OSH 126-53 miami-dade county & you Wednesdays | 10:00 – 11:45 am | Classroom A | May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26 Six Sessions $45 Join us for this speaker series and learn more about your county government and services. Speaker Series. CORAL GABLES OSHER LIFELONG LEARNING INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI 13
OSH 917-53 social media Wednesdays | 10:00 – 11:45 am | Computer Lab | May 22, 29, June 5, 12, 19, 26 Six Sessions $90 This course is design for avid writers with a taste for graphic design. Blogger is a web-based application to build blogs. Blogger offers many fascinating, yet easy to use templates and tools to create unique and eye-catching blogs. This course requires basic computer skills and the disposition to publish material online. In addition, by the end of the session students will have a broader understanding of social media trends such as Facebook and Twitter. Note: There are many blog developing applications such as WordPress. In addition, there are numerous web albums such as Picasa. Week 1: What is a Blog? A brief history of blogs. Touring some weblogs. Week 2: What is Blogger.com? Account/blog creation. Touring the dashboard. Creating additional blogs. Deleting a blog. Week 3: Configuring basic and formatting settings. Week 4: Using Template Designer: Customizing colors, fonts, and backgrounds. Week 5: Creating a Facebook account, working with account and privacy settings, profile, and picture albums. Week 6: Creating a Twitter account: Posting and following Twitter feeds. Mariely Valentin-Llopis holds her MS in Mass Communications from FIU and her BA in Communications from the University of Puerto Rico. As an adjunct faculty member of UM’s School of Communication, Mariely taught theory and hands-on workshops in graphic design, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign and other software programs. She currently teaches at Barry University in Miami.