Academic Technology Services presents

Adobe Software Day &
Hands On Technology (HOT)

Wednesday, May 22nd & Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wing Technology Center

This year we had an “Adobe Software Day” (Wednesday, May 22). Ryan Dietz from Adobe presented on Adobe Acrobat Pro, Adobe Creative Suite, and their Digital Publishing Suite.

Thursday's HOT: Hands-On Technology included a day of informative technology sessions and hands-on workshops about Adobe Acrobat Pro, Turnitin (plagiarism software), a lunch presentation about digital storytelling, screen capture options, and cool ways to use Google Drive. Lunch was provided for both days.

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Schedule of Events

Adobe Software Day - Wednesday, May 22nd

Time	Location	Session	Description
9:00am - 10:30am	Wing 102	Adobe Acrobat Pro (90 minutes)	Learn about Adobe Acrobat Pro XI's new features and what it has to offer faculty, students and staff.
10:30am - 10:45am	Wing 102	Break (15 minutes)
10:45 am - Noon	Wing 102	Adobe Creative Suite: Examples in Higher Education (75 minutes)	Adobe Creative Suite includes Photoshop (image manipulation), InDesign (page layout), Illustrator (vector-based drawing), Premiere (video editing) and more. Learn how these powerful software applications are being used in higher education settings.
Noon - 1:00pm	Wing 102	Lunch
1:00pm - 2:15pm	Wing 102	Adobe Digital Publishing Suite (75 minutes)	Adobe Digital Publishing Suite helps create, distribute and optimize digital content across devices. Reach prospective students, engage alumni and support your athletic department by delivering rich interactive content anywhere, anytime. Teach students practical digital communication and business skills to give them a competitive edge after they graduate.
2:15pm - 2:30pm	Wing 102	Break (15 minutes)
2:30pm - 4:00pm	Wing102	Repeat Adobe Acrobat Pro session (90 minutes)	Learn about Adobe Acrobat Pro XI's new features and what it has to offer faculty, students and staff.

HOT: Hands On Technology - Thursday, May 23rd

Time	Location	Session	Description
9:00am - 10:00am*	Wing 15	Focus on Adobe Acrobat (Hands On) By: Saundra Solum, Cari Mathwig Ramseier, and Larry Sleznikow	Review concepts from Adobe Day Hands-on, apply what you have learned Write down questions from Adobe Day, find common themes to address during this workshop
10:00am - 11:30am* *updated time	Wing 15	Learn About Turnitin By: Cari Mathwig Ramseier	One hour presentation about Turnitin followed by half-hour hands on session to practice using Turnitin (you can use a past course in D2L for the workshop)
10:00am - Noon 11:30am - Noon	Wing 17 Wing 15	Hands-On Time/Break Academic Technology Services Team	If you are not participating on one of the morning sessions or would like more hands-on time, feel free to stop by Wing 17 after 10am or Wing 15 after 11:30am.
Noon - 1:30pm	Wing 102	Empowering Learners Through Digital Storytelling By: Jim Jorstad	Our ability to tell authentic stories can dramatically increase the learning experience for students, as well as for faculty. Through digital tools easily at hand, we can create opportunities that help to embed the reader into a more relevant and engaging environment- one that is memorable. By using stories we can relate to, combined with rich imagery, sound, and narrative, we can create an emotional connection with our world. In this dynamic and enlightening session, Jim Jorstad, Director of Academic Technologies will share examples of truly engaging digital storytelling - how he captured them, created an effective emotional connection, and how they were distributed them worldwide. Attendees will be given the opportunity to try their hand of creating their own digital stories. Bring your ideas, stories and passion and learn to be an effective digital story teller.
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Wing 15	Tools to Capture Your World By: Cari Mathwig Ramseier, Jen Snook, Saundra Solum and Larry Sleznikow	We will share a variety of voice and video recording tools, including Jing, Snag-It, Screencast-o-matic, Brainshark, Audacity, others. Choose the tool(s) you’d like to try yourself and use the time to practice with the experts on-hand.
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Wing 15	Making the Most of Google Drive By: Larry Sleznikow and Saundra Solum	Google Drive is everywhere you are—on the web, in your home, at the office and on the go. So wherever you are, your stuff is just...there. Ready to go, ready to share. Get started with 5 GB free.