Tutorials
I created the tutorials below primarily for students enrolled in the M.A. TESL program or the Ph.D in Applied Linguistics & Technology at Iowa State Univeristy. In the tutorials, I frequently make reference to what went on during class and occasionally, I refer to handouts and to the particular situation at Iowa State University. However, the tutorials are freely available to anyone who wants to use them. All I ask is to give me credit when appropriate. If you have suggestions about the current tutorials or requests for additional tutorials, please let me know and I'll see what I can do. I would like to thank Anthony Ellertson and Amy Litterer for their work on the Flash tutorials.
Other sites that include some very good tutorials:
- Macromedia samples and tutorials http://www.macromedia.com/software/dreamweaver/productinfo/tutorials/gettingstarted/
- Garo Green, Lynda.com (some free titles available) http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=410
- Scott Graham found these Flash tutorials to be helpful (http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Flash/1).
This site contains links to many other software tutorials as well.
Note: The tutorial files provided below are fairly large in terms of
file size (20 - 120 MB) and dimensions (800x616 pixels). I recommend
viewing them on a networked computer and on a monitor with a screen resolution
of at least 1024 x 768 (ideally hgiher, though). The Quicktime
tutorials 
are
housed on a server over which I currently do not have control. These
tutorials are occasionally not available, especially when attempting
to view them off campus.
Each link will open up in a new browser window. If you have suggestions regarding tutorials to be added, please let me know.
MS Excel 2007 (tutorials in various sizes)
(08/23/07) Introductory
activity ( 5.4 MB)- (08/23/07)
Working
with charts/graphs (3 MB)
- (08/23/07)
Working
with lookup tables (3.2 MB)
- (08/29/07) Introducing
a basic grade and attendance management solution (8.5
MB, be sure to download the file GAM.xlsx from our homepage)
Dreamweaver CS3 (tutorials in various sizes)
- (08/31/07) Introduction
to Dreamweaver CS3 using a lab machine (14 MB) - covers pages
1-7 of this handout
(pdf)
- (08/28/07) Introduction
to Dreamweaver (8.6 MB, using my machine, so set-up not identical
to lab computers)
- (09/04/07) Introduction
to CSS (5.3 MB, CLASS and TAG styles, and controlling images using
CSS)
- (09/04/07)
Attaching
an existing CSS and working with images withing DW CS3 (16
MB, resizing, resampling, ALT description)
- (09/13/07)
Creating containers
using DIV tags for use as on-demand definitions (9 MB)
- (09/13/07) More
on using DIV tags for use as on-demand definitions (8.3 MB)
- (09/13/07) Using
Walter Zorn's free DHTML tooltips (10 MB)
- (09/18/07) Intro
to layout with CSS (8
MB)
- (09/18/07) Intro
to form elements to provide feedback (8 MB)
- (09/19/07) Including
Flash video on web pages (9 min,; 24
MB - larger file)
- (09/19/07) Inserting
QuickTime movies (video & audio) in web pages (15 min.;
29 MB - larger file)
- (10/16/07) Embedding
Hot Potatoes Quizzes in web pages using DIV tags (15 min.;
10 MB)
Introduction to Transana (all tutorials 1024 x 768)
- (03/19/07) Transana
introduction
- (03/19/07) Transana
Introduction (part II)
- (09/27/07) Advanced
use of Transana in applied linguistics research
(7MB, created by Anne O'Bryan)
MySQL & PHP using Dreamweaver (all tutorials 1024 x 768)
- (03/05/07) Conceptual
introduction
- (03/05/07) Setting
up a Site and woprking with PHP pages
- (03/05/07) Adding
records
- (03/05/07) Viewing
records and record details
- (03/05/07) Updating
records
- (03/05/07) Deleting
records
- (03/05/07) Basic
searches
Microsoft Excel
- Introduction
to MS Excel (6 MB, 12 min. 31 seconds, this tutorial explains
the activity on the first handout)
- Introduction
to MS Excel (cont.; lookup table and chart) (3.7 MB, 6 min. 44
seconds, this tutorial explains the activity on the first handout)
- Introduction
to the Grade and Attendance Management template (7.1MB,11 min.
29 seconds; make sure you have downloaded the GAM.xls from our class
homepage, available on the on the syllabus, week 2) (added January
15, 2004)
Using FileZilla
- (09/15/05) Using
FileZilla to upload files to the public server at ISU (5MB, 11:00
min.)
Dreamweaver 8
- (08/30/06)
Introduction to MM Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Part
1, 4 MB, 10:22 min.; Part
2, 8 MB, 10:22 min.) [handout
in pdf]
-
(09/13/06) Introduction
to CSS (11.5 MB, 13:27)
-
(09/26/06) Basic interactivity: 1. Using
layers to show textual glosses across frames (12 min. , 6 MB) 2.
Using
images and audio as glosses( 5 MB; 8 min.)
-
(09/27/06) Basic
use of form elements (4 MB)
-
(09/27/06) Showing
and hiding layers (2 MB)
-
(10/21/06) Importing
and controlling video in Flash 8 (21 MB,
1024 x 768, 8+ min.)
Using WindowsMovie Maker and Flash MX 2004 for video
- (10/21/05) Importing
video using WindowsMovie Maker, importing video into Flash
MX 2004, and associating playback controls. (41MB, 13:11
min.) large file
Using HotPotatoes (version 6)
- (10/11/05) Using
HotPotatoes version 6 -- An introduction to the five potatos, configuring
output (includes changing settings in FileZilla) (15MB,
16:00 min.)
Dreamweaver MX 2004
- (09/14/04) Introduction
to MM Dreamweaver MX 2004 (Part
1, 9.5 MB, 16:49 min.; Part
2, 10.8 MB, 10:51 min.) [handout
in pdf]
- (09/23/04) Converting
an existing homepage into a frameset (5.3 MB, 7:29 min.)
- (09/24/04) Frames
and behaviors (5.6 MB, 10:18 min.)
- (09/24/04) Frames
and css (4.3 MB, 6:45 min.)
- (10/01/04) Audio
and video (using quicktime) (38 MB, 14:41 min.) large
file!
- (10/06/04) Opening
new browser window and using the refresh tag (5.9 MB, 7:22 min.)
- (10/06/04) CSS
and showing/hiding layers (11.2 MB, 15:43 min.) (for the answer
to my "temporary layer confusion" around 11:48 min., refer
to 14:21 min.)
FileMaker Pro 6
- (12/04/04) Introduction
to FileMaker (Part
1 13 min., Part
2, 10 min.)
- Project
1: Vocabulary database
- Project
2: Customizing a database using CDML tags [Part
1 -- about 17 min.] [ Part
2 - about 5 min.] <-- get a cup of coffee for this one
- Creating
a simple database (QT -- Flash)
- Creating
an index page (custom publishing) (QT -- FLash)
- Creating
a search page (custom publishing) (QT -- Flash)
- Creating
a data entry page(QT -- Flash)
- Creating
additional fields (URL and image)
(c) 2001 - 2006 Volker Hegelheimer