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Feb. 18: Intro to Adobe Photoshop

Are you a graduate student who uses digital imagery (photos, data visualizations, and others) in a master’s thesis, master’s report, or doctoral dissertation (in an ETDR application)? Are you a faculty or staff member who integrates photographs into slideshows, imageset, or videos?

Join this “Intro to Adobe Photoshop” on Feb. 18, from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Zoom. This session introduces Adobe Photoshop as the leading software for editing and creating raster images (although it can output vector ones, too). This session will introduce the general graphical user interface (GUI) for this software. Then, it covers some basic uses and shows some walk-throughs of work sequences.

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Jan. 31: Getting Started with ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 31.    

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Dec. 13: Getting Started w/ ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 13.    

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Dec. 17: Intro to Microsoft Visio Pro

An introductory training for Microsoft Visio Pro is scheduled 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, on Zoom(Session is not live until the scheduled time.)

About Microsoft Visio Pro

Microsoft Visio Pro is a common diagramming tool that enables the creation of vector graphics.

Some common examples include the following:

  • Flowcharts to describe work or research processes
  • Basic diagrams
  • BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) diagrams (with built-in validation based on rule sets)
  • Database systems
  • Floor plans
  • Network designs
  • Data-created visuals (with uploaded Excel spreadsheets used in Visio templates from MS Visio Online and/or the Excel backstage)
  • Automapping of websites to three levels
  • And more

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Nov. 29: Getting Started w/ ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 29.    

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Oct. 25: Getting Started w/ ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 25.    

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Oct. 1: Intro to Adobe Photoshop 2021

Are you a graduate student who uses digital imagery (photos, data visualizations, diagrams, and others) in a master’s thesis, master’s report, or doctoral dissertation (in an ETDR application)? Are you a faculty or staff member who integrates digital visuals into slideshows, an imageset, or videos?

Join this “Intro to Adobe Photoshop” session on Oct. 1 (Fri.), from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Zoom. This session introduces Adobe Photoshop 2021 as the leading software for editing and creating raster images (although it can output vector ones, too). This session will introduce the general graphical user interface (GUI) for this software. Then, it covers some basic uses and shows some walk-throughs of work sequences.

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Sept. 27: Getting Started w/ ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

https://www.k-state.edu/grad/academics/etdr/

 

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 27.    

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Aug. 30: Getting Started with ETDR Templates

""Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made available templates (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1-2:30 p.m., Monday, Aug. 30.    

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July 23: Intro to Adobe Illustrator 2021

“Intro to Adobe Illustrator” is scheduled 1;30-3:30 p.m. July 23 on Zoom. This session introduces Adobe Illustrator as the leading software for editing and creating scalable vector images (graphics).

This session will introduce the general graphical user interface (GUI) for this software. Then, it covers some basic uses and shows some walk-throughs of work sequences.

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