Interested in learning more about the new School of Medicine Web System?  Then this is the class for you.  Whether you're updating an existing Web site or building a brand new site from scratch, this class will show you the features available and will help you decide if this system is right for you. After taking this class, be sure to sign up for the next Web System Training session for hands on training with your site.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. Space is limited, so reserve your seat by registering in advance. If you are unable to attend, please call the Multimedia Lab at 966-3519 to cancel your reservation.

Newcomers to Web page design will benefit from this intensive class taught on Adobe's Dreamweaver software. Learn how to create pages based on basic design principles, as well as School of Medicine standards. You'll learn about the proper use of text, images, color, tables, and hyperlinks, as well as how to facilitate accessibility for users with disabilities.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and staff, as well as medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

Ready to start building your site in the new School of Medicine Web System?  Have you been wanting a refresher course on how to add pages to your existing site?  Then this is the class for you.  This hands-on class will go over the basics of building your site, from structure and layout to adding files and images.  If you're not familiar with the new School of Medicine Web System, check out our online Web Guide.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. Space is limited, so reserve your seat by registering in advance. If you are unable to attend, please call the Multimedia Lab at 966-3519 to cancel your reservation.

Prerequisite: School of Medicine Web System: Introduction

After you have completed 'Creating Web Pages with Dreamweaver,' the next step in Web development is publishing the site to the Web. In this class, you will learn how files are transferred onto a server so that it is available on the Web for others to see. We will go over how to obtain your own Web space or how to get access to your department Web space. You will practice publishing and editing Web site files on mock space on the Medical School server.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

Photoshop is a powerful imaging tool that lets you adjust and enhance images. In this class you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Photoshop workspace environment and will be able to navigate with confidence into the myriad of menus and dialog boxes.  You will also learn about the significance of different file formats, such as GIFs, TIFFs, JPEGs, and PSDs, when working with images for the Web or print. Our expert teachers will take the guess work out of this complex program with tips and techniques to help save you time and frustration.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

In this class, you will learn essential skills that will become the foundation for creating images in Photoshop.  Photoshop lets you isolate different parts of an image on layers.  Each layer can then be edited independently, allowing tremendous flexibility in creating and revising an image.  You'll learn step-by-step how to use the most important Layers features and techniques that will take your skills to a whole new level of efficiency and creativity.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

This class will teach you essential principles of not only how to make and modify selections but why they are so important.  You'll learn how to use Photoshop's selection tools to manipulate areas of the image without affecting the entire image. You will also learn how to apply these selections to layers for greater flexibility in editing the image.  Understanding the use of selection tools is essential to editing images in Photoshop.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

Interested in learning more about the new School of Medicine Web System?  Then this is the class for you.  Whether you're updating an existing Web site or building a brand new site from scratch, this class will show you the features available and will help you decide if this system is right for you.  After taking this class, be sure to sign up for the next Web System Training session for hands on training with your site.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. Space is limited, so reserve your seat by registering in advance. If you are unable to attend, please call the Multimedia Lab at 966-3519 or e-mail webhelp@med.unc.edu to cancel your reservation.

In this class you will learn the advanced skill of masking.  Using layer masks you can nondestructively conceal parts of an image or an adjustment made to an image.  With masks you can also isolate and manipulate specific parts of an image.  Masks are convenient in that they can be edited repeatedly without permanently affecting the underlying image. Masks are a key component to creating photo collages.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.

You know the basics of creating a PowerPoint presentation, but now you'd like to take your presentations to a new level. In this workshop you'll learn more advanced techniques to enhance your PowerPoint presentations. Topics covered include drawing tools, slide animations, headers and footers, slide masters, automated presentations, and more. Class time will also be devoted to answering your specific questions. After attending this workshop, you'll no longer have to ask yourself-"How did they get their presentation to do that?"

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of Multimedia Lab equipment.

Ready to start building your site in the new School of Medicine Web System?  Have you been wanting a refresher course on how to add pages to your existing site?  Then this is the class for you.  This hands-on class will go over the basics of building your site, from structure and layout to adding files and images.  If you're not familiar with the new School of Medicine Web System, check out our online Web Guide.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. Space is limited, so reserve your seat by registering in advance. If you are unable to attend, please call the Multimedia Lab at 966-3519 to cancel your reservation.

Prerequisite: School of Medicine Web System: Introduction

Using Adobe Photoshop and its advanced Web graphics component, Adobe ImageReady, you will learn to create images for use on the Web. This course will also familiarize you with concepts and techniques required to optimize images for display on the internet. You will also learn about several graphic formats that are appropriate for Web images, and how to choose the best one for output.

Classes are held in 67 MacNider Hall, site of the Faculty Multimedia Development Lab, and last about an hour. They are open to SOM faculty and to staff and medical students working on faculty curriculum projects. Each class includes hands-on use of OIS equipment.