Preparation for the MUP You need to arrive at Harvard with working knowledge of the basics of several software programs. These include ArcGIS, SketchUp, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, Excel, and Rhino.

If you already have experience in these applications, it is still recommended that you practice your software skills before arriving for your Preterm Workshop. Incoming students are required to submit a portfolio that demonstrates competency in the software used by the Urban Planning program. We will teach you more about the programs once you are at Harvard, but you need to come understanding the basics. Lynda.com Harvard has a relationship with the tutorials website Lynda.com, giving you as students free access to all of Lynda.com's resources through Lynda Campus. To sign up for access, please go to: (select the “Sign Up” tab). Below is a list of tutorials required of all incoming students, particularly those without prior experience. The required tutorials are available through Lynda.com.

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Downloading Software Some of the software you will use at the GSD is available with a Harvard site license that is available to you once you arrive on campus. To access the software before arriving to campus, and in order to work on the Lynda.com tutorials, please download and install the software trials: • ArcGIS is available from Harvard's Center for Geographic Analysis; you will need to request a single-use license to download (21-day access), but your HarvardKey should be enough to grant you access. • Rhino has a free 90-day trial period, so you can download now and then switch to using Harvard's license once you are on campus.

• SketchUp is available for free through its web interface. Once on campus students will be able to upgrade their software to SketchUp Pro with the Harvard’s license. • Other software, such as Microsoft Office 365 and Adobe Creative Suite, must be purchased.

You can access student discounts on these products through once you have claimed your HarvardKey. Software Portfolio–Required As you complete your required software tutorials, we request that you use InDesign to compile a short portfolio of work that showcases the exercises, drawings, models, and datasets you produced while completing your tutorials. The exact contents should reflect your own choices, but it is recommended that you include examples of work produced by each of these software tutorials to demonstrate fluency.

Each portfolio should be compiled using the following conventions: • Using InDesign, create a single PDF document. Part of the aim of compiling this portfolio is to enable you to think about graphic layout of the portfolio — it is useful to have a Master Page template, with consistent margins and layout that you can re-use on all content pages. • PDF file 8.5 x 11 (letter size), landscape orientation • Include a title page with your name. • Please include small captions next to the images to very briefly explain what software the images were produced in and what the images contain.

• When finished, export the InDesign file out as PDF file. • Portfolios will be due on August 1st. • Submit portfolios by clicking the on the checklist item located on on your GSD Status Portal. Software Workshops Below is a list of software workshops that are recommended. Those that are very, very strongly recommended are marked with two hashes ##. They add up to a bit over 40 hours.

The next step would be to undertake those with one hash # ## = Very Strongly Recommended # = Recommended No Hashes = If time permits Software at a glance: List of ## courses • • • • • • List of # courses • • • • • • Adobe Creative Suite BEGINNER ## Illustrator CS6 One-on-One: Fundamentals: This installment covers subjects such as working with shapes and closed paths, including painting, grouping, and coloring, and placing and adjusting type. Learn how to select fonts, create hanging indents, and tweak the kerning and leading of your text. Additional chapters cover drawing and editing paths (and their points) and moving and transforming objects in your artwork. ## InDesign CS6: Essential Training: This course presents the core features and techniques that make this powerful page layout application fun and easy to use. The course shows how to navigate and customize the workspace, manage documents and pages, work with text frames and graphics, export and print finished documents, explore creating interactive documents, and much more.