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Tech Tuesday: Screencasting Apps
Screencasts can be made with many tools and are very useful to create presentation or tutorials. Need to record your desktop? Luckily, you'll find that screencasting apps are more common than you might think. Using just a couple of free screencasting tools you can record your video, or your screen to HD and Full HD…
The HistoryMakers Training at Johnson C. Smith University
Learn how to search the largest African American video oral history database. The James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University is hosting training throughout the day on the HistoyrMaker database. Bring Your Lunch Training 12:00PM-1:30PM Coffee Break Training 2:30PM-4:00PM (Coffee provided) Snacks On Us Training 6:00PM-7:30PM (Snacks provided) The training is held…
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Screening
Join us for a screening of the documentary, Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Historically Black Colleges and Universities on Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at 8:00pm in the library. The documentary examines the impact of HBCUs on American history and culture. For more information, contact Anjelica Grant at ajgrant@jcsu.edu
JCSU’s 1st Annual Mini Maker Conference
The James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University in collaboration with Discovery Place Education Studio is hosting a full-day maker event that will provide expert panel discussions with librarians, makers, and hackers as well as hands-on breakout sessions. 3D Printers and CNC devices will be on hand to demonstrate their processes, as…
Navigating Entrepreneur Library Resources
This session will be an introductory tour around entrepreneur website and library resources. The session will acquaint aspiring and established entrepreneurs with how to use the library and free web resources for business development. Open to JCSU students and West Charlotte community members. Register here! If you have any questions please contact Rosalind Moore by phone at…
Welcome Home Reception for Dr. William Griffin
Please join the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Heritage Council and the James B. Duke Memorial Library at Johnson C. Smith University in welcoming Dr. Willie Griffin. Dr. Willie Griffin is the new historian at the Levine Museum of the New South. Come hear about the upcoming Beatties Ford Road Preservation and History project and future community outreach projects.…
Developing a Business Model Canvas
This workshop focuses vetting your business idea though the business model canvas. This model uses nine key segments of what is needed to start your business: Value Propositions, Customer Segments, Channels, Customer Relationships, Revenue Streams, Key Resources, Key Partners, Key Activities and Cost Structure. Open to JCSU students and West Charlotte community members. Register here! If…
Customer Discovery Workshop
Learn how to rapidly take your research, develop your idea into a prototype, and test your idea by gathering massive amounts of customer and marketplace feedback. You will learn how to take all of your newly acquired research skills from the previous four workshops and search for the real pain points and unmet needs of…
Tech Tuesday: Adobe InDesign Workshop
Join us for our first Tech Tuesday workshop of the 2018-2019 academic year. Come learn about Adobe InDesign and start creating and publishing posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, presentations, books and more. Everyone is invited to attend. Bring your own computer. Register online at: FREE: ADOBE INDESIGN WORKSHOP For more information please contact: Keisha Parris at…
Maker Mondays: 3D Printing and Design Workshop for Students
Join us for a hands-on workshop for students who would like a quick and easy way to learn what 3D design and printing is all about. You will learn about different ways that 3D objects can be designed, scanned and downloaded for printing. You will learn how the printers turn a digital image into a…
Maker Mondays: Blender Computer Graphics Software
Blender is a free open source 3D creation suit that can be used in game design, modeling, animation, image and video editing. This workshop will focus on using the blender software to create a 3D Prototype. The workshop is a hands-on event, so bring your own computers. Register here! https://bit.ly/2PRrXJh