UP Tech Tip: Mac Preview is a Mini-Photoshop

Greetings! Today’s #uptechtip comes from my friend Melinda Lease , a graphic designer and creative manager who lives here in Portland. She wrote a great, quick guide for you Mac users out there on using the built-in Preview tool in MacOS to resize, crop, adjust colors, or even cut-out elements in your images. You can even…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Mac Preview is a Mini-Photoshop

UP Tech Tip: Make Your Own Graphics

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Most educators would agree that multi-sensory learning offers obvious and tangible benefits for students. Using a combination of information delivery methods can increase learner engagement, comprehension and retention. As a teacher, you can talk at length about complex subjects (it’s called lecturing for a reason), and you’ve probably written countless pages in your area of…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Make Your Own Graphics

UP Tech Tip: Finding Copyright Friendly Images

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We all like to add flavor and visual appeal to our websites, slides and documents with images. With Google putting almost any image conceivable at your fingertips, it’s incredibly easy to find and take  appealing graphics. However, as an educator you are highly advised to be aware of copyright and fair use when re-purposing media…Continue Reading UP Tech Tip: Finding Copyright Friendly Images

MS Office and Accessibility

The accessibility checker inspection results list in Word 2013. It lists 2 errors, "missing alt text", and "no header row specified"

Educators use Microsoft Office to deliver a wide range of material — syllabi and other vital class documents in Word, slide decks in PowerPoint, and more. With Office 365 coming to campus, now is a great time for a reminder and refresher on the importance of creating documents that are accessible to a diverse audience. Creating documents in an…Continue Reading MS Office and Accessibility