Category Archives: Misc

How to Process a Cascade Help Request and Train the Chatbot

As STAs, we have all completed our Cascade and Web Editor training, but staff and faculty members do not have those formal training. So, when staff and faculty members have questions while editing their sites, they would submit a help … Continue reading

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Publication Design | Infographics

. Adobe Illustrator is a vector graphics editor and design program that is popularly used to create beautiful designs that can go anywhere—print, web and apps, video and animations, and more. In this training, you will be using AI to … Continue reading

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Web Design | UI/UX with Figma

Businesses have started to realize the importance of having an enjoyable customer experience in the last few years. UI/UX design is now a valuable skill for any designer to have. UI/UX — in some form — has been around since … Continue reading

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Animation | Simple Course Graphics

After Effects is a video and animation-based tool that’s used to add elements to moving pictures and animations. Most designers use it to create titles, intros, and transition between clips for more seamless video production. STAs at LAITS work on … Continue reading

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Color Correction Archive for Digital Backdrops

Online courses produced by the LAITS Video Team are recorded in studios that have a variation of lighting properties. These differences create discrepancies in the studio backdrops’ coloring. The variations in the color display are caused by the temperature of … Continue reading

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Photography | Cutting Objects Out in Photoshop

Not all images are created alike, which means some pictures are harder to cut out than others. This tutorial allows you to cut out more intricate things, like curly hair and feathers with Levels and smoother objects with Quick Selection. … Continue reading

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Cascade Help Request Email Templates

Template for Requests with Existing Documentation Dear [INSERT CLIENT NAME], My name is [INSERT YOUR NAME] and I am an STA here at LAITS. I will be providing you assistance with your Cascade help request. In order to [INSERT CLIENT … Continue reading

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Adding Captioning using UT transcriptions & Panopto for Podcast Sites

New podcast site might need speaker and transcription updates before it gets published. This tutorial will go over how to create transcriptions for podcasts through either UT Transcriptions or Panopto. Step 1: Download Audio File Go to a podcast episode. … Continue reading

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STA Bookmarks

LAITS Resources STA Tools Workday Harvest Slack Video Tutorials Basecamp UT Box Knowledge Base STA Blog Editor Design STA Handbook STA Shift Schedules Design Resources Other Bookmarks UT Brand Assets – Box  Google fonts Adobe fonts COLA Web Editor (Photo … Continue reading

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Add Admins to KB

Go here to login: https://sites.la.utexas.edu/admin/ Once logged in go here to add users to kb: https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/wp-admin/user-new.php Kb admin page is here: https://sites.la.utexas.edu/kb/wp-admin/ add with eid and email

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