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Learning New Computer Skills. Ahmed Osman- EHLS 2014 Georgetown University. A Set of Three Skills to Learn. Why these tools? How they connect with our daily computing? How to: E mbed a website in your PPT slides. S horten your “ url ” or link
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Learning New Computer Skills Ahmed Osman- EHLS 2014 Georgetown University
A Set of Three Skills to Learn • Why these tools? • How they connect with our daily computing? • How to: • Embed a website in your PPT slides. • Shorten your “url” or link • Cite your sources online efficiently and quickly • An email will with instructions is ready.
How to Embed a Website in PPT Slides • What is LiveWeb? • How to acquire the tool? • http://goo.gl/eLc6Cw • Download, install and run? • How to use with PowerPoint?
How to Shorten a «url » or a Link? * Annoying Long Link from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-weighs-lethal-strike-against-american-citizen/2014/02/10/24bc47ac-9268-11e3-b46a-5a3d0d2130da_story.html?hpid=z1 * Same Link After the Shortening Process: http://goo.gl/PVl1pF
How to Shorten your (url) or Links? • How to use (goo.gl)? • Use any browser and type: goo.gl • paste Long link or (url) in search bar • From the top right of the page • Copy the created short link (url) and use
How to use Online Citation Tools • What is (Son of Citation Machine) • The use of the tool • Citing (MLA) web sources?
Resources: • When citing please check: • Modern Language Association (MLA) • website at: http://www.mla.org/ • Pillai, Shyam . "LiveWeb - insert and view web pages real-time." OfficeTips. Shyam Pillai, n.d. Web. 16 Feb 2014. http://goo.gl/tcOf6B . Please feel free to ask me if you need more info.