How to Create a Poster with PowerPoint

Hello everyone,
I’d like to thank Philipp for his question about designing posters. Some of you might be also interested in this hot topic so I’ll copy-paste my email reply to Philipp for you. Also, the kind folks at Washington State University are generously sharing a tutorial on the subject. You can download it by clicking [...]

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Audacity Workshop Tonight!

Resources

Creating a simple voice and music Podcast with Audacity
Practice Audio File: “USC Theme” by Nik. Many thanks to Ableton Live for the juicy beats! All rights reserved.
Mixing with Audacity — a YouTube video tutorial by verso360.

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Tools of the Trade #4: Moby Gratis

Dear students, this one is more of a resource than a tool, but to keep things simple, I’ve included it in the series.
Moby has created a collection of music you can use in your project videos provided you keep things non-profit. The site is called Moby Gratis and is waiting for you here. Let me [...]

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Tools of the Trade #3: SlideShare

So far we’ve learned how to feature videos from YouTube and Viddler on your sites. You can expand further the communication palette of your project by embedding PowerPoint presentations as well!
Go to SlideShare.com, sign up for a free acount, upload your presentation, copy the embed code (for wordpress.com), click the HTML text editor tab and [...]

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