Over 60 recipes for using Mahara for training, personal, or educational purposesKey FeaturesDiscover the flexibility of the Mahara system for portfolio use and web page developmentFilled with tips and techniques for varied uses of features including HTML blocks, Journals, and CollectionsLearn how to leverage the social networking components and groups features to build collaborative communitiesPart of Packt's Cookbook series: Each reci...

DIY Publishing: A step-by-step guide for print and ebook formatting and distributionMaggie Lynch demystifies publishing technology in her easy-to-read explanations. Each step is illustrated with examples and screen shots. She also provides resources and links to additional software products and options that the more technically-inclined writer may wish to pursue.Lynch has already done the work of testing a variety of technical solutions. In this book she sh...

From the author of “The Excel Answer Book” comes the fastest and easiest method to Master 77 of the Most Useful Formulas in Microsoft ExcelLet's face it. Using Microsoft Excel as glorified typewriter isn't it's intented purpose.To make Excel a truly useful tool you need to learn how to master it's functions.I will explain to you IN PLAIN ENGLISH with ILLUSTRATIONS exactly how to use 77 of Excel's most useful formulas.Knowing these formulas will increase the us...

How to Create an Online Store & Profitable Ecommerce Business with ShopifyATTENTION Business Owners & Entrepreneurs! Learn how to set up a profitable, online store with Shopify with Step-by-Step Instruction...one that the “professionals” would charge you thousands of dollars for.Whether you already have a retail business, have products ready to sell, or are looking for a business model that you can run anywhere, this book will walk you through how to use Shopify and...

Want to learn how to create great user experiences on today's Web? In this book, UI experts Bill Scott and Theresa Neil present more than 75 design patterns for building web interfaces that provide rich interaction. Distilled from the authors' years of experience at Sabre, Yahoo!, and Netflix, these best practices are grouped into six key principles to help you take advantage of the web technologies available today. With an entire section devoted to each design principle, Designing Web...

IBM Cognos 10 is the next generation of the leading performance management, analysis, and reporting standard for mid- to large-sized companies. One of the most exciting and useful aspects of IBM Cognos software is its powerful custom report creation capabilities. After learning the basics, report authors in the enterprise need to apply the technology to reports in their actual, complex work environment. This book provides that advanced know how. Using practical examples based on years of t...

Accompanied by plenty of tips and tricks, this tutorial style book has ample examples and screenshots to ease your learning curve. If you use Prezi in business and want to take your presentations to the next level, or if you want to become the office Prezi guru, this book is for you.

This book provides one-on-one tutoring to help you quickly get up to speed with the basics while also learning how to best apply Storyline features in the context of the work you do.If youre an e-learning developer, writer, designer, subject matter expert, or all or any one of these, this book is for you. This book is not just for novices, but also for seasoned developers, transitioning from PowerPoint and Articulate Studio 09, and for those who are already working with Storyline.

In this short lesson adapted from Sams Teach Yourself jQuery Mobile in 24 Hours, learn what QR codes are and how you can use them as an effective marketing technique. This useful Short covers how to render QR codes using available code-rendering websites or creating them on your own, stylizing QR codes for better customer response, and generating Microsoft Tag codes, which can be used to serve content to mobile devices just like QR codes do.

In the rapidly changing environment of digital publishing, many authors are asking themselves whether they truly need the services of a traditional publisher. Is it really necessary to have a large chunk of their sales revenue withheld by a distributor and a publisher? This book will provide valuable lessons learned regarding one author's journey through the waters of self-epublishing.

When you open the box for your brand-new Kindle Fire, you'll find the hottest 7-inch tablet to hit the market, a power adapter, and a "Quick Start Guide" that tells you how to turn it on. But to really take advantage of all the content and features the device has to offer, you'll need a little more. Kindle Fire: Out of the Box gets you up and running beyond the first "Slide to unlock" screen to unlock all of your media from the cloud in the palm of your hand.Whether your media libr...

This book explains the concepts in SharePoint Foundation 2010 that you are most likely to perform on a daily basis. The chapters illustrate the concepts with step-by-step instructions and examples and enable the user to use SharePoint successfully to perform the required activities.