MAC End User Group
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[edit] Details
- When: The MAC Multimedia End User Group is typically held once a month
- Where: The Mac Lab (A-1104) at the Deerwood Center
- Who: Pam O’Quinn and Mark Basse from the TV studio at Deerwood host these events; special guests are often featured too!
- What else: We welcome any and all questions! Bring your Mac laptop or use the iMacs provided for you.
[edit] Purpose
Explore and develop multimedia content with iLife, Apple's award winning multimedia application suite:
- iPhoto: manage your digital images and create web pages, handouts and beautiful 4-color hardback and spiral bound printed books
- GarageBand: create audio podcasts and enhanced audio podcasts; upload them to your FCCJ blog
- Keynote: import and update your existing Powerpoint presentations; record new presentations for distribution as podcasts or movies
- iMovie: import and edit your videos; create title tracks and sound tracks, and transitions between movies
- iDVD: assemble audio and video content; add titles and chapters; create and burn DVDs
Explore iWork applications (Apple's counterpart to Microsoft's Office suite):
- Pages, a word processing and desktop publishing application
- Keynote, a presentation package
- Numbers, a spreadsheet application
The Mac End Users Group will also:
- Share tips on getting the most from your video and digital still cameras
- Explore various emergent technologies available to the FCCJ community
[edit] Meetings
[edit] June 26, 2008
Topics we covered tonight:
- Keynote
- iTunes U (We found recipes for Wayne--and changed his life!!!!)
- Exporting files from Keynote into Flash, etc.
- iPhoto (applications in the iLife suite)
- Pages (an iWork application)
Check out our Mac Users community on Blackboard!
- Blackboard > Community > Mac Users Discussion Forum
[edit] May 29, 2008
What a great turn out! We had a total of twelve people who participated in the workshop. The participants brought their own laptops and/or used the iMacs provided. The focus of the workshop was “How to create New Media by re purposing your old PowerPoint’s and using Keynote. ” We also touched on the other tools provided on your MAC such as iPhoto and iTunes. This was an open forum with all participants exchanging thoughts and ideas. What synergy!
- One of the outcomes of the meeting was to start a “Wiki” …so here it is. If you have any thoughts or ideas please contribute. That's what a Wiki is all about.
- We ended the meeting with Mark Basse giving a tour of the TV studio.
- Remember, you can access great tutorials and tips within most MAC applications, in software such as Keynote, iPhoto, iWorks, iMovie, iTunes, and more. Just look under the HELP menu.
- Lyn Noble sent us an email regarding the discussion we had on "screen captures."
Links from this session:
- SnapZ
- iShowU
- Web 2.0 - Web 2.0 technologies at FCCJ. The focus is faculty using them for education. It's "edutainment."
Remember, “Herd those Cats” to keep organized as you create your New Media Project. We'll be posting and sending out emails for the next meeting scheduled for next month. See you there.
Pam O'Quinn
[edit] Featured Software & Tools
[edit] Launchbar
For many Mac users, Launchbar is the one utility they could not live without. It makes life faster, easier, smoother. Users, with a few keystrokes, can launch applications, go to particular Web sites, look up words in the dictionary, send e-mails. Mouse use goes way down and Dock use is almost eliminated. Launchbar's main competitor is Quicksilver. It's free but no longer being actively developed; it does, however, have a users' group. Launchbar costs $20 and is still being refined and improved. The developer is available to answer questions and the forum is a great place to ask questions and get good advice from other Launchbar users.
[edit] Mac science
Apple has a fascinating Web site that offers all kinds of hints, tutorials, and ideas for using Mac software in the sciences. The link here is to the productivity lab but there's lots more to see by clicking on the tabs.
[edit] Additional Resources
Web 2.0 - Videos about Web 2.0 technologies; made here at FCCJ!
Blog Server - Log into your FCCJ Blog (adjunct faculty, contact Mitch Chin)
iTunes U - FCCJ's iTunes U channel
Learning Innovations - Learning Innovations at FCCJ
iLife Tutorials @ Apple.com - For tools like iMovie, iPhoto, iDVD, Garage Band and iWeb
iWork Tutorials @ Apple.com - For learning how to use Keynote, Pages and Numbers
NFMUG - North Florida Macintosh Users Group
