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Job search experts suggest the dates on your resume should be right aligned.
This is easy to do with the right aligned tab feature in Microsoft Word. This works on both Mac and Windows, and works for almost all versions, even going back many versions.
If you can’t seem to get the knack of placing the tab marker, look for another video coming from me on using the tab settings for full control over tab settings in Word.
Hey everyone! I’ve been doing a lot of work in Photoshop lately and came across some amazing videos from Photoshop Training Channel.
Here is Jesús Ramirez with a video on the latest updates to #Photoshop 2021. Special congrats are in order as he is the only non-Adobe employee to have to tutorials featured in the Discovery tool.
If you want to see some of my work, visit my Behance profile.
If you teach learners over the age of 17 or 18, then you basically have adult learners on your hands. The tools and techniques used for teaching adult learners is referred to as andragogy.
According to educator Malcolm Knowles, there are 6 assumptions that you can hold in your mind while you are creating curriculum that is relevant and engaging for your adult learners. I’ve summarized these 6 assumptions here in this image:
For a more in-depth look, check out The Adult Learning Theory – Andragogy – of Malcolm Knowles by Christopher Pappas at E-Learning Industry.
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Do these assumptions ring true to your experience? Do you implement any of them into your curriculum?
Share your responses by posting a comment below.
Rick Henderson is a university instructor with over 20 years experience teaching adult learners. He received his Masters on Education in 2020, and enjoys researching topics related to adult learning and creativity.
Earlier today I put together a video for my Excel Application Development students on how to spice up their boring old spreadsheet applications.
Here’s a short video explaining some of the techniques. Check out my YouTube channel for more tutorials and Excel videos.
Earlier today I answered a question on Quora:
While the simplest answer is to click Add Chart Components > Trendline > More Trendline Options, I created a video to explain the whole process.
If you liked the video and want to see more lessons, subscribe to my YouTube channel.
If you are ready to start learning how to use Excel right away, sign up for one of my free Excel courses.
I was looking at different logo websites today when I came across Logcaster. I tried out their logo generator and it was a lot of fun.
It reminded me that one of the questions that many people have is how to convert text to paths in Inkscape so I created this video… and horrible minimalist m logo.
I’ll be putting together a printable reference shortly.
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I’ve started a new venture, and this one is one of my long-time passions but it’s not something I discuss much or post much about online.
I’ll be able to link to the website soon (brand new domain!) but in the mean time, I made this short video that explains some basics of using Inkscape to create a simple–but really bad–minimalist logo.
Disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase.
I’ve tried my hand at designing t-shirts. I have a number of t-shirt designs available on Redbubble.com under my brand called Double Dagger Tees, so I’m sort of part of the t-shirt design industry. It is a big help for training creative software like Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape as I have a bit of insight into business and design. I also have some items posted at Society6 as Double Dagger Studio.
One of the great things about Society6 is the range of products they offer for print-on-demand, although I recently read they specifically focus on home decor.
It’s essentially mid-august and many of us are already thinking about back-to-school… whether we’re teachers or parents! 🙂 So if you want to start the term of right, check out this great mug design by Becky Betancourt.
Have you ever wanted to sell your own art, or maybe a product you came up with for helping other teachers? Let me know in the comments.
Earlier today my Instagram friend Vallisdero asked me for suggestions on the best way to learn Procreate for her iPad so I decided to do a little digging. My results for the top 3 courses you should take to learn everything about lettering with Procreate are below.
Since Vallisdero specializes in calligraphy but is just getting started with Procreate I decided to ask designer and letterer Jennifer Grieve (fueled by letters) what her suggestions were. Her answer was simple: Check Youtube. This video by James Julier is probably the best place for anyone to get started if you just want to watch and follow along. As this isn’t particularly a course, consider it a freebie.
I’ve been a fan of the courses on Skillshare for over a year now, so it was a natural place to start looking for tutorials.
This first tutorial is a free course by illustrator Jarom Vogel and focuses on illustrating while learning the basics of the interface, different settings, and different brushes. My wife won an iPad earlier this year and I can’t wait to try out some of the techniques Jarom shows off. You can’t go wrong with free courses.
Next, a bit of 3D lettering by my favourite Skillshare instructor/artist Teela Cunningham, host of the site every-tuesday.com where she provides freebies, tutorials, and incredible bundles.
She’s just released this new course so there aren’t a lot of students yet, but her Master course on font making was absolutely phenomenal (although honestly I’m *still* not done going through all the content yet). She also has a course on metallic textures in Photoshop which is really what got me started back into design in a big way. Thank you Teela!
Finally, I’m taking a bit of an educated risk here by going with Juniper Calligraphy‘s Intro to Lettering. Of course after visiting her Insta, you’ll see why it’s really not that big of risk. Wow is she good!
I’ve wanted to put together a list of great courses for a while now, so follow me on Instagram and drop me a comment about content you want to see. Leave a comment below too.
It’s been a while since I had access to my email for this domain, but now that I’m back I’m updating the backend of the site.
After updating to the newest version of WordPress, I’ve come across the new block editor which allows for a more intuitive and streamlined way to create web content. If you’ve used Adobe Spark or even a bit of Facebook Workplace, you’ll be familiar with the interface of adding blocks.
The title and body text of this page are from a default block without adding anything. The image below is also added without a block — the feature is already sitting on the page for editing.
A basic blockquote can be added as a block along with other features.
I’m itching to write about tutorials for Procreate, so for now that is all about the new editor in WordPress 5.0.
If you want to help me out with creating more tutorial material, sign up with Skillshare and I’ll get a bonus to use on tutorials so I can learn more, to teach more!