweaver Forum
- Extensions
- Tip of the Week
- MX Insite Magazine
- Dreamweaver Fever
Common Sense Web Sites: Usability and Accessibility
- K-State Web Content Accessibility
- K-State R&E WebBuilder Accessibility
- W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines
Videoconferencing with Polycom
PowerPoint Tegrity
Create and Edit Graphics with Fireworks
- Sarah's handout
- Fireworks Discussion Forum
- Macromedia's Designer and Developer Center
- Playing With Fire
- Solar Dream Studios
- Ultraweaver
- Phireworx
How to Use the K-State Survey System
- Scott's handout (pdf 395 kb)
- K-State Survey System
- Contact Cathy Rodriguez for other information.
- Request a training session from iTAC
Making the Best Out of Scanning
- Gary's handout (pdf 185 kb)
- Tips for Better Scanning - Design, Topography and Graphics Inc.
- Steps to Follow When Scanning an Image - K-State IET's TechWeb Website
- EasyRGB - Internet color calibration for monitors and color matching
Adobe Acrobat Demonstration
- Plant PDF - PDF news, tools, tips and resources
- Adobe Incorporated Partners - need to customize Adobe? You will find the tools you need at this site
- PDF Zone - this site is for the document management professional - news, tools, tips and resources plus newsletters and discussion groups
Tips and tricks for an effective PowerPoint presentation
- Presenations - technology and techniques for delivering effective presentations
- Microsoft's 10 Tips for Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations
- Presentation Skills
Create On-line Tutorials with Qarbon Viewlet Builder
- Ann's handout
- Qarbon Viewlet Builder
Power Tips for Adobe Photoshop Users
- Driver Software and Graphic Design
- Adobe's Photoshop Tutorials
- Adobe's Training for Educators
K-State Digital Library's New Resources and Research Tools
PDA's for Research and Teaching
- PDA's at Tucows - software, shareware and freeware for Palm Pilot and other PDA devices
- Palm Gear - palm software, news and reviews
- pdaED
- CNet downloads - free downloads, shareware and more
- ZDNet downloads
- PalmOne
- AvantGo
- PalmSource
Using Zenworks to Manage Desktop Computers
Wireless Technology at K-State and Beyond
- Tweed and Scott's presentation (PowerPoint)
- Wireless at K-State
- University Policy
- News Info
- Virginia Tech
Fundamentals of Computer-based Digital Video Editing
Your CD Readable/Writable Drive - How to Burn, Rip and Create CD ’s
- Ernie's handout (pdf 79 KB)
- Roxio Easy CD Creator - simple software to create CD's
Real Media Producer - Streaming Video and Audio Over the Internet
- Real Media Producer - free Basic Helix Producer software
- Scott's presentation - (PowerPoint Viewer)
- Scott's Real Producer Audio Recording Handout - (Word)
- Scott's Real Producer Live Lecture Recording Handout - (Word)
Adobe Acrobat 6 - Tools and Features for Powerful Digital Documents
- Adobe Creative Solutions Presentation - Tom's slide presentation at TechBytes (PDF, 1.1MB)
- Abode Acrobat 6 - homepage for information on Acrobat
Digital Photo Albums - From Digital Camera to Digital Viewers
- Sarah's handout (pdf 298 kb)
- Adobe Photoshop Album - low cost tool in orgranizing digital camera images and sending them as slide shows.
- Macromedia Exchange - go the the Dreamweaver section to get extensions (such as the Web Gallery feature).
- Macromedia Downloader - download program to manage Macromedia extensions.
