Category Archives: tech tips

T3: Mindfulness & Focus

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Diana

As a new semester starts, many of you are delighting in the short-lived experience of blank calendars, fresh journal pages, and short to-do lists. Although all of these will quickly fill up with assignments and activities, your headspace does not … Continue reading →

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T3: Stay Focused!

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Diana

If you need help remaining on task while doing research projects or other work (and who doesn’t every once in a while?), you can use technology to help. StayFocusd is a Google Chrome extension that limits the amount of time you … Continue reading →

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T3: Printing from WINS

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Diana

Now is the season to apply for scholarships! You may need to print off various documents from WINS–here are some instructions. In addition, you can visit the Registrar’s Office website for further instructions. Unofficial Transcript: Log into WINS Select Self Service Select Student … Continue reading →

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T3: Virtual Desktop for Off-Campus Access

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Diana

If you ever run into problems accessing the Library’s resources from off-campus (or on the wireless network on campus) you may want to try using a virtual machine that you can run from within your own computer. By logging into … Continue reading →

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T3: Create Template in Google Docs

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Diana

In Google Docs you can force others to make a copy of a document, essentially creating a template. Go up to the address bar of a Google Doc and replace the edit portion of the URL with copy. Copy the new … Continue reading →

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T3: Back to School Tech Tips

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Diana

Welcome to a new school year and new set of Thursday Tech Tips! Watch this space on Thursdays for helpful tricks and tips for using technology to enhance your life. A few things have changed over the summer so make sure … Continue reading →

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T3: Windows10 Logout

Posted on August 18, 2017 by Diana

Welcome to a new school year! We have many new computers in our spaces this year and updated operating systems on the PCs and Macs. Public PCs on campus have been updated to a new version of Windows10 and the … Continue reading →

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T3: Printing Unofficial Transcripts

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Diana

Starting this week, the way you view and print unofficial transcripts through WINS changed slightly: 1. Log into WINS 2. Select Self-Service 3. Select ‘Transcript: View Unofficial”  from the menu 4. The button which generates the UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT will now … Continue reading →

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T3: Wireless Printing

Posted on June 15, 2017 by Diana

There are two ways to print from your laptop computers and personal devices to any General Access lab printer on campus. Email the file as an attachment to print@uww.edu Use your uww.edu email address! Total attachment file size should be … Continue reading →

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T3: Guest Wireless Access

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Diana

Welcome to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater! Did you bring your cellphone, personal laptop, or other wifi-enabled device to campus? You can connect to the campus wireless network by following these instructions: Connect your device to the “UWWGuestAndSetup” Wi-Fi network. Open a … Continue reading →

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