Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Tutorials on Digital Tools and Resources

The Visual Resources Collection staff will be conducting informal training on the ARTstor image database, PowerPoint, and bspace for UC Berkeley History of Art faculty and graduate students. Click here or on the image to the right for the sign-up form. Please provide your name and e-mail address in the space provided on the form to sign-up for a session.

The sessions will cover the following:

Getting Started with ARTstor
--registering for an account
--features overview
--searching
--downloading individual images
--batch downloading to PowerPoint

Introduction to Powerpoint
--creating proper image file sizes for importing to PPT
--creating basic image presentations
--image resizing and layout
--adding text to presentations

Loading lectures to bspace
--setting up a bspace course
--configuring additional log-ins for GSIs
--preparing your lectures for upload
--uploading your lectures

I am open to additional times or training topics. Please contact me at lynncunningham@berkeley.edu to share your suggestions.