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New Stuff Tuesday — Dec. 4, 2018
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon E185.97.L394 A3 2018 New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor Kiese Laymon, one of the best writers currently chronicling his experience of growing up and living as a black man in the South, has published … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, memoirs, race
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T3: Quickly Start New Google Doc, Sheet, Form…
Start a new Google Doc, Sheet, Form, Slide, or Site by just entering doc.new, sheet.new, etc. into your browser URL bar. You don’t even have to be logged into Google Drive before you try this.
T3: Audio Transcription Using Google Docs
If you need to transcribe interviews, videos, screencasts, or podcasts for research or teaching purposes, it can be hard to know what services will produce quality transcriptions. You can pay for transcription services that are done by human but this … Continue reading
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Tagged Google Docs, transcriptions
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New Stuff Tuesday — October 23, 2018
Boss Fight Books by Various Authors GV 1469.3 B67 v. 1-18 New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor Boss Fight Books, founded in Los Angeles in June 2013, “publishes great books about classic video games. Each book takes a critical, historical, and personal … Continue reading
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Tagged video games
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T3: Adding Library Resources to a Canvas Course
The Library Resources integration in Canvas syncs with our LibGuides system to automatically load the appropriate library research guide into your Canvas course. We use the course name and number to determine if a particular course guide or a subject … Continue reading
T3: Official Transcripts
Congratulations! You are done with another semester! If you need official transcripts for internships or graduate school get them soon as the fees are going up on June 1st. Effective June 1, 2018: The price of an official transcript will … Continue reading
T3: New Audio Transcription App
Lifehacker has a review of a new audio transcription app, Otter Voice Notes, that uses artificial intelligence to transcribe audio in real time. Audio transcription is good for interviews, oral history projects, lectures, and meetings. Although the AI transcription is … Continue reading
New Stuff Tuesday — May 8, 2018
Deej Directed by Robert Rooy, Words by David James Savarese; producers, Robert Rooy, David James Savarese LC4717.5 .D432 2017 New Arrivals Island DVDs, 2nd floor “Abandoned by his birth parents and unable to speak for himself, DJ Savarese (“Deej”) found … Continue reading
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Tagged autism, disability rights, DVD
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T3: Lynda.com Training Sessions
The Learning Technology Center and Lynda.com would like to invite you to sign up for some great Lynda events we have planned for Wednesday, April 25th. Our Lynda.com representatives will be on campus and will be offering the following presentations. … Continue reading
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Tagged ltc, lynda.com
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T3: Your Data in Google and Facebook
UW-Madison’s Division of Information Technology (DoIT) has a nice summary of what kinds of information Google and Facebook have collected and stored from your accounts. The following are DoIT’s recommendations for viewing, downloading, and/or changing this data. What Google Knows … Continue reading