Assignment Title: Photo Editing
Uses in the Classroom:
Photo editing could be useful in many different ways in a classroom setting. For my particular job I have used Photoshop to help create and edit images that were then used for training purposes. There are some areas of our student records system that I have needed to further explain to both students and instructors but I was unable to create an example for people to follow without exposing sensitive information. In those cases I have used Photoshop to edit out or change the specific numbers and names to example versions.
As I said in last week's post I am already familiar with the Adobe Photoshop software that was the main focus of this week's assignment. That being said, I've never actually used it to create a GIF before. I think I could use this feature to take my training examples a step further and create a GIF of how to do those things in student records that currently only have a worksheet explanation because screencasts are unable to capture a how-to without exposing personal information.
Photo editing could be useful in many different ways in a classroom setting. For my particular job I have used Photoshop to help create and edit images that were then used for training purposes. There are some areas of our student records system that I have needed to further explain to both students and instructors but I was unable to create an example for people to follow without exposing sensitive information. In those cases I have used Photoshop to edit out or change the specific numbers and names to example versions.
As I said in last week's post I am already familiar with the Adobe Photoshop software that was the main focus of this week's assignment. That being said, I've never actually used it to create a GIF before. I think I could use this feature to take my training examples a step further and create a GIF of how to do those things in student records that currently only have a worksheet explanation because screencasts are unable to capture a how-to without exposing personal information.
Issues to Consider:
Those who are unfamiliar with editing software would likely need a lot of help starting out. I know when I first started out using the Adobe Creative Suite it was sort of assumed that my fellow students and I already knew how to do enough to complete assignments in my studio art courses. I wound up spending a lot of time guessing my way through the software and assignments suffered because I was unable to make Photoshop do what I wanted it to do. Of course that was 7 years ago and tutorials are much more readily available now so newbies might have an easier time starting out.
Those who are unfamiliar with editing software would likely need a lot of help starting out. I know when I first started out using the Adobe Creative Suite it was sort of assumed that my fellow students and I already knew how to do enough to complete assignments in my studio art courses. I wound up spending a lot of time guessing my way through the software and assignments suffered because I was unable to make Photoshop do what I wanted it to do. Of course that was 7 years ago and tutorials are much more readily available now so newbies might have an easier time starting out.
Copyright: The photo's used to create this GIF are originals from the author of this blog.
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