Basic InDesign Tutorial

[dooberywotsit]

I've just been told I have to teach InDesign and Photoshop (as well as some Intranet and Network stuff) in a couple of weeks, to a bunch of blokes who really know nothing about this stuff. I use it every day but it's a different kettle of fish when you have to pass that knowledge onto someone else! I've found a few nice little sites with tips and tricks, and mini-tutorials that I can use to make a little tutorial document for my class, but to have one sort of ready-made would be even better and would save me the bother of creating one!

I know I sound lazy but my workload is vast at the minute (hence lack of posting lately), and I could do without constructing tutorials for this. I have to keep them going for two days, so I thought InDesign one day, with a bit of Photoshop, network and intranet the following day - plus I'll let them leave early and will bribe them with sweeties.

Has anyone taught this stuff? Or does anyone have any tips for me?

Thanks in advance!

Sue

[Kelly Creative]

Photoshop's maybe the easiest as you can spread it out on different subjects.

1. Photography & Photoshop - Using Filters etc to enhance photos.
2. Web - Generating web mockups and exporting files for web.
3. Print Layouts - DPI etc and saving images optimized for print output.
4. Photoshop Effects for type - Filters, Emboss, Bevel etc.
5. Editing Images - Maps etc. Simplifying a map to take off towns etc that aren't needed.

You get the idea I'm getting at. Rather than a full tutorial pick out things various people use it for and be as expansive as possible.

Hope that makes sense.