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.