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Discovering Your Family History Online

Includes basic information about...

Take Back Your PC from Pop-ups, Hijackers & Virus Attacks

Learn how to safeguard your computer from Internet transmitted malicious software, which if undetected and not removed can cause a host of escalating problems, including excessive pop-up ads, hijacking of your browser’s homepage, and general slowdown and unresponsiveness. We will show you how to check for and remove these threats with commonly available free and shareware type software programs.

Family History Record Keeping, Reporting & Research Using Your Personal Computer

Includes brief detail on Family History software and a web site with additional resources

File Management for People with Other Things to Do

Notes from the Technology Brown Bag session on File management

Exploring the Mysteries of the PDF File

Covers details on the many and varied uses of PDF files

Creating Video for the Classroom

This SIDLIT session explored the use of video in distance learning – and when NOT to use it! Low budget solutions for simple video acquisition and editing are explored, including Windows Movie Maker, Apple’s iLife Suite, Quicktime Pro, and capturing video with a digital camera. We’ll also touch on how to get your movies into Blackboard.

Sharing Your Photographs Online

Part of a demonstration session held in August 2006 showing how to import and store photos, video.

Capturing Your Media to Your Computer and Beyond

This handout is for a SIDLIT 2006 session that covered how to import and store photos, video, and audio from capturing devices such as digital and video cameras on your computer. The session featured Roxio Media Creator and demonstrated how you can manipulate media after it has been digitized on your computer.

Converting PowerPoint to Flash

Paper discusses why and how you'd want to convert PowerPoint slideshows to Flash.

Camtasia Training Handout

Includes outline of JCCC Camtasia training as well as links to online tutorials and other resources.

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0

Flyer from Adobe on Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0

Simple Video Editing

This session will cover simple video editing techniques, starting with a very brief look at free tools (Windows Movie Maker and iMovie) and then moving on to look at the “lite” versions of professional software (Adobe Premiere Elements and Final Cut Express). We’ll look at the interface(s) and how to do simple tasks such as trimming clips, arranging them on the timeline, adding transitions, manipulating audio, and exporting your finished movie. The basics are easy to learn, so come learn how to make your own movies!

How Not to Act Like a Dweeb in Second Life