Touchè

More and more technology is becoming capable of sensing motion and touch. What happens when we are able to utilize this tech outside of metallic surfaces and touch screens?

UD Thesis Styles

You may have helped students in printing their UD Thesis in the past, but what you may not know is that there is updated Styleguides that students can use in MS Word and LaTeX. Info from the site: The UDThesis Styles are designed to provide standard formatting for dissertations, executive position papers, and theses according to the University of Delaware Office of Graduate and Professional Education's Thesis and Dissertation Manual. They also provide standard formatting for Honors Senior Thesis with Distinction and Senior Thesis with Distinction according to the Board of Senior Thesis Readers and Undergraduate Research Program's Senior Thesis Handbook.

Google Doc Drawing Feature

You may or may not know of a really great feature within Google Apps that you are able to access with your UDel email. It is the Google Doc Drawing creator. If you go into Google Documents on the top of your email screen you will see a tab that says "Create." After you click create there is a drop down menu that has a couple options. One of the options on the drop down menu is "Drawing." You can open the drawing feature and then go at it. There are options to insert pictures, shapes, text, word art, lines, and arrows. This is a great tool to use if you want to make a flow charts or concept charts. You also get all the great perks to working within Google Docs as well. No need to worry about the computer crashing and losing all your work because it saves automatically to Docs every few seconds while working on it. You can also utilize the collaborating feature which allows for whoever you want to work on the same drawing at the same time without having to email things back and forth. A great tool that I would definitely recommend!

Adobe CS6 is here!

There's been a lot of buzz about Adobe's latest version of its Creative Suite software package and what changes and improvements it will bring. Here's a quick rundown of the major new features in each program and what they mean for users.

For now, the SMDC is running CS5 on all its Windows and Mac computers. Do you think it's worth it to update to the latest CS6?

Student film festival May 10 (deadline May 7)

OK I know some of you have made great videos, here's your chance to submit it to Reel Productions' Campus Filmfest. Andrew Czudak who works here won a prize in 2010 for his video "Transfer the Package", take a look if you haven't seen it. You could be next!
Rich

Looking for a job? Watch what you post....

This is for our graduating seniors..... Looking for a job? Your potential employer may be looking at your Facebook or searching the web for other info. about you! Read this article from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Bottom line -- on Facebook, keep your settings on private!

Need a Part Time Job? Apply to be a Multimedia Student Assistant!

Do you love helping people? Do you have experience making movies, creating soundtracks, or working with computers? Do you want to make money while having fun and gaining valuable experience at the same time? Then apply to be a Multimedia Student Assistant at the Student Multimedia Design Center! We're looking for proactive, tech-savvy students who would like to work in a dynamic, public service driven environment. We have quite a few positions available (eight, to be exact!), so if this sounds like the job for you, what are you waiting for? Fill out the Library Student Employment Application Form (.pdf or .docx) and send it, along with your resume, to Eve Ellis at eellis@udel.edu. For more information about the position, check out the official job description.