Grammar and Style Training
WordPress Training
- Training videos for WordPress are hosted through Lynda.com.
- To access Lynda, sign in through DoIT’s online training page (you can use either the link at the bottom of the page under “Getting Started” or on the right-hand side under “Login to Lynda.com”).
- Either search for “WordPress Essential Training” (course by Morten Rand-Hendricksen) or, now that you’re signed in, follow this link.
- Once inside the “WordPress Essential Training” course, all of these videos will come in handy as you use WordPress throughout the semester. We only require you to watch these particular videos to get started:
- What is WordPress
- Using the WordPress admin panel
- Posts vs. Pages
- Creating a New Post
- What is the difference between Categories and Tags?
- Adding Images to posts and pages
- When to use Pages
- Creating a Page
- Creating Page Hierarchies
- Previewing, installing, and changing themes
- Using Widgets
- These step-by-step text directions will also come in handy
- Verify that you completed the WordPress training here.
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
iMovie Training
- Training video for iMovie can be accessed through Lynda.com.
- The following are other sources for iMovie training (optional).
- If you can’t find what you need, try the iMovie help page.
- Verify that you did the iMovie training here
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
Piktochart Training
- Link to Piktochart (signing up for the free version will be good enough)
- How to easily create a Piktochart infographic
- Customizing charts
- Troubleshooting help (in text format, not video) can be found here. You don’t need to read through all these, just note that this is where you should go for Piktochart help.
- Verify that you did the Piktochart training here
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
Audacity Training
- Download: Audio Training Files
- Downloading Audacity and installing LAME, downloading exercise files
- Launch, save project, basics of interface
- 3 ways to add sound
- Playing sound and adjusting zoom
- Editing clips
- Building a package
- Recording voice
- Moving bites around
- Adding ambient sound & music
- Saving and compressing
- Verify that you did the Audacity training here
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
- Here is a great training (optional for you!) on Audacity from UC-Berkeley.
https://multimedia.journalism.berkeley.edu/tutorials/audacity/
InDesign Training
- Download folder of training files
- Creating files
- Tools and palettes
- Adding text
- Manipulating boxes
- Manipulating text
- Stylesheets
- Importing and manipulating images
- Framing boxes
- Lines
- Shapes
- Color
- Linking boxes
- Tabs
- Printing
- Verify that you did the InDesign training here
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
Excel
- Download Excel file
- Note that you do not need to sign up for a Dropbox account to download the file.
- Open Excel tipsheet
- Intro and sorting
- Calculating sums
- Add/subtract
- Multiply
- Calculate means
- Calculate medians
- Calculations by demographic
- Counts
- Fill
- Efficiencies
- Verify that you did the Excel training here
- Please know that entering confirmation here without completing the training constitutes academic misconduct and may result in a failing grade in the course. This applies to all verifications this semester.
Additional Trainings
The guides below are not required training, but you may find them helpful, especially when researching and creating your individual story projects.
Screen Capture Training
- Compare software options
- Jing (download free version)
- Snapz (find purchase info online)
- Screenflow (find purchase info online)
Soundslides Training
- Basics
- Adjusting images
- Changing the template and adding cutlines and headlines
- Saving file and saving for Web
Web Building Blocks
- What are HTML & CSS
- HTML codes
- Styling text with HTML
- Creating links
- Inserting images
- Creating tag styles
- Creating class styles
- Creating link styles
- Understanding page structure (your page as a farm)
- Sample CSS Template files(download to accompany this and future segments)
- ID styles
- Compound styles
- Customizing WordPress
Searching with Lexis Nexis
Searching for Story Ideas
Searching for Statistics and Data
Portfolio Site Training
IS Training
- Individual story tutorial
- Note: link to IS site used in tutorial here
- Note that the IS Audio Slideshow assignment has changed.
Other Digital Media Resources
Here is a great set of trainings for a variety of useful skills including audio recording, interactive map making, and editing: