MCDM Digital Toolkit

The MCDM Digital Toolkit

This is Powerpoint
as notes … so you
don’t have to take
any. 

1. Content Creation

Documents
Shrinkwrap
Word – download Office free from UW
Pages (Mac only)
Open Office (open source, Mac/PC)
Webware
Acrobat.com
GoogleDocs
Microsoft OfficeLive
TypeWithMe.com

Documents : Warnings
Formatting inconsistencies (especially typeface)
Mac folks -> remember file extensions!
To be safe, also make a PDF.
Mac: Print -> Save As PDF
Windows: Adobe.com converts
Zamzar (later!)
Of course, Adobe AcrobatPro

E-mail
UWNetID: http://uwnetid.washington.edu/
Deskmail: now only for faculty and staff
UW Google Mail (UW GoogleApps)
UW Outlook Live (UW Windows Live)
Forwarding:
Important messages from the University are sent to your UW email address (uwnetid@uw.edu). If you do not plan to use UW email services, you must set up e-mail forwarding.
If you need help in setting up another account inside your gmail account, bring it up this afternoon.

Upper and Lower Case Letters
Plus Numbers
Plus Special Characters
Ex: Atlanta, Georgia ->
@t1@nt@G30rg!@ or A21@n2@G30rg!A

Presentations
Shrinkwrap
Keynote
Open Office
Powerpoint
Webware
GoogleDocs
OfficeLive
Prezi

Presentations : Warnings
Embed images and fonts
Slideshare does not support “builds” or transitions but you can embed YouTube clips
Version inconsistencies
Tip if your images aren’t showing on someone else’s machine (not platform dependent)

Screen Capture
Aviary (FF extension)
Skitch (Mac)
Jing(Mac/PC)
Screenr

Aviary vSkitch/Jing

Skitch

Screenr

Spreadsheets
Shrinkwrap
Excel
Numbers
Open Office
Webware
GoogleDocs
Microsoft Live

Survey Tools
Catalyst QuickPoll
Catalyst WebQ
GoogleForm
SurveyMonkey
WordPress Poll

Wikis
WetPaint
PBWiki
Other forms of document collaboration
Acrobat.com
GoogleWave (retired)
Public Google Doc
TypeWithMe.com (integrated into Wave)

2. Content Distribution

Document Sharing
MediaSpace
Scribd
Slideshare

File Sharing
Catalyst CollectIt
DropBox
YouSendIt

Promoting Content
Facebook
Twitter
Wordpress

3. Utilities and Such

Anti-Virus Software: Sophos(UWICK)
Free Fax Service: FaxZero.com
File Conversion : Zamzar.com

Streamed Conferencing
Adobe ConnectNow (need AdobeID)
GoToMeeting
Prezi Meeting
Skype
uStream et al (from computer or phone)

SFTPSecure File Transfer Protocol
For connecting to UW web servers
Settings
Software available at UWICK/UWARE
Fugo(Mac)
WinSCP
Recommended: Filezilla(Mac/PC)

Credits
Kathy E. Gill, @kegill, kegill@uw.edu
Presentation at WiredPen.com, Slideshare.net, MediaSpace
Presentation Licensing: CC LicenseNon-commercial, Attribution, Share-and-share alike
Flickr photos, CC:
Title Slide, http://www.flickr.com/photos/26891884@N03/2549364714/
Journal paper, http://www.flickr.com/photos/calsidyrose/4129103991/
Keyboard, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapideo/198046070/
Sharing, CC http://www.flickr.com/photos/jek-a-go-go/3948329368/
Utility tools, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/2105168082/
Balloons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ficken/1813744832/

MCDM Digital Toolkit

by Kathy Gill on Sep 25, 2010

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