Guides and Tutorials

Acrobat
Adobe Presenter
Blackboard (Faculty & Staff)
Blackboard (Students)
Blogs and Wikis
Captivate (RoboDemo)
Clickers- Classroom Performance System (CPS)
Dreamweaver
Dreamweaver and Fireworks
Digital Video
Elluminate
Free Imaging Software
Google Pages
HTML
MDID
Online Video Library (Films for Humanities and Sciences)
Photoshop
Photoshop Elements
Podcasting
Qualtrics
Respondus (Faculty & Staff)
Respondus (Students)
Second Life
Scanning
StudyMate
Tegrity
Video Production Request Form
Wikis and Blogs
YouTube and Picasa

Acrobat

• Converting Documents to PDF

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Adobe Presenter

• Presenter 7 Guide
• Presenter 6 Workshop Guide

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Blackboard

• Blackboard resources for Faculty, Staff and Students are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Captivate (RoboDemo)

• Captivate 3 Workshop Guide (Word)
• Captivate 1Workshop Handout (Word) (PDF)
• Sample Captivate Files with Audio Narration
  • Investigating the Blackboard Gradebook
  • Investigating the Blackboard Gradebook Introduction
  • Inserting an Image into PowerPoint
    

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Clickers- Classroom Performance System (CPS)

Instructor Resources

• Steps to Implement Clickers into Your Course (Word File)
• CPS Introduction and Features for PC (Word File) New Version 5!
• Create a CPS Database (Word File)
• Create a CPS Database Tutorial (Flash Presentation)
• Additional CPS Settings (Word File)
• CPS Team Activities (Word File)
• CPS Report Features (Word File)
  
  
• How to Use the CPS Clicker
  

• CPS Download for PC (version 5.4)
• CPS for PowerPoint PC
• CPS Download for Mac (version 1.35)

Student Resources

• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on CPS Online (Word File)
• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on Blackboard (Word File)
• Enroll Your CPS Clicker on CPS Online Tutorial (Flash Presentation)

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Dreamweaver

• Introduction Part 1
• Introduction Part 2
• Intermediate (Word Document)

Dreamweaver and Fireworks

• Part 1
• Part 2

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Digital Video

• Premiere Elements
• iMovie 6
• iMovie 8

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Elluminate

• Getting Started for Faculty
• Getting Started for Students
• Create an Elluminate Session in Blackboard
• Elluminate Moderator Quick Reference Guide
• Elluminate Student Quick Reference Guide
• Additional Elluminate Support and Reference Guides- Moderator
• Additional Elluminate Support and Reference Guides- Student

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Free Imaging Software

• Photoshop Express
• Fast Stone Image Viewer
  • FastStone Image Viewer Tutorial (PDF, 4.0MB)
    http://www.faststonesoft.net/DN/FSIV_Tutorial.pdf
  • FastStone Image Viewer – Latest Development
    http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerBeta.htm
  • Download FastStone Viewer: http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDownload.htm

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Google Pages

• Google Pages Handout
• How to Create a Webpage using Google Pages- Animated Tutorial
• How to Create and Format a Page- Mini-Animated Tutorial
• How to Link to Other Websites- Mini-Animated Tutorial
• How to Upload and Link to a Document- Mini-Animated Tutorial
• How to Upload and Display a Photo- Mini-Animated Tutorial
• How to Link GooglePages and Publish- Mini-Animated Tutorial

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HTML

• HTML I (Introduction)

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Madison Digital Image Database (MDID)

• Workshop Handout

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Online Video Library (Films for Humanities and Sciences)

• Browse the FFH Video Library
  (requires you to login with your JMU e-ID and email password)
• Search a title through LEO
• For more information

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Photoshop

• Photoshop CS Basics (Word)
• Photoshop CS Complete (Word) (PDF)
• Photoshop CS for Photos (Word) (PDF)
• Photoshop CS for Web (Word) (PDF)

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Photoshop Elements

• Photoshop Elements 6.0 Tutorial (PDF)
• Photoshop elements Online Support: http://www.adobe.com/support/photoshopelements/
• Safari Online Tech Book from the JMU Libraries Web Site:
  By clicking the links below on campus or with the JMU VPN client set up off campus, you will be able to view these electronic books in full text about Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.
  • Sams Teach Yourself Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6 in 24 Hours
  • Photoshop Elements 6: The Missing Manual
  • Photoshop Elements 6 for Mac: The Missing Manual
  • Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide
  • The Photoshop® Elements 6 Book for Digital Photographers
  • Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 6.0 On Demand
    Note: For the direction to getting access to JMU's Online Resource from off campus, please refer to Connect to JMU's Online Resources from Off Campus.

Podcasting

• Create an Enhanced Podcast (Word)
• Podcasting Website

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Qualtrics

*Note: The Qualtrics handouts are for references only. You must complete a two part workshop to obtain a Qualtrics account. Click here to sign up for the Qualtrics workshop.

• Qualtrics Part I Handout
• Qualtrics Part II Handout
• A Quick Explanation of Qualtrics Question Types

Respondus

• Respondus resources for Faculty, Staff and Students are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Second Life

• How to Directly Access the JMU Mad Fellows Site

Scanning Images and Documents

• Scanning Basic Online Tutorial (Call x87061 or email cit@jmu.edu for registration)

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StudyMate

• StudyMate resources for Faculty and Staff are now located on the Blackboard Support site.

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Tegrity

• Recording Reference Guide (PDF)

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YouTube and Picasa Resources

• YouTube and Picasa Resources

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