Today we had a great time looking at several of Google’s products and how you can maximize your productivity in Google with Google Photos and organizing your files in the first of our Google Workshop series. Take a look at the slides below to find out some ways that you can use Google more effectively.
This summer, the Innovation Foundry will be offering a series of three Google Workshops. Google Suite offers a powerful set of tools that can enhance productivity, creativity, and collaboration. Each workshop will include three one-hour sessions that focus on a specific tool or set of tools, allowing you to come to the sessions that you are most interested in. Each workshop will be held in the Maker Lab Classroom.
Landing a job after graduation is a competitive game. Students need to think out of the box to truly stand out from the crowd and get attention. You can’t really judge a person’s skills, character, or experience based on qualifications and claims alone. Learn about different portfolio options that are available to all students at ACU (even after graduation) and how digital portfolios can enhance your presence in the job market.
Presenters: Marisa Beard, Stephen Rektenwald, and Amos Gutierrez
Have you ever wanted to make your own designs for a t-shirt or your laptop? ACU’s MakerLab gives you access to the tools to make it happen. With vinyl sold by the foot, a Vinyl Express Plotter/Cutter, and a SignWarehouse Vinyl Heat Press, the MakerLab has the tools to personalize your clothing or devices.
Join Darren Wilson, director of the MakerLab, as he walks us through the process of preparing your designs for the Vinyl Cutter.
Adobe Illustrator is a powerful tool available to all ACU Faculty, Students, or Staff. Illustrator is a creative industry standard that allows anyone to create logos, icons, drawings, typography, and complex illustrations for any medium. Whether using this to create the next big thing, model a personal project, or design a poster for display at an upcoming conference, Illustrator has what it takes. Follow this video as ACU’s Adobe Ambassador, Amos Gutierez, and ACU Library’s Digital Design Specialist, Chai Green, walk through some of the essential tools to get started with Adobe Illustrator.
Data analysis can be an overwhelming topic. Coaching students how to analyze their data can seem impossible. Dr. Richard Beck, author and professor of psychology, walks through his pedagogy for teaching basic data visualization in a recent Foundry Chat in the Adams Center for Teaching and Learning. His insights on data help to simplify complex topics in this 1-hour walkthrough session.
Click here to get the link for his handout.
Click here to view the video of this session on Vimeo.
ACU Maker Lab’s Laser Cutter is one of its most popular tools. Many people that come in to use it spend much of their appointment time trying to complete their project at the Laser Cutter computers. Make sure to check out this workshop by the Brown Library’s Digital Design Specialist, Chai Green, as he goes through some tips and tricks for setting up your next project for the laser cutter in Adobe Illustrator.
Google Calendar is a powerful tool that has many new updates over the past couple of years. Learn some of the new features like appointment slots and availability settings in this session with Hab Adkins, Director of Computing Services for ACU.
Zoom video conferencing is a great way to engage with your students outside of class and easy to use on any device. If you would like to add a Zoom conference to your Canvas course, reference the video below to add Zoom as an external tool to your modules.
Adobe Spark is an introductory tool that helps those who are just beginning with creative design tools or who would like to use some of its unique features with students who may have a wide variety of skills. Watch the below video as Chai Green, the library’s Digital Design Specialist, and Stephen Rektenwald, Assistant Director of the Innovation Foundry discuss some interesting academic uses of Adobe Spark.