MULTIMEDIA FALL 2005 LINKS PAGE

I will be adding to this page each week according to the topic in class. Check often for new links. Please email me with links you've found helpful and we'll pool them together here.

UI AND GENERAL COMPUTING LINKS

• Library terms we all can benefit from knowing
• Some very general information about email, id's and listservs at UI
• UI Information Technology Services listing all that it does and resources it offers
• Dictionary for pesky technology terms
• The Information Arcade is on the first floor North side of Main Library and offers extensive resources, workshops and help for multimedia projects.
• The Information Commons is located on second floor Hardin Library across the river and also offers multimedia resources

MINGO AND MACS

• Mac Basics
• Mingo is SLIS's server and you have an account on it, allowing you to publish web pages and save stuff
• But if you want to work on a PC at home or in the Tech Lab, you'll need to transfer files to you account and this requires FILE TRANSFER
• here's how to set up you're own free FTP from your home PC
• if you have a Mac at home, you can use Fetch to transfer your files

HTML LINKS

• W3 SCHOOL'S TUTORIALS this is a great FREE learning site for web development
• Web Junction Web Development Tutorials also a FREE site. I believe you must register, but that is free. This site also offers clear and concise introductory information about internet use and web development. Click on the Technology resources link or Internet for a broad overview.
• Basic HTML from NC State University
• More Basic HTML from library info workers
• My advice is to pick your favorite and spend some time with it, doing some exercises, looking at samples, getting a sense of what designs and layouts you'd like to work with.

DREAMWEAVER LINKS

• UI Web Publishing Support and links
• Dreamweaver tutorials and books from our own library!

POWERPOINT LINKS

• for images and such: the new york public library's digital gallery
• do a google search for "powerpoint tutorial" and find a favorite; there are a lot out there
• copyright info and public domain resources here and here and here

PHOTOSHOP LINKS

• About.com's collection of photoshop links
• Some basic photoshop techniques
• Latest photoshop tutorials

AUDACITY LINKS

• Download Audacity for free with LAME exporter (to turn your work into MP3s)
• Audacity tutorial: although rather old it is still very useful
• Audacity reference and definitions tool

INTERESTING LINKS FOR READING & STUFF

• wikipedia on media ecology great introduction to some thoughts on media
• updated news feeds on moreover.com