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Having good study habits is essential for doing well in class and on tests. Improving your studying practices will help retain information and will make the best use of your time, and using technology can significantly improve your studying. The …
The extremely cold and often wet conditions of winter can lead to your technology getting damaged or possibly destroyed by nature. Preventing this, as well as being prepared for winter storms, can save you a great deal of trouble in …
Spring 2016 courses have now been added to Canvas for faculty to begin designing. As you consider your Canvas course sites for the next semester, faculty can do several things: Start from scratch designing your Canvas course. The benefit of …
Word documents allow for custom numbering of pages in the header and footer. This is especially useful if the first page of a document should not be numbered, but the other pages should. Click this link to learn how to change …
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The Undo and Redo functions are helpful and efficient when using Microsoft Office. On a Mac computer, these can be done using keyboard shortcuts. For Undo, the shortcut is CMD+Z, and the shortcut for Redo is CMD+Y. The Undo/Redo buttons …
When you have a problem with software or your computer in general, the first thing that you should generally do is to reset the computer or device by turning it off and then back on again. This is usually the …
In order to access your public and private folders, as well as those of professors and colleagues, you must first map your network drives. When using a College-owned PC or laptop, they may become hidden and temporarily inaccessible. To access …
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Microsoft OneNote supports the use of math functions directly on a page. This is extremely helpful for group math projects and assignments. Below is the list of available math functions and their usage. Type the equation as it appears, followed by …
When in Microsoft PowerPoint, presenter mode is used to display your slideshow on one screen. If you wish to not have this mode activated, it can be turned off manually. In the top ribbon, select Slideshow, then select Monitors. Here, …
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To capture a specific portion of the screen as an image, the Snipping Tool can be used. This lets you to cut a small section of the screen and allows for basic editing of the image. To access the tool, click …
While giving a presentation using Microsoft PowerPoint, having a laser pointer to highlight text or visualize ideas is always helpful. If you do not have an actual laser pointer with you, the mouse can be changed into one allowing you to …
It is that time of the semester when students start to wonder what their final grade in a course will be. Canvas has a useful feature that allows students to see what their grade will be if they receive certain …
The new updates to Canvas on 10-31-15 added some useful functionality to Canvas in regards to Modules and Quiz statistics. Learn more by viewing the video overview of the new features here: http://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-5189. Canvas makes these incremental upgrades and enhancements …
This month we have been busy integrating external tools into Canvas that faculty and students may find useful. Most notable is the integration with Turnitin. Currently there are two different ways to make an assignment a Turnitin assignment in Canvas. …
When showing a YouTube video in class, it is often helpful to have the video start playing from a specific point as soon as it loads. You can change this by adding the time onto the end of the URL. …
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