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Media & Design Center
Does your web presence need a makeover? Want to perfect your photos in Photoshop? Interested in creating your own podcast? The R.B. House Undergraduate Library offers free workshops each semester to teach you these things and more!
SkillfUL Tech Workshops will be held via Zoom or in person at the Undergraduate Library. We will introduce you to some of the latest digital tools that you can use in class, on the job, or for fun!
Registration is required for all SkillfUL workshops.
Video editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
Description: Learn to edit videos using Premiere Pro.
NOTE: Participants must have access to the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro via the Adobe Creative Cloud. For access information, visit https://adobe.unc.edu.
- Date:
- September 16, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00am to 11:00am
- Location:
- Room 205, Undergraduate Library
- Presenter:
- Justin D'Orazio
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Create a resume in Adobe InDesign
Description: Need help creating an eye-catching resume or would like to spruce up your current one? This session will cover how to create a resume to get you noticed. NOTE: Participants must have access to the latest version of Adobe InDesign via the Adobe Creative Cloud. For access information, visit https://adobe.unc.edu.
- Date:
- October 9, 2024
- Time:
- 2:00pm to 3:00pm
- Location:
- via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Rebecca Liu
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Introduction to WordPress
Description: WordPress makes building websites a breeze. We’ll cover the basics of using WordPress on Tarheels.live as well as offer advice on how to add and maintain content on your website.
- Date:
- October 23, 2024
- Time:
- 3:30 - 4:30pm
- Location:
- via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Lynn Eades
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Creating an academic poster in Adobe InDesign
Description: This session will concentrate on the mechanics of creating an academic poster in InDesign. Learn to create guidelines, set styles, and how to incorporate images into your poster. Knowledge of InDesign is not required, but highly recommended. NOTE: Participants must have access to the latest version of Adobe InDesign via the Adobe Creative Cloud. For access information, visit https://adobe.unc.edu.
- Date:
- November 12, 2024
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Room 205, Undergraduate Library
- Presenter:
- Lynn Eades
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Generative AI Workshops
What is Generative AI?
Description: This online workshop will explain what generative AI is and how it is being used in higher education. Resources for learning more about generative AI and campus guidance about its use will be featured.
- Date:
- October 3, 2024
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Michele Hayslett
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Using Generative AI in Research
Description: This online workshop will look at how to leverage generative AI to help you in your research. The workshop will focus on incorporating Microsoft 365 Copilot into your research workflow, plus looking at other generative AI products that can help speed up your research.
- Date:
- October 7, 2024
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Lynn Eades & Dayna Durbin
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Writing Effective Generative AI Prompts
Description: Description: Not sure how to get started with generative AI? This online workshop will help you practice writing prompts to get the results you need. Attendees are encouraged to login with their Onyen prior to the workshop at Copilot (click Sign In and then, depending on the prompts, EITHER select “Login with a work or school account” and login with your Onyen OR enter your onyen@ad.unc.edu email address and login with your Onyen).
Note: Copilot works best in the Edge browser.
- Date:
- October 10, 2024
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Michele Hayslett
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar
Copyright and Ethical Considerations with Generative AI
Description: Generative artificial intelligence is changing the ways that we think about copyright and other intellectual property laws. AI issues also bring new ethical dilemmas. Join Anne T. Gilliland, who is the Scholarly Communications Officer at the University Libraries and a lawyer and librarian, for a discussion of these issues.
- Date:
- October 14, 2024
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Via Zoom
- Presenter:
- Anne T. Gilliland
- Registration:
- Register on Heel Life for CLE credit
Register via the Library Events Calendar