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About "Basic Scanning"


How this workshop came to be...

In January 1997, Media Services completed a Survey on the Use of Instructional Technology in the Classroom. Results indicated a strong need for faculty training and services to support faculty use of instructional technology in the classroom. Eight of 50 individuals surveyed (20%) indicated a need for web production services and seven of 50 (17.1%) needed training in imaging software.

Information Resources staff, including Layne Nordgren, Margaret Worley, Gail Egbers, and Susan McDonald collaborated to address these needs. A survey of faculty computer training needs was conducted in the spring of 1997 to identify the most commonly needed training. Three of the most commonly requested topics, web page production, FTP, and PowerPoint were offered in May 1997. Three workshops will be offered during the fall, 1997.

This workshop was developed as a collaborative effort between Layne Nordgren and Gene Gatlin. Margaret Worley provided support with organizing and scheduling this and other faculty training workshops.

Workshop Description

Learn to use flatbed scanners, PhotoDeluxe, PhotoShop, and OmniPage to acquire images for use in documents, PowerPoint presentations, web pages, and scholarly publishing. Bring materials to be scanned or OCR'ed

Wednesday September 24, 1997
10:00-12:00 am

also offered on
Thursday September 25, 1997
8:00-10:00 am

at the Language Resource Center in the Library.
Instructors

Please feel free to contact either of us during or after the workshop for assistance in applying and using this technology.

Layne Nordgren
Position: Associate Director, Library Media Services/Library Systems
Office: Library 128, Media Services
Telephone: (253) 535-7197 FAX: (253) 535-7315
E-Mail: nordgrle@plu.edu
Home Page: http://www.plu.edu/~nordgrle
Gene Gatlin
Position: Library Equipment Technician
Office: Library 128, Media Services
Telephone: (253) 536-5021 FAX: (253) 535-7315
E-Mail: gatlinet@plu.edu
Home Page: http://www.plu.edu/~gatlinet
Learning Objectives
  • Identify appropriate pedagiogical uses for scanning and OCR technologies
  • Describe what kinds of materials can be scanned for use in:
    • word processing documents
    • web documents
    • PowerPoint presentations
    • scholarly publications
  • Identify local resources and tools for scanning and OCR
  • Learn to use scanning hardware and software
  • Learn to use OCR software

Workshop Outline

  • What kinds of materials can be scanned?
  • How scanning works
  • Questions to ask before beginning scanning
  • Scanning output
  • Text and Optical Character Recognition
  • Image scanning (simple for PhotoDeluxe and in depth for PhotoShop)
    • photo for web
    • logo for web
    • logo or signature for Word
    • for PowerPoint
  • Basic retouching
  • Using PhotoShop layers


Maintained by: Layne Nordgren (nordgrle@plu.edu)
Last Update: 09/23/97