Annenberg Digital Lounge

Data Analytics with Excel: Dashboards
2025-03-03 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Digital Lounge, 3630 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Microsoft Excel is the industry standard spreadsheet editor and is one of the most important tools to learn if you want to do anything data-related with your career.
This project-based, four-part workshop series will give you an introduction to Excel and build the foundations to showcase solid data analytics skills. By the end of the series, you’ll have a dashboard you can include in a portfolio to impress employers.
The final workshop, Dashboards, takes all the skills from the previous workshops and culminates into a portfolio-worthy dashboard.
Monday March 3 | 5pm-7pm | ANN 301
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Level Up Your Design Skills with Unexplored Illustrator Features
2025-02-27 13:00 - 15:00
Are you a designer who wants to level up your skills and start crafting portfolio-worthy projects? Check out our Level Up Your Design Skills with UnexploredI Illustrator Features workshop!
In this workshop, you’ll explore Illustrator tools and workflows that aren’t commonly taught in introductory tutorials including blends, intertwine, object mosaic, and mockups.
Some previous Illustrator experience is recommended, but not required.
Thursday February 27 | 1pm-3pm | ANN 301
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Design an Animated Lower Thirds with After Effects
2025-02-25 20:00 - 22:00
Have you ever wanted to create one of those news sliders that show more stories during a newscast? This is the workshop for you!
In the Design an Animated Lower Thirds with After Effects Workshop, you’ll learn how to use After Effects to create those captivating animated sliders.
Tuesday February 25 | 8pm-10pm | ANN 301
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UI/UX Design with Figma: Animating and Prototyping a Design
2025-02-20 10:30 - 12:30
UI/UX design is crucial to creating a captivating experiences for the web, mobile apps, and the products we use every day. This three-part workshop series introduces Figma and how to leverage it to design a website.
This third of three workshops introduces how to make a Figma design come alive by animating parts of the design and prototyping website behavior. Additionally, techniques for sharing your design are covered.
Thursday February 20 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301
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Become a Photo Editing Pro with Photoshop Filters
2025-02-13 13:00 - 15:00
This intermediate workshop demystifies the various Photoshop filters and shows how to leverage them to create captivating images. Learn how to use the Filter Gallery, Neural Filters, and Parametric Filters.
Some basic Photoshop experience is recommended, but not required, for the workshop.
Thursday February 13 | 1pm-3pm | ANN 301
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UI/UX Design with Figma: Intermediate Design Techniques
2025-02-13 10:30 - 12:30
UI/UX design is crucial to creating a captivating experiences for the web, mobile apps, and the products we use every day. This three-part workshop series introduces Figma and how to leverage it to design a website.
The second part of our UI/UX Design for the Web with Figma series introduces more intermediate design techniques to level up a site or app’s design.
Thursday February 13 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301
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Edit a Documentary Film with Premiere and Audition
2025-02-11 20:00 - 22:00
Digital media has become an integral part of everyday life and is now an important avenue for sharing news and information. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to leverage Adobe’s video editing tool, Premiere Pro, and Adobe’s audio editing tool, Audition, together in order to create a professional-looking documentary film.
Tuesday February 11 | 8pm-10pm | ANN 301
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Data Analytics with Excel: Charts and Tables
2025-02-10 17:00 - 19:00
Microsoft Excel is the industry standard spreadsheet editor and is one of the most important tools to learn if you want to do anything data-related with your career.
This project-based, four-part workshop series will give you an introduction to Excel and build the foundations to showcase solid data analytics skills. By the end of the series, you’ll have a dashboard you can include in a portfolio to impress employers.
The third workshop, Charts and Tables, introduces how to organize data and turn it into visualizations.
Monday February 10 | 5pm-7pm | ANN 301
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UI/UX Design with Figma: Introduction and Design Basics
2025-02-06 10:30 - 12:30
UI/UX design is crucial to creating a captivating experiences for the web, mobile apps, and the products we use every day. This three-part workshop series introduces Figma and how to leverage it to design a website.
This first workshop introduces Figma’s platform, how to create a basic wireframe, and gets you started on designing a website.
Thursday February 6 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301
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Data Analytics with Excel: Advanced Formulas
2025-02-03 17:00 - 19:00
Microsoft Excel is the industry standard spreadsheet editor and is one of the most important tools to learn if you want to do anything data-related with your career.
This project-based, four-part workshop series will give you an introduction to Excel and build the foundations to showcase solid data analytics skills. By the end of the series, you’ll have a dashboard you can include in a portfolio to impress employers.
The second workshop, Advanced Formulas, expands upon the basic formulas shown in the first workshop to show how to complete more complex data analysis.
Monday February 3 | 5pm-7pm | ANN 301
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Create a Product Marketing Presentation with Adobe InDesign
2025-01-30 13:00 - 15:00
Interested in product marketing? This is the workshop for you!
In the Create a Product Marketing Presentation with Adobe InDesign workshop, you’ll learn how to leverage Adobe’s best-in-class digital and print publication tool to create a professional-looking presentation.
Thursday January 30 | 1pm-3pm | ANN 301
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Edit Audio for a Podcast with Adobe Audition
2025-01-28 20:00 - 22:00
Have you ever wanted to start a podcast, but don’t know how to get that crisp, well-edited audio that the professionals have? Join our Edit Audio for a Podcast with Audition workshop, where you’ll learn all the editing tips and tricks to get your podcast sounding amazing!
Tuesday January 28 | 8pm-10pm | ANN 301
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Data Analytics with Excel: Formulas and Formatting
2025-01-27 17:00 - 19:00
Microsoft Excel is the industry standard spreadsheet editor and is one of the most important tools to learn if you want to do anything data-related with your career.
This project-based, four-part workshop series will give you an introduction to Excel and build the foundations to showcase solid data analytics skills. By the end of the series, you’ll have a dashboard you can include in a portfolio to impress employers.
The first workshop, Spreadsheet Formulas & Formatting, introduces the Excel platform, showcases basic formulas, and explains how to format a spreadsheet.
Monday January 27 | 5pm-7pm | ANN 301
RSVP: bit.ly/s25workshops

Jumpstart Your Resume with Real Career Data
2025-01-21 11:00 - 13:00
Looking to get ahead of the curve when applying for jobs and internships? This workshop will help you supercharge your professional profile with live data from millions of job postings across all types of careers. You’ll get the inside scoop on trending jobs and skills, analyze Annenberg success stories to sharpen your resume, and dig into the data to find ways to target the companies and career paths you’re most interested in.
Tuesday January 21 | 11am-1pm | ANN 301
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Data Analysis with Python & SQL: Analytics & Visualization with Python & SQL
2024-12-02 16:00 - 18:00
Python & SQL are two of the fundamental skills you need to succeed in data analytics. The Data Analysis with Python & SQL workshop series goes through the basics of both languages and how to use them to improve your data analysis skills.
The final of five parts, the Analytics & Visualization with Python & SQL workshop completes the workshop series bringing everything together and culminates in a portfolio-worthy dashboard.
Monday, December 2 | 4pm-6pm | ANN 301D
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Data Analysis with Python & SQL: Data Analysis with Python
2024-11-25 16:00 - 18:00
Python & SQL are two of the fundamental skills you need to succeed in data analytics. The Data Analysis with Python & SQL workshop series goes through the basics of both languages and how to use them to improve your data analysis skills.
The fourth of five parts, the Data Analysis with Python workshop expands upon the basics taught in the fourth workshop and introduces how to leverage Python to analyze data.
Monday, November 25 | 4pm-6pm | ANN 301D
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Design a Logo with Adobe Illustrator
2024-11-21 13:00 - 15:00
Join our workshop and learn the key factors that go into designing your own logo. Whether you’re designing for a brand or yourself, this workshop will guide you through the logo creation process from concept to a finished product!
We’ll start with understanding the principles of effective logo design, including simplicity, and versatility. Using Illustrator, we’ll go over design techniques like how to use shapes, color, and typography to craft a logo that stands out and represents your brand identity!
Thursday, November 21 | 1:00pm-3:00pm | ANN 301D
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Google Analytics Cert Series: Cert Exam Prep
2024-11-21 10:30 - 12:30
Google Analytics is the premier platform for gathering, analyzing, and understanding data about website and mobile app traffic. This three-part workshop series goes through all the concepts you need to know to pass Google’s certification exam.
The final of three parts includes a review of the information presented in the first two workshops and sample questions to prepare you for the certification exam.
Thursday, November 21 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301D
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Animate Social Media Videos with Adobe Animate
2024-11-18 19:30 - 21:30
This workshop will elevate your social media skills by teaching you how to animate videos using Adobe Animate. You’ll learn how to create eye-catching videos to help you craft visually appealing posts and messages that connect with your audience!
We’ll go over an introduction to Adobe Animate to familiarize ourselves with the interface and tools that will bring your ideas to life. In this beginner workshop, you’ll learn how to create captivating videos using Adobe Animate, tailored specifically for platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook.
Monday, November 18 | 7:30pm-9:30pm | ANN 301D
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Data Analysis with Python & SQL: Intro to Python
2024-11-18 16:00 - 18:00
Python & SQL are two of the fundamental skills you need to succeed in data analytics. The Data Analysis with Python & SQL workshop series goes through the basics of both languages and how to use them to improve your data analysis skills.
The third of five parts, the Intro to Python workshop starts with the very basics of Python to expand your data analytics skills.
Monday, November 18 | 4pm-6pm | ANN 301D
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Google Analytics Cert Series: Advanced
2024-11-14 10:30 - 12:30
Google Analytics is the premier platform for gathering, analyzing, and understanding data about website and mobile app traffic. This three-part workshop series goes through all the concepts you need to know to pass Google’s certification exam.
The second of three parts goes deeper into Google Analytics, including how to customize reports, the connections Google Analytics has with other services, and general information about data security.
Thursday, November 14 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301D
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Create an Interactive Presentation with InDesign
2024-11-07 13:00 - 15:00
Need to design a presentation for a class or your job but don’t know how to make it pop? The Create an Interactive Presentation with InDesign workshop introduces Adobe InDesign and how to use it to create a presentation with interactive elements.
Thursday, November 7 | 1-3pm | ANN 301D
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Google Analytics Cert Series: Beginner
2024-11-07 10:30 - 12:30
Google Analytics is the premier platform for gathering, analyzing, and understanding data about website and mobile app traffic. This three-part workshop series goes through all the concepts you need to know to pass Google’s certification exam.
The first of three parts introduces the Google Analytics platform, why you should use it, and how to understand the reports it provides.
Thursday, November 7 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301D
RSVP: bit.ly/f24workshops

SEO for Websites and Social Media
2024-11-06 11:00 - 13:00
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process for improving content’s rankings in search engines, leading to more organic traffic to your website or social media posts. This beginner workshop introduces that SEO is and some strategies for how to make your content rank higher in search engine results.
Wednesday, November 6 | 11am-1pm | ANN 301D
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Data Analysis with Python & SQL: Data Modeling with SQL
2024-11-04 16:00 - 18:00
Python & SQL are two of the fundamental skills you need to succeed in data analytics. The Data Analysis with Python & SQL workshop series goes through the basics of both languages and how to use them to improve your data analysis skills.
The second of five parts, the Data Modeling with SQL workshop goes beyond the basics of SQL and shows how to organize data elements and demonstrate how data elements relate to each other.
Monday, November 4 | 4pm-6pm | ANN 301D
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Web Coding Series: Intermediate/Advanced CSS
2024-10-31 10:30 - 12:30
The Web Coding Series at the Annenberg Digital Lounge walks through the very basics of web development, using HTML and CSS. After completing the workshop series, you’ll have your very own website built completely from scratch!
The final of three parts, the Intermediate/Advanced CSS workshop expands upon the basic knowledge of CSS gained in the second workshop and introduces how to design a website for multiple screens.
Thursday, October 31 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301D
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Web Coding Series: CSS
2024-10-24 10:30 - 12:30
The Web Coding Series at the Annenberg Digital Lounge walks through the very basics of web development, using HTML and CSS. After completing the workshop series, you’ll have your very own website built completely from scratch!
The second of three parts, the CSS workshop introduces how to style a website using code, including the fonts, colors, and layout of the site.
Thursday, October 24 | 10:30am-12:30pm | ANN 301D
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Edit Audio for a Podcast with Audition
2024-10-21 19:30 - 21:30
Have you ever wanted to start a podcast, but don’t know how to get that crisp, well-edited audio that the professionals have? Join our Edit Audio for a Podcast with Audition workshop, where you’ll learn all the editing tips and tricks to get your podcast sounding amazing!
Monday, October 21 | 7:30pm-9:30pm | ANN 301D
RSVP: bit.ly/f24workshops

Data Analysis with Python & SQL: Intro to SQL
2024-10-21 16:00 - 18:00
Python & SQL are two of the fundamental skills you need to succeed in data analytics. The Data Analysis with Python & SQL workshop series goes through the basics of both languages and how to use them to improve your data analysis skills.
The first of five parts, the Intro to SQL workshop introduces the basics of how to leverage SQL to work with data.
Monday, October 21 | 4pm-6pm | ANN 301D
RSVP: bit.ly/f24workshops

Design a Website with WordPress
2024-10-16 11:00 - 13:00
If you’ve ever been stuck trying to design a website with WordPress, this workshop is for you!
We’ll start by learning the various customization options provided in each page and post you create. Then, we’ll go through how to edit the styling of content for the entire site at once. Plus, we’ll show off how you can add custom CSS code to your website so you can customize to your heart’s, and coding knowledge’s, content.
RSVP: bit.ly/f24workshops
