• eCreate Location

• Classroom, 310 Preston Hall
• Lab, 311 Preston Hall

• Spring 2011 Hours

• Monday: 1pm - 6pm
• Tuesday: 2pm - 6pm
• Wednesday: 1pm - 6pm
• Thursday: 9am-12pm, 2pm-6pm
• Friday: 2pm - 6pm

• Contact Information

• Phone: 817.272.2702

Digital Research Methods

The Digital Research Methods Workshops is a series led by Carolyn Guertin on electronic resources available at UT Arlington and best practices and methods for the use of digital technologies and media in academic work.

Downloadable Lesson Plans

• Death by Powerpoint (And How to Avoid It)
• Electronic Bibliography
• Intro to Mac OS
• Moving Teaching Online: Screencasting
• Object-Oriented Design for the Web Using Dreamweaver CS2

Hands-on Training Sessions

The following is a series of screencasts that cover useful information on the use of several software applications that are heavily used in the eCreate Lab and Classroom. The videos are displayed using HTMl5 with a series of encodings provided that should work across all web browsers that support HTML 5. If your browser does not support HTML 5 video or has an error playing (our current implementation is somewhat buggy), a download link for an MP4 video encoded in .H264 has been provided for viewing outside of the web browser.

• Plasq Comic LIfe
• • Working With Comic Life (Download)
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• Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
• • Interface
  • The first screencast of the series introduces new users to the main interface elements of Dreamweaver and gives a brief overview of their functions.
  • Introduction to Dreamweaver CS4 (Download)
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  • Interface Elements
  • Text
  • This tutorial goes over the manipulation and formatting of text with the use of Cascading Style Sheets and the creation of hyper-links.
  • Working With Text (Download)
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  • Images
  • This tutorial explains how to insert and modify images, such as changing the size of an image and adding borders and adding links to images
  • Working With Images (Download)
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  • Tables
  • Tables are the simplest method for creating a layout and recommended for beginners, especially if you have used tables in word-processors like MS Word.
  • Tables I: Creating a Simple Layout (Download)
  • Tables II: Using Nested Tables for Complex Layouts (Download)
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  • Divisions
  • Divisions (div tags) are a more advanced means for creating a pages layout and make heavy-use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and are recommended for more experienced users.
  • Divisions I: Drawing Divisions (Download)
  • Divisions II: CSS & Fluid Layouts (Download)
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• Microsoft Word 2007/2008
• The following screencasts are designed to provide information on Word's built in features that help with the writing and management of large documents and sources
• • Document Management
  • The following tutorials provide information on using a documents properties for use with AutoText, Styles, collaboration and reviewing and using the citation manager for organizing sources.
  • Using Document Properties (Download)
  • Using the Citation Manager (Download)
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  • Working With Long Documents
  • The following tutorials provide information on how to format the text of longer documents automatically using Styles, organzing a long document using Outline view, and combining various documents together using a Master Document.
  • Using Styles (Download)
  • Using Outline View (Download)
  • Using Master Documents
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  • Using Word for Classes and Collaboration
  • The following tutorial demonstrates how to use Word's review features for correcting texts and collaborating with other users.
  • Using Review Tools