Goals for This Session:

Basic knowledge of:

• What is ARTstor
• Registering for a personal account
• Searching and browsing
• Folders and image groups
• Presentation tools

For another session or to explore on your own:

ARTstor is a complex system with many options and lots of bells and whistles. An advanced training session, at a later date, will explore these options.

Searching and Browsing:

• Basic searching
• Advanced searching
• Browsing - by geography, classification, collection
• Search tips

Folders and Image Groups:

• Think about structure and organization
• How to get things into an image group
• How to arrange things in an image group – drop & drag
• Slide sorter – only works if there is more than 1 page of images
• Display viewer

Presentation Tools – Offline Image Viewer (OIV):

• Download & install the software - takes 10-20 minutes
• Download an ARTstor image group
• Image Palette – managing images
• Image Palette Slideshow – presenting images
• Create and edit slides
• Import local images – personal or institutional
• Resize images in the Slide Editor
• Add and format text in the Slide Editor
• Presentation Mode – present slides
• Save presentation file

Documentation

• OIV quickstart
• OIV: Templates
• OIV Shortcuts Guide
• OIV Troubleshooting

General Information, Documentation, and Training Materials:

• Collections in ARTstor
• Collections by Topic / Interdisciplinary Uses
• Frequently Asked Questions
• System Requirements
• ARTstor Help: Digital Library
• ARTstor Help: OIV (Offline Image Viewer)
• Using ARTstor: Digital Library Training Materials
  Lots of ideas and printable handouts with detailed information about the many aspects of ARTstor.

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