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Sending Announcements Versus Emails Announcements on Canvas are a great way to virtually communicate with your whole class. Canvas allows users to reply to any announcements that are sent, so you may want to consider using Announcements for all course-related communication and save …
16 Minute Webinar from Microsoft Office Blogs Presented by Doug Thomas “If you give presentations, you need to know about the tool in PowerPoint that offers you a second screen to give you more control over your talk. In this …
Elizabethtown College is proud to announce the graduation of three of the most beloved and well-known students on campus, Bb Fake Student 1, 2, and 3. Attending classes completely online certainly was a challenge for these plucky undergrads but they …
Commonly known but often ignored, electronic screens before bed time have a negative impact on your health. However, that “one more episode,” which turns into three, could be slowly killing you. Light-emitting screens can be electronic boogeymen by keeping you …
Before You Leave Now that finals week is upon us, it’s a good time to change your account password on the school network. Why? Because you’ll have enough time to get used to the new password before summer hits and …
Keeping track of a budget by department or ledger number using Excel? And you want to put each department or ledger category on separate worksheets? Now how do you add up all that information by department on a summary sheet? …
Excel – Multiple Sheets, Add ‘Em Up on a Summary Sheet Read more »
Understanding the Value of Course Analytics Once you log into Canvas, be sure to check out the Course Analytics page to monitor student activity and see what your students have been up to. On this page, you can easily see who in each of your classes has …
If you have many rows of data and then have to summarize by, for example, department and date, Excel makes it very easy with PivotTables. PivotTables leaves the source data alone and creates the formulas for you. So experiment to …
15 Minute Webinar from Microsoft Office Blogs “Did you know that you can drag any email into your calendar to make an appointment? Or you can just ignore pesky emails? You will if you watch this Office 15-Minute Webinar.” “Need a sneak …
Microsoft programs (Word and Outlook) have a great feature called Quick Parts. Quick Parts makes your frequently used text, images, signature blocks and tables easy to find and insert. For example, you insert the Etown logo a lot but it’s …
Create a Quick Part and Easily Insert Frequently Used Items – Word Read more »
The process of updating all software for the upcoming school year has begun. For the 2015-2016 year, new updates have already been released or will be released in the near future in computer labs throughout campus. It’s important to know …
Phishing messages, or messages that attempt to steal your information by pretending to be someone else, can sometimes slip past the College’s spam filters and land in your inbox. Don’t be lured in by these messages! They sometimes masquerade as …
If you haven’t been to Nicarry 133 since its renovation over Spring Break, now is the time to do so. With the implementation of the pilot equipment, there is a plethora of new items for the classroom available for students …
Creating multiple choice tests is no easy feat and many instructors struggle with composing the perfect question for specific learning goals. Good questions shouldn’t be too easy or too hard but they also should make the student really think about …
Viewing Unread Discussion Posts Discussion boards are another feature in Canvas, and a great tool for both teachers and students to increase interaction. The discussion posts in these boards will appear “read” when you scroll through a discussion thread, but if you …