1. The Technologies

2. Technologies and this class
Activity – Peruse the list of software available on the computers in the TC labs:
How many individual software tools?
Which software families can you identify?
What are some of the software types/genres?

3. The technologies we will use
Specific software
Word
Powerpoint
Photoshop
Visio
InDesign
Dreamweaver
Robohelp
Flash
Software “genres”
Word processing
Presentation
Graphics
Diagrams
Page Layout
Web design
Help system
Animation

4. Experience with Course Tools…

5. Experience with Tool Genres…

6. Thoughts on learning technologies…

7. The technologies we will use
Software & genres
Word (word processing)
Powerpoint (presentation)
Photoshop (graphics)
Visio (diagrams)
InDesign (page layout)
Dreamweaver (web design)
Robohelp (help system)
Flash (animation)
Why these tools and tool genres specifically?
Varied “families” (e.g., Adobe, Macromedia, Microsoft)
Links to TC professional activities …