This training was developed by Jen McDonald for 6740: Learning Processes, July 2004. The Introduction, Module 1, and the Capstone have been fully developed; the remainder of the training is under construction.

Welcome!

This Web-based training, developed specifically for ESI staff, focuses on identifying, categorizing, using, and modifying computer graphics.

Before beginning, please take a couple minutes to review the links to the left to to read about the various features this training has to offer.

To see what we'll learn in this training, read the story below:

Sally and Her Graphics Challenge

Meet Sally. She works at ESI as a Conference Assistant. She is currently working on a big meeting for the Department of Education. For this meeting, she needs to put her client’s logo on the following items:

• A Web page
• A PeopleWare Pro header
• Name badges in Word
• A large sign to post during the conference
• Printed materials, such as a registration packet

Her client, Bertha, has just given her a file called logo.eps, but Sally doesn’t know if this is the right file format for all these items.

Through the course of this Web-based training we’ll answer the following questions:

• Is this the kind of file that Sally needs to do all these tasks? How can you tell?
• Does she need to convert the graphic to another type?
  If so, what?
• What types of graphics are there and when should
  they be used?
• What is resolution and how does it determine
  the quality of a graphic?
• How do you convert graphics and what programs
  can she use to do this?
  

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