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Software Tutorials and Resources

Tutorial Collections Aimed at Teaching and Learning
University of Wisconsin Eau Claire Technology Tutorials	Microsoft Office, FrontPage, Adobe products, Learn@UW (Desire2Learn).
UW-Oshkosh and UW Sytem Instructional Technology instructors	designing instruction, integrating technology into the classroom, productivity software.
AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology)	Excel, Word, Internet Explorer, Inspiration, Dreamweaver, Adobe products, and definitions of concepts and terms.

Tips and Tutorials by Subject
Subject	Tips and product info	Tutorials
Graphic Design	Adobe Illustrator design center Adobe Indesign design center	Illustrator tutorial (About.com graphics)
Creating Digital Video	Apple iMovie Adobe Premier design center	MERIT staff FAQ Apple's Learning Interchange Premiere tutorial (Berkeley's Multimedia Research Center)
Bibliographic Tools	EndNote Refworks Zotero	Endnote Tip sheets Refworks tutorial
Creating and Editing Images	Adobe Photoshop design center Fireworks design center GIMP	Photoshop crash course (Webmonkey) Photoshop tutorial (Planet) Hand-Picked Photoshop Tutorials (Smashing Magazine) Fireworks web design tutorial (SmartWebby) GIMP tutorial (GIMP.org)
Office 2007 (new Office)	Library Technology Group FAQs SoE Office 2007 FAQ's DoIT Help Desk-2007 Microsoft Overview Compatibility Pack for Office 2003	UW Michigan-Libraries Microsoft
Presentation Software	Microsoft PowerPoint Apple Keynote	PowerPoint tutorial (Internet4Classrooms) PowerPoint in the Classroom (ACT360 Media)
Course Management Tools	Learn@UW Moodle home page	Learn@UW tutorial (UW-Eau Claire) Getting Started (UW-Madison) Moodle Docs, Moodle.org Using Moodle, by Jason Cole eCOW2 Moodle Tutorials, College of Engineering-UW-Madison (login as guest) Moodle Tutorial (MoodleTutorials.org) Moodle - Teacher documentation Moodle - Sample Courses (from WisNet, login as guest)
Concept Maps	Inspiration IHMC CmpTools	Inspiration tutorial (Louisiana INTEC) Inspiration tutorial (Acadia University)
Web Editing and Publishing	Adobe Dreamweaver design center	Dreamweaver tutorial (Training Tools)
Spreadsheets	Microsoft EXCEL	Excel tutorial from UW-Eau Claire
Statistics	SPSS NVivo R (data analysis and graphics)	SPSS tutorial from Univ of Toronoto NVivo help and tutorials (Lynn Richards) Contact Chris Dowling to request to join the UW-Madison NVivo user community maillist.
Email	Thunderbird	Thunderbird tutorial (OSA)
WisCal	Oracle	DoIT Online tutorial

For information about the SoE Software library available to faculty and staff, please contact Chris Dowling.