Courses and Certificate in Interactive Multimedia —3rd Annual Summer Institute—

June 5 to August 18, 2000 University of Prince Edward Island

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Learn how to:

e Design and develop Web sites, Web courses and CD-ROMs

Select Web course management tools

¢ Capture and edit digital video, sound and image and earn a certificate at the same time 3

Program includes the following courses:

e Introduction to HTML e Image Creation and Visual Design e Introduction to Photoshop © Web Course Design and Development © Web Site Design © Building a Web-based Educational System

e Macromedia Director © Multimedia Tools

¢ CD-ROM Product Development (Dr. John Hedberg, Australia) © Project

State-of-the-art equipment provided, enrolment limited to 10-15 students.

Presented by UPEI’s Department of Extension and Summer Sessions and Information Technology in Education Centre, ITEC@UPEI

www.upei.ca/ ~ itec/summer tel: 902-566-0916 (Virginia and voice mail) fax: 902-566-0917 e-mail: itec@upei.ca

ITEC@UPEI

Eligible for Canada Student Loans Program

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“Looking “~~

Forward to NSO 2000

By Steve Forbes NSO 2000 COORDINATOR

For some students, New Student Orientation (NSO) at UPEI is an event clouded in mystery. What the hell is it? Is there a secret cult involved in NSO? Where do my friends disappear to for the first week of school? Isn’t that the weird orientation without the binge drinking, vandalism, and degradation?

As coordinator for NSO 2000, I feel obliged to remove the shroud of mystery and unveil one of UPEI’s best kept secrets. (Actually, | suppose the 250-300 students that participated each of the last four years know about it) Officially, NSO is a week dedicated to facilitating the transition of new students to UPEI by organizing fun events that promote team building and socialization. Unofficially, it’s a kick-ass good time. For those of you unfamiliar with the term “kick-ass,” it’s synonymous with excellent, wicked, rockin’, amazing, gnarly, oreven swell. NSO isa veritable blast-a-thon (that’s my cool new word, use it).

Events in the past have included a beach party, The Big-Ass Island House Party (a bonanza of inflatable rides, a casino, free food, and a magician), Shinerama(anevent to raise money for cystic fibrosis), a hypnotist,

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