Communication Open Lab Hours

Open Lab Hours: Monday, April 29th to
Friday, May 4

Gage 507

Gage 509

The labs close for the semester Friday, May 3rd.

You need to have all documents from computers and the San Storage copied to your personal storage device by then. If you are graduating, your San Storage folder will be deleted. For returning students, we do our best to keep the data but we will be doing significant upgrades to all computers and to the San Storage this summer. We are not responsible for lost or deleted files that may occur during upgrades.

Black and white printing available in both labs. Software includes: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Motion, GarageBand, iMovie, iPhoto, Word, Excel, Power Point, and Safari.

The Creative Software Series is designed to supplement and expand the software you learn in class. Or maybe you could take any visual classes but want to beef up your resume before you graduate. These workshops are free and available to students currently registered in Department of Communication classes. Each workshop is designed as a stand alone session. So, in most cases, you do not need to have taken session 2 to understand session 3. You do need to be comfortable-ish on a Mac. If you are brand new to Macs, watch these Mac Basics tutorials to help you get up to speed. 

Email Tyra to reserve a spot in a workshop, or just show up. 

InDesign

1. Getting to Know InDesign // January 28 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30
2. Working with Typography // February 4 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30
3. Flowing and Editing Text in Large Documents // February 11 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30
4. Document Set Up & Working Multiple Pages // February 18 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30
5. Working with Color // February 25 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30
6. Importing & Modifying Graphics // March 4 // Gage 507 // 5-6:30

1. Getting to Know Illustrator // January 28 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8
2. Creating and Editing Shapes // February 4 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8
3. Drawing with the Pen & Pencil Tools // February 11 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8
4. Color & Painting // February 18 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8
5. Applying Effects // February 25 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8
6. Working with Symbols // March 4 // Gage 507 // 6:30-8

1. Photo Corrections & Work with Selections // January 25 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30
2. Layer Basics // February 1 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30
3. Enhancing Images // February 8 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30
4. Advanced Selections & Typographic Design // February 15 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30
5. Vector Drawing // February 22 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30
6. Web Graphics and Slicing // March 1 // Gage 507 // 12:30-2:30

1. Getting to Know Final Cut Pro // January 25 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4
2. Refining Edits in the Timeline // February 1 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4
3. Adding Motion to Projects // February 8 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4
4. Creating Titles and Adding Transitions // February 15 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4
5. Mixing Audio // February 22 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4
6. Apply Audio and Visual Filters // March 1 // Gage 507 // 2:30-4