UT School of Information

SHORT COURSES

About IT Services Short Courses

IT Services offers free classes on various computer technology topics for School of Information students, faculty, and staff. Subjects range from operating systems like Unix to instruction in basic HTML and specific applications such as Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft PowerPoint.

Spring 2011 Short Courses

All courses will be one hour and held in the IT Lab Annex (UTA 1.210C, in the back of the IT Lab) unless otherwise noted.

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If you'd like to request a class that isn't listed here, contact us by email. We may add additional courses if there is demand, and we'd be happy to help you one-on-one as well.

Courses from Fall 2010

Capstone Posters
Introduction to Powerpoint
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
Using a Template to Create a Professional Online Presence
Web Design: CSS
Adobe InDesign and Illustrator
Introduction to XML
Instroduction to HTML
Web Templates

Courses from Spring 2010

IT Lab and iSchool accounts (Instructors: Yongyi and Kathryn) Handout
Intro to Using CSS Templates (Instructors: Jessica and Jonny)
Intro to HTML and CSS (Instructors: Yongyi and Stephen)
PowerPoint and Prezi (Instructors: Heather and Yongyi)

Courses from Fall 2009:

IT Lab and iSchool accounts (Instructor: Rebecca) (Slides) | SSH and FTP Handout
Adobe Basics (Instructor: Liz)
Microsoft Office Basics (Instructor: Kathryn) Handout
Web I: Intro to HTML and CSS (Instructors: Stephen and Yongyi) Handout
Excel I (Instructor: Emily) Handout
Word I (Instructor: Kathryn) Handout
Web II: HTML and CSS (Instructors: Doug and Yongyi)
Excel II (Instructor: Rebecca) Handout
Adobe Basics (Instructor: Liz)
Glifos (Instructors: Stephen and Daniel)
PowerPoint (Instructor: Kathryn)
Illustrator I (Guest Instructor: Chris Latham)
Web III: Using Templates (Instructors: Stephen and Jessica)

Other Previous Courses

Boot Camp Basics

Boot Camp Web

HTML and Templates (Handout | Slides)
an introduction to HTML and templates. HTML is a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document. Templates are a tool to separate the content from the presentation in Web design. Templates are a quick and dirty way to get a Web site up fast; great for Web portfolios.

HTML and Dreamweaver (Handout | Slides)
An introduction to HTML and Adobe Dreamweaver. HTML is a means to describe the structure of text-based information in a document. Adobe Dreamweaver is a web design and site management program. Dreamweaver is an easy way to build sites without knowing a lot of code, and great for long-term site building and maintenance.

HTML and Intro to CSS (Handout | Slides)
An introduction to HTML and CSS. HTML is a means to describe the structure of text based information in a document. CSS is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. CSS is a great way of changing the look of an entire site without having to change each page individually.

Other courses

Getting Your Vision on Big Paper: Poster Sessions and You (Handout | Slides)
Resources for students creating a poster for a presentation session and tips for poster creation and presentation. Materials also cover information and expectations for the iSchool's Capstone Poster Session, a mandatory graduation requirement.

Introduction to Macs for PC Users
Advanced Searching With Google
Using RSS
Converting VHS Tapes to DVD
Introduction to Morae
How to Create and Post a Web Page
How to Use Your School of Information Account
Introduction to PowerPoint
Introduction to Photoshop
Introduction to Fireworks
Introduction to Illustrator
Introduction to Microsoft Word
Introduction to Dreamweaver
Advanced Dreamweaver
Introduction to HTML
Introduction to XML
How to Use Cascading Style Sheets
Introduction to iLife (iPhoto, iMusic, iMovie, iDVD)
Usability Testing with Morae
Using Linux