Technology Updates

August 2011 Full-Time In-Service

Item Updates Today

• HP Laptop• STInet• LMS• Internet Explorer 9• Office 2010• Outlook 2010• Atomic Learning• Printing • Posting Files as PDFs• EPSON Document Camera

HP Laptop Specifics

• EliteBook 8560W• Ports (right vs left)

– Rt. Port for charging USB device• 10-key Pad• Main Keyboard and Touchpad off center• Multigestures on the touchpad (Video)

– Scrolling (middle button) – Can Make the middle button function like the far right one– Pinch to Zoom (anytime you have something to zoom in and

out)– Disabling the touchpad (double click upper left on pad) – light

goes on or off

STInet• What to do if . . . . Notify Whom?– Redirects & Timeouts – Erik V. in IT

• Losing Network Connectivity – icon with red X or the yellow symbol lower right corner – Tim Goehring in IT

• More instances where “back” may work and not redirect you • All My Courses – Mini Teacher Schedule – Current, Past,

Future

Compare Your Class Lists• Compare Class Lists . . . Same? Notify Jackie– FACULTY TAB – My Faculty Role – My Course

Information– Collaboration LMS COURSE – Coursemates

Sometimes the Faculty Tab list will have somebody that Collaboration

does not

Faculty Tab Calendar – Main PagePlease Use as Easier to Update

Avoiding Paper Copies/Emails!

• Brings STI Important Student Dates, Employee Calendar and Faculty Calendars Together

LMS Updates

• Course Content Import – Add Page and then the Portlet to Class

• First Week Attendance• Midterms and Final Grade Periods near same

time in October – Gradebook Setup• Custom Content Portlet – Cute Soft Editor Paste

from Word• Usage Statistics – we are working on getting

this activated for LMS Courses

Course Content Import

• Now part of a Course– Keeps Imported Tests Private

• Add Page to Left-Hand Sidebar of Course– Add Course Content Import Portlet to New Page

• Brings Exam View tests into the LMS Online Test Builder for Administering – Images now come

• Need Training if Need to Use This for First Time• David sent a handout to current Course Content

Import Users – also posted on Faculty Tech Resources

Submitting First Week Attendance

• September 2 (8 am) to September 5 (noon)• October 28-31 - 8 am opening on Friday of first

week and closing noon on Monday of next week• Must have Gradebooks and Attendance Setup and

updated by Submission Time– We use Gradebook Setup like we did for Midterm

(Verification Week and Final Grades)• Handout for the 3 types of Online Grade and

Attendance Submissions in Fall and Spring Semesters . . . Special scenarios listed.

LMS Fixes

• Exporting Attendance Names to Excel– Names sometimes cutoff; full names now

• Students now prevented from uploading 2 of same filename in a file exchange

• Listings Less Wide and Less Scrolling to Right

– Next upgrade will help Instructions in a Coursework assignment be longer

My Tech Resources

• Restructured - Categories – Easier Finds• Students and Faculty each have one

http://academicsupport.southeasttech.edu/mytechresources/stinet.html

Faculty Updates on STInet

• 2011-2012 Syllabi Page ready for uploading– Don’t forget right Division under 2011-2012

• 2011-2012 Curriculum Sheet Page update “date” as of 7-19-11

• Personal Info for Office Hours

Internet Explorer 9• STInet certified with IE8

– Compatibility View for IE 9

– Download Bar

Can separate if want

Can still get Bing Suggestions

Atomic Learning

• Free for Students and Staff• Short videos• Training• Many Applications• sti• sfalls

Office 2010Atomic Learning Videos

http://www.atomiclearning.com/highed/office10_wn• Office 2007 vs 2010 Ribbon– Introducing the New Office 2010 Ribbon

• Screenshots – all Applications– Using Screenshots

• Microsoft Office Backstage™ View – Replaces the traditional File menu– Centralized space for all of your file management tasks,

including save, share, print, and publish– Enhanced Ribbon, common across Office 2010 applications– Using Backstage View– Using Print and Print Preview

Look for these 4 video titles (in italics) on Atomic Learning by

searching Office and 2010

Login with sti

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MS Office – Sky Drive

• Sky Drive - Cloud Storage – Windows Live– 25 GB Free Storage

Office 2010 Security Messages• Click Enable Content on Message Bar or Backstage

View if File is Safe– The Message Bar displays a warning when you try to open

a file that contains active content, and then lets you decide if the source is trustworthy

Red Protected View More Serious than Yellow

• If you do not see the Enable Editing button, and the red Protected View Message Bar appears, there could be more risks if you exit Protected View. If you know the sender of the file is reliable, click the File tab, and then click Edit Anyway in Backstage view.

What is Cloud Computing?• Off-Site Storage on a Server/Hard Drive You

Don’t Own– Issues with security and permissions to the files?

• Windows Live Sky Drive is One – Others Too– Dropbox

Outlook 2010• More conversation thread management– Cleanup– Compress long e-mail threads into a few

conversations that can be categorized, prioritized, and conveniently filed

• Having Students Text your eMail

Quick Steps

• The new Quick Steps feature lets you perform multi-command tasks, such as reply and delete, with a single click.

• Executes several steps in one click– Like Macros in Office

• You can make your own Quick Steps• You can use some pre-made ones

Finding AddresseesFirst or Last Names

• TO: Typing first or last name to “find” CTRL + K

More Outlook

• Addressee Out of Office: popup message comes up to alert you before you send them a message

• Outlook Client at Home: put full email address in as username – won’t accept just username.– Jacqueline.Pommer@southeasttech.edu

MS PowerPoint

• Inserting Videos Directly into PowerPoint and Playing . . . Try these steps!

• On a blank PowerPoint Slide:– Click INSERT – Video – Video from File– Load the wildlife.wmv file from the Videos Library– It will load quickly and provide you with a “play”

button

One Note 2010• Inserting Files as Printouts• Recording Videos• Collecting One Note Notebooks through File

Exchange – Save as .onepkg

Printing Management

• No Separate Charges Assessed after a Benchmark number of copies

• Excessive Usage Addressed by Admin

Giving Materials to Students as PDFs (PowerPoints)

• Easy to save Microsoft Office files as PDFs• Set the PDF with your desired printed settings– Keeps students from printing 1 slide per page

• Video Walkthrough

EPSON Document Cameras

– Still have the 9 cameras checked out through David

– Can be used with Panopto– Additional cameras will be ordered soon– Please contact David if need training or want to try

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