In the second part of this series, we’ll address typing tips and a few keyboard tricks to increase efficiency in common applications. Learn how to paste the plain text of what was copied with [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [V], minimize…
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Computer Tips and Tricks, Part II
Posted in Computer Tips, Home Page Tagged with: computer, faculty, keyboard shortcuts, staff, students, technology
Tech Tip: Customize Taskbar in Windows 10
Along the bottom of your screen in Windows 10, you’ll see the windows button, a search bar, a clock and calendar, and any icons that you have pinned. This is the taskbar, and it allows for easy access to the…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Home Page Tagged with: computer, faculty, staff, students, technology, windows
Winter-Proofing Your Devices
The extremely cold and often wet conditions of winter can lead to your technology getting damaged or even destroyed. Preventing this, as well as being prepared for winter storms, can save you a great deal of trouble in the months…
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Network Drives
Network drives are a valuable resource that E-Town offers its faculty, staff, and students. They can be used for document sharing for anything from clubs collaborating to faculty sharing files with their classes to students working on a group project.…
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Tech Tip: How to Save Your MacBook Battery
Does your MacBook battery just not seem to be lasting as long as it used to? Part of this could be deterioration with age, but Apple also includes built-in ways to analyze battery usage and detect programs that are particularly…
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Computer Tips and Tricks, Part I
This new series by ITS will chronicle a variety of computer tips and tricks to make your experience smoother and simpler. Part one covers miscellaneous tricks. If you accidentally closed a tab that you didn’t mean to, hit [Ctrl] +…
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Tech Tip: Outlook Search Folders
It can get pretty tiring scrolling through hundreds of emails and picking out the one that you’re looking for. And what if you want to find multiple emails that are scattered throughout your inbox? Wouldn’t it be so much easier…
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Posted in Computer Tips, Home Page, Office 2016 Tagged with: computer, email, faculty, Outlook, staff, students, tech tip, technology
Tech Tip: Cleaning Out Your Email
Your day is going pretty well. You’re in a good mood, you’re feeling productive, and nothing seems to faze you. But then you get the dreaded message. Outlook has a couple of different ways that you can clean out…
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Think You’ve Been Hacked?
How do you know if you’ve been hacked? Maybe your friend tells you that they’ve received a spam-like email from your account. Maybe you start to notice unusually large amounts of pop-ups, redirecting webpages, or plugins that you don’t remember…
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Tech Tip: Printing Sensitive Information Securely
Sometimes, faculty members find themselves with sensitive information, like tests, that they don’t just want to send to a printer and pick up later. Fortunately, ITS has a simple solution for easy printing without worrying that unwanted eyes will see…
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Tech Tip: Turnitin LTI Inbox Updates
Turnitin recently reorganized its LTI inbox to fit a smoother aesthetic that’s more intuitive. This inbox features a new icon to indicate if a student has viewed their feedback, a counter that lets you know how many assignments you’re downloading,…
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Posted in Canvas, Computer Tips, Digital Citizenship, Home Page, Teaching and Learning Tagged with: Canvas, computer, faculty, technology, turnitin
Tech Tip: Library Printing Updates
Over the summer, the printing system in the library was changed to function like web printing. The initial steps remain the same. You must tell the file to print from its software, and click through the print dialogue box. However,…
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Step Up to Stronger Passwords
You’re in the vast unknown of the internet. You’re surrounded by countless other people. Most are going about their business innocently, like you. But some are creeping through the crowd, looking for a vulnerable person to hack. The only things…
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Tech Tip: Updating Mac OS Keychain
If your Mac is part of the Etown network, it may not accept your newly changed password because it remembers your old one. This can be irritating, but it’s easy to fix. In the Library folder, you’ll find a folder…
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Web Printing
ITS offers many services to students, including printing. Often, first years and even upperclassmen don’t know the full scope of the printing services that Etown offers. Many students email themselves files and print them out from a computer lab. While…
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