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Category Archives: tech tips
Featured Resource: Zotero
Is your computer desktop full of downloaded PDFs? Is your desk covered in cryptic Post-its containing half-formed citation information? Have you finished writing your paper only to spend hours late at night compiling and formatting your bibliography? Zotero can help! … Continue reading
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Tagged APA Citations, citation management, citations, citing, featured resource, information technology, MLA citations, technology, Turabian
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Webinar: iPad Uses in the Classroom
Have you considered incorporating iPads into your teaching? If so, or if you would like to learn more about how other instructors have leveraged iPads in their teaching, please join us for a webinar on September 27. Topics include classroom and … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom techniques, library events, mobile technology, teaching, teaching resources, technology
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Wireless Printing from Your Laptop
Want to print from your laptop to Library printers? You will need to download and install a program on your laptop that allows your computer to connect to the printers in any General Access Lab on campus. Windows Instructions Mac … Continue reading
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Tagged printing, remote printing, wireless printing
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Google Docs moving to Google Drive
Are you storing your files in Google Docs? Well, this summer you’ll be switching to Google Drive, which will provide you with 5GB of free storage space. An app is available for Android-based mobile devices, and an app for iPads … Continue reading
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Tagged apps, files, Google Docs, Google Drive, productivity
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Expanded gTLDs coming…
Did you ever wonder about the online domain names and how they are managed? Well, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, generic (gTLD) and country code (ccTLD) … Continue reading
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Tagged articles, Congressonal hearings, domain names, federal government, generic top-level domain names, government info, gTLDs, ICANN, Internet, searching, web sites
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What’s a prezi??
I learned very recently that a student was asking for help with a prezi. What’s that?! Someone told me it was like a PowerPoint presentation “on steroids.” There’s a web site for Prezi. It says it’s a “zooming presentation editor” … Continue reading
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Tagged free, fun stuff, online tools, powerpoint, presentations, Prezi, software
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Organize yourself! Virtual sticky note boards
Is tacking up paper notes to yourself boring? Go online! This could be useful for brainstorming ideas, organizing points for a paper or presentation, or just keeping track of dates of assignments or meetings. There are several versions of virtual … Continue reading
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Tagged brainstorming, online tools, organization, stucky notes, virtual bulletin boards, virtual corkboards, virtual whiteboards
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Are you using Pinterest? I recently saw something about it in a job candidate’s application, and then I had a brief discussion about it with some students and faculty. And now I see that the Warhawk Social Media group will … Continue reading
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Tagged images, pinterest, social media, web sites
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Printing Your Schedule From WINS?
Are you trying to print your schedule from WINS? The Registrar’s Office has provided the steps for this online: Internet Explorer (v 7.0, 8.0) 1. Go to the Toolbar and Select Edit. Then click on Select All 2. Go to … Continue reading
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Tagged printing, schedules, WINS
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Microsoft Word pagination help
A frequently-asked question by those writing papers is how to make “page 1” show on a later page of a document, e.g., how to number page three “page 1.” Follow these steps (at least for Word 2007). Also see two … Continue reading
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Tagged Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, pagination, Word
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