Digital Knowledge Center

3D Printer Wonderland | Design and Print The Perfect Gift This Holiday Season...For Free!
2023-11-17 17:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York)
Design and print a perfect 3D holiday gift for free! Learn how to model a 3D ornament for Christmas, Hanukkah, or another holiday of your choice with AJ Gluchowski. Food and drinks will be provided.

Lights, Camera, Action | Explore the techniques of filmmaking with 4th Wall Studios
2023-11-01 17:00 - 18:00
Want to be a director for a day? Come get hands-on practice using the elements of filmmaking with Eli Osborne from 4th Wall Studios! Bring a friend and learn new filming techniques together. Cameras, tripods, and snacks will be provided.

Night of the Living Thread | Learn to Stitch and Sew
2023-10-25 17:00 - 18:00
Need Halloween décor? Why spend money, if you can make it yourself? Learn how to hand sew and use a sewing machine with our consultant Ally Hamilton. Materials provided!

Electrify Your Design | Light it up with After Effects
2023-10-20 17:00 - 18:00
Turn your own design into a neon sign using Adobe After Effects on campus for free (sample design will be provided). Food and drinks will be provided.

Spice Up Your Website: Advanced Web Design with Elementor
2023-10-11 17:00 - 18:00
Is your website looking basic and boring? Are you interested in a career in web design? Come spice up your website with our DKC consultant Anastasia Zanyuk. Learn how to space, layer, and animate elements with Elementor and more!
Free food and drinks will be provided.

Cast Your Own Radio Show | Learn How to Record & Edit Audio with UMW's Radio Club
2023-09-29 17:00 - 18:00
Always dreamed of hosting your own radio show or podcast? Then this is the workshop for you! Learn about where and how to record and edit audio with Davy Washington from WMWC club.
Free food and drinks will be provided. Please bring your laptops.

Stick It with Cricut | Design & Print Stickers & Buttons **This Workshop is at Capacity**
2023-09-27 17:00 - 19:00
**We have reached the seating limits of this workshop so this even is closed to new registrations.**
Do you have an amazing sticker or button idea but no means of bringing it to life? Come learn how to design stickers and buttons with Ori Browne. You will get to print your stickers and press your buttons! See the Cricut in action and learn what it takes to run a sticker business!
Free food and drinks will be provided.
One Drive Folder: UPLOAD YOUR DESIGNS HERE

Your Club Needs a Website
2023-09-19 17:00 - 18:00
Presence is great for communicating and marketing within the UMW community. But if you want to jazz up your club’s web presence or build a broader audience outside UMW, then your club needs a website! At this workshop we’ll show you the free web-building platforms UMW offers all students, and help you get started on your club’s shiny new website.
You will need a laptop for this workshop. Free food and drinks will be provided.

What They Didn't Tell You at Orientation | Technology Info for Freshmen and Transfers
2023-09-11 17:00 - 18:00
UMW has literally tons of free technology resources available to all students. Do you know about them all? Probably not, especially if you are a freshman or new transfer student. Join us for an overview of these tools, and make sure you aren’t paying for things you already get for free!
Free food and drinks will be provided.

Bring Your Art to Life | Learn to animate in Adobe After Effects
2023-03-29 17:00 - 18:00
Have a favorite piece of art that you wish would come to life? Want to make an animated logo or stream overlay? Join DKC Consultant Arden Jones and learn to animate in Adobe After Effects with elements such as anchors, paths, and keyframes. The workshop will be in a computer lab, so laptops are not required.
Please register for a free Adobe account if you don’t have one yet. Food and drinks will be provided.
Workshop attendees can download the demo image by right clicking the image below and selecting “Save Image”

Aubade by Industry Standards | Learn the Digital Process of Creating Cover Art
2023-03-22 17:00 - 18:00
Are you an artist? Do you want your art to appear on the front page of a magazine? Learn the step-by-step process of how to design and format a book cover. From bleed to typography, Aubade’s Layout Director, Layla Barnes, will demystify the technical side of cover design and share how to apply to Aubade’s cover contest! The workshop will be in a computer lab, so laptops are not required. Please register for a free Adobe account if you don’t have one yet. Food and drinks will be provided. Register below!

Get Ready For Your Close-up | Portrait Photography and Editing
2023-03-20 16:00 - 17:00
Join photographer, Lauryn Taylor, as she reveals the secrets of portrait photography and editing. At this workshop, you will have an opportunity to produce your own professional portraits that you can use for work or fun. Invite a friend to take each other’s portraits and edit them in Adobe Lightroom. Bring a camera if you have one, otherwise, we will have some to share. Food and drinks will be provided.
Go to Lauryn’s Google Photos Album and download the images for editing in Lightroom.

Smash That Like Button | Social Media Management 101
2023-03-16 18:00 - 19:00
Are you interested in working as a social media manager? Just want to get better at promoting yourself online? You’re in luck! Learn the science of engaging an online audience from UMW Alum and professional Social Media Manager Jenn Hill! Free food and drinks will be provided.

Set Your Life in Motion with Notion | Learn to Use the Ultimate Productivity Tool
2023-03-08 17:00 - 18:00
Are you struggling to keep all of your assignments and life commitments organized? Find out how to balance it all with Notion! Join DKC consultant Trinatee Huff as she demonstrates how to build a perfect student dashboard just for you. Free food and drinks will be provided.

Enhance Your World | Boost Your Camera Roll's Vibes with Adobe Lightroom
2023-02-20 18:00 - 19:00
Do you want to enhance your photos and improve your photo-editing skills? Join Photography Club President Chenin Guber as she shares how she makes her photos pop with Adobe Lightroom. Learn about color grading, adjusting focus, removing blemishes, and more! Feel free to bring your own photos to edit for the second half of the workshop. Food and drinks provided.
Use this link to download sample photos for the hands-on portion of this workshop.

Create Your Own Adventure | Designing & Coding Narrative Games
2023-02-15 17:00 - 18:00
Are you a writer or an aspiring game designer? Learn how to create simple outlines or entire stories with interactive fiction tools. No coding experience required!
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Download Inky here! (opens in new tab)

If you have a Mac: select “Inky_mac.dmg”
If you have a Windows computer: select “Inky_windows_64.zip”

Writing with ink for beginners (opens in new tab)

Make Your Dream Scene with Green Screen | Learn to Edit Videos with Premiere Pro
2023-02-08 17:00 - 18:00
Have you ever wanted to make your ordinary life more exciting? Can’t afford to film on location? Come to this workshop to learn how to layer videos using a green screen, edit video effects in Adobe Premiere Pro, and use free video resources on campus while you’re at it!
Download the project files for this workshop here.

Hardware Doesn't Have to be Hard | Learn to Build a PC with the DKC
2023-01-27 17:00 - 19:00
Ever wanted to know what the inside of a computer looks like or even how to do a custom build for yourself? This is the workshop for you! Join Brian Merski, a computer technician and a UMW alum, as he builds a computer from the ground up. Sandwiches and hot cocoa provided.

You Have Free Tools | Discover the Free Tools You Didn't Know You Had
2023-01-18 17:00 - 18:00
Tired of having your emails disappear into Outlook’s mysterious “other” box? Sick of coming to the on-campus labs to use Photoshop or SPSS? Good news: You never have to suffer these annoyances again!
In this workshop, we’ll share tips to improve your productivity with tools that you use every day, like Canvas, Zoom, and Microsoft programs. We will also show you how to access FREE applications like Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and more, all on your own laptop! Hot chocolate and snacks will be provided!

From Post-it to Production | Learning How to Storyboard Your Videos
2023-01-17 18:00 - 19:00
Want to take your videos to the next level? Learn to plan your projects with the same storyboarding techniques used by professional filmmakers! DKC consultant Arden Jones will lead you through the process of brainstorming your video concept on sticky notes and then demo some digital tools to help polish and share your storyboard!
A laptop is recommended for the hands-on portion of this workshop. Hot cocoa and food provided.

Creating the Unreal | Bending Reality with Photoshop
2022-11-21 18:00 - 19:00
Every UMW student has free access to Photoshop via UMW’s virtual computer lab AppsAnyhwere, and even beginners can use this powerful tool to do amazing things with photo manipulation! Join photographer and digital artist (and UMW alum) Matthew Sanders as he demonstrates some reality-bending Photoshop tricks that you can start using right away.
Sandwiches and hot cocoa provided. A laptop is recommended for the hands-on portion of this workshop.
Workshop Practice Files

Mixing it Up with JMACK | Launching Your DJ Career on Twitch
2022-11-17 17:00 - 18:00
With free tools like VirtualDJ and OBS, it’s never been easier to start your own DJ channel! Join Twitch DJ Jonathan Mack as a he demonstrates his process of building a set list, mixing a set, and streaming live on Twitch.

Let's Get Graphic! Designing for Social Media
2022-11-11 17:00 - 18:00
For better or worse, many student workers and young professionals end up as the social media coordinator for their workplace. Knowing how to design accessible, high-quality graphics for social media can help your posts stand out, get you more clicks, and maybe even help you get that first job after college! In this workshop we’ll guide you through best practices in designing for the various social media platforms and share some free resources to help make your posts pop.
Coffee, tea, and snacks provided. A laptop is recommended (but not required) for the hands-on portion of the workshop.

Cast the Pod You Want to Hear in the World | DKC Creator Series
2022-10-21 17:00 - 19:00
It’s rescheduled from International Podcast Day! We’ll take you through the steps of planning, recording, and sharing your own podcast on Spotify. We’ll also tell you about the free equipment and spaces in the HCC you can use to produce your podcast! Coffee, tea, and snacks will be provided.
Registration is not required but helps us prepare for the workshop!
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HCC 4th Floor Open House
2022-10-19 12:30 - 14:30
Explore the FREE resources available at your peer academic support centers! Enjoy free food, center tours, and demo consults!
No registration required. Drop in anytime!

Oops, I Accidentally Made the Web a Better Place: An Intro to Accessible Web Design
2022-10-13 17:00 - 18:00
Designing your website to be accessible doesn’t just help visitors with disabilities. A few simple accessible design techniques can help ALL users navigate your site, make your site look more polished, and even improve your SEO! We’ll guide you through these techniques and get you started on the road to making the web a better place.
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Build a Website to Help Get You Hired | DKC Creator Series
2022-09-16 17:00 - 19:00
Sure, everyone has a LinkedIn profile, but a polished website that you built could move your application to the top of the pile. We’ll take you through the process of signing up for a free domain and designing a website that will make you stand out.
Registration is not required but helps us prepare for the workshop!
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DKC For Yourself
2022-09-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2022-08-31 11:00 - 16:00
Are you a creator (or would you like to be)? Come check out the Digital Knowledge Center for a demo of our 3D printers, podcast studio, cameras & mics available for checkout, sewing machines, and more. Everything is free and available for your personal or class projects!
No need to register, just drop in when you would like!

HTML, CSS, & JavaScript | 4/13 @ 5pm
2022-04-13 17:00 - 19:00
A little bit of custom code can have a dramatic impact on any website. Join the DKC staff as our consultant Anastasia reveals code on these website-building tools!
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The The Website Trinity by Anastasia Zanyuk
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