Faculty Tutorials
Looking for Project Inspiration? We’ve Got You Covered
Whether you’ve been assigned a multimedia project or you’re thinking of assigning one, Media Commons has you covered. Learn more about options for students and faculty alike with this quick guide!
Maker Commons Gets New Technology Hardware at University Park
Heat-transfer vinyl cut with the Cricut and applied with a heat-press.Media Commons spent the beginning of 2021 researching, testing, and investing in new-to-us maker technologies to really expand on what can be made in our Maker Commons spaces! These technologies can...
Spring 2021 Semester Report
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Penn State provided enhanced flexibility to faculty and students to choose how they wanted to teach and learn during the Spring 2021 semester. While some classes were held in-person, others were entirely online, and many more were hybrid in numerous ways.
Media Commons Rolls Out New Ways to Engage Students
Media Commons was hard at work in 2020 coming up with new ways for students to learn with technology! Like all of our workshops, our new workshops teach students professional skills that they practice while completing a class assignment. Each of these workshops takes...
Saving and Exporting Your Illustrator Project
This tutorial will show you how to save your project as a PDF or export it as an image file.When your project is ready for output, you will want to save it one more time. Saving as a PDFIf your project was designed to be printed, you will want to export it as a PDF. ...
Using the Line Tool and Applying Stroke in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to draw lines and adjust their appearanceCreating a Line Long-click the Rectangle tool in the tool panel. This will bring up other shape options, including the Line tool. Click Line Segment Tool to select it. Click-and-drag to draw a...
Working with Text in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to add text and change the font, size, color, and justification.Text ToolAccess the Text Tool from the tool panel. The icon for the Text tool is an uppercase 'T.'Creating Floating Text Select the Text Tool. Single click where you'd like...
Using the Pen Tool to Create Triangles in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to make a triangle using the Pen Tool.Draw a Triangle Select the Pen Tool from the tool panel. Position your cursor where you want one corner of the triangle to be. Click to create the corner. Move your cursor (do not click-and-drag) to...
Using the Selection Tool and Reordering Objects in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to resize, rotate, and rearrange shapes.Selection ToolThe selection tool is used for moving objects around a document and can also be used for resizing, rotating, and reordering them. The icon for the tool is the black arrow at the top...
Using The Shape Tools and Applying Color in Illustrator
This tutorial will show you how to draw shapes, add color to them, and remove the outline.Create a Shape Select the Rectangle Tool by clicking on it towards the top of the Tool Panel or by pressing the 'm' key on your keyboard. NOTE: You can access other shapes by...