The MCDM Digital Toolkit

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1. Content Creation

Documents

• Shrinkwrap– Word – free for UW students

• Windows 7 Ultimate Upgrade.• Office Professional Plus 2010• Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac

– Pages (Mac, iOS)– Open Office (open source, Mac/PC)

Documents

• 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– Adobe.com online converter– Zamzar (more later)– Of course, Adobe AcrobatPro

E-mail

• UWNetID: uwnetid.washington.edu/manage– UW Google Mail (UW GoogleApps)– UW Outlook Live (UW Windows Live)

• Note:– Important messages from the University are sent

to your UW email address (uwnetid@uw.edu). You must set up e-mail forwarding.

– If you need help adding an account to an existing gmail account, bring it up in workshops.

Presentations

• Shrinkwrap– Keynote– Open Office– Powerpoint

• Webware– GoogleDocs– OfficeLive– Prezi and PreziMeeting

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

• Built-in Tools• Static Third-Party Tools– Aviary (FF extension, Chrome extension)– Skitch (Mac)– Screen Capture By Google (Chrome extension)

• Screencast Third-Party Tools– Jing (Mac/PC – also static)– Screenr

Aviary v Skitch/Jing

Skitch

Jing

Screenr

Spreadsheets

• Shrinkwrap– Excel– Numbers– Open Office

• Webware– GoogleDocs– LiveOffice

Survey Tools

• Multi-Question– Catalyst WebQ– GoogleForm– SurveyMonkey

• One Question– Catalyst QuickPoll– WordPress Poll

Document Collaboration

• LiveOffice• Public Google Doc (G+ example)• Wikis• TypeWith.me

TypeWith.Me

2. Content Distribution

Document Sharing

• Scribd– The world’s largest social reading and publishing

company– Also supports presentations

• Slideshare– The world's largest community for sharing

presentations – Also supports documents, PDFs, videos and

webinars

File Sharing

• Catalyst CollectIt– Confusing because it uses the term “dropbox”

• DropBox– Automagically syncs between laptop,

mobile devices and the cloud– Getting An Account• Anyone with DropBox account• Anyone who wants a DropBox account

Promoting Content

• Facebook• Google+• Twitter

3. Utilities

Must-Haves

• Free Fax Service: FaxZero.com

• Free File Conversion: Zamzar.com

http://zamzar.com/

Streamed Conferencing

• Without shared desktop– Facetime – GoToMeeting– Skype– uStream et al (from computer or phone)

• With shared desktop– Adobe ConnectNow (need AdobeID)– Google+ Hangouts – Join.me– Webex.com (limited free service)

SFTPSecure File Transfer Protocol

• Required for connecting to UW web servers– Settings

• Recommended– Filezilla (Mac/PC/Linux) – FTPOnTheGo (iOS)– AndFTP (Android)

Credits

• Kathy E. Gill, @kegill, gplus.to/kegill, kegill@uw.edu– Presentation at WiredPen.com, Slideshare.net, GoogleDoc

• Presentation Licensing – CC License– Non-commercial, Attribution, Share-and-share alike

• Photos Used Are CC licensed from Flickr1. Title Slide, http://www.flickr.com/photos/26891884@N03/2549364714/2. Journal paper, http://www.flickr.com/photos/calsidyrose/4129103991/3. Keyboard, http://www.flickr.com/photos/lapideo/198046070/4. Sharing, http://www.flickr.com/photos/jek-a-go-go/3948329368/5. Utility tools, http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmode/2105168082/6. Balloons, http://www.flickr.com/photos/ficken/1813744832/