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Fall Workshops for Faculty

Robert A. L. Mortvedt Library
Pacific Lutheran University

In response to a survey of faculty training needs, the following learning opportunities will be offered during the Fall semester. Classes will be limited to 12 participants and will be offered only if more than 5 people sign up. The deadline for signup is August 25. To signup, contact Margaret Worley (worleyme@plu.edu), (253) 535-8470. For more information about workshop outlines contact Layne Nordgren (nordgrle@plu.edu), (253) 535-7197.

  • Setting Up a Course Website
  • Basic Scanning: Image Acquisition and Optical Character Recognition
    • Setting Up
    a Course Website


    		 Tuesday September 2, 1997 10:00-12:00 am (workshop) and 1:00-3:00 pm (practice session)
    also offered on Friday September 5, 1997 10:00-12:00 am (workshop) and 1:00-3:00 pm (practice session)
    in the Language Resource Center in the Library.
    Taught by Layne Nordgren and Gail Egbers.

    Description: Learn basic web page construction so that you can make syllabi, course information, and other resources available to your students online. Bring materials and/or files you want to place on your test pages.

    Outline:
    • Learning Objectives
      • Identify tools needed for making web pages
      • Describe examples and uses of course websites
      • Locate resources and references for web page construction
      • Develop course or personal web page(s)
      • Access information on copyright issues
      • Transfer web pages to PEPPER for serving
      • Access pages for testing and editing
    • Why Set Up a Course Website? Pedagogical rationale
    • A Basic Toolkit for Web Page Design
    • Guidelines for Designing Web Pages
    • Copyright and Protecting Intellectual Investments
    • Addresses, URLs, and Links
    • Using Template Files
    • HTML Primer
    • Incorporating Images in Your Pages
    • Design Considerations for Lynx and Graphic Browsers
    • Making a Web Page Exercise
    • Transferring Files Via FTP
    • Basic PEPPER Commands
    • Accessing Your Pages for Testing and Editing
    • Converting Existing Files to HTML
    • Links to Examples of Web Based Course Materials
    • Web References
    Basic Scanning:
    Image Acquisition and Optical Character Recognition


    		 Wednesday September 24, 1997 10:00-12:00 am
    also offered on Thursday September 25, 1997 8:00-10:00 am
    in the Language Resource Center in the Library.
    Taught by Layne Nordgren and Gene Gatlin.

    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

    Outline:
    • 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
    • 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). Send comments.
    Last Update: 08/14/97
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