The MCDM Digital Toolkit This is Powerpoint as

The MCDM Digital Toolkit

This is Powerpoint as notes … so you don’t have to take any.

1. Content Creation

Documents • Shrinkwrap – Word – download Office free from UW – Pages (Mac only) – Open Office (open source, Mac/PC) • Webware – Acrobat. com – Google. Docs – Microsoft Office. Live – Type. With. Me. com

Documents : Warnings • Formatting inconsistencies (especially typeface) • Mac folks -> remember file extensions! • To be safe, also make a PDF. – Mac: Print -> Save As PDF – Windows: Adobe. com converts – Zamzar (later!) – Of course, Adobe Acrobat. Pro

E-mail • UWNet. ID: http: //uwnetid. washington. edu/ – Deskmail: now only for faculty and staff – UW Google Mail (UW Google. Apps) – UW Outlook Live (UW Windows Live) • Forwarding: – Important messages from the University are sent to your UW email address (uwnetid@uw. edu). If you do not plan to use UW email services, you must set up email forwarding. – If you need help in setting up another account inside your gmail account, bring it up this afternoon.

Upper and Lower Case Letters Plus Numbers Plus Special Characters Ex: Atlanta, Georgia -> @t 1@nt@G 30 rg!@ or A 21@n 2@G 30 rg!A

Presentations • Shrinkwrap – Keynote – Open Office – Powerpoint • Webware – Google. Docs – Office. Live – Prezi

Presentations : Warnings • Embed images and fonts • Slideshare does not support “builds” or transitions but you can embed You. Tube clips • Version inconsistencies – Tip if your images aren’t showing on someone else’s machine (not platform dependent)

Screen Capture • • Aviary (FF extension) Skitch (Mac) Jing (Mac/PC) Screenr

Aviary v Skitch/Jing

Skitch

Jing

Screenr

Spreadsheets • Shrinkwrap – Excel – Numbers – Open Office • Webware – Google. Docs – Microsoft Live

Survey Tools • • • Catalyst Quick. Poll Catalyst Web. Q Google. Form Survey. Monkey Word. Press Poll

Wikis • Wet. Paint • PBWiki • Other forms of document collaboration – Acrobat. com – Google. Wave (retired) – Public Google Doc – Type. With. Me. com (integrated into Wave)

2. Content Distribution

Document Sharing • Media. Space • Scribd • Slideshare

File Sharing • Catalyst Collect. It • Drop. Box • You. Send. It

Promoting Content • Facebook • Twitter • Wordpress

3. Utilities and Such

• Anti-Virus Software: Sophos (UWICK) • Free Fax Service: Fax. Zero. com • File Conversion : Zamzar. com

Streamed Conferencing • • • Adobe Connect. Now (need Adobe. ID) Go. To. Meeting Prezi Meeting Skype u. Stream et al (from computer or phone)

SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol • For connecting to UW web servers – Settings • Software available at UWICK/UWARE – Fugo (Mac) – Win. SCP • Recommended: Filezilla (Mac/PC)

Credits • Kathy E. Gill, @kegill, kegill@uw. edu – Presentation at Wired. Pen. com, Slideshare. net, Media. Space • Presentation Licensing: CC License Non-commercial, Attribution, Share-and-share alike • Flickr photos, CC: – Title Slide, http: //www. flickr. com/photos/26891884@N 03/2549364714/ – Journal paper, http: //www. flickr. com/photos/calsidyrose/4129103991/ – Keyboard, http: //www. flickr. com/photos/lapideo/198046070/ – Sharing, CC http: //www. flickr. com/photos/jek-a-go-go/3948329368/ – Utility tools, http: //www. flickr. com/photos/wmode/2105168082/ – Balloons, http: //www. flickr. com/photos/ficken/1813744832/