Updating Your Password
Now that winter break is upon us, it’s a good time to change your account password on the school network. Why? Changing your password before leaving campus is good for a few different reasons. 1) You will have time to …
Category: Web Tips
Top 10 Apps of 2015 for Faculty and Staff
Staying up to date with work and your students is always important, especially over long breaks. Whether they allow for improved productivity, or simply let you organize your life better, these apps are the best ones released in 2015. Work …
Tech Tip: Starting YouTube Videos at a Specific Point
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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Adjusting Privacy Settings on Facebook
Social media, while a popular way to connect with friends and an excellent means of communicating, has its dangers. Without the proper privacy settings, information and content can be seen by coworkers and friends that is potentially damaging or harmful. …
Email Attachments in OWA: Not possible on Chrome and Edge
Attaching files to emails can no longer be done using the Outlook web app in Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge web browsers. Unfortunately, updates to Chrome and Edge makes sending attachments no longer possible via these web browsers. This can …
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Phishing Messages
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 …
New Tech We Love
Kahoot! Student’s dozing off in class? Wake them up and get them focused with Kahoot! Utilizing a quick-and-easy online quiz builder while playing on your students’ competitive spirit, Kahoot! allows students to respond from their smartphones, tablets, and laptops to …
Tag Along Programs
It is widely known that most things in life aren’t free, or if they are, they come at a price. However, many users seem to forget this when offered a free download online. Free downloads often have viruses and malware …
Prepare for Winter Break Before You Leave Campus
Set Out of Office notices and make sure VPN works. Change your password if necessary. Then enjoy winter break with no computer worries! Email Out of Office Notices Notify Senders You’re Away from the Office Outlook Web …
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Halloween Tech Villains
We’ve all had a moment when we sat at our computers, wondering why it was running slower than it did when we first bought it. When you take it in to ITS to find out why, they ask if you’ve …
BlackBoard Rubric Work Around
Using the blog or journal tools in Blackboard, although useful, can be frustrating when it comes to grading. Many instructors have had problems with the single grade you can input for the entire tool, regardless of how many posts there …
How to Not Back Up Those Embarrassing Selfies
Do you have a lot of personal pictures on your devices? Do you know where they’re stored? A majority of smartphone users have no idea that their device is automatically backing up these photos by putting copies of them in …
Password Change (For Students)
It’s that time of year again! Before heading back to school make sure to change your password, not only on your email but on your mobile devices as well. One of the most common reasons students get locked out of …
Summer Travel with Tech
Summer is here and sunny adventures await! While you’re making travel plans, don’t forget to think of your technology. Have you decided what you’re going to bring with you? Do you know how to pack your electronics for airport travel? …
Heartbleed Bug
The Heartbleed Bug is not just last week’s concern and may still be affecting your favorite sites. Just changing your passwords may not be enough if the bug is still affecting a site. Find out for yourself which most visited …